Home Arts and Industries Association

The Home Arts and Industries Association was part of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain. It was founded in 1884 by Eglantyne Louisa Jebb.[1]

The initial name, changed in 1885, was the "Cottage Arts Association".[2] Jebb was inspired by an initiative of Charles Godfrey Leland in Philadelphia. Another leading member was the designer Mary Fraser Tytler. The organisation sought to revive traditional rural crafts which were threatened by the mechanisation of production and by increasing urbanization. In conformity with the thinking of John Ruskin and with Arts and Crafts philosophy, supporters believed that flourishing traditional crafts helped sustain rural communities and provided workers with far more personal satisfaction than was possible for factory workers. The Association funded schools and organised marketing opportunities for craftspeople. By 1889 it had 450 classes, 1,000 teachers and 5,000 students.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ D. Maltz (22 November 2005). British Aestheticism and the Urban Working Classes, 1870-1900: Beauty for the People. Springer. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-230-50405-9.
  2. ↑ Janice Helland, Exhibiting Ireland: The Donegal Industrial Fund in London and Chicago, RACAR: revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (2004), pp. 28–46, at p. 31. Published by: AAUC/UAAC (Association des universités d’art du Canada / Universities Art Association of Canada). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42630693
  3. ↑ Gillian Naylor, The Arts and Crafts Movement, London: Studio Vista, 1971


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