Editing Stuckism (section)

==Name, founding and origin==
[[Image:MedwayPoets.jpg|thumb|[[Sexton Ming]], [[Tracey Emin]], [[Charles Thomson (artist)|Charles Thomson]], [[Billy Childish]] and musician Russell Wilkinson
at the Rochester Adult Education Centre to record [[The Medway Poets]] LP, 11 December 1987.]]

The name "Stuckism" was coined in January 1999 by [[Charles Thomson (artist)|Charles Thomson]] in response to a poem read to him several times by [[Billy Childish]]. In it, Childish recites that his former girlfriend, [[Tracey Emin]] had said he was "stuck! stuck! stuck!" with his art, poetry and music.<ref name=milner7>[[Charles Thomson (artist)|Thomson, Charles]] (August 2004), "A Stuckist on Stuckism: Stella Vine", from: Ed. Frank Milner (2004), ''The Stuckists Punk Victorian'', pp. 7–9, [[National Museums Liverpool]], {{ISBN|1-902700-27-9}}. Available online at [http://www.stuckism.com/Walker/AStuckistOnStuckism.html#TwoStarts "The Two Starts of Stuckism"] and [http://www.stuckism.com/Walker/AStuckistOnStuckism.html#Virtual "The Virtual Stuckists"] on stuckism.com.</ref> Later that month, Thomson approached Childish with a view to co-founding an art group called Stuckism, which Childish agreed to, on the basis that Thomson would do the work for the group, as Childish already had a full schedule.<ref name=milner7/>

There were eleven other founding members: [[Philip Absolon]], Frances Castle, Sheila Clark, [[Eamon Everall]], [[Ella Guru]], [[Wolf Howard]], [[Bill Lewis]], Sanchia Lewis, [[Joe Machine]], [[Sexton Ming]], and [[Charles Williams (artist)|Charles Williams]].<ref name=milner7/> The membership has evolved since its founding through creative collaborations:<ref>[http://www.stuckism.com/info.html "Stuckism: Introduction"], stuckism.com. Retrieved 18 October 2009.</ref> the group was originally promoted as working in paint, but members have since worked in various other media, including poetry, fiction, performance, photography, film and music.<ref name=milner7/>

In 1979, Thomson, Childish, Bill Lewis and Ming were members of [[The Medway Poets]] performance group, to which Absolon and Sanchia Lewis had earlier contributed.<ref name=milner7/> Peter Waite's Rochester Pottery staged a series of solo painting shows.<ref name=milner7/> In 1982, [[Television South|TVS]] broadcast a documentary on the poets.<ref name=milner7/> That year, Emin, then a fashion student, and Childish started a relationship; her writing was edited by Bill Lewis, printed by Thomson and published by Childish.<ref name=milner7/> Group members published dozens of works.<ref name=milner7/> The poetry group dispersed after two years, reconvening in 1987 to record ''The Medway Poets'' LP.<ref name=milner7/> Clark, Howard and Machine became involved over the following years.<ref name=milner7/> Thomson got to know Williams, who was a local art student and whose girlfriend was a friend of Emin; Thomson also met Everall.<ref name=milner7/> During the foundation of the group, Ming brought in his girlfriend, Guru, who in turn invited Castle.<ref name=milner7/>