MDFAS LECTURES |
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Lectures are held promptly at 11.00 am on the second Thusday of each month (excluding August) at St Mary's Priory Centre in Abergavenny. Coffee will be available from 10.15 to 10.45 am To avoid distrurbance at the end the of the Lecture, please pay enough parking fees to cover an over-running lecture. Members may bring 2 guests, provided that they pay £5 each when they sign-in. A guest may not attend more than 3 times per year. |
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2009/2010 Programme
8th October 2009 |
Fakes and Forgeries: The Art of Deception Malcolm Kenwood |
12th November 2009 |
Ancient Faces: Flinders-Petrie and the Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt |
10th December 2009 |
An Artist's response to Snow Ann Clements |
14th January 2010 |
The Tradescants-Plant: Art Collectors and Gardners of the 17th Century |
11th February |
Now You See It. Now You Don't. The Art of Deception: Optical Illusion, Camourflage and Trompe L'Oeil Bertie Pearce |
11th March 2010 |
Meissen Porcelain Jane Gardiner |
8th April 2010 |
Rachel Whiteread Linda Smith |
13th May 2010 |
The Great Twelve: An introduction to the Senior Livery Companies of London, their medieval origins and their role in modern society |
10th June |
William Holman Hunt Michael Wheeler |
8th July 2010 |
Charles Darwin and the voyage of HMS Beagle James Taylor |
9th September 2010 |
From Joinery to Cabinet Making Janusz Karczewski-Slowikowski |
2010/2011 Programme
14th October 2010 |
Botticelli: Pioneer or Traditionalist Clare Ford-Wille |
11th November 2010 |
Art and Hilarity: British Caricature, British Eccentrics: Madness or local Colour |
9th December 2010 |
Merrily on High: The History of the English Christmas Carol Peter Medhurst |
13th January 2011 |
The Marquesses of Bute, Patrons of Opulence |
10th February |
The Gilded Stage: a Social & Cultural History of Opera David Snowman |
10th March 2011 |
Design Matters: The Creation of Contemporary Fine Leather Bindings Dominic Riley |
14th April 2011 |
Picasso and his Women Valerie Woodgate |
12th May 2011 |
Exhibiting the Nation - as it was in 1851 |
9th June |
Nothing to do with Misery! Wit and Wisdom in British Misericords Terry Pearson |
14th July 2011 |
The Perfect Picture: Turkish Miniatures Jane Angelini |
8th September 2011 |
The Great Impresario: Giorgio Vasari, Artist, Architect and Art Historian Shirley Smith |