BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Arts Society Blackmore Vale - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Arts Society Blackmore Vale X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Arts Society Blackmore Vale REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20180101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221201T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221201T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20220415T060659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T082501Z UID:9411-1669894200-1669897800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The art of the cartoonist DESCRIPTION:  \nHarry Venning has been a professional cartoonist for thirty years\, during which time he has provided cartoons for several high-profile UK publications (The Guardian\, Radio Times) as well as for countless more obscure titles (British Journal Of Wound Care). \nHe was awarded UK Strip Cartoonist Of The Year for his Guardian strip Clare In The Community\, which he adapted into a Radio 4 sitcom. \nIn ‘The Art Of The Cartoonist’ Harry will be tracing the history of his profession with examples from early practitioners like Cruickshank and Hogarth\, to more contemporary artists such as Giles and Schulz\, bringing events right up to date with cartoons produced fresh on the page that day! \nYes\, Harry will be drawing live. Prepare to hear some tricks of his trade\, learn where to put eyebrows for maximum effect and discover exactly what the eskimo brothers said in The Funniest Joke Ever (possibly). \n\n\n\nLecturer: Harry Venning BA\nI graduated from the University of Wales\, Aberystwyth with a BA in history\, formed a touring theatre company bringing new plays to audiences in rural Wales\, was then employed for a year as an actor/writer with the Channel Theatre Company in Ramsgate\, Kent\, before giving up acting and becoming a cartoonist instead. \nI have had work published in the UK and abroad\, including the strip Clare in the Community which has been a weekly feature in The Guardian since 1996. In 2016 I was awarded Strip Cartoonist of the Year by the UK Cartoon Trust. \nI am also a Sony Award winning writer of radio comedy\, including the shows Coach Karen’s Half Time Team Talk and Clare in the Community starring Sally Phillips\, currently recording its twelfth series. \nFor the last ten years I have been performing my cartoon workshop Release Your Inner Cartoonist in its many different guises\, to audiences as diverse as schoolchildren\, business executives and festival goers. \nI can’t draw hands or horses. 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/harryvenningimage.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221103T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221103T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20220415T055918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T005647Z UID:9409-1667475000-1667478600@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The British Army in India – an unofficial view DESCRIPTION:Many thousands of British soldiers – and\, in some cases\, their wives – sailed out to India in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the era before photography\, many sent back drawings and paintings intended for private consumption. These now offer us a vivid insight into various aspects of their lives\, sometimes unglamorous\, often amusing. We see their journey out\, their social activities\, their bungalows\, gardens and hill stations; also their cuisine\, their recreations\, life on the march\, and their means of coping with heat\, insects and other maladies…  \n\n\n\nLecturer: Patrick Connor MA  DPhil\n1970-71 Teacher at Marlborough College. 1975-86 Keeper of Fine Art at the Royal Pavilion\, Art Gallery & Museums\, Brighton. Since 1986 Director of the Martyn Gregory Gallery\, London. Author of several books including Savage Ruskin\, Oriental Architecture in the West and George Chinnery\, artist of India and the China Coast.\n \n \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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221027T101500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221027T150000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20220621T055418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220708T093328Z UID:9645-1666865700-1666882800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Victorians - a Course of Six Lectures Starting: DESCRIPTION:Organised by the Arts Society Wessex Area\n  \nFor more information from the Wessex Area website – click the link below: \nhttps://theartssociety.org/sites/default/files/files/society/attachments/The%20Victorians%20synopsis.pdf \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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-victorians.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221006T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221006T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20220414T121513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T082612Z UID:9406-1665055800-1665059400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The subtle science and exact art of colour in English Garden Design DESCRIPTION:Fillius\, CC BY-SA 3.0 \, via Wikimedia Commons \n  \nIn 1888 Gertrude Jekyll wrote a short but seminal article in The Garden in which she urged the readers to “remember that in a garden we are painting a picture”. As an accomplished watercolour artist\, Miss Jekyll was familiar with the principles of using colours\, but she felt that in gardens these principles “had been greatly neglected”. This talk looks at how to apply these principles in designing a border\, but it also looks at the ways in which a border is different from a painting. However\, it goes further than this and looks at how contemporary work of the likes of Turner\, Monet\, Rothko\, Jackson Pollack\, and Hockney evolved in parallel with ideas about what a garden or border should look like. \n\n\nLecturer: Timothy Walker Master of Horticulture\, BA\nFrom 1988 to 2014 I was the Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden.  Botanic gardens are often described as living museums\, and garden curators lecture about them in the same way as museum curators talk about their collections. Gardens are often thought of a place where science and art meet on equal terms and my lectures often investigate this relationship.  Since 2014 I have been a college lecturer and tutor in Botany and Plant Conservation at Somerville College Oxford. 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2048px-Bryngarw_Country_Park_Japanese_garden_autmn_maple-e1650372535475.