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SUMMARY:Art Down Under: Australian Art from the convict years to the modern era
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/november_lecture/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:The Travels and Art of John Singer Sargent
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/11925/
LOCATION:Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Cucklington\, Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Rowls Lane\, Cucklington.\, Wincanton\, Somerset\, BA9 9PY\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Day of Special Interest
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SUMMARY:Caravaggio: A Rebel with a Cause
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-october-24/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:Tapestry : The Ultimate Wall Decoration
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-10/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:An Evening Celebration 2024
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/an-evening-celebration-2024/
LOCATION:Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Cucklington\, Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Rowls Lane\, Cucklington.\, Wincanton\, Somerset\, BA9 9PY\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Evening Lecture
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SUMMARY:Breughel : The Seasons and the World
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/june-lecture/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:Breaking the Ice-Jackson Pollock and American Abstract Impressionism
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-9/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:Chinamania : The Impact of Chinese Porcelain on European Taste\, Collecting and Display
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-8/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
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SUMMARY:The History of the City of London Through Stained Glass
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-7/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240201T113000
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SUMMARY:200 Years of Valentines
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-6/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240104T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240104T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:The Nativity in Art from Giotto to Picasso
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-4/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231207T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231207T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:Eleanor Coade and her Stone
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-5/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231102T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231102T123000
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SUMMARY:`A Carpet Ride to Khiva and Central Asia’
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-3/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231019T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231019T163000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:RADICALS AND RIVALS
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/day-of-special-interest-16th-october-2023/
LOCATION:Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Cucklington\, Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Rowls Lane\, Cucklington.\, Wincanton\, Somerset\, BA9 9PY\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Day of Special Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231005T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231005T123000
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SUMMARY:Tulipomania – A 17th Century Passion in Art\, Gardens and Collecting
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/montly-lecture-template-copy-2/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230706T113000
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SUMMARY:Public Sculpture
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/public-sculpture/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230601T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230601T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:The Kennedy White House
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-kennedy-white-house/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:Sir Stamford Raffles - Art Collector and Founder of Singapore
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/sir-stamford-raffles-art-collector-and-founder-of-singapore/
LOCATION:Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Cucklington\, Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Rowls Lane\, Cucklington.\, Wincanton\, Somerset\, BA9 9PY\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Day of Special Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230504T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230504T123000
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SUMMARY:The Colour Blue - From paradise to poison
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/test-monthly-lecture-event/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230406T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230406T133000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:From Errol Flynn to Bottles of Gin: Literary Portraits and their Afterlives
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/writers-portraits/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230302T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230302T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:Henry VIII and the Field of the Cloth of Gold
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/henry-viii-and-the-field-of-the-cloth-of-gold/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230202T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230202T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:Opera : The melting pot of culture
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/opera-the-melting-pot-of-culture/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230105T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230105T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:Picasso`s Guernica
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/picassos-guernica/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221201T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:The art of the cartoonist
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-art-of-the-cartoonist/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221103T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221103T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:The British Army in India – an unofficial view
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-british-army-in-india-an-unofficial-view/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221027T101500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221027T150000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
CREATED:20220621T055418Z
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SUMMARY:The Victorians - a Course of Six Lectures Starting:
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-victorians/
LOCATION:Market Lavington Community Hall\, Market Lavington Community Hall\, Market Lavington\, Wiltshire\, SN10 4DG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Wessex Area
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221006T113000
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SUMMARY:The subtle science and exact art of colour in English Garden Design
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-subtle-science-and-exact-art-of-colour-in-english-garden-design-2/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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SUMMARY:The subtle science and exact art of colour in English Garden Design.
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-subtle-science-and-exact-art-of-colour-in-english-garden-design/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220707T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220707T123000
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SUMMARY:Most Popular Pictures in British Collections
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/most-popular-pictures-in-british-collections/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220609T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220609T123000
DTSTAMP:20260627T094728
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SUMMARY:Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico
DESCRIPTION:'Marley's Ghost. Ebenezer Scrooge visited by a ghost' by John Leech\, Public domain via wikimedia commons. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	We've told supernatural tales at midwinter for a very long time. In this talk Kirsty Hartsiotis takes us back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe. We then explore the lost years of the 17th and 18th centuries\, where it’s often thought that Christmas wasn’t celebrated much – but ghost tales at Christmas-tide were very part of the season.  In the 19th century many traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected\, and even now it’s considered one of the spookiest times of the years. We draw on midwinter tales from all around Britain in this talk and explore links with European midwinter traditions. This is a special Christmas lecture that draws on Kirsty's long experience as an oral storyteller and writer and teller of local ghost and folk tales. You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas! \n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n	\nLecturer: Kirsty Hartsiotis\n\nKirsty Hartsiotis was the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum\, Cheltenham from 2008 to 2023. She is currently a curator at Swindon Museums\, where she also worked prior to 2008. At Cheltenham she looked after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection\, which includes the important private press archive\, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements\, including Crafting Change and Ernest Gimson: Observation\, Imagination & Making. Her most recent exhibition is A Very British Art Revolution at Swindon\, and she's currently working on a touring exhibition about British studio pottery. Passionate about sharing her deep love for and knowledge of the arts\, she’s also a freelance researcher\, currently researching Arts and Crafts war memorials and the work of Arts and Crafts designers in churches in the South West. She’s also been an oral storyteller for over 20 years\, and has published a number of collections of stories. She is a regular columnist for Cotswold Life\, writes for diverse other publications on art history and folklore\, and was the newsletter editor for the Society of Decorative Art Collections. \n\n\nExtra Information\n\n	\nExtra information on events\n\n	Extra Information\nAdd extra information - promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you think the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css "display:none;" \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/william-beckford-1760-1844-genius-romantic-notoriety/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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