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Forthcoming Events

Our lectures are live from April to September (with an option to join on Zoom) and on Zoom only from October to March  Further details are on our lectures page here.  Joining inStructions For ZOom will be sent to members shortly before the lectures. 

Next LectureS

‘Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350’,
by Clare Ford-Wille
 

Thursday 26th June 2025
7:30 for 8pm at Radlett Reform Synagogue or
7.45pm for 8.00pm on Zoom

Clare Ford-Wille returns on June 26th 2025 with a live/zoom talk entitled ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350’, Simone Martini – Polyptych for the high altar of Dominican convent of Santa Caterina, Pisa (documented 1320) This is one of the most important exhibitions of 2025 taking place at the National Gallery. The lecture will be an opportunity to commemorate and reflect upon the arts of this vibrant city and its artistic contribution at the very beginning of the 14th century renaissance. Altarpieces by Duccio and Simone Martini will be united for the first time, but the exhibition will also show a wide range of other Sienese art from gilded glass, illuminated manuscripts, rugs, silks and ivories and the spread of Sienese ideas to the rest of Europe. 

​​Non members welcome cost £10.  Please contact Anna Cross for payment or membership details and Zoom link at [email protected]
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Thursday July 17th LIVE (+Zoom) in Radlett Reform Synagogue, 118 Watling Street, WD77AA,
 ‘Andy Goldsworthy’ by Frank Woodgate

7:30 for 8pm at Radlett Reform Synagogue or
7.45pm for 8.00pm on Zoom

REVEALING THE BEAUTY OF NATURE: THE LANDSCAPE ART OF ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
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Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956) is one of the most interesting and innovative landscape artists working in Britain today.  He mostly works in the open air, using natural materials such as leaves, ice, stones or trees to make exquisitely beautiful but usually ephemeral images in the great Romantic landscape tradition.  Fortunately, although most of his works eventually disintegrate, melt away or fall over, they are all carefully photographed and included in extremely desirable and lavish ‘coffee-table’ books. This lecture will consider Goldsworthy’s work in the context of Land Art as practised since the late 1960s by artists such as Robert Smithson in the USA and (in the UK) Richard Long.  It will also, of course, include examples of some of Goldsworthy’s most imaginative and beautiful works of art in the landscape. 

Non members welcome cost £10.  Please contact Anna Cross for payment or membership details and Zoom link at [email protected]
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Visits

Walking Tour Secrets of Soho - a walk around the back streets of Soho Tuesday June 24th
Following our highly successful walks with London Tour Guide and regular lecturer at Radlett Art Society, Ian Swankie will be leading us around Soho and sharing his many insights into the area. This is a tightly-knit area that has transformed from its early aristocratic origins into 19th century slums, then 1960’s rock and roll, then a rather sleazy area, and now an uber-cool enclave of creative industries and independent shops, cafés and restaurants. We’ll pass famous venues such as Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, L’Escargot Restaurant, The Groucho Club and many more.

We shall start from outside The Montague Pyke Pub at 105 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0DT. It's a big Wetherspoons next to Foyles. (There’s only one loo in Foyles but lots of them in the pub and they do coffee and breakfasts). It is close to Tottenham Court Road Underground. The total distance is about 2 kilometres, finishing near Piccadilly Circus. There are numerous options for lunch. To take part in this walk or for further information please contact Frances Ross. The walk will cost £17.00 per person Please pay directly into the Radlett Art Society Bank account. Please email Frances to get the bank details and confirm with her that you have booked.
 


A number of Tours and NT Visits for 2025 are being considered and arranged. These include Southill House,  Kenwood House (to see the exhibition of John Singer Sargent the subject of our May lecture). Poulsden Lacy, Great Bookham & Petworth House in West Sussex, London visits to the V&A and our 3rd Art and Architecture Walk in the city with Ian Swankie. Watch out for further details in the RAS Newsletter, emails and on the RAS Website.

Holiday 2025

The Castles, Gardens &
Heritage of North Wales

5 days -  Departing 1st September 2025, staying at Celtic Royal Hotel at Caernarfon.

What we will see:
• Attingham Park
• Caernarfon Castle
• Boat cruise from Caernarfon
• Penrhyn Castle
• Beaumaris Castle
• Plas Newydd Country
House & Gardens
• Welsh Highland Narrow Gauge Railway
• Bodnant Gardens
• Baddesley Clinton

See here for full details and a booking form


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Other activities

Other 2025 plans
Christmas Lunch 2025 Porter’s Park Golf Club Wed 3rd December 12.30 for 1.00
Our 57th Summer Exhibition was held at the Radlett Village Institute.  On Friday 6th June we had a private view in the evening and it was open to the general public on  Saturday 7th June and Sunday 8th June.

Painters Group 


Details 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, from September to June. In July and August 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.

You need to bring along your own paper, pencils and / or paints, etc. Also, bring your own refreshments if required. 

In addition, we have occasional afternoon workshops, full day workshops and live models

If you fancy joining the workshop, please contact us using the contact form here.

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