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221006T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221006T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20220414T120605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T120605Z UID:9404-1665055800-1665059400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The subtle science and exact art of colour in English Garden Design. DESCRIPTION:The subtle science and exact art of colour in English Garden Design 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. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220707T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220707T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210703T074210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T102329Z UID:8541-1657193400-1657197000@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Most Popular Pictures in British Collections DESCRIPTION:This lecture will present the most popular paintings to be found in British collections – in reverse order from No. 20 to No.1\, compiled from different polls conducted since 2005 (society members who recall Alan Freeman’s Pick of the Pops will get the idea!). As the list is counted down\, there will be detailed discussion of some of the individual artworks\, as well as reflections on why some artworks rate so high or low and why some don’t feature at all. Overall\, considerable interest\, some fun and a little seriousness is promised. \n\n\n\nLecturer: Raymond Warburton BA MA\nRay has had a life-long love of art. From 2014 to 2017\, he studied art history at the Open University\, and then at the University of Buckingham\, from where he has an MA in the History of Art. Since 2011\, he has been a guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern\, where he leads public tours of all the permanent displays and also undertakes exhibition tours. In his twenties\, Ray studied social sciences at the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies\, from where he was awarded a BSc and a MSc respectively. These degrees led to a career in health and social care\, with art being an evening and weekend passion. They also gave Ray a grounding in evidence-based approaches\, which he now uses to ensure his art lectures are well-researched and well-informed. Ray is an experienced public speaker who\, over many years\, has given presentations and lectures on a range of health\, art and other themes to diverse audiences in the UK\, and abroad from San Diego to Hong Kong. In mid-2020\, Ray began organising\, hosting and presenting at many on-line art-based seminars for fellow Tate guides and other art lovers. Ray is a member of his local Arts Society in Blackheath. 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220609T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220609T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210703T064853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T122611Z UID:8373-1654774200-1654777800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico DESCRIPTION:This colourful lecture explores the relationship between an extraordinary American painter and an equally remarkable place: the picturesque state of New Mexico. Having visited the mountain art colony of Taos for the first time in 1929\, she moved permanently to New Mexico after World War II. Fascinated by the mountains and desert\, adobe churches and sun-bleached bones\, and above all by the brilliant light and vast skies of the state they call the Land of Enchantment\, O’Keeffe painted constantly. She was a fearless explorer\, setting off alone into the empty landscape in a battered old car\, and a tremendous character. This lecture brings to life one of America’s greatest artists\, and one of its most beautiful places. \n\n\n\nLecturer: James Russell\nI’m an art historian\, curator and author with a leaning towards 20th/21st century British art and culture. My exhibition ‘Seaside Modern: Art & Life on the Beach’ is at Hastings Contemporary\, opening May 2021\, followed by ‘Eric Ravilious; Downland Man’ at Wiltshire Museum in Sept 2021 – both shows were supposed to be on last year but moved for obvious reasons… You can see details of my previous shows on the Exhibitions page. Books\, curiously enough\, can be explored on the Books page. I’m always willing to consider a proposal for a book commission or exhibition. I’ve recently worked with Portland Gallery on Edward Seago\, Towner on Peggy Angus and the Ingram Collection on two exhibitions\, the most recent being ‘Reflection’. \nMy website: https://jamesrussellontheweb.blogspot.com 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Georgia_OKeeffe_-_Lake_George_Reflection-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220523T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220523T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20191023T110825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T130851Z UID:6210-1653301800-1653321600@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A CITY: THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF ST. PETERSBURG DESCRIPTION:Rosamund Bartlett completed her doctorate at Oxford and is an authority on the cultural history of Russia.  She will be talking to us about how Peter the Great started planning and building this sumptuous city in the 18th century and the remarkable transformations it went through between the 18th and 20th centuries under the various leaders including the Empress Elizabeth\, Catherine the Great\, Tsar Alexander I and the last Romanov Tsar.\n\nWe will be looking at the imposing buildings\, the brilliance of the city’s cultural life and how the Arts\, Ballet and Opera had revolutionised the city\, boasting world class performers such as Pavlova\, Nijinsky and Chaliapin along with figures such a Diaghilev and Malevich\, before it was engulfed by the 1917 Revolution.  Also\, we will hear about the name changes the city went through and how after the collapse of Soviet power it once again became St. Petersburg.\n\nThis promises to be a fascinating and enjoyable day.\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-psychology-of-a-city-the-history-and-architecture-of-st-petersburg/ LOCATION:Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Cucklington\, Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Rowls Lane\, Cucklington.\, Wincanton\, Somerset\, BA9 9PY\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Day of Special Interest ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/St-Petersburg1-e1637770821616.