Area visit, Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, S Devon
Cost: £34.50,including travel and lunch
Friday 25th April
CORNISH CHURCHES
Jo Mattingly
Study Morning followed by a visit to two local churches
Cost: £15
11th-15th May
TUSCANY AND UMBRIA
Four nights half board, based in Corona.
Visits to Perugia, Assisi, Siena, Arezzo and Urbino.
2003/2004
PROGRAMME
Friday 12th September 2003
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN MEDIEVAL ART
Mary Remnant
Friday 10thOctober
LIFE AND ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Nicole Douek
Friday 14th November
LINLEY, A CONTINUING TRADITION
Nicholas Merchant
Friday 12th December
FOR ALL THE SAINTS –
PORTRAITS, SYMBOLS AND LEGENDS
Shirley Turner
Friday 30th January 2004
HOW IS IT MADE?
A CLOSER LOOK AT SILVER
Helen Clifford
Friday 13th February
THE WORLD OF CARL FABERGÉ
Peter Darty
Friday 12th March
WINDSORCASTLE – CONSERVATION,
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND THE
DOWNESIAN GOTHIC OF THE NEW WORKS
Ian Constantinides
Friday 16th April
THE ARTS OF BLOOMSBURY AND OMEGA
Eveline Eaton
Friday 7th May
THE HISTORY OF THE LONG CASE CLOCK
Colin Lattimore
Friday 11th June
AGM
DIAGHILEV’S BALLETS RUSSES:
A SYNTHESIS OF EXCELLENCE
(A STUDY OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY,
COSTUME, SET DESIGN AND MUSIC IN
PETRUSHKA AND L’APRES – MIDI D’UN FAUNE)
Elisabeth Rumbelow
STUDY DAYS
Friday 28th November 2003
Study Day
WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE ARTS
& CRAFTS MOVEMENT
Anne Anderson
Cost: £21
Friday 9th January 2004 at TrebahGardens
Study Day
FIRING THE IMAGINATION:19TH AND 20TH CENTURY CERAMICS
Louise Irvine
Cost: £21
Friday 2nd April
Study Day
MUSIC- A MIRROR OF THE ARTS
Digby Hague - Holmes
Cost: £22.50
VISITS
9 – 12 May 2004
VISIT TO BATH
Cancelled due to lack of interest.
2004/2005
PROGRAMME
Friday 10th September 2004
THE MAGNIFICENT MEDICI
Charles Avery
Friday 8th October
THE ART OF THE RUSSIAN LACQUER MINIATURE
Cherry Gilchrist
Friday 12th November
SEX AND POWER IN HAPSBURG AND BOURBON SPAIN
Gail Turner
Friday 10th December
THE STAINED GLASS OF ENGLISH CATHEDRALS AND PARISHCHURCHES
Peter Gibson
Friday 14th January 2005
THE ROMANISATION OF BRITAIN
Neil Faulkner
Friday 11th February
ANDALUCIA’S GOLDEN AGE
Tom Duncan
Friday 11th March
THE HUMOURISTS – CARICATURE AND REALITY
David Cross
Friday 15th April
THE MUGHALS OF INDIA
Ann Peerless
Friday 13th May
THE AMERICAN COUNTRY HOUSE
Roger Mitchell
Friday 10th June
AGM
THE HITLER EMIGRÉS – THEIR IMPACT ON BRITISH ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LIFE
Daniel Snowman
STUDY DAYS
Friday 26th November 2004
Study Day
THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUTCH PAINTING 1600 - 1800
Claire Ford – Wille
Friday 11th February
Study Afternoon
ANDALUCIA – ROMANS, MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
Tom Duncan
VISITS
Wednesday 17th November 2004
BOCONNOC HOUSE AND GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA, THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH
Monday 24th January 2005
FALMOUTHARTGALLERY
Thursday 24th March 2005
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH
Friday 1st April to Monday 4th April 2005
BIRMINGHAM
Cancelled due to insufficient interest
2005/2006
PROGRAMME
Friday 9th September 2005
THE SHOCK 0F THE NEW: PRIZES, PATRONS
AND PUBLICITY IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Frank Woodgate
Friday 14th October
GLASS HOUSES: FROM ORANGERY TO CONSERVATORY
May Woods
Friday 11th November
THE WORLD OF CARPETS
Roderick Taylor
Friday 9th December
THE COLLECTIONS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
Edward Saunders
Friday 13th January 2006
THE PASSION FOR CHINA: THE DEMAND FOR
RICHES FROM THE EAST
Amanda Herris
Friday 10th February
FRANCIS I OF FRANCE (1494 – 1547):
RENAISSANCE PRINCE AND PATRON
Fenella Billington
Friday 10th March
THE ART OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK’SVOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
James Taylor
Friday 7th April
A TASTE FOR THE EXOTIC
Paul Atterbury
Friday 12th May
IMAGES OF THE WILDERNESS: ARTISTS IN SEARCH
OF THE SUBLIME
Anne Anderson
Friday 9th June
AGM
TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION
Oliver Everett
STUDY DAYS/AFTERNOONS
Friday 11thNovember
Study Afternoon
THE WORLD OF CARPETS
Roderick Taylor
Cost: £9
Friday 24th March
Study Day
A LA RECHERCHE DU SOLEIL: FRENCH PAINTING
AFTER IMPRESSIONISM
Juliet Heslewood
Cost: £21.50
VISITS
Tuesday 27th September 2005
PENLEE HOUSE, PENZANCE
27/28th October
TYNTESFIELD AND WELLS
Wednesday 23rd November
PORT ELLIOT AND GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA, THEATRE ROYAL,PLYMOUTH
Wednesday 14th December
TREASURES OF TRURO CATHEDRAL
Friday 10 February 2006 – Sunday 12 February
LONDON
Cost: £195
Cancelled
Friday 17 March
THE COPELAND COLLECTION AT TRELISSICK
Lunch and talk by Will Copeland. Visit to collection.
