Events Calendar
| OCTOBER 6th 2009 | History of Icons |
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Russian and Byzantine icons have attracted attention for many years. The speaker trained as an iconographer and set up the Fellowship of Saint Luke to promote the traditional painting of icons.
She created the pictured icon – The Mother of God, the Virgin of Tenderness - and donated it to the Monastery Building Appeal.
The evening is likely to prove to be both lively and a lot of fun! Speaker: Annie Shaw - Iconographer | ||
| NOVEMBER 10th 2009 | THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY & THE NANKING PORCELAIN |
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The Chinese blue-and-white porcelain made for export in the Qing dynasty was shipped to Europe in great quantity from the port of Nanking and in the 19th century became known as Nanking porcelain. This lecture traces the rise of the East India Company and the development of that trade.
Speaker: Edward Saunders - NADFAS and Royston Pike lecturer | ||
| DECEMBER 1st 2009 | Christmas Special | |
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Our annual celebration party!
A light-hearted look at auctioneering followed by a quiz, Christmas refreshments and a raffle.
Speaker: Christopher Hawkins - former auctioneer | ||
| JANUARY 12th 2010 | The Newlyn School of Painting - part II | |
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Last year’s presentation on the Newlyn School attracted a great deal of interest, and David Evans returns to continue this fascinating topic.
Speaker: David Evans - Arts lecturer for NADFAS | ||
| FEBRUARY 2nd 2010 | Pets or Power in Ancient Egypt |
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The earliest feline cat goddess recorded, Mafdet, is described in the Pyramid Texts as killing a serpent with her claws. Carol Andrews is a lecturer in Egyptology at Birkbeck College and worked at the British Museum for over 28 years. She was sole author of the catalogue for the hugely successful Egyptian Treasures of the British Museum exhibition and is a frequent broadcaster.
Speaker: Carol Andrews - lecturer in Egyptology | ||
| MARCH 2nd 2010 | Strawberry Hill House |
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Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham is an exotic concoction of mysterious turrets, gilded ceilings and dazzling stained glass windows. Starting life as an unassuming cottage, it was bought by Horace Walpole in 1749 and transformed from an orderly idyll into Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture and interior decoration.
Anna Chalcraft has written the definitive work on the conservation and restoration of this seminal house.
Speaker: Anna Chalcraft - author | ||
| APRIL 6th 2010 | An Historic Royal Progress: Henry VIII & Hampton Court |
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As we approach the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII becoming King of England, this is a chance to learn about his favourite palace from a HEDFAS lecturer and Trustee of artsrichmond.
Speaker: Sara Burn Edwards - Historic Palace and Blue Badge guide | ||
| MAY 4th 2010 | The Royal Holloway College and Art Collection |
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Inspired by the Chateau of Chambord in the Loire, built for Thomas Holloway and opened by Queen Victoria in June 1886, the stunning and imposing building of the Royal Holloway College stands as a testament to Victorian grandeur. Inside is a collection of 77 paintings making up the stunning Royal Holloway Collection, including works by Frith, Landseer and Millais.
Historian Richard Williams is an expert on the College. He has published A Brief History of the college and he leads many events there. He will be giving a talk about the College and the changes which have happened over the past fifty years.
Speaker: Richard Williams - historian | ||
