Friday 19th September 2014 to Saturday 20th September 2014
Venue: Chawton House
There are two days of special events to accompany the national touring exhibition ‘Show me the money: The Image of Finance, 1700 to the Present’ at Chawton House Library, and to celebrate the decision of the Bank of England to depict Jane Austen on the £10 note.
The exhibition tells the visual history of finance from the 1700s to the contemporary. The project is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Arts Council, with support from the University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh, and University of Southampton . The exhibition is part of a large gallery and museum partnership, opening at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art in June 2014 before travelling to Hampshire later this year and then moving to an extended display at The People’s History Museum, Manchester in July 2015. www.imageoffinance.com
The work in Chawton House Library emphasises the critical but often overlooked role that women artists have played in telling the story of finance. Alongside familiar images by Hogarth and Gillray, and new research on the Austen family itself, the exhibition explores the work of a contemporary generation of women artists who are interested in what money itself is: the tension between its essential place in our social and collective lives and its fragile and ephemeral physical nature.
‘Show Me the Money’ is shown in two parts concurrently, across Chawton House Library and the John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, where the exhibition runs from 7 October – 22 November 2014. www.hansardgallery.org.uk
Friday 19 September, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm: Day Workshop: ‘Money, Sovereignty, and Representation’
Cultural historians and theorists will join with curators from the British Museum and British Library to discuss and debate the material forms of money, and ask, What does money really stand for? There will be three sessions: ‘Money, Nationality and Sovereignty’, ‘Money and Trust,’ ‘Money, History and Gender’.
Friday 19 September, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Free Exhibition Private View with a Public Lecture
by Caroline Criado-Perez of the campaign ‘Keep a Woman on English Banknotes’.
Saturday 20 September 9:30 am to 5:00 pm: University of Southampton Lifelong Learning Study Day: ‘Banking in the age of Jane Austen’
Jane Austen’s brother Henry was a banker, and her lifetime coincided with tumultuous years in the history of British finance, largely due to the long-running war with France and the constant fears of economic isolation, hardship and insurrection at home. Speakers will address the rise of paper money and financial malpractice, the transformation of the social landscape by modern capitalism, and Austen’s own insider knowledge of the changing world of banking. Click here to view a detailed programme.
Tickets
Friday 19 September: Delegate: £30, Students and Unwaged Delegates: £20
Public Lecture: Free (registration essential)
Saturday 20 September: Delegate: £40, Students and Unwaged Delegates: £30
Two-day Delegate: £60, Students and Unwaged Delegates: £40 Places are strictly limited, so early booking is advised.
Book tickets online or ring Chawton House Library direct on 01420 541010