A Beginner’s Guide to Fans: The Workshop – 25th June 2019.
In June 2019 Tennants in Leyburn has kindly agreed to loan cabinet space to the FCI for the second exhibition of member’s fans.
During the exhibition period, the second fan auction of 2019 is envisaged.
Due to the successful Event Day in 2018 when many members joined local people for a lecture, lunch and viewing …
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Unfolding Fans – St Andrews Museum 16th March -1st June 2019
An exhibition has been curated by postgraduate Museum & Gallery Studies students at the University of St Andrews, and is being held at St. Andrews Museum in Fife, Scotland, running from now until 1st June.
We understand some of the fans in the exhibition belonged to Lady Victoria Wemyss (1890-1994), a lady-in waiting to Queen …
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The Fan Circle AGM 2019 – Utrecht, The Netherlands, 16th to 19th May 2019
The 2019 AGM will be held in The Netherlands. Utrecht has a lovely old city centre with canals and historic houses, and no doubt our local members will find many fans to show us. …
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Judith Kennedy Collection – Tennants Sale March 9 2019
The Judith Kennedy Collection of fine Antique Fans will be sold at Tennants in Leyburn on March 9th 2019. The collection will be the main focus of the auction, which is supplemented by Part 3 of fans from an ongoing collection dispersal, and some entries from local vendors.
Judith Kennedy joined the FCI in 1977, …
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Eventails de Créateurs, XIXème, XXème et Contemporains – Icones, Face-à -Face et Univers
FCI member Serge Davoudian will be hosting an exhibition entitled ‘Eventails de Créateurs, XIXème, XXème et Contemporains – Icones, Face-à -Face et Univers‘ at Marché Biron, Saint-Ouen, Stand 126 from 1st December 2018 – 14th January 2019.
View the poster here. …
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The Blackborne Collection – Tennants Auctions May and July 2018
Two parts of the Blackborne Collection of Antique Fans were offered in auction by Tennants in Yorkshire in April and July 2018.
FCI Members were treated to a view of some of these fans in 1997 and again in 2010, when AGMs were held in Yorkshire. However, in total there are actually more than 450 …
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The Fan Circle AGM: Edinburgh May 17-21 2018
The Fan Circle AGM in 2018 will take place in Edinburgh between 17th and 21st May 2018. The hotel selected is in a very central location near Holyrood and, in addition to the usual ‘AGM’ events, one day will be spent visiting attractions outside the Scottish capital and there will also be a visit to …
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FAN STUDY DAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2018
There will be study day for both FCI members and other members of the public on Thursday 8th February entitled Fans From The Royal Courts, see link:
http://tennantsgardenrooms.com/?post_type=events&p=5151
This event is part of the wider Exhibition from 3rd to 26th February 2018, where several FCI Northern members will be displaying fans in the Garden Rooms …
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Street Fans at the Fan Museum
Tuesday 19 Sept to Sunday 31 December 2017 (closed Saturday 30 September) – view details at https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/street-fans or view a Poster here. …
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Clouds in a Bag: The Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection
Clouds in a Bag: The Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection, The Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia, January 2017-2018. Includes some ballooning fans.
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/clouds-in-a-bag-the-evelyn-way-kendall-ballooning-and-early-aviation-collection-6154 …
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