Gallery Lecture: Alf Ward March 5, 2009

Artist and professor emeritus of Winthrop’s department of fine arts, Alfred Ward presents an exhibition of handbags and accessories which find their origins in his fashion product design work in England some thirty years ago. As a consultant designer to Spink & Sons in London, and by Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, Ward designed many presentation pieces for the Royal Air Force, the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, Revlon of Paris and individual awards for Margo Fontaine and the Covent Garden Opera House. The desire to return to some aspect of fashion design has remained with him throughout his teaching career in American Universities. The pieces in this exhibition reflect his desire to perpetuate some ancient and modern production practices from Italy, France, and England by employing them in the contemporary design of evening bags, handbags, and fashion accessories.

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