10.30am ~ 3.15pm

Shawford Village Hall, SO21 2AA

However much his name is tossed about the media today, the life of Monet remains one of the most uplifting and inspiring stories in art history. Attacked, misunderstood, jeered at, or often simply ignored for almost thirty years, he lived to see his ideas transform the way in which we see nature. This Study Day follows his career from his childhood on the Seine Estuary, to the hard times in Paris and Argenteuil to the final triumphant years at Giverny. It looks at the development of his techniques, his battles with officialdom, his private life with friends and family, and the extraordinary vision that is his legacy to the world.

Lecture 1 ‘The Call of the Sea’ The origins of Impressionism in Normandy

Lecture 2 ‘On the banks of the Seine’ Impressionism makes its name

Lecture 3 “Giverny’ The last years of Impressionism

TICKETS: On Sale from 10am on June 1st 2025

TASA Members: £39 (until August 1st and then open to friends)

If you would like to join this SID, please first confirm your place with Gillian by calling 01489 860659 or emailing taylorversus7@gmail.com and advising Gillian of your intended method of payment from the options below.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: OCT25SID/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ with OCT25SID written on the reverse

Numbers must be confirmed by Friday September 19th 2025

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

10.30am - 3.00pm

Shawford Village Hall

This three session Special Interest Day will look at some fantastic examples of British architecture and engineering. A skyline tour of the Gleaming Spires of London will be followed by lectures comparing and contrasting the genius of Brunel and Thomas Heatherwick who have both shaped the modern world we see today. 

Ian Swankie is a Londoner with a contagious enthusiasm for art and architecture. He is an official guide at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Guildhall Art Gallery, and St Paul’s Cathedral. He is also a freelance London tour guide. Since 2012 he has led a popular weekly independent art lecture group in his hometown of Richmond in West London. He is an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society, and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars, one of the City Livery Companies.

10.30am Arrival with Refreshments

11.00am - The Gleaming Spires of London ~ An Armchair Tour of London's Finest Buildings

London boasts a remarkable range of architecture and this talk reveals the evolution of the capital through its great buildings. We start with a brief look at the development of architecture in the capital and then focus on the modern. Whether we like it or not, there are currently well over 500 new buildings planned in London over twenty storeys high, including dozens more than twice this height. This is in ddition to those already completed. This talk looks at the best of these buildings including the cutting-edge designs of the latest towers such as the Shard, the Walkie-Talkie, the Cheesegrater, the Scalpel and 22 Bishopsgate. We will discover their amazing architectural and engineering challenges and also examine the controversies and difficult social decisions needed to manage this dramatically changing skyline.

12.00pm - The Brilliance of Brunel ~ The man who built the modern world

We are still living amongst the infrastructure created by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the 19th century. He changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking projects including railways, bridges, tunnels, ships, and grand buildings such as the magnificent Paddington Station. He merged art with engineering and science and was a pioneer and a revolutionary. And he was brilliant. We'll look at the man, his background, his work, and his legacy.

1.00pm-1.45pm - Lunch

2.00pm - Thomas Heatherwick ~ A modern Leonardo?

The past decade has seen the meteoric rise of this extraordinarily versatile British designer with his acclaimed Olympic cauldron, the iconic new London bus and designs for a spectacular new HQ building for Google. Over the last twenty years the Heatherwick Studio has used an intriguing combination of curiosity and experimentation to produce a vast range of solutions to design challenges around the world. This talk looks at the problems presented, and the wonderfully creative ways in which Heatherwick and his team have responded.

3.15pm - Finish

TICKETS: 

TASA Members: £38 

If you would like to join this SID, please confirm your place with Gillian by calling 01489 860659 or emailing taylorversus7@gmail.com and advising Gillian of your intended method of payment from the options below.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: MAR25SID/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ with MAR25SID written on the reverse

• Members can also purchase tickets at the Lecture on Tuesday 28th January

Numbers must be confirmed by Tuesday February 18th 2025

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 

Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).

For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.

