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Forthcoming Events
We are currently giving many OF our lectures online via Zoom. Further details are on our lectures page here. Joining inStructions For ZOom will be sent to members shortly before the lectures.
Next LectureThursday –11th July - Live at 7:30 for 8pm at Radlett Reform Synagogue and at 7.45 for 8.00pm via Zoom
Subject: ART AFTER WINDRUSH. POST COLONIAL ARTISTS IN BRITAIN SINCE 1948 Lecturer - BARRY VENNING This lecture looks at the contributions made by artists of African, Caribbean or Asian origin to British art since the SS Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury from the West Indies in 1948. It considers among others, works by Sir Frank Bowling, Francis Newton Souza, Keith Piper, Chila Kumari Singh Burman , Singh Twins Yinka Shonibare, Lubaina Himid, Chris Ofili and Barbara Walker, all of whom have achieved international recognition and respect, their works collected by museums world-wide. They have also set much of the agenda for British art of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Non members welcome cost £10. Please contact Anna Cross for payment or membership details and Zoom link at [email protected] VisitsGLEAMING SPIRES OF LONDON
Wednesday 26th June Ian Swankie our guide returns to give the RADLETT ART SOCIETY a new interesting guided tour of the spectacular skyscrapers which are towering over the medieval buildings in the City of London. Meeting is at Liverpool Street Station at 10.45 (ready for 11.00 start) outside McDonalds and the Kindertransport sculpture. After the tour has finished around 1.00 you are free to go and enjoy lunch in the surrounding areas which are famous for a variety of street food. If you are interested in coming on this walking tour with Ian Swankie – the first was popular and informative with plenty of stops on the way to rest your feet. Please contact Frances Ross on [email protected] asap. Bookings are on a 1st come 1st served basis and there are only 23-24 spaces for RAS members at £!7.00 each. Non members if space available will be £20 . Contact me to show your interest to get on the list and send your monies to Stephen Starr by direct bank transfer. Account: Radlett Art Society Sort code: 60-17-14; Account Number :50902571. Ref: Walking Tour, The Gleaming Spires of London , 26th June 11.00-1.00 TRIP TO SISSINGHURST – SUNDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER
National Trust Members should bring their NT cards for free entrance to Sissinghurst and then only need to pay for coach travel. All details to follow in due course. Watch this space for further activities in 2024!
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Other activitiesOther 2024 plans
WORKSHOP/STUDY DAY Sunday 10th November 10am – 4pm JAKE WINKLE (www.jakewinkle.co.uk An opportunity not be missed Jake is a talented, inspiring and kindly teacher His style is loose and colourful watercolour
Radlett Centre Art Exhibition :- 4 weeks in October
Painters GroupDetails available from Anna Cross - [email protected] Thursday Painting Workshop
The Radlett Art Society meets in the Radlett Institute, Watling Street on Thursday afternoon from 1.30 - 3.30pm, during the winter months. During the summer months we paint” en plein air” in the environs of Radlett. Cost per session is £6 and you do have to be a member of the Society to attend. We are a mixed ability friendly group, keen to share our expertise and knowledge , and paint in all mediums There is no formal teaching but we are hoping to resume afternoon demonstrations and full day workshops with a visiting artist when Covid allows. You need to bring along your own paper, pencils and / or paints. Some people bring along their own flask of tea and biscuits, since because of the covid epidemic it was decided not to offer refreshments as before If you fancy joining the workshop, please feel free to contact us using the contact form here. |