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220505T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220505T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210703T063637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T122514Z UID:8371-1651750200-1651753800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Peggy Guggenheim DESCRIPTION:The ‘poor little rich girl’ who changed the face of twentieth century art. Not only was Peggy Guggenheim ahead of her time but she was also the woman who helped define it. She discovered and nurtured a new generation of artists producing a new kind of art. Through collecting not only art but also the artists themselves\, her life was as radical as her collection. \n\n\n\nLecturer: Alexandra Epps BA MA\nOfficial Guide and Lecturer at Tate Modern\, Tate Britain and Guildhall Art Gallery. Pallant House Gallery Lecturer. Qualified Guide to the City of London\, offering lectures and walks about many aspects of the arts for societies\, corporations and private individuals. Member of the City of London Guide Lecturers Association. Co-author of the book Lord Mayor’s Portraits 1983-2014 (2015). Alexandra’s background is in design having practised as a graphic designer running her own design consultancy for many years. BA Saint Martins School of Art\, MA London College of Printing. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/peggy-guggenheim-2/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PeggyGuggenheim.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220407T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220407T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210703T062326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T122438Z UID:8369-1649331000-1649334600@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Bloomsbury Group: The Art of Vanessa Bell DESCRIPTION:Avant-garde painter\, designer\, decorator\, inspired colourist\, mother and muse\, Vanessa Bell was the warm heart of the Bloomsbury Group\, once described by Dorothy Parker as “living in squares and loving in triangles”. This has perhaps lessened the fame of her work: this lecture asks the question – was Vanessa Bell the painter as radical as her sister\, the writer Virginia Woolf? \n\n\n\nLecturer: Julia Musgrave\nJulia Musgrave got her first degree in Chemical Engineering and went on to become a Chartered Information Systems Engineer and IT project manager. In 2008 she decided that life was too short for just one career and decided to become an art historian.\nShe now has a Graduate Diploma in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art and an MLitt in ‘Art\, Style and Design: Renaissance to Modernism\, c.1450 – c.1930’ from the University of Glasgow. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. at the University of York the involvement of Roger Fry and the Bloomsbury Group in the development of the Contemporary Art Society from 1910 to 1937. She is a lecturer in Art History at the City Literary Institute (City Lit). URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/bloomsbury-group-the-art-of-vanessa-bell-2/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Vanessa-Bell.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220303T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220303T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210703T060657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T122355Z UID:8367-1646305200-1646310600@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Manufactured Woman: The Story of Pandora and how she has inspired generations of artists to imagine how and why women came into the world DESCRIPTION: \nIn Greek legend\, Pandora was created with the express purpose of causing trouble to men which\, by opening her box\, she achieved. This lecture looks at the original sources for the story\, draws parallels with both Eve in Genesis and Galatea in Ovid before showing how ballets\, operas and plays from Coppelia to My Fair Lady and The Winter’s Tale to Educating Rita have developed the theme of a creation that runs out of control. \n\n\n\nLecturer: Mary Sharp\nMary is an experienced broadcaster and teacher with particular expertise in literature and drama. She worked for many years for BBC Radio 4 producing some of its most popular programmes including Start the Week and Woman’s Hour before joining the senior management team as a Commissioning Editor. Mary has subsequently worked as a teacher and Director of Sixth Form at a leading girls’ grammar school. She now runs her own company ‘Opening Up Literature’ which offers literature courses for adults including studies of Shakespeare and Creative Writing. Her most popular course is ‘Telling Tales’ which explores how writers and artists have reinvented classical stories. She is also a professional bridge teacher and lecturer. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-manufactured-woman-the-story-of-pandora-and-how-she-has-inspired-generations-of-artists-to-imagine-how-and-why-women-came-into-the-world/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/MarchImage.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220203T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220203T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210703T055648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T194547Z UID:8364-1643887800-1643891400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Mystery of Holbein’s Ambassadors DESCRIPTION:Hans Holbein the Younger\, Public domain\, via Wikimedia Commons \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nHans Holbein brought with him from mainland Europe to England both sophistication and skill\, with far reaching consequences for this island’s artistic development. His Ambassadors is one of the National Gallery of London’s greatest treasures\, dating from a tradition in the arts when no object was without meaning and symbolism\, practically all of which has been lost to the modern observer. This lecture considers the tempestuous circumstances of its creation and the hidden messages concealed within it. The painting tells us much about the state of Europe at the time and the hopes and fears of its major players. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLecturer: Anthony C Russell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nHas travelled much of the world\, combining painting with tour lecturing – principally to American university students on bespoke tours. Spent six years as a consultant for Luke Hughes and travelled the country advising on the furniture needs of prestigious buildings\, including museums\, palaces\, schools and cathedrals. Now based in London\, spends much of his time lecturing and undertaking research\, while assisting at the British Museum with outreach events and visiting lecturers. As an advocate of non-violence\, he is the author of the book Evolving the Spirit – From Democracy to Peace\, commended by Aung San Suu Kyi\, the Nobel Peace Laureate\, as meaning a great deal to her. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nExtra Information\n\nExtra 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  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nExtra Information\n\nAdd extra information – promised by the lecturer such as reading list\,  postponed of cancelled information\, and anything you thing the audience would like know. \nIf there is nothing set attribute css “display:none;” \n  URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-mystery-of-holbeins-ambassadors-2/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_The_Ambassadors-e1628232289790.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220106T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220106T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210702T085156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T104508Z UID:8362-1641468600-1641472200@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:In the Kingdom of the Sweets DESCRIPTION:Marianela Núñez and Vadim Muntagirov in a Royal Ballet Production \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe Nutcracker ballet has delighted audiences at Christmas for many decades yet it was deemed a failure at its initial performances. Based upon the current Royal Ballet production by Sir Peter Wright\, this lecture takes a close look at how this well-loved ballet now takes its rightful place on stage and how the music of Tchaikovsky along with story-telling\, design\, dance and a little bit of stage ingenuity all come together to make the most magical escape for young and old alike. Includes several performance video clips. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Nutcracker Doll \n \n \n \n Nutcracker Clara \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\nLecturer: Nigel Bates\nNigel Bates has been a performer for more than forty years in and out of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden\, including seventeen years as Principal Percussionist with the Orchestra and eight years as the Music Administrator of The Royal Ballet.\nHe has worked with many of the leading figures in the classical music industry and was also a producer for both the BBC’s Maestro at the Opera and Pappano’s Classical Voices documentary series. He is a regular contributor to the printed and online content of the ROH.\nHe has given lectures for over thirty years\, including many arts societies and conservatoires in the UK and across Australia. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sweets-2/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NUTS-golden-couple-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211202T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211202T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210628T133110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T144834Z UID:8360-1638444600-1638448200@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Repton and the Picturesque DESCRIPTION:The Picturesque was the final phase of the English Landscape Movement. Capability Brown’s serpentine curves\, smooth lawns and clumps of trees were now considered insipid and dull by a generation with an enthusiasm for untamed nature and rugged wildness The aim was always to engender a pleasurable frisson of fear. Repton knew that this was all very well as theory\, but his clients actually required practicality and\, above all\, beauty. Wildness was gradually tamed to become the formal gardens of the nineteenth century. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLecturer: James Bolton\nInchbald School of Design 1990 (Dip ISD). Head Gardener\, Old Rectory Farnborough 1990-92. Faculty Director\, Design History\, Inchbald School of Design. Garden Designer 1992-. A lecturer for The Arts Society since 1995. Organiser of The Arts Society’s garden study days and tours in UK and Europe. Organises tours to the best private gardens in the UK\, Italy\, France and South Africa. Garden Mania\, a book on garden ornaments\, published in 2000. \n\n  URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/repton-and-the-picturesque-2/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211104T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211104T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210628T091035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T122052Z UID:8466-1636025400-1636029000@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Moorish Architecture – the legacy of a vanished kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Alhambra of Grenada\, the Great Mosque of Cordoba and the Alcazar of Seville are the three most impressive monuments to the architectural creativity of the Moors in Spain\, but there are many other examples worthy of mention too.  The classical origins that influenced the Moorish style are less well-known\, but fascinating to explore\, as is the unique interior decorative style developed by the Moors\, which gives their architecture its beauty and exotic appeal – an appeal so strong that the Christians sometimes copied it\, even as they slowly reconquered the territory from its Islamic rulers. \n\n\n\nMr Ian Cockburn\nArt historian with a BA (Birkbeck College) in art history and an MA (Courtauld Institute of Art) in medieval Spanish art history. Specialist in the nearly 800 years of Moorish occupation and Christian reconquest of medieval Iberia. \nFounder and director of an art tours company\, specialising in guided cultural tours in Spain\, plus lecturing in London at institutions such as the V&A\, SOAS\, Christies Education\, and the London Art History Society. Formerly a Chartered Accountant and senior manager in multi-national IT companies\, with extensive public-speaking experience. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/moorish-architecture-the-legacy-of-a-vanished-kingdom/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/landscape-1900673_1920-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211007T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211007T223000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20210628T124414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T122149Z UID:8358-1633606200-1633645800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Age of Jazz DESCRIPTION:Image by jokoPix from Pixabay \n\n\nOne hundred years ago a group of American musicians docked in London\, bringing with them for the very first time one of the twentieth century’s most important musical genres: jazz\, a fascinating blend of rigorous structure\, free-wheeling creativity\, close-knit ensemble work and improvisation. Drawing on his practical experience both as musicologist and gigging musician\, Sandy’s talk touches on the disparate influences behind the emergence of jazz\, and his musical illustrations range from the blues\, ragtime and the very earliest jazz recordings through to classics by Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and the Duke Ellington Orchestra\, and the dawn of the Swing Era.  