If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

THE SID IS NOW SOLD OUT

Swarraton and Northington Village Hall

Please email Gillian taylorversus7@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

James Bolton lectures extensively on gardens and garden history, having trained with the Palais des Parcs et Jardins in Paris, followed by the Inchbald School of Design, before becoming Head Gardener at The Old Rectory, Farnborough. He established his garden design business in 1992 and has designed gardens across southern England as well as Portugal and the United States.

10.30am Arrival with Refreshments

11.00am - Lutyens & Jekyll - Arts & Crafts Gardens
The last two decades of the nineteenth century reverberated with the row amongst gardeners and architects. At a stroke, the problem was solved by the partnership between Gertrude Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens, so that a house by Lutyens with a garden by Jekyll became an Edwardian ideal. Together they designed gardens with a strong architectural background, softened by luxuriant planting in the natural style advocated by Robinson.

12.00pm - After Miss Jekyll
The long shadow of the Arts and Crafts Movement has hung over English gardening for most of the twentieth century. The dominance of Miss Jekyll and the enduring popularity of gardens at Hidcote and Sissinghurst have proved to be an enduring legacy. There were always subversive undercurrents of alternative styles and influences such as Post Modernism and then the New Perennial Movement. Now interest in meadows and freer styles of planting as championed by Tom Stuart Smith is more in tune with the 21st century.

1.00pm-1.45pm - Lunch

2.00pm - Vita Sackville-West and Sissinghurst
The Arts and Crafts gardens created, in particular by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll, set a standard against which English gardens would be measured for the next 60 years. This lecture looks at the life of Vita and the extraordinary gardens she created, including Long Barn where some useful lessons were learned.

3.15pm - Finish

Tickets £38 for TASA Members (40 spaces available to include refreshments and buffet lunch)​

If you would like to join this SID, please confirm your place with Gillian by calling 01489 860659 or emailing taylorversus7@gmail.com and advising Gillian of your intended method of payment from the options below.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: NOV24SID/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the June Lecture

Numbers must be confirmed by Wednesday 9th October

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

Brian will discuss antique and modern tribal rugs, their production and the lives of the craftsmen at this Special Interest Day.

Members are invited to bring their own tribal rugs for discussion.

Brian MacDonald has been dealing in antique tribal rugs and large decorative carpets since 1979 mainly from the nomadic tribes and villages of Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Brian lived and worked in Iran from 1972 to 1977, spending the best part of a year of this time with two tribal groups, the Afshar of Kerman and the Qashqa'i of Fars and has travelled extensively in Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, returning to Iran in recent years, travelling and collecting amongst the Bakhtiyari, Qashqa'i and Shahsavan tribes.

10am-3.00pm to include lunch and refreshments

Northington & Swarraton Village Hall, SO24 9TQ

​Tickets £36 per person (40 spaces available) to include refreshments and a buffet lunch

If you would like to join this SID, please confirm your place by emailing Marguerite margueritecolbeck@hotmail.com and advising Marguerite of your intended method of payment from the options below. It would also be helpful if you could indicate if you will be bringing a tribal rug with you.

• TicketSource - through our website using the homepage link here 

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: MAR24SID/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the February Lecture

Numbers must be confirmed by Wednesday 28th February

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketSource will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

Mark Hill from The Antiques Road show will present this Study Day at Northington & Swarraton Village Hall.

Most of you will know Mark to be a knowledgeable and enthusiastic speaker sharing his expertise in an informal, energetic and friendly manner, packed full of information.

Members are invited to bring examples of 20th century ceramics or glass. Mark will discuss up to 12 items.

The day will be split into 3 sections:

10.15am-10.30am ~ Welcome Coffee

Undressing Antiques
’Antiques. I don’t understand them and they are beyond my budget. They’re not for me’. A persuasive introduction to buying antiques and integrating and using them in today’s homes. The state of the antiques market and the different meanings of the word value are considered, and we take a look at what current and future generations of collectors are buying, why they are buying it and how they are displaying it.

Short comfort break

Curves, Colours & Cool: An introduction to Mid-Century Modern ceramics and glass
The antiques market has changed dramatically and now pieces that were made during the 1970s can fetch many times more than a piece made in the 1770s. Why has the teak sideboard you threw out become so desirable? Who is this Eames guy? Focusing on Scandinavia, Italy, America and Great Britain, this practical and inspirational lecture looks at furniture, ceramics, glass, lighting and metalware, identifies key designs and designers, and the examines the revolutionary design movements they began.

