Lectures in 2026

Please note that some lectures will be held via Zoom and members will be sent the Zoom link a day or two before the lecture. 

Also please note that the lectures in a hall will normally be held in Radlett Reform Synagogue.
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​RAS 2026 Lecture program
 
Zoom - January 15th Paul Alcock art demo

Zoom - February 19th Clare Ford-Wille; Joseph Wright of Derby ‘National Gallery
exhibition ‘From the Shadows

Zoom - March 26th Linda Collins ‘History of art, changing ideas of Beauty and how choice of frame can influence a painting etc’

Live & Zoom - April 30th Val Woodgate ‘Picasso & His Women’

Live & Zoom - May 7th Barry Venning ‘Cartoons and Contraptions: The wonderful world of W Heath Robinson’ 

Live & Zoom - June 11th Frank Woodgate ‘Lee Miller’ artist and photographer

Live & Zoom - July 16th Jessica Faye ‘Frida Kahlo and The Tate Modern Exhibition’

Live TBC and Zoom, or Zoom only - September 17th Frances Ross ‘Textiles Transition’; from craft to fine art for women artists from Anni Albers to Lucy Sparrow’

Zoom - October 22nd Jo Walton ‘The Art and Craft of John Piper; versatile  British Artist ’

Zoom - November 19th Julia Musgrave, ‘Rembrandt Cabinet of Curiosities; Aspiration, Inspiration, Obsession or Stock?’

Christmas Lunch 2026

Porter’s Park Golf Club Date TBC

Annual General Meeting: TBA 

​58th Summer Exhibition Radlett Village Institute TBC

This programme may be subject to change.