Includes live musical illustrations on the double bass. \n\n\n\nMr Sandy Burnett\nSandy is one of the UK’s most versatile music commentators\, enjoying a career that combines broadcasting\, performing and lecturing. After studying at St Catharine’s College\, Cambridge and working as music director for the RSC\, National Theatre and in London’s West End\, Sandy Burnett spent a decade as one of the core team of presenters on BBC Radio 3. Combining engaging scholarship with hands-on expertise\, he devises and leads cultural holidays all over the world\, is the author of the Idler Guide to Classical Music\, is a highly sought after double bassist on the London jazz scene\, and was appointed the Academy of Ancient Music’s Hogwood Fellow for the 2018-19 season. \n\n\n\n  URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-age-of-jazz-2/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LouisArmstrong.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210701T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210701T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20200408T183214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T165141Z UID:7128-1625139000-1625142600@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:A Design Evolution: Jewellery and Metalwork 1850-1940 DESCRIPTION: \nAn overview of the work of this dynamic period of design\, featuring key historicist\, neo-Gothic\, Arts and Crafts\, Art Nouveau and Modern jewelry and metalwork\, beautifully-illustrated with works from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection. \n\n\n\nLecturer: Helen Ritchie MA(Cantab) Curator\, Modern Applied Arts\, The Fitzwilliam Museum.\n\nHelen Ritchie is responsible for researching\, interpreting and curating the modern Applied Arts collections. She was the sole curator of the exhibition Designers and Jewellery 1850-1940: Jewellery and Metalwork from The Fitzwilliam Museum (2018) and author of the accompanying catalogue\, and was the organising curator of exhibitions\, Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery\, in partnership with Yale Center for British Art\, and Flux: Parian Ware at The Fitzwilliam Museum\, in partnership with artist Matt Smith (both 2018). She has continued to work with contemporary artists\, curating a display with Jennifer Lee and creating a short film with Elspeth Owen.  \nAfter studying at Trinity Hall\, University of Cambridge and the University of the Arts London\, Helen worked with a broad range of applied arts at the Royal Collection Trust\, Christie’s\, Harrogate Museums and the British Museum. Helen is a Trustee of the Society of Jewellery Historians and the North West Essex Collection Trust (on display at Fry Art Gallery\, Saffron Walden)\, Hon. Secretary of the Decorative Arts Society (DAS) and an accredited Arts Society lecturer. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/a-design-evolution-jewellery-and-metalwork-1850-1940/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210603T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210603T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20200408T182558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T165513Z UID:7126-1622719800-1622723400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Cultral Heritage of the Huguenots DESCRIPTION:The Huguenots came to England in huge numbers in the late 17th century bringing a wide variety of skills – as silk weavers\, silversmiths\, clock makers\, opticians\, bankers\, gilders\, ironworkers\, horticulturists etc. Names such as Paul de Lamerie\, Samuel Courtauld and Jean Tijou spring to mind. In virtually all areas\, they were innovators and more advanced than the English who were forced to improve their own skills or go out of business. Although the majority settled in London\, others found their way to East Anglia\, Macclesfield and Canterbury. This talk examines their lasting legacy.  \n\n\n\n\nLecture: Mrs Sue Jackson.\nOriginally in academic art and design publishing\, Sue is also a Fellow of the Huguenot Society\, a Freeman of the City of London\, a tutor at the City Literary Institute and a Blue Badge guide\, conducting a variety of walks and visits. I am also happy to offer virtual tours. \n\n  URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-cultral-heritage-of-the-huguenots/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4.-Spitalfields-e1614779363716.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210506T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210506T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20200108T160824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T170400Z UID:6522-1620300600-1620304200@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Scottish Colourists DESCRIPTION:  \nThe work of S.J. Peploe and J.D. Fergusson was seen in Edinburgh and London in the decade leading up to World War 1\, but Hunter and Cadell were less well known. All were bold pioneers in the field of rich colour and exuberant brushwork. The strong light and bright colour they discovered in France was easily harnessed to their favourite places in Scotland. \n  \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLecturer: Alice Foster MA\nAlice has lectured for Oxford University Department of Continuing Education since 1998. She lectures regularly at the Ashmolean Museum\, Oxford\, and at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. She organises History of Art study days with colleagues\, and regular weekly classes in Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. In 2004 Alice joined The Arts Society and has lectured in Britain and in Europe. Since 2003 Alice has been a tutor on study holidays. In 2010 she was elected President of Banbury Fine Arts Society. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-scottish-colourists/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/S-Peploe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210401T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210401T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20200408T182056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T170557Z UID:7124-1617276600-1617280200@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The World in a Grain of Sand: William Blake DESCRIPTION:William Blake by Thomas Phillips\n \n \nThe Tygers of Wrath are wiser than the Horses of Instruction [William Blake] \nWilliam Blake: Poet\, Painter and Philosopher; Rebel\, Radical\, and Revolutionary. Called a man without a mask by his friends\, Blake was always less ahead of his time than outside it\, creating his own mythology to tell the truths he perceived as the heart of all existence. Yet he was also a passionate participant in the world of his own day and his paintings and poetry\, shaped and conditioned by life in England under George III and the long shadows of revolutionary Europe and America\, are as particular and specific to eighteenth century London as they are timeless and universal. Blake in his lifetime was called mad as often as visionary; his work remains ambiguous and contradictory: enjoyed by schoolchildren while continuing to baffle scholars. This lecture examines the phenomenon of William Blake and his paradoxical way of seeing the world\, which challenged orthodoxy of all kinds and continues to do so. \n\n\nDr. Justine Hopkins is a writer and freelance lecturer in Art History\, currently living in Bristol.\nShe took a BA Hons degree at Bristol University\, reading English and Drama\, then changed direction and did an MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute.  After eighteen months working as an archaeological illustrator\, partly in Belize\, she returned to Art History\, gaining a PhD from Birkbeck College\, London for her research into the relationship between science\, religion and landscape painting from the French Revolution to Darwin’s Origin of Species. Since then she has worked freelance as an Art History lecturer and writer: for Bristol\, London\, Oxford and Cambridge Universities; Tate Britain and Tate Modern\, the National and National Portrait Galleries; the Victoria and Albert Museum; Sotheby’s\, Christies’ and assorted independent institutions.  She is also a registered lecturer for NADFAS.  \nJustine is the step-granddaughter of the sculptor and painter Michael Ayrton\, and the main point of contact for all matters connected with his work. [See ‘Ayrton Estate’ section for further details] \nAs a writer of Historical Fantasy she is represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-world-in-a-grain-of-sand-william-blake/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/256px-William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips-e1614777333733.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200527T184500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T203000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20200114T191116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200405T053247Z UID:6605-1590605100-1590611400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Making of Landscape Photographs - An Extraordinary Double Act Between the Eye and the Brain DESCRIPTION:Beyond Monkton Deverill by Charlie Waite\n\n\nThis event has been postponed due to coronavirus.\nWe are attempting to reschedule for May 2021.\n\n\nYou are invited to an Evening Celebration\n\n\nOur Evening Celebration this year is on Wednesday 27th May at 6.45pm (doors open at 6.15pm).We have a local – yet world famous – lecturer\, landscape photographer Charlie Waite\, and a magnificent venue – the Medieval Tithe Barn at Hinton St Mary (by kind permission of Anthony and Val Pitt-Rivers).In addition\, after the lecture\, we have wine and canapes.  If weather permits we will make the most of the light May evening and have our refreshments outside in the delightful walled gardens. \nParking for the event will be in the farmyard across the road from the Tithe Barn.  Mrs Pitt-Rivers has asked that nobody parks right outside the Tithe Barn or in the adjacent road. \nCharlie Waite lives in the Blackmore Vale and has taken many local photographs. He has also travelled widely around the world and his photographs reflect his travels. He has written or contributed to a large number of photographic books; lectured around the world; taught aspiring photographers; and appeared on television talking about the art of landscape photography. \nCharlie Waite says that his photographs are a wonderful double act between the eye and the brain. He has a very painterly approach and sees himself more as an “interpreter and a responder than a photographer.” \nHis new book “Behind the Photograph” reveals the stories of how he made his favourite photographs.  The images he will offer us\, his viewers\, will give us a breathtaking vista of colour\, light\, shade\, shape and composition\, which all come together in harmony and serenity to please the eye. Our lecture will take us through many of these pictures\, both local and worldwide. \n\n\n\nLecturer: Charlie Waite – a world-renowned landscape photographer who produces amazing landscape pictures. \nDoors open at 18:15\, lecture begins at 18:45hrs followed by drinks and canapes until 20:30hrs. \nThe ticket cost includes wine and canapes and is shown on the application form. Click here for application form. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-making-of-landscape-photographs/ LOCATION:The Tithe Barn\, The Tithe Barn\, Hinton St. Mary\, Dorset\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Evening Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Beyond-Monkton-Deverill.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200305T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200305T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20200108T151324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T095139Z UID:6517-1583407800-1583411400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Pierre Bonnard: The Old Master of Modern Art? DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n \nFrom his radical youth in the vibrant world of avant-garde 1890s Paris\, to his death in rural Southern France in 1947\, Pierre Bonnard moved from modern and urban subjects to the limited and domestic. Despite the glorious\, atmospheric colour and shimmering decorative effect of his paintings\, Bonnard was often dismissed by the avant-garde during his lifetime and by art historians after his death. More recent scholarship has revised this assessment\, and this talk takes a close look at the artist’s work and changing reputation. \n\n\n\nThe Lecturer: Linda Smith\nLinda holds two first-class degrees in Art History.  She is an experienced lecturer and guide\, especially at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. She has lectured to a wide variety of audiences in different venues\, including school and university students\, and independent arts societies\, both in the UK and overseas. