Editing Farnham (section)

===The arts===
[[William Herbert Allen]], the notable English landscape watercolour artist, lived and worked in Farnham for most of his career. He was Master of Farnham Art School from 1889 to 1927 and many of his works depict landscapes of the Farnham area.<ref name=WHAllen>{{cite web|url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/allen-gallery/w-h-allen.htm |title=W H Allen 1863–1943 |publisher=[[Hampshire County Council]] |date=26 October 2011 |access-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113152831/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/allen-gallery/w-h-allen.htm |archive-date=13 January 2012 }}</ref> Illustrator [[Pauline Baynes]] spent much of her childhood in Farnham and trained at the Farnham School of Art.<ref name=Baynes>{{cite web
|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2124851_farnham_artists_tolkien_and_narnia_work_on_display
|title=Farnham artist's Tolkien and Narnia work on display
|publisher=Get Surrey
|date=28 November 2012
|access-date=25 May 2013
|archive-date=30 November 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130165804/http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2124851_farnham_artists_tolkien_and_narnia_work_on_display
|url-status=live
}}</ref> A popular fantasy artist, [[Josephine Wall]], was born and educated in the town.<ref name=Wall>{{cite web|url=http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/about_jo.html|title=About Jo|publisher=Josephine Wall|access-date=23 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311102922/http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/about_jo.html|archive-date=11 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since Roman times the [[weald]]en clay of the area has been exploited for pottery and brickmaking. Pottery continued on a small-scale commercial basis until the closure of [[Farnham Pottery]] at Wrecclesham in 1998, when it passed to the Farnham Buildings Preservation Trust. Farnham Pottery, in addition to utility wares, became famous during the [[Arts and Crafts movement]] for their decorative wares, either hand-thrown or moulded and decorated in a variety of coloured glazes, particularly "Farnham Greenware".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farnham.gov.uk/visit/history-heritage/museum-of-farnham.html |title=Museum of Farnham: Farnham Online |publisher=Museum of Farnham |date=4 November 2009 |access-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323020028/http://www.farnham.gov.uk/visit/history-heritage/museum-of-farnham.html |archive-date=23 March 2012 }}</ref> There was close co-operation between the pottery and [[Farnham School of Art]] (now a campus of [[University for the Creative Arts]]).

The Castle Theatre in Castle Street was replaced by the [[Redgrave Theatre, Farnham|Redgrave Theatre]] in 1974 which, itself, closed down in 1998 due to the decline of repertory theatre in England.<ref name=Redgrave>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/redgraves-in-lastditch-fight-to-save-their-theatre-430114.html|title=Redgraves in last-ditch fight to save their theatre|date=29 December 2006|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|author=Sara Newman|access-date=3 April 2012|archive-date=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210135916/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/redgraves-in-lastditch-fight-to-save-their-theatre-430114.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998 'The New Farnham Repertory Company', now renamed Farnham Rep, was formed to carry on the tradition of repertory theatre in the town. The Farnham Theatre Association campaigns for a theatre in Farnham, either in the form of a restored Redgrave Theatre or a new building.<ref name=FarnhamRep>{{cite web|url=http://www.newfarnhamrep.co.uk/about/|title=About Farnham Rep|publisher=Farnham Rep|access-date=4 April 2012|archive-date=28 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728091008/http://newfarnhamrep.co.uk/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====The Maltings====
[[File:Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey - geograph.org.uk - 1202359.jpg|255px|thumb|The Maltings creative arts centre on the River Wey and Bridge Square, Farnham]]
Productions still regularly take place at the Maltings, which produces work and receives touring shows. Productions are occasionally held in the grounds of Farnham Library. Various genres of music are promoted at the Maltings, where there is a dance studio. The Maltings is a creative arts centre, catering for all ages, with workshops, clubs, groups and sessions involved in craft, theatre, music and writing, including [[Rock Choir]], amongst others.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

====The New Ashgate Gallery====
The New Ashgate Gallery is a non-profit, educational charity based in Farnham. It specialises in [[contemporary art]] and [[craft]], organising a programme of exhibitions and projects with artists and makers. Established in 1959, the gallery is the longest running craft space in South of England and <ref name="newashgate">http://www.newashgate.org.uk {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126172830/https://www.newashgate.org.uk/ |date=26 November 2020 }} New Ashgate Gallery</ref> was the first provincial gallery to showcase both local and international artists.<ref>Mornement, C. Craft Galleries Guide: Applied Arts Galleries Throughout the UK with Guest Galleries from Australia, 2011, {{ISBN|0-9550026-8-0}}</ref> Architect Paul Archer designed a quarter-million pound redevelopment for the Gallery that was finished in 2004.<ref>http://www.paularcherdesign.co.uk/noscript/project.cfm?id=30{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The gallery organises established platforms to present new work through exhibitions projects such as the ''Surrey Artist of the Year'' competition, organised with the Surrey Open Studios, the Hothouse, an early career maker support programme with the Crafts Council, and the annual, open call ''Rising Stars'' touring exhibition that provides information, guidance, networking and exhibition opportunities to emerging and graduating artists from the UK and internationally.<ref>Ely, P, Cambell, F. ''Higher Education, Stimulating Creative Enterprise'', University for the Creative Arts, 2011, {{ISBN|0-9564160-5-5}}</ref>

====Peter Pan====
It was in Farnham, whilst living at Black Lake Cottage, a remote woodland retreat near Tilford, that [[J. M. Barrie]] was inspired to write ''[[Peter Pan]]''.<ref name=barrie>{{cite web|url=http://www.heureka.clara.net/surrey-hants/surrey-writers.htm|title=Surrey Writers|author=Keith Parkins|date=March 2009|access-date=3 April 2012}}</ref>

'''Bourne Wood'''

The nearby [[Bourne Wood]] is a popular film location appearing in [[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]], [[Thor: The Dark World]] and [[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]].