Cost: £23
Tuesday 9 May
CASTLE HILL, NORTH DEVON
Lunch and tour with Lady Aran
Cost: £36
2006/2007
Friday 8th September 2006
19th CENTURY ENGLISH BONE CHINA
Diana Lloyd
Friday 13th October
THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS : STYLE AND SOPHISTICATION FROM THE JAZZ AGE
Vivien Heffernan B.A.
Friday 10th November
THE AGE OF OAK
Janusz Karczewski - Slowikowski M.Sc.
Friday 8th December
PICTURING THE NATIVITY: PAINTING BY NUMBERS
Shirley Smith B.A., F.R.S.A.
Friday 12th January 2007
CREATING A SPLASH: THE ST IVES SOCIETY OF ARTISTS 1927 – 52.
David Tovey M.A.
Friday 19th February
THE MUSICAL WORLD OF GAINSBORUGH AND ZOFFANY
Peter Medhurst G.R.S.M., A.R.C.M.
Friday 9th March
ARABIA FELIX - SECRET TREASURE CHEST OF YEMEN AND OMAN
Christopher Bradley B.A.
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Friday 13th April
THE BRITISHPARISHCHURCH
Jane Kelsall B.A.
Friday 11th May
FROM GREECE TO THE NORMANS: THE SPLENDOUR OF SICILY
Paul Roberts M.A.,Ph.D.
Friday 8th June
AGM
POETS, PAINTERS AND PRIVATE LIVES IN VENICE
Douglas Skeggs M. A.
STUDY DAYS/AFTERNOONS
Friday 10th November
Study Afternoon
THE AGE OF OAK
Janusz Karczewski – Slowokowski
Friday 23rd March
Study Day
THE HISTORY OF JEWELLERY FROM ELIZABETH I TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR
John Benjamin
VISITS
Tuesday 7thNovember 2006
EXETER CATHEDRAL
THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH: ‘COSI FAN TUTTE’ BY GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA;
Friday 1st December
LANHYDROCK BLACK TIE COUNTRY HOUSE DINNER
Talk and tour by Paul Holden
Thursday 8th March 2007
PENRYNTOWN HALL, PENRYNMUSEUM AND GLASNEY COLLEGE SITE
Presentation by Dick Cole
2007/2008
Friday 7th September 2007 THE MEDIEVAL HOUSEHOLD Patricia Wright
Friday 12th October WINE RELATED ANTIQUES, INCLUDING CORCSCREWS John Ericson
Friday 9th November PICTURE HANGING AND INTERIOR DESIGN FROM 1600 TO TODAY Stephen Taylor
Friday 14th December THE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS Andrew Davies
Friday 11th January 2008 GRINLING GIBBONS, CARVER TO THE CROWN AND COURT
Launce Gribbin
Friday 8th February THE THREE ROMANTICS - CHOPIN, GEORGE SAND AND DELACROIX Elizabeth Rumbelow
Friday 14th March GEORGIAN DOMESTIC SILVER (18TH CENTURY) Ian Pickford
Friday 11th April THE MOSAICS OF RAVENNA Jane Angelini
Friday 9th May THE HISTORY OF THE MERMAID Terry Pearson
Friday 13th June AGM THE TRADESCANTS: PLANTS, ART COLLECTORS AND GARDENERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY Joanne Kidd
Visits
Wednesday 17 October 2007
VISIT TO THE ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM TRURO
Meet the expert and Fine Arts curator and view the new John Opie exhibition.
Cost: £5 including coffee
Tuesday 20 November
PERFORMANCE BY GLYNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA
OF DONIZETTI'S "L'ELISIR D'AMORE" AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
Cost: £47 including dinner
Wednesday 20 February 2008
OPENING THE HOUSE AT TRERICE
An introduction by James Breslin on the preparation for the spring opening of the property, a tour of the house and an informative archaelogical tour of the newly discovered garden.
Cost: £30 including light lunch and afternoon refreshments
Study Days/Afternoons
Friday 23 november 2007
Study Day
THE GILDED STAGE: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF OPERA