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/pierre-bonnard-the-old-master-of-modern-art/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1889-sp-1889-e1578500803795.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200206T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200206T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20191208T170402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200221T105525Z UID:6422-1580988600-1580992200@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:FABER & FABER: 90 years of excellence in cover design DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1929\, Faber and Faber has built a reputation as one of London’s most important literary publishing houses\, partly due to the firm’s insistence on good design and illustration.  This lecture traces its history through its illustrations\, covers and designs\, employing celebrated artists.  Toby Faber is the grandson of the firm’s founder\, so the talk will also be peppered with personal insight and anecdote. \n \nHas written two works of narrative history\, Stradivarius and Fabergé’s Eggs\, published by Macmillan in the UK and Random House in the US\, and given lectures associated with these two subjects at venues including The Victoria and Albert Museum\, The Library of Congress and the Huntington Library\, as well as a number of literary festivals. His career began with Natural Sciences at Cambridge and has been through investment banking\, management consulting and five years as managing director of the publishing company founded by his grandfather\, Faber and Faber\, where he remains on the board. He is also non-executive Chairman of its sister company\, Faber Music and a director of Liverpool University Press and the Copyright Licensing Agency. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/faber-faber-90-years-of-excellence-in-cover-design/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200109T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200109T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20190603T093652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T164051Z UID:5617-1578569400-1578573000@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Rebuilding Ypres DESCRIPTION:Ypres is an ancient town\, known to have been raided by the Romans in 1stC BC.  During WW1\, the town was all but obliterated by artillery fire and\, in 1920\, awarded the Military Cross by King George V.  After the war the town was extensively rebuilt with the main square\, including the Cloth Hall and town hall\, being rebuilt as close to the original designs as possible.  This lecture tells the story of that rebuilding.\n \n\n\nChanter Christopher Architectural Historian\nHas led lectures\, study days and workshops. Author of articles on restoration\, consultant on restoration to the Georgian Group. Chairman of Historic Buildings Committee\, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society 1999-2004. Correspondent to the Council of British Archaeology. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/rebuilding-ypres/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_20190312_172544-e1559558172861.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191205T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191205T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20190602T161536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T163700Z UID:5589-1575545400-1575549000@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:The Origins of our English Christmas DESCRIPTION:The origins of our English Christmas lie in distant European history\, combining the pagan traditions of the Roman and Scandinavian winter festivals.  In the 4thC AD the Christian Church began to celebrate the birth of Christ\, and pagan and religious traditions blended\, changing with the social and political landscape. This lecture explores the resultant rich tapestry of music\, art and folk customs which interweave to create the festival that most touches everyone in our society. \n  \n\nRoger Askew  MA BMus\nRoger was a chorister at Wells Cathedral School and a choral scholar at Magdalen College\, Oxford\, where he graduated with an honours degree in English.  He combined a teaching career with professional singing in London\, and after obtaining a further degree in Music became Director of Music at Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College in Edinburgh. \nAfter retiring in 2003 he returned to the south of England.  He is President Emeritus of The Stoke Poges Society and Chairman of Windsor and Maidenhead Decorative and Fine Arts Society. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-origins-of-our-english-christmas/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Gilbert-and-Sullivan-Cartoon.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191107T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191107T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20190304T104030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251011T093058Z UID:5094-1573126200-1573129800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Velázquez - 'The Great Magician of Art' DESCRIPTION:  \nVelázquez(1599-1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of spain\, noted for his portraits\, of the spanish royal family and others\, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas in 1656.  This Lecture considers the way in which the artist raises questions about reality and illusion\, via complex and enigmatic composition. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nThe Lecturer: Douglas Skeggs\nDouglas Skeggs read Fine Art at Magdalene College\, Cambridge. He is a Writer\, Artist\, TV Presenter. Lecturer to many London art courses. Director of the New Academy of Arts. Author of 6 Novels. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/2019-11-07/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RokebyVenus-e1557299228589.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191014T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191014T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20190627T145418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221130T084902Z UID:5698-1571049000-1571068800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:THE SILK ROAD AND THE SEA: CHINA’S WINDOWS ON THE WORLD DESCRIPTION:Chinese emperors and philosophers traditionally regarded their country as ‘the middle kingdom’\, situated at the centre of the world.  As they cultivated their minds and spirits\, they faced inwards. \nIn contrast\, merchants in china’s border regions faced outwards.  