The Ephemera Society - Events and Exhibitions

	news about membership events links Events and Exhibitions The Ephemera Society Special Fairs 2010 Sundays · 13 June · 5 December Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury Coram Street London WC1N 1HT United Kingdom Admission £3 11.00 - 17.00 Members from 10am with membership cards The Ephemera Society Bazaar 2010 Sunday 28 February Park Inn 92 Southampton Row London WC1B 4BH United Kingdom Admission £2 11.00 - 16.00 Members from 10am with membership cards The Ephemera Society Bazaars 2010 2 May · 1 August · 3 October Please note change of venue for these three bazaars Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury Coram Street London WC1N 1HT United Kingdom Admission £2 11.00 - 16.00 Members from 10am with membership cards The Ephemera Society presents The Birmingham Ephemera Fair 2010* Sunday 19 September The National Motorcycle Museum Coventry Road Bickenhill Solihull West Midlands, B92 0EJ United Kingdom Admission £3 11.00 - 17.00 Members from 10am with membership cards Junction 6 on the M42, Solihull, West Midlands View PDF file for more information (305KB). Enquiries Performing Arts Book & Ephemera Fair 2010 Saturdays · 10 April & 9 October · 10.30 - 19.00 Specialist dealers will display for sale books and ephemera including playbills, posters, autographs, programmes, prints and photographs, ballet, dance, circus, memorabilia, and much more at prices ranging from a few to several hundred pounds. The Performance on Stage & Screen Fair is unique and attracts collectors from all over the UK and is a bonus feature for those attending performances at the National Theatre. The fair is organised by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Ephemera Society. All are welcome. Olivier Stalls Foyer Royal National Theatre Southbank London United Kingdom Enquiries: +44 (0)1453 757107
	The Season for Love: A selection of choice valentines Until 27 February 2010 This February, the Bodleian Library showcases thirty seven items which illustrate how St. Valentine's Day was marked in the nineteenth century. The display of valentines from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera aims both to show a wide range of nineteenth-century valentines and to illustrate their complex manufacturing process. The valentines come in many forms, from exquisite creations of lace paper, silk, scraps, tinselling and artificial flowers accompanied by elaborate poetry to humble woodcuts with prosaic and occasionally insulting verses. Some valentines were home-made tokens of love, but others were produced by many hands in manufactories where skill and care were allied to business acumen. Although dating from the end of the eighteenth century, the printed valentine is essentially a nineteenth-century phenomenon. Valentines were eagerly awaited on 14 February both before, but especially after, the introduction of the Uniform Penny Post in 1840. At the height of their popularity, around 450,000 valentines had passed through the London Post Office alone, as estimated by the Postmaster-General in his 1863 annual report. Alongside a wide range of valentines, also on display are publishers' and tinsellers' stockbooks, games of love, and even a pincushion heart. Julie Anne Lambert, member of the Ephemera Society and Librarian of the John Johnson Collection, Bodleian Library said: 'Ephemera give fascinating insights into the lives of our predecessors and are increasingly recognised as essential primary source for scholarly research. The current selection of valentines on display at the Bodleian is a good example of the rich source of information that ephemera can offer to social historians and researchers.' Admission Free Proscholium Bodleian Library Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/johnson
	Salon du Livres et Papiers Anciens 5 - 14 February 2010 · Entrance 6 Euros In the region of 200 European dealers will be offering a profusion of handwritten and printed documents of every sort and kind for this acclaimed paper fair. Halle Freyssinet 55 bd Vincent Auriol Paris 13 Metro ligne 6 : Chevaleret ou Quai de la Gare Details: www.joel-garcia-organisation.fr/
	Ephemera/30 19-21 March 2010 The Ephemera Society of America's 30th annual Conference and Paper Show will once again convene at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT. The Conference will feature expert speakers on a variety of transportation topics, such as the Titanic tragedy, as told through ephemera. On Saturday and Sunday nearly 80 ephemera dealers will offer colourful and historic paper items for sale from five dollars to thousands of dollars. On Friday 19 March Valerie Jackson-Harris, chairman of the UK Ephemera Society, will address questions about English ephemera, including identifying and dating items. More information: www.ephemerasociety.org
	Seattle Book and Paper Show 2010 Saturday 22 May · 10-18.00 Sunday 23 May · 11-16.00 $5.00 good for both days 75 dealers of used, rare, collectible books, prints, photographs, posters, postcards and ephemera. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall Seattle WA USA www.seattlebookandpapershow.com/
	Ms Understood: Women's Liberation in 1970's Britain Until 31 March 2010 This exhibition celebrates the 40th anniversary of the country’s first national Women’s Liberation Conference at Ruskin College, Oxford. During this event, over five hundred women came together and lay the foundation for the movement's key demands: Equal pay for equal work Equal educational and job opportunities Free contraception and abortion on demand Free 24 hour nurseries under community control The exhibition explores the prelude, birth, rallies, media, fashion, politics, disagreements and victories of this crucial phase for improving women’s rights. The Women's Library London Metropolitan University 25 Old Castle Street London E1 7NT United Kingdom http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
	OUTBREAK 1939 Until 5 September 2010 Seventy years after the announcement that signified the start of the Second World War and changed the lives of millions, this special exhibition explores how being a nation at war shaped the lives of ordinary men and women as well as those who were actively involved in the political negotiations and their aftermath. Historical material and personal memorabilia will illustrate the build-up to war and the early months of the conflict. Imperial War Museum London Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ United Kingdom www.iwm.org.uk/
	Revolution on paper: Mexican prints 1910–1960 Until 5 April 2010 Free admission This exhibition is the first in Europe to focus on the great age of Mexican printmaking in the first half of the 20th century. It features 130 works by over 40 artists including prints by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Between 1910 and 1920, Mexico was convulsed by a socialist revolution that aimed to topple the elite ruling class and improve conditions for society at large. The left-wing government which emerged laid great emphasis on art as a vehicle to promote the values of the revolution. Walls of public buildings were covered with vast murals, and workshops made prints for mass distribution. Room 90 British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG United Kingdom www.britishmuseum.org

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