The Arts Society Hexham
2017 – 2018 Programme
Tuesday 12 September 2017 – 7.30pm – AGM
Treasures of the Turf: Fine and Decorative Art of Horse Racing
Using a wealth of paintings, archive material and decorative art objects, discover the development of the sport of horse racing in England, from the earliest origins of the sport to the Jockey Club as racing’s ‘Headquarters’.
Christopher Garibaldi
Wednesday 4 October 2017 – 10.30 – 3.30
Study Day: The Garden: An Art Form
Throughout history, garden making has reflected and responded to the artistic trends of the day, sitting alongside developments within architecture, interior design, fashion and the fine and minor arts. lts own art form has found expression in the choice of layout, materials, ornamentation, buildings and planting design, and the creative interplay between space, composition, colour, texture and form. This study day examines that expression, tracing some of the notable artistic developments in mainly English gardens up to the present day.
Marilyn A Elm BA (Hons) MA LD
Cost £37 including lunch and refreshments. Booking essential. For further details and booking form please contact .
Tuesday 10 October 2017 – 7.30pm
Vivaldi in Venice
Explore, with live musical performance, how Vivaldi’s music is a reflection both of his own passions and eccentricities and of life in 18th Century Venice, making it as intrinsically Venetian as the canvasses of Canaletto,
Peter Medhurst
Tuesday 14 November 2017 – 7.30pm
Edouard Manet: A Bar at the Folies Bergere
We think we know this iconic painting, but what is really going on? Who are these people, and what sort of establishment are they visiting? After this lecture you will never look at it in the same way again.
Lizzie Darbyshire
Tuesday 9 January 2018 – 2.00pm
Emperor Qianlong (1735-1796): Ultimate Renaissance Ruler and Art Collector
Qianlong was a great Emperor, noted scholar, poet, painter, calligrapher and collector of fine art who amassed high quality works of all artistic genres from his own and earlier periods. Beautiful Chinese textiles will also be displayed.
David Rosier
Tuesday 13 February 2018 – 2.00pm
Children’s Book Illustrators and Illustrations
Adults keep a store of images from childhood books, so that Tigger or Toad remain with us for ever. This lecture examines how illustrations help develop understanding, and how the interaction of image and narrative creates such powerful memories.
John Ericson
Tuesday 13 March 2018 – 2.00pm
Votes for Women: Art and the Suffragettes
A century after women were first allowed to vote, we look at the story of the suffragettes through their portrayals in art and examine how contemporary artists choose, sometimes controversially, to portray female politicians.
Caroline Shenton
Tuesday 10 April 2018 – 7.30pm
Lee Miller: Witnessing Women at War
From Vogue to Land Girls, Lee Miller’s photographs portray the social upheaval in women’s lives during World War II, and are set against the backdrop of her own fascinating life story.
Anthony Penrose
Tuesday 8 May 2018 – 7.30pm
Foreigners in London 1520 – 1677: The Artists that Changed the Course of British Art
Why did the London aristocracy prefer foreign artists to native-born English painters? Why did foreigners come in the first place? We explore the impact of foreigners in London on English art and art practice.
Leslie Primo
Tuesday 12 June 2018 – 7.30pm
Edward Burne-Jones: Painting Angels
Hear how Burne-Jones’s dream-like images both disturbed and inspired his contemporaries, and how he and William Morris collaborated on an astonishing range of projects, from book design to stained glass, flooding houses and churches with light and beauty.
Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Tuesday 10 July 2018 – 7.30pm
To the Far Side of the World: Capt. James Cook and the Enlightenment
Illustrated by James Cook’s own remarkable cartography and paintings by William Hodges and George Stubbs, this talk looks at how Cook’s voyages and discoveries had a significant impact on European thought, art and science of the time.
Peter Warwick