Members Art Exhibition 2025 in Grayshott Village Small Hall
Each month through out 2025, during our 40th Anniversary, members will be displaying their own art. We start January 2025[…]
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40th Anniversary Champagne Tea Party – Tuesday 22 July 2 -5pm- Ramster Hall, Chiddingfold BOOKING CLOSED
This year, as you know, we are celebrating our 40th Anniversary and we want to thank all our members for[…]
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Special Interest Day-Itanbul: City of Faith, Power and Beauty by Dr Antonia Gatward-Cevizli – Wednesday 12th March 2025
On Wednesday 12th March the society enjoyed three outstanding lectures from Antonia Gatward Cevizli. The breaching of the city walls[…]
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Britain as Workshop of the World: The Great Exhibition of 1851 by Anna Warrillow – Thursday 6 March
By the mid 19th Century, Britain was the largest economic power in the world and at the forefront of industrial[…]
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The Art of Courtship in Renaissance Italy by Dr Lydia Goodson – Thursday 6th March 2025
Dr Lydia Goodson, art historian and lecturer specializing in material culture in Renaissance Italy gave us a delightful talk about[…]
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History of the Royal Parks by Paul Rabbitts – Thursday 9th January 2025
For our first lecture of 2025, which is also the 40th Anniversary year of the founding of the Arts Society[…]
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Dingley Dell to “A Christmas Carol” By Vicky Bailey – Thursday 5th December
Author, lecturer and London Blue Badge guide Vicky Bailey gave a lively lecture describing how Christmas used to be just[…]
Read moreThe Medici – Bankrolling the Renaissance by Douglas Skeggs – Monday 25th November 2024
We were delighted to welcome back lecturer, author and artist Douglas Skeggs for this Special Interest Day on the rise[…]
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Visit to Brighton Pavilion – 24 June 2025 – BOOKING CLOSED
We shall spend the morning visiting the Royal Pavilion & Garden. The Pavilion was constructed as the seaside pleasure palace[…]
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Visit to Stratfield Saye House and Gardens, Hampshire – 6 May 2025
Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye set in the grounds of Wellington Country Park near[…]
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Curtains, Copies and Ways of Looking by Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe – Thursday 7th November 2024
How do we look at paintings? Nowadays most of us gaze upon Old Masters in Museums and Art Galleries. We[…]
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London Bridged : 3,500 years of Crossing the Thames by Charlie Forman – Thursday 5 September 2024
London Bridged: 3,500 years of Crossing the Thames by Charlie Forman. Lecturer and London Walking Guide Charlie Forman gave us[…]
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Photos of Waddesdon
Waddesdon House and Gardens
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Photos of Quebec House and Titsey Place
Titsey Place Quebec House and Gardens […]
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Visit to Waddesdon Manor Aylesbury, Bucks – Wednesday 12th June 2024
Forty one members of the Society enjoyed an outing to Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury, the family seat of the English[…]
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Visit to Quebec House and Titsey Place – Wednesday 15th May 2024
Our outing to Quebec House and Titsey Place happened to fall on an unexpectedly sunny day. Twenty six members of[…]
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Grace Darling and the Fine Art of Saving Lives at Sea by James Taylor – Thursday 2nd May 2024
There will be few who have not seen Thomas Brooke’s famous picture of RNLI’s poster girl, Grace Darling. Former curator[…]
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Wealth Adornment Art: A Study of Jewellery in 17th-19th Century England by Amanda Herries – Thursday 4th April 2024
Former curator of the Museum of London specialising in the decorative arts, Amanda Herries started her lecture by showing us[…]
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Art Down Under: From the Convict Years to the Modern World by Val Woodgate – Wednesday 20th March 2024
Val Woodgate gave us a most interesting and comprehensive overview of the development of Art in Australia from the European[…]
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