GRANTS

ACMS awards grants for small scale projects where our donations will make a difference in conserving, restoring or publicising suitable Arts and Crafts works. Grants are awarded if they meet certain criteria. Any fully paid up member of the Society can nominate an organisation. For more information about the Grant Application Scheme and to download an application form please click the relevant button.

In the last four years the Society has awarded six grants totalling nearly £5,000.  Here is an example of how grant monies have been used.

In May 2020, the Main Committee approved a grant to conserve items from the Kelmscott Press in anticipation of the William Morris Society 2021 exhibition and year of celebrations that were planned for the 30th anniversary of the Kelmscott Press. The grant was made in memory of David Rainger who had been a member and supporter of ACMS for many years and was also the former Chairman of the William Morris Society.  Conservation costs were funded for two unique paper items: the title page of The History of Reynard the Foxe, by William Caxton and The Initials A, B & C.

The History of Reynard the Foxe, by William Caxton, 1892, Kelmscott Press

The History of Reynard the Foxe translated by William Caxton was the tenth book produced by William Morris’s famed Kelmscott Press. This piece perfectly exemplifies the care and detail that went into every book. Printed on handmade linen paper, using a typeface designed and handmade by Morris, this title page and book highlights his mantra of reviving the skill and purity of Medieval printing, in Morris’s own words: to print books “which would have a definite claim to beauty.”

Initial Letters A, B & C, Kelmscott Press c.1890s

The Initials A, B & C illustrate the advanced attention to detail and design adopted by Morris in his mission to produce beautiful books, which stand as art in their own right.