Rosemary Barnett
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Rosemary Barnett, British sculptor, trained at Kingston School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 1998. She became Principal of the Sir Henry Doulton
School of Sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent
in 1991. In 1990 she met Harry Everington
there and their shared artistic outlook brought about the Frink School
of Figurative Sculpture which opened in 1996 in Longton
and closed in 2005 at Tunstall
.
She was part of the early selection panels for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and is a former curator of the Jerwood Sculpture Park, then based at Witley Court
in Worcestershire
and now at Ragley Hall
.
Henry Doulton
Sir Henry Doulton was an English businessman, inventor and manufacturer of pottery, instrumental in developing the firm of Royal Doulton....
School of Sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
in 1991. In 1990 she met Harry Everington
Harry Everington
Harry Everington was co-founder of the former Frink School of Figurative Sculpture based in the towns of Stoke on Trent , Staffordshire...
there and their shared artistic outlook brought about the Frink School
Frink School
The Frink School of Figurative Sculpture was named after Elisabeth Frink , British Sculptor, and was a small intimate academy with a specific discipline of study closer in spirit to a master and apprentice structure than an educational institution...
of Figurative Sculpture which opened in 1996 in Longton
Longton, Staffordshire
Longton is a southern district of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and is known locally as the "Neck End" of the city. Longton is one of the six towns of "the Potteries" which formed the City of Stoke-on-Trent in 1925.-History:...
and closed in 2005 at Tunstall
Tunstall, Staffordshire
Tunstall is an area in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was one of the original six towns that federated to form the city. Tunstall is the most northern town of the city of Stoke-on-Trent....
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She was part of the early selection panels for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and is a former curator of the Jerwood Sculpture Park, then based at Witley Court
Witley Court
Witley Court in Worcestershire, England is a Grade 1 listed building and was once one of the great houses of the Midlands, but today it is a spectacular ruin after being devastated by fire in 1937. It was built by Thomas Foley in 1655 on the site of a former manor house near Great Witley...
in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
and now at Ragley Hall
Ragley Hall
Ragley Hall is located south of Alcester, Warwickshire, eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Hertford and is one of the stately homes of England.-The present day:...
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