Buffet Lunch

Discussion of members items
After lunch Mark will discuss 12 items of 20th century ceramics or glass that members have brought to talk about. If there is time after the session Mark will comment on other items that members have brought with them.  

​Tickets £37 per person (40 spaces available) to include refreshments and a buffet lunch

If you would like to join this SID, please confirm your place by emailing Marguerite on the following link margueritecolbeck@hotmail.com advising Marguerite of your intended method of payment from the options below. It would also be helpful if you could indicate if you will be bringing a piece of ceramic or glass with you.

• TicketSource - through our website using the homepage link here 

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: OCT23SID/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the July and September lectures

Numbers must be confirmed by Wednesday 27th September 

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketSource will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

Some of the greatest artists in history - Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Gainsborough - have brought the world of music into the centre of so many of their paintings, resulting in a harmonious combination of two much loved disciplines of the arts. With a musicologist's eye, Peter Medhurst views, discusses and analyses a range of important works from the Late Medieval era down to the 20th century. Peter will also complement some of the paintings discussed with a selection of music played on the piano. Paintings include works by Geertgen Tot Sint Jans, Lorenzo Costa, Raphael, Gainsborough, Schwind and Kandinsky.

Peter will delight us with 3 sessions on Art and Music.

The study day will take place at Itchen Abbas & Avington Village Hall. 

Welcome coffee from 10.00am to 10.15am

Two lectures then lunch followed by a third lecture. We should end at 3.15pm

Cost £40 payable by BACS to The Arts Society, Acct. no. 65717460 Sort Code 309971 Please Ref SIDPM

Please email louise@dilloway.net to confirm you have paid. No tickets will be issued but you will receive email confirmation of your place.

Our day will take its usual format: Coffee/tea on arrival at 10am before we look at the evolution of the coronation ceremony from Saxon times up to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.  Then:

First Lecture
Examines the stages of the coronation from the Proclamation through to the Homage and gives an account of the fascinating incidents, ill omens and memorable mishaps that have occured at coronations over a thousand years.

Lecture 2
Explanations of the different items of Coronation Regalia, their history, ceremonial significance and liturgical symbolism

Lunch

Lecture 3
Gives an entertaining insight into the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11 on June 2nd 1953 and puts forward thoughts on how the next coronation may differ from the last.  The lecture will end with a tribute to Her Majesty.

Price:  £36 per person including lunch

Booking is open. There are a few places left. Please contact Marguerite Colbeck at margueritecolbeck@hotmail.com if you would like to book a place.

Payment

TicketSource:
Please go to the homepage and click the 'Book Events' link and follow the instructions to book online.

Bank Transfer:  
Sortcode 30-99-71 Account No 65717460 Please insert your surname and initial in the reference field.

Cheque: 
Made payable to "The Arts Society Alresford" and send it to: Mrs L Colbeck, The Lilacs, Homestead Road, Medstead GU34 5NA

If there is room, visitors may come for an extra £5 on the cost to members.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 19th October

NORTHINGTON VILLAGE HALL 10:00

The day will consist of three lectures staring at 10:30. David will be bringing exampes of costume pieces with him to display. Among other questions David will enlighten us on is the question whether the Dragon Lady is fact or fiction. After his talks David will take questions from the floor.

Coffee from 10:00. A light lunch is  included.

Please contact Louise Biddiss on her email louise@dilloway.net for more information, and to reserve and pay for a place. 

Peter Medhurst's Special Interst Day on Mozart's Operatic World is now scheduled for 29 Ocotber in Itchen Abbas Village Hall. Please contact Bryony Rogers for more details and to reserve a place. 

THIS SID HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 WHEN WE HOPE TO WELCOME DAVID TO THE HALL AT ITCHEN ABBASS

David Rosier will deliver a Study Day via Zoom on

The Chinese Formal and Informal Court Costume

 A Journey Through and Beyond the Imperial Wardorobe1644 -1911

This is a rescheduled and adjusted Study Day originally booked and cancelled in March 2020 due to Corona Virus.

