Study Days for 2010-2011
During Study Days members have the opportunity to look at a subject in more depth than is possible in a lecture. The group size is smaller (generally a maximum of 50), which allows for a more informal approach. Study Days typically start at 10.30 a.m. and finish at 15.00, consisting of two one-hour lectures before lunch, with a break for coffee, and one hour after lunch. Coffee and lunch are included in the price. We also have Study Afternoons, which follow on from a morning lecture and give an in-depth, two-hour study of the morning’s subject. The time is usually 13.30 to 15.30. Please check timings with the Study Day Secretary.
Next Study Day
Thursday 18th November 2010
South West Area Event
Sicily - Cross Roads of the Mediterranean
Elizabeth Gordon
Mrs. Gordon will tell us of the turbulent history of the island. She says that a 13th century King of Sicily wrote ‘God would not have chosen Palestine for his own if he could have seen my own Kingdom of Sicily’. He was not wrong!
Almost everyone has trampled across it during the course of history, from the Greeks to Garibaldi, all leaving tokens of their presence. It is no accident that Sicily is peppered with beautiful Doric temples, Greco-Roman theatres; magnificent Roman floor mosaics; dazzling Byzantine wall mosaics and churches built, by of all people Norman Kings! The Normans during their occupation of the island were vastly outnumbered by the Byzantine and Arab inhabitants, but had the good sense to preserve the best of all cultures they found and to incorporate it into their own.
The countryside clothed with wild flowers is ravishingly beautiful, this stunning and unique island is packed full of history and has been drawing historians and visitors for many years. Mrs. Gordon has visited the island over 20 times, has lived in Italy for 17 years and has lectured widely in both this country and America.
Format: Study day - 10.30 - 3.30
Venue: Exeter Golf & Country Club, Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 7AE
Contact: Lady Anne Boles on 01404 850225 or by email
The SW Area are organising a tour of Sicily from the 8th to 15th May 2011. The tour needs a minimum of 25 people. Please make enquiries as soon as possible. Download a copy of the tour Brochure.
Friday 25th March 2011
Musee d'Orsay and its Collection
Margaret Davis
Margaret Davis will speak on the Musee d'Orsay and its Collection.
Session 1 - will look at the conversion of the ornate railway station and its exhibits of art & design of 19th and early 20th century.
Session 2 - will explore Manet's painting and its relationship to other aspects of the collection and then at key Impressionist works.
Session 3 - Impressionist and Post Impressionist works will be explored.
Format: Study day - 10.30 - 3.00
Venue: To be confirmed
Thursday 28th April 2011
South West Area Event
The English parish church: A social and architectural history
with particular reference to churches in the South West.
Andrew Davies
Mr. Davies is the Extra Mural Tutor for the London and the Open Universities, and an author, broadcaster and contributor to many radio and television programmes. With the large number and huge variety of churches in the South West this popular and well known Nadfas lecturer will deliver a lecture which will be of interest to us all.
Format: Study day - 10.30 - 3.30
Venue: St Cuthbert's Conference Centre, Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh
Contact: Lady Anne Boles on 01404 850225 or by email
Thursday 17th November 2011
South West Area Event
Modern English Silver
Ian Pickford
Mr. Pickford will lecturer on 20th and 21st Century Domestic and Ecclesiastical silver. As a freeman of the Goldsmiths' Company, an adviser to the V&A, the National Trust and the Art Fund as well as being a key member of the Antiques Road Show, there is no one better than Mr. Pickford to talk on this fascinating subject.
Members are invited to bring a piece of modern silver with them and Mr. Pickford will talk about as many as he has time for.
Format: Study day - 10.30 - 3.30
Venue: Exeter Golf & Country Club, Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 7AE
Contact: Lady Anne Boles on 01404 850225 or by email
A member society of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies