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Events Diary  2019 - 2020


I offer gallery talks, lectures, study days and courses across the UK and internationally. Please see if there is a subject of interest near you.

Cubism:  "Bizzaries Cubiques"

  Summer School lecture

Date: Tuesday 30th July

Time:  1100

Location: The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford OX1 4BG

Contact: www.rsa.ox.ac..uk

But....Is it Art?

  Lecture

Date: Sunday 18th August

Time:  1000

Location: Painswick Town Hall

Contact: www.artburstpainswick.co.uk

But....Is it Art?

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Tuesday 10th September

Time:  1100

Location: Masonic Hall, Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0PA

Contact: The Arts Society Gravesend

Alchemy and Adventure: A History of Exotic Colours and Poisonous Pigments

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Thursday 12th September

Time:  1045

Location: Community Centre, Wakeham Rd, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 55X

Contact: The Arts Society Thames

The Hidden Language of Art: Symbols and and Allegories

  Weekly Course - Mondays

Date: 30th September - 2nd December

Time:  1130-1300 or 1400-1530

Location: St Andrew's Church Ctr, Montpellier St, Cheltenham GL50 1SP

Contact: Lynne Gibson

FULLY BOOKED

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Colour and The Artists' Palette

  The Arts Society Day of Special Interest

Date: Thursday 3rd October

Time:  1000

Location: The Griffin Inn, 174 Main St, Swithland LE12 8TJ

Contact: The Arts Society Charnwood

'Modern Mistresses': Women Artists of the 19th and 20th centuries

  Young Arts lecture

Date: Tuesday 8th October

Time:  1600

Location: Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, SN14 6RJ

Contact: The Arts Society Kington Langley

An Era and it's Art 1   Napoleon and Empire: Classicism, Romanticism and Orientalism

  Day School

Date: Friday 11th October

Time:  1030 - 1545

Location: The Chantry, Thornbury BS35 1HB

Contact: Pauline Darley, 01454 416291

'Modern Mistresses': Women Artists of the 19th and 20th centuries

  Young Arts Lecture

Date: Thursday 17th October

Time:  1330

Location: Trowbridge College

Contact: The Arts Society, Devizes

Women in Art: Gentileschi to Emin

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Tuesday 5th November

Time:  1330

Location: The Brewery Arts centre, Kendal LA9 4HE

Contact: South Lakeland DFAS

Double Dutch: Symbols, Emblems and Double-entendre in Dutch Genre Painting

  The Arts Society members Lecture

Date: Friday 8th November

Time:  1030

Location: Princess Pavilion, Falmouth TR11 4AR

Contact: The Arts Society Falmouth

An Era and it's Art 2    Industrial Revolution and the Natural World: Romantic, Rural and 'en-plein-air'

  Day School

Date: Friday 22nd November

Time:  1030-1545

Location: The Chantry, Thornbury BS35 1HB

Contact: Pauline Darley, 01454 416291

Double Dutch: Symbols, Emblems and Double-entendre in Dutch Genre Painting

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Wed 27th November

Time:  1930

Location: Baptist Church, Chesterton lane, Cirencester GL7 1YE

Contact: The Arts Society Corinium

Double Dutch: The Secret language of Dutch Still Life Painting

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Tuesday 10th December

Time:  1430

Location: Green Dragon Hotel, Broad street, Hereford HR4 9BG

Contact: The Arts Society Hereford

Stories of  Gods and Heroes: Classical Mythology in Art

  Weekly Course - Mondays

Date: 6th January - 9 March

Time:  1130-1300 or 1400-1530

Location: St Andrew's Church Ctr, Montpellier St, Cheltenham GL50 1SP

Contact: Lynne Gibson

Morning session 1100-1300 fully booked

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From Encaustic to Acrylic: A Sticky Story of Paint Media

  Lecture

Date: Thursday 16th January

Time:  1400

Location: The Chantry, Thornbury BS35 1HB

Contact: Thornbury U3A  Pauline Rummens

An Era and it's Art 3    Country Living, Cafe Culture and the Urban Poor: Artists' Colonies and Social Realism

  Day School

Date: Friday 14th February

Time:  1030 - 1545

Location: The Chantry, Thornbury BS35 1HB

Contact: Pauline Darley, 01454 416291

The Art of Seduction

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Tuesday 18th February

Time:  1930

Location: Sharnbrook Hotel, Park Lane, Beds MK44 1LX

Contact: Ouse Valley Arts Society

Women in Art: Gentileschi to Emin

  Lecture

Date: Wednesday 26th February

Time:  1930

Location: Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre, Tetbury GL8 8EY

Contact: info@shedarts.co.uk  01666 505496

Double Dutch: Symbols, Emblems and Double-entendre in Dutch Genre Painting

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Wednesday 11th March

Time:  1030

Location: Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, East Horsley KT24 6QT

Contact: The Arts society Horsley

An Era and it's Art 4    Escape to the Past and Fin de Siecle: Medievalism, Aestheticism and Post-Impressionism

  Day School

Date: Friday 13th March

Time:  1030 - 1545

Location: The Chantry, Thornbury BS35 1HB

Contact: Pauline Darley, 01454 416291

Culture and Kitsch: Art and Taste

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Wednesday 18th March  CANCELLED

Time:  1930

Location: 452 Lisburn Road, Belfast

Contact: The Arts Society in Northern Ireland

POSTPONED, TBA

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Colour and the Artist's Palette

 The Arts Society Day School

Date: Thursday 26th March  CANCELLED

Time:  1030

Location: The Victoria Club, Victoria Avenue, Holmes Chapel, CW4 7BE

Contact: The Arts society Dane  Valley

POSTPONED UNTIL THURS 25th FEB 2021

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How to look at Art

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Thursday 2nd April   CANCELLED

Time:  1100

Location: Salones Canor, Teulada, Spain

Contact: The Arts Society Marina Alta

POSTPONED UNTIL THURS 25th JUNE 2020

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Women Artists : Gentileschi to Emin

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Tuesday 5th May   CANCELLED

Time:  1100

Location: Kington Langley Village Hall,  SN15 5NJ

Contact: The Arts Society Kington Langley

Alchemy and Adventure: A History of Exotic Colours and Poisonous Pigments

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Monday 11th May   CANCELLED

Time:  1100 and 1400

Location: Birnam Arts Centre, Station Rd, Birnam, Dunkeld PH8 0DS

Contact: The Arts Society Tayside

POSTPONED UNTIL MON 11th APRIL 2022

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Tricks of the Light: The Illusion of Light and Shadow in Western Art

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Thursday 14th May   CANCELLED

Time:  1100

Location: The Westwoods Centre, Bassett Rd, Northleach, GL54 3QT

Contact: The Arts Society Gloucestershire

Double Dutch: The Secret language of Dutch Still Life Painting

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Monday 6th July    CANCELLED

Time:  1900

Location: The Old Meeting House, Helmsley, YO62 5DW

Contact: The Arts Society Helmsley

POSTPONED UNTIL MON 9th MAY 2022

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Double Dutch: Symbols, Emblems and Double-entendre in Dutch Genre Painting

  The Arts Society members lecture

Date: Monday 20th July  CANCELLED

Time:  1430

Location: Betchworth Village Memorial Hall, Station Rd, Betchworth, RH3 7DF

Contact: The Arts Society Betchworth

 POSTPONED UNTIL MON !* JULY 2022

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Zoom Art History Lectures With Lynne

 Open  enrolment lecture series

Date: Mondays 11th January - 15th March

Time:  1100

Location: Online Live Lecture

Contact: Lynne Gibson

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Tricks of the Light: The Illusion of Light and Shadow in Western Art

 The Arts Society Members Lecture

Date: Thursday 14th January

Time:  1100

Location: Online Live Lecture

Contact: TAS Gloucestershire

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