On the western frontier the ancient silk road witnessed an exchange of luxury goods:  silk\, perfumes\, exotica and Persian glass carried by camel caravans over vast distances. \nOn china’s eastern frontier stretched the sea on which ivory\, jewels and porcelain were traded along with tea\, lacquer and painted wallpaper. \nMerchants\, dancers and acrobats from central Asia thronged china’s capital\, xi’an.  Arab merchants settled in china’s port cities to be followed by ‘red-haired foreign devils’ from Europe who brought Indian opium\, gunboats and the new architectural styles of the treaty ports. \n\n\nThe Lecturer: Anne Haworth\nAnne lectures regularly at the Victoria and Albert museum and is a visiting lecturer at the British museum.   She lectures frequently for private groups visiting London’s museums and art galleries. \nFrom 1981 to 1995 she was a specialist in European and Asian ceramics at the head offices of Bonham’s and then Christie’s\, appraising many private collections of ceramics in Britain and Europe. \nFrom 1995 to 2002 Anne lived in Shanghai\, China where she gave lectures to the international community of diplomats and expatriates. \nOn returning to London in 2002 she worked on a short project cataloguing Chinese ceramics in Britain and Europe. \nShe is a lecturer at the queen’s gallery and from 2005 – 2015 guided private tours of the state rooms at Buckingham palace and gave gallery talks in the exhibition ‘china; the three emperors’ at the royal academy. \nAnne also teaches a course on British art from 1760 – 1960 to American students from Eckerd college\, Florida during their ‘study abroad’ programme in London. \n\n\nCosts:\nThe cost for the whole day of lectures and a superb lunch are: \n£33.00 for members and £35.00 for non-members. \nDownload and print the application form TAS – DOSI – Booking Form October 2019. \n\nUpdated on 23/10/2019\nRecommended reading:\nJessica Rawson: ‘The British Museum Book of Chinese Art’\, London 1992 \nFrances Wood: ‘The Silk Road\, Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia\, London 2003 \nValery M. Garrett: ‘Heaven is High\, the Emperor Far Away’ URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-silk-road-and-the-sea-chinas-windows-on-the-world/ LOCATION:Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Cucklington\, Arthur Morison Memorial Hall\, Rowls Lane\, Cucklington.\, Wincanton\, Somerset\, BA9 9PY\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Day of Special Interest END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20190603T083005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T083632Z UID:5110-1570102200-1570105800@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Girls Behaving Badly: Jane Austen's Wicked Women DESCRIPTION:Some Austen scholars consider that Jane Austen is much more subversive than is generally supposed.   In this lecture\, Annalie Talent considers how far Austen rebels against expected codes of behaviour for women in her lifetime\, with reference to her life and work. \n\n\nThe Lecturer: Annalie Talent BA\nAnnalie Talent has worked at several museums and writers’ houses\, including Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton (where she currently works as Learning Officer)\, Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere\, and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. She has also worked as an eighteenth century maid at Wordsworth House in Cockermouth\, Cumbria. She has a particular interest in literary houses and is currently researching contemporary artistic responses to writers’ houses and their collections. She has a degree in English Literature\, has studied History of Art\, and worked for several years as a teacher. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/girls-behaving-badly-jane-austens-wicked-women/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/jane-austen-garticle-614x920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190704T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190704T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20180412T151314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190512T162431Z UID:3397-1562239800-1562243400@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:Gilded Glories - the fascinating history of gilded decoration DESCRIPTION:Gilding continues to be the ultimate faux embellishment and decoration.  This lecture explores the fascination for gilt and shows how gilding has been used throughout history to enhance various woodwork\, sculptures\, metals and paintwork. \n\nLecturer:  Jo Mabbutt\nLiveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and Freeman of the City of London. Originally a trained singer\, pianist and orchestra administrator\, Jo is now a decorative artist who gilds antique lace and crochet\, often combining with hand printing and painting.  She works to commission\, sells through galleries and exhibitions and collaborates with other designers. \nJo trained in wood graining\, marbling\, gilding\, specialist paint finishes and interior design and was awarded the City & Guilds Silver Medal for Excellence in 2000.  She taught in further education for 8 years on Art & Design National Diploma and Foundation courses then up-skilled at Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design developing her own practice. She now divides her time as a designer/maker\, lecturer and tutor running workshops for specialist groups. URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/gilded-glories-the-fascinating-history-of-gilded-decoration/ LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom. CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JM-Image-2-002-e1530442686395.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190621 DTSTAMP:20260427T103748 CREATED:20181008T085332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190524T084841Z UID:4571-1560988800-1561075199@theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk SUMMARY:VISIT TO THE AMERICAN MUSEUM AND THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM\, BATH DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this visit has had to be cancelled due to lack of interest.\n\nThursday 20 June 2019.\nTwo Museums\, two beautiful gardens and a Kaffe Fasset exhibition on a summer’s day in June. \nFull details to follow – make a note in your diary now! URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/a-date-for-your-diary-thursday-20-june-2019/ LOCATION:The American Museum & Holburne Museum Bath\, BATH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Visit END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR