[3] Mead and Mann were initially sceptical of Bomberg's teaching style but were won over by his unconventional approach.

[4] She won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1945, but left after a year because of opposition to Bomberg's ideas there.

[2] Edna Mann and Dorothy Mead followed Bomberg to the City Literary Institute, where they met Cliff Holden,[3] and then the Borough Polytechnic (now London South Bank University) from 1946.

The exhibition included works by Cliff Holden, Dorothy Mead, Miles Richmond, Dinora and Leslie Marr and Lilian Holt.

[2] Mann co-wrote a radio play with Frank Hitchcock, Nigel Graham and Anthony Hall that titled "The Leavers" that was performed on BBC in February 1965.