Important Stop Press! Please read: We have just received an email from the Richmond Arts Society (and forwarded from Kington Langley Arts Society) inviting us to join in a Study Morning next Tuesday, 12th April, with all proceeds, including the lecturer's fee and Tixoom (Zoom) charge, donated to The British Red Cross, Ukrainian Crisis Appeal.

The subject is an introduction to the 19th century Ukrainian artist Ilya Repin, and the landscape paintings of Ukrainian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian artist Ivan Shishkin and Lithuanian artist Isaac Levitan.  The cost is £25 for the two lectures, given by Dr Kathy McLaughlan. The first is from 10.30am to 11.30am, break from 11.30am to 12.00 noon, and the second from 12.00 noon to 1.00pm.

For all information on the lectures and to book, please click here. Please do it speedily as there are only a few days to go. There is no limit on numbers as it will be broadcast simultaneously on Tixoom (Zoom) and YouTube. Please join in the morning if you possibly can.  As we all know, this cause is of the utmost importance. It will, of course, be extremely interesting too.

Our next lecture on Thursday 21st April is entitled 'Identifying the Forgotten Gems of the Art World', given by Julia Korner. As with our previous lectures this year, the morning lecture will be hybrid. Julia has said that members may bring pictures to discuss with her, so please don't hesitate to do so if you would like to.

I am sure you are all familiar with our hybrid formula now, but to remind you just once more, this means that we shall have our live lectures at Phyllis Court at the usual times, 10.45am and repeated at 2.15pm, and in addition the morning talk will be simultaneously transmitted online for those who wish to watch at home.

We have permission from the lecturers to stream the morning session but we are not in a position to stream it a second time in the afternoon. So if you would prefer not to come to Phyllis Court but want to watch the lecture, please remember that this is only available in the morning at 10.45am. This will be a YouTube link which is very easy to use - just a click on the link. There will also be the option to ask questions which will be answered at the end. As we have always done, the link will be sent to you the day before.  Scroll down for more information on the lecture itself.

On Tuesday we had an excellent, most illuminating Special Interest Day, 'Discovering London through Detective Fiction: From Sherlock Holmes and his Contemporaries to Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers', delivered with gusto by Richard Burnip. We may not have had quite the creature comforts offered by Phyllis Court, but this was more than made up for by the thoughtful, helpful organisation of voluntary staff at Christ Church. Richard was a mine of information on this broad topic, and was bombarded with a diverse array of questions by his enthusiastic audience. Altogether it was a most successful day - and the sandwiches, cakes and fruit provided by 'Crumbs' for lunch were delicious too.

 

Our Live Lecture on

Thursday 21st April 2022

10.45am and repeated at 2.15pm

Simultaneous online broadcast at 10.45am

Identifying the Forgotten Gems of the Art World:

A Conservator's Experience

given by Julia Korner

This lecture, on Identifying the Forgotten Gems of the Art World, takes into account three crucial points that Julia's conservation studio is passionate about:  Restoration, scientific analysis and research, and all three come together in her conservation studios.

Julia has said that members may bring pictures to discuss with her, so please don't hesitate to do so if you would like to.

Since 1997, when Julia left Christie’s Auctioneers after 20 years, she has been based beside the River Thames in Chiswick and has maintained full-time studios involved in the conservation of paintings, frames, and polychrome sculpture and the making of handmade frames & display cabinets.

For more information on the lecture by Julia Korner please click here.

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Our Live Visit to Henry Moore:

Sculpture Garden, House and Studios

and the Mosaics Workshop

on Thursday 5th May 2022

The coach leaves the Rugby Club car park, opposite Phyllis Court entrance (£3.20 to pay, no change given) promptly at 9.15am and arrives at 11.00am.

We will experience the iconic work of sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) against the backdrop of his stunning home and garden.  A prolific and innovative artist, he produced 7,500 drawings, etchings, carvings, tapestry designs and hundreds of plaster maquettes.

Tea and coffee will be served, if you have requested it, with maps of the gardens.    The tour of Hoglands - Henry Moore’s house - will be in groups of 8 in 20 minute intervals.   Guided tours, in the afternoon, of the Exhibition, Aisled Barn, the Studios and Gardens will be in groups of 15 taking about 1.5 hours.  In between the tours everyone is allowed to wander the gardens and fields as they wish.

For more information on the visit please click here.

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Our Live Special Interest Day

to be held at

Badgemore Park Golf Club, Henley

on

Wednesday 8th June 2022

starting at 12.00 noon

Simultaneous online broadcast for all the lectures

The History of Jewellery from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth Taylor

given by John Benjamin

This Special Interest Day examines four hundred years of international jewellery design, showing the changing styles from the pomp of High Renaissance enamelled gold work to the glamour of Harry Winston diamonds.

The presentation covers many of the key elements of manufacture, including the progress of diamond cutting, Neoclassicism and Romanticism, 19th century Archaeological and Renaissance Revivalism, the impact of diamond mining in South Africa, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts and Art Deco, Post War Modernism and designs of the future.

12.00 noon - 1.00pm

Session 1 - Jewellery from Elizabeth 1 to Queen Victoria

1.00pm - 1.50pm

Lunch

1.50pm - 4.00pm

Session 2 - 20th Century Jewellery

Session 3 - Workshop for members’ own jewellery to be identified and valued.  

             

 

 John Benjamin worked with Phillips Auctioneers for 23 years, latterly as International Director of Jewellery. Since 1999 he has been an independent Jewellery Consultant. He lectures, writes and broadcasts, including on the BBC Antiques Roadshow. 

Booking will be at our forthcoming lecture on 21st April, in conjunction with an online form sent on the same morning for those not attending in person.

Please click here for more information on this Special Interest Day.

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Our Live Visit to Sudeley Castle:

Family Home, Church and Gardens

on Thursday 23rd June 2022

(Booking Thursday 21st April 2022)

Beautiful Sudeley Castle, surrounded by award winning gardens with magnificent views of the Cotswolds, has Royal connections dating back 1,000 years. The Rose Garden is named in honour of four queens who visited Sudeley Castle: two of Henry VIII's wives, Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I. Katherine Parr lived and died in the castle and her tomb is in the pretty 15th century church.  There are nine other magnificent gardens to explore too.  Inside, the castle contains many amazing and rare works of art and treasures, including love letters from Katherine Parr to her lover, Thomas Seymour.

Here is the timetable for the day:

8.30am          Depart from Henley Rugby Club car park opposite Phyllis Court (£3.20 Pay and Display, no change given).                

10.30am         Coach arrives at Sudeley Castle.

                       Coffee/tea, already paid for, in the café by the castle.

10.35am         45 minute talk on the history of the castle, in the café.

11.20am          Free time to visit the Castle and Exhibition, Gardens and Church.

You will be given a map by the Sudeley staff.

Lunch in either the café near the castle or in the café at the entrance.  Alternatively, you could picnic in the grounds.

3.00pm             Depart for Henley.

5.00 pm            Arrival in Henley (approximately, depending on traffic).

 The cost is £ 42.00 each, including tea or coffee, with an Historic Talk on the Castle.   If anyone is a member of the Historic Houses Association the cost is £29.00.

For more information please click here. 

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Young Arts News, April 2022

 

Once again TASH sponsored the art workshops offered to primary schools in and around Henley as part of Henley Youth Festival. The Festival ran from 5-13 March and included many other activities for children in the area.

 

We now have a lovely collection of notes and pictures of last year's Young Arts projects created by the various primary schools, made possible by donations from our Society, as well as some from this year's Henley Youth Festival and one of Emma Leahy, winner of the TASH award 2021 for Graduate Ambition at Reading University. 

The skeleton the Piggott School bought as a drawing aid!

Click here to see all the pictures and notes.

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Online Lectures from

The Arts Society Head Office

 

As mentioned in previous newsletters, The Arts Society Head Office in London has compiled a series of fascinating online lectures for all its members across the world. Please click on the following links to see the latest. As always, they are charming, interesting and informative and a pleasure to read.

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