Programme 2008
Lectures commence at 10.45 prompt – Coffee from 10am
Before joining why don't you come to one of our meetings?
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
