Leicester Decorative and Fine Arts Society
A member of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies
Future Study Days and Visits
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Study day trips planned for 2012
Drayton House & Lowick Church, 18 April 2012
A Woman Painter Looks at Women Artists -
Special NADFAS Day at Goldsmiths' Hall, London 18 June 2012
Renishaw Hall, Gardens and Museum -
3 day trip to Norwich 10th -
ART AND ARCHITECTURE ALONG THE SILK ROAD Lecturer: Dr Angela Smith
One day courses in February and March. Venue: Leicester Bowling Club, Kenwood Road, off Carisbrooke Road, Leicester LE2 3PL.
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Wednesday 18th April 2012
Drayton House & Lowick Church, near Kettering
A unique opportunity to visit a house that is not open to the public as such, just groups. Drayton House has been a family home for almost a thousand years. There will be a presentation by Bruce Bailey archivist at Drayton House and a tour of the house.
Lowick Church is famous for its splendid 15th century lantern tower, superb early 14th century glass, and monuments to the owners of Drayton. (In Simon Jenkins ‘Thousand Best Churches’, Lowick is counted amongst the top 100.
Further details and booking form will be in the mail out in January.
The cost of
the day will be Members £40.00 / Guests £42.00 -
Click here for Wikipedia entry on Drayton House
Please here for a booking form
Tuesday, 24rd April 2012
A Woman Painter Looks at Women Artists
Ghislaine Howard
Midlands NADFAS event at The Theatre, Guildhall Arts Centre, St. Peter’s Hill, Grantham, NG31 6PZ
Full study day, three lectures £33 including lunch and refreshments.
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Special NADFAS Day at Goldsmiths' Hall, London on June 18th 2012
Another day has been arranged too, 25th June.
Lecture by Helen Clifford
Study day one
10.30 Continental breakfast
11.00 Illustrated Lecture
12.00 View of Gold: Power and Allure Estimated cost £40.00 per person.
13.00 Two course lunch with wine
14.00 repeated Lecture
15.00 View of Gold: Power and Allure Estimated Cost £50.00 per person
16.00 English Cream Tea
16.30 repeated lecture
17.30 View of Gold Power & Allure Estimated cost £40.00 per person
19.00 -
This cost will also include a copy of the book of 25 Gold facts
If you are interested please contact Judith Quiney on jquiney@nadfas.org.uk for further details.
R
enishaw Hall, Gardens and Museum, near Sheffield.
Renishaw Hall has been the home to the Sitwell family for nearly 400 years. It offers visitors various treasures; portraits by Rosa and Copley, examples of furniture by Chippendale, magnificent tapestries, murals by Piper and Blue John pottery.
The gardens were designed and created by Sir George Sitwell over fifty years between 1886 and 1936, with recent enhancements by Sir Reresby Sitwell and Lady Sitwell.
The visitor will also be able to take in galleries dedicated to: -
For further information on Renishall Hall please click on the link here
3 day trip to Norwich 10th -
We are planning a trip to Norwich, further details will be available soon and will be posted out to members with the February mail out.
Tuesday 6th November 2012.
Visit to The Wedgwood Museum, Stoke-
The Wedgwood Museum, which opened in 2008, is a treasure trove for those interested in decorative and fine art, ceramic design or social and industrial history. Winner of the prestigious Art Fund Prize in 2009 and appointed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in May 2011. Josiah Wedgwood was a fascinating individual – potter, scientist, artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur – and one of the most important figures of his age.
The Wedgwood ‘Discovery Day’ offers visitors a personal welcome to the museum and, after refreshments, a themed lecture, guided gallery tour, handling session or access to archive material.
Housed in a stunning contemporary building, the collection of 6,000 objects is displayed chronologically from 1730, the birth of Josiah Wedgwood, to today and features some of the world’s finest ceramic pieces.
Our themed lecture will be ‘Wedgwood and Artists’, we will look at some of the most influential of these artists who are renowned in other disciplines rather than ceramics such as; Joh Flaxman, George Stubbs, Walter Crane, Thomas Allen, Eric Ravilious, David Shepherd, Edward Paolozzi amongst others and provide a new perspective on art and design.
Further details later in the year.
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