Programme 2008

Lectures commence at 10.45 prompt – Coffee from 10am

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VISIT 

Tuesday January 15th

 

MEETING 

January 22nd

 

Kensington Palace

 

The Man in the Mirror:

Image and Invention in Rembrandt's Self Portraits

by Karly Allen

A lecturer at the National Gallery

 

MEETING 

February 26th

The Turner Prize Explained by Frank Woodgate

Lecturer and Guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern

 

VISIT 

Tuesday March 11th

 

Backstage Tour of

Wimbledon Tennis Club 

Exotic Encounters: Indo-European furniture from South Asia

(India and Sri Lanka) during the 18th and 19th centuries

by Robin Jones

Principle lecturer in design & decorative arts history

 

MEETING 

March 25th

 

MEETING 

April 29th

Beneath the City Streets: London’s unseen history

by Peter Lawrence

A tutor of Architectural History and Social Studies

 

VISIT

    Wednesday May 14th

River Trip with lunch

to Tutankhamun Exhibition   

 

MEETING 

May 27th

Tyntesfield: a Victorian house rediscovered

by Matthew Williams

Curator of Cardiff Castle since 1990

 

 

MEETING 

June 24th

Medicine and the Human Body through the Artist’s Eye

by Mary Acton

Course Director of Undergraduate Diploma and

Advanced Diploma in the History of Art at Oxford

University Department for Continuing Education

Tyntesfield House    

 

VISIT

    Monday June 30th

  EVENT

      Tuesday July 8th

Annual Lunch at Shackleford Barn

celebrating the 40th Anniversary of NADFAS 

with entertainment by young harpists from

The Hindhead School of Music

September 3rd - 7th TOUR to MADRID  

 

MEETING 

September 23rd

The Art of the Clown and Auguste

by Arthur Pedlar

The first non-American to be inducted into the

American International Hall of Fame and President

of the World Clown Association 2003/4

 

VISIT

    Wednesday October 22nd

A Walk with Andrew Davies -

City Nooks, Crannies and Churches   

Author, broadcaster, university lecturer, walk guide, film-maker and journalist

Great Tarts in Art: high culture and the oldest profession

by Linda Smith

Experienced guide and lecturer at Tate Britain, Tate

Modern and the Dulwich Picture Gallery

AGM MEETING  

October 28th

SPECIAL INTEREST DAY

New York, New York:

An architectral discovery

with Andrew Davies

 

MEETING 

November 11th

Westminster Abbey

with a musical tour   

 

VISIT

    Saturday November 15th

 

MEETING 

November 25th

The Corkscrew: a thing of beauty

 by John Ericson

Specialised in course design at the

University of Bath

Christmas at Covent Garden: 300 years of Christmas

shows at one of London’s greatest theatres

by Sarah Lenton

Gives talks and tours for the Royal Opera House

 

MEETING 

December 16th

West Surrey at Shalford

Designed by Ann Clover

& Jane Pearse

Produced by Fiona Curtis Optimeyes UK Ltd

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