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Forthcoming Events
We are currently giving our lectures online via Zoom. please see details below. Joining inStructions will be sent to members shortly before the lecture.
Our holiday in shropshire WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 19TH to 22ND SeptemBer 2021. details and a booking form are available in further down this home page or in the visits 2021 page.
we are running a day trip to burghley house on sunday 22nd august. please see details WITH A FLYER AND BOOKING below or IN THE VISITS 2021 PAGE.
We have been running a monthly "Artist Challenges" display and you can see links to the previous months here. The latest month was "Here Comes the Sun", click on the link to see those pictures. The challenge for July is "Luck of the draw"" entries due in by 5pm on July 12th.
If you would like to see some of the other works by our artists you can look at our pictures pages - click here or use the Pictures tab on the left hand side of this page.
We have also got a special pages for our for 'lockdown' pictures, items that were produced during the lockdown period or with particular relevance to it.
If you would like to see some of the other works by our artists you can look at our pictures pages - click here or use the Pictures tab on the left hand side of this page.
We have also got a special pages for our for 'lockdown' pictures, items that were produced during the lockdown period or with particular relevance to it.
For a complete list of our currently planned activities for 2021 please see here.
Next LecturesThursday 15th July - 7.45pm for 8pm – via Zoom Meeting
DRAPERY IN DRESS AND ART Drapery and dress in art and sculpture embodies a coded narrative on the artists, period, status and icons represented. Whether the dress clings and reveals the body-shape or formulates other narrative on wealth, status, power or religiosity, the meaning can be revealed. This presentation will journey through art and sculptural history to illuminate and decode the key components and importance of understanding the symbolism of dress and drapery from the BC Greek era to contemporary art. Michelangelo, Henry Moore, Caravaggio, Van Dyck, Goya, Gainsborough and Elisabeth Frink are amongst the artists’ work explored. Lecturer: Frances Ross, MA. London College of Fashion Lecturer, curator and published articles on art, fashion and culture. Here is a flyer Thursday 30th September - 7.30pm to 9:30pm – via Zoom Meeting
Laura Reiter (note change) for a demonstration. Further details close to the time. Next VisitsDay trip to Burghley House – Sunday 22nd August
I am pleased to confirm our day trip to Burghley House on Sunday 22nd August. Burghley is one of the largest and grandest surviving houses of the sixteenth century and a magnificent example of the great Elizabethan ‘prodigy’ houses. Conceived by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1555 and 1587, Burghley is a testament to the ambition and vision of the most powerful courtier of the first Elizabethan age. The house has a large number of Old Master paintings and tapestries and well as excellent furniture and curios. There is also a special exhibition to mark the 500th year since Cecil’s birth (which should have been held last year but was delayed due to the Pandemic). Further details about the house and its contents are available on their website - https://www.burghley.co.uk/
The cost is £40 p.p. for RAS members and £42 for guests. The journey time by coach is about 2hr and payment is needed by 2nd August. Here are links to the flyer and booking form |
Other activitiesNEWSLETTERSPlease click here for the latest newsletter or see the Newsletter page for past issues.
54th Summer exhibitionPlease note that due to the coronavirus situation we have had to cancel our summer exhibition.
Our 54th Annual Summer Exhibition in 2020 was planned to be held at again at Battlers Green Barn. Our sincere thanks go to Paul Howarth for offering the barn the venue for us. HolidayDue to the Covid-19 situation our holiday to Shropshire has been postponed to September 2021. We plan keep to the itinerary previously planned.
Holiday to Shropshire. Our holiday to Shropshire will run from Sunday 19th to Wednesday 22nd September 2021. We will be staying at the Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel and visiting the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Shrewsbury town centre including the Abbey, Powis Castle, Attingham Park and Wightwick Manor. Here is a link to the flyer and booking form. Bookings are open until 19th July. Thursday Painting Workshop
We run a regular Thursday painting workshop for members. Like other activities these are cancelled at the moment due to coronavirus. We are trying to run some summer painting sessions in people's gardens but due to Covid-19 regulations the attend at these is strictly limited. Our artist members who attend the normal Thursday session are aware of the situation and have invites when appropriate. |
