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Notice of Postponement

Dear Members,

We have just learnt that Clare Ford-Wille has fallen ill and will not make Thursday's lecture.

Fortunately, Margaret, our Programme Secretary, has managed to arrange a swap with our January lecture.

[spacer height="20px"]The December Lecture will be:

Eleanor Coade and her Stone

Lecturer: Angela Smith

This is a fascinating story of an 18th Century artificial stone which was widely used in our Nation's  freestanding statuary and monuments, architectural detailing and even garden furniture. Many of these can still be seen.

[spacer height="20px"]The January 2024 Lecture will now be:

The Nativity in Art from Giotto to Picasso

Lecturer: Clare Ford-Wille

This is definitely a Christmas lecture and it will now be closer to Christmas Day than it was.

 

We hope you enjoy both lectures.

2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS

2023 AGM Record

 

Please find below a complete set of the AGM papers which were sent to all current members on 22 June 2023 for information and approval.  The deadline for approval is 31 July 2023.  

If you would like to print some or all of these papers, they are in pdf format, which means that they can be printed as they are, but not edited online.

2023 AGM Agenda

2023 AGM 2022 Record

2023 AGM Trustees' Report 2022-23

Treasurer'sAGM Report and Accounts ye 2023

Programme Details 2023-24

2023 AGM Voting Paper

2023 AGM Subs July 2023

 

DAY OF SPECIAL INTEREST – RADICALS AND RIVALS

 

RADICALS AND RIVALS

HOW HENRY MOORE, BARBARA HEPWORTH AND BEN NICHOLSON CHANGED ART IN BRITAIN

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The Day of Special Interest will be held on Thursday the 19th of October 2023 at:

Arthur Morison Memorial Hall
Rowls Lane
Cucklington, BA9 9PY

To get directions please click here.

 

The October Day of Special Interest is different from our last one in May, we have got the three entertaining and enlightening 1-hour lectures, given by Jo Walton, on three colossi in British 20th century abstract art but, we have also been able to revert to providing a luncheon for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

 

Doors open at 10:00, so please arrive for coffee and a chat with other members before the start of the first lecture at 10:30. After the first lecture, there will be a break for coffee and socialising before the start of the second lecture at 12:00. Lunch with wine/soft drinks will be served at about 1:30. The afternoon lecture will start at 14:30 and the day will end around 4:00.

 

Despite significant cost rises we have managed to keep the all-inclusive ticket price to £35.00 for Members and £37.00 for non-members.

Buy your tickets now using our online booking form
Or
Print Members Offline Ticket Application Form - Radicals and Rivals

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Get more information on the Lectures

 

 

2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DOCUMENTS

 

 

Please find below a complete set of the AGM papers which were sent to all current members on 22 June 2023 for information and approval.  The deadline for approval is 31 July 2023.  

If you would like to print some or all of these papers, they are in pdf format, which means that they can be printed as they are, but not edited online.

2023 AGM Agenda

2023 AGM 2022 Record

2023 AGM Trustees' Report 2022-23

Treasurer'sAGM Report and Accounts ye 2023

Programme Details 2023-24

2023 AGM Voting Paper

2023 AGM Subs July 2023

 

New Programme for 2023-2024

The 2023-24 season of monthly lectures begins on Thursday 5 October with Tulipmania - a 17th century passion in art, gardens and collecting, given by Anne Haworth.  We have, as usual, aimed to cover a wide range of topics in the arts, from carpets to Valentines, from stained glass to stone and from porcelain to painters, from Giotto to Jackson Pollock.  Please see fuller details of each lecture, below

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Thu 5th Oct 2023

Tulipomania – A 17th Century Passion in Art, Gardens and Collecting

Thu 2nd Nov 2023 `A Carpet Ride to Khiva and Central Asia’
Thu 7th Dec 2023 The Nativity in Art from Giotto to Picasso
Thu 4th Jan 2024 Eleanor Coade and her Stone
Thu 1st Feb 2024 200 Years of Valentines
Thu 7th Mar 2024

The History of the City of London Through Stained Glass

Thu 4th Apr 2024

Chinamania: The Impact of Chinese Porcelain on European Taste, Collecting and Display

Thu 2nd May 2024 Breughel : The Seasons and the World.
Thu 6th Jun 2024 Breaking the Ice-Jackson Pollock and American Abstract Impressionism
Thu 4th Jul 2024

The Ultimate Wall Decoration

Day Of Special Interest -15th of May 2023

May I introduce myself, I am Hennie Walton and I have  taken over from Penny Brentnall. Penny managed a run of very successful Days of Special Interest and I understand the daunting responsibility I have to maintain the high standards she has set.

 

My first Day Of Special Interest will be held at the Arthur Morison Memorial Hall in Cucklington Village on the 15th of May 2023 and I am very much looking forward to seeing you there.

The subject will be Sir Stamford Raffles and his remarkable lifetime achievements.

It will be given by the highly respected Arts Society lecturer Denise Heywood.

You can see the details on the lecture here.

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The itinery for the day will be:

 

To be advised

 

 

To save time filling out forms at the next lecture reception you can download an application from
TAS-DOSI-BOOKING-FORM-FOR-MEMBERS-May-2023

Directions to the Arthur Morison Memorial Hall