CLAS AGM 2010

There was a full house again at the CLAS AGM which was held at the prestigious location of the British Library.

There were exhibitions of the 91 (yes, 91!) entries for the Art and the Letter Exhibition, of work by our new CLAS Fellow Marion McKenzie, of entries for the National Diploma in Calligraphy 2009, and a special exhibition this year from Alan Cole, who runs the Museum of Writing at the University of London.

After the AGM itself, there was a chance to see all these exhibitions, buy items from Cornelissen, see if there were any bargains on the Bring and Buy, and also spend the 10%-off voucher in the British Library Bookshop.

Tickets for the special CLAS Private View at the Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library were also on sale (see this pdf-file).

In the afternoon certificates were presented as well as the special Lorna Bambury Prize (Lorna's husband Frank was there to present it, but sadly the winner wasn't!) and that was awarded, by popular vote, to Marlene Grey.

Then Professor Ewan Clayton and Dr Manny Ling gave the Cavendish Lecture which, with slides and film, showed how their thoughts and paths had converged and how their work had evolved. It was a fascinating and inspirational talk.