Session 1 11-12

Session 2 1:30 -2:30

Session 3 2:30 Members  Questions and Answers

Cost £10

Please contact Bryony Rogers  of  The Arts Society Alresford  to apply for the access code. Her  contct detais are on your membership card.

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Splendour of Colours: Painted Vessels of the Maya

The Lords of Creation: Kingship in Maya Art.

Learn about how an ancient and sophisticated civilisation in the rainforest of Central America created the most exquisite art, some of the largest pyramids in the world, an intricate calendar, complex hieroglyphic writing and most importantly, chocolate!

On WEDNESDAY 13th MARCH 2019

At

The John Pearson Hall

Behind St John the Baptist Church

Alresford

Start time 10:00am for Tea and Coffee

10.30am First Lecture

11.45am approx. Second Lecture

1.00pm: Lunch

Smoked Salmon, Ham, Coronation Chicken, Hot Potatoes, Salads, Fruit, and Cheese, Crackers, Wine and Elderflower Cordial. Please contact Sandra Fletcher with any dietary requirements.

2.00 pm approx.: Third Lecture

Finish: 3.15pm approx.

Cost: £40.00 Payment by Cheque Only

Parking in Station Car Park and entrance through the far side door of JPH,

NOT through the Church.

Contact: Sandra Fletcher Tel: 01962 773751 or email: sandra@newalresford.plus.com

SPECIAL INTERST DAY

The Drama behind the Taj Mahal

And the British Contribution to Indian History

Lecturer:  OLIVER EVERETT

On Tuesday, 2nd October 2018

at

Old Alresford Place, SO24 9DH

Start time 10am for tea and coffee; Lunch at 1 o’clock; Finish at 3.30pm.

The first part of the Study Day is based on the Islamic manuscript The Padshahnama which is the unique official history of the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, who ruled India from 1628 to 1659. Shah Jahan is best remembered for the building of the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

The second part traces the origins of The Taj Mahal’s design, its site in Agra, how it was built, the craftsmen, the interiors, and the surrounding buildings and gardens.

 Lunch

The third part is on the important British contributions to the study of Indian history, archaeology, languages, topography and architecture by such Britons as Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General, and Lord Curzon, the most prominent Viceroy, as well as civil servants, soldiers, judges, doctors, engineers, surveyors, and others who immersed themselves in the local culture and revealed a great deal about India’s amazing past.

Cost: £45.00 – cheque made payable to Alresford DFAS

Contact: Sandra Fletcher 01962 773751 or on the day phone 07711965426

Email: sandra@newalresford.plus.co

As a retired Orthopedic surgeon Guy Rooker FRCS looks at Leonardo da Vinci's work from a new angle. Not only did Leonardo make a remarkable contribution to the world of art, Guy will explore Leonardo's investigation of scientific concepts.

500 years ago in 2019, Leonardo said that nature must be his guide and that all art was based on a scientifuc understanding.

Starting at 10am for coffee and tea. 1st lecture 10.30 2nd 11.45 Lunch at 1pm and 3rd lecture at 2pm finishing by 3.15pm

3 one hour lectures, lunch with wine and in the comfortable surroundings of Old Alresford Place.

£40.00  Programme obtainable from Gill Graham Maw: gillgrahammaw@gmail.com

Phone: 01962 779275

Lecture 1 Focuses on the way in which Cezanne and Van Gogh responded to the strong light and colours of the South of France

Lecture 2 Traces the influence of Van Gogh and Cezanne on the work of the Fauves and Cubists working in the South

Lecture 3 Yves Klein and Nicholas de Stael and the coast.

Delicous lunch with wine at Old Alresford Place

10am for coffee and tea on arrival finish around 3.30pm

Gill Graham Maw   tel: 01962 779275

£40.00 Cheques payable to Alresford DFAS

Chatsworth, the House, the Garden and the Family

Meet at 10am for Coffee or tea at Old Alresford Place, SO24 9DH.

Ist lecture - Evolution of the House

2nd Lecture Story of the Gardens

Buffet lunch with wine and coffee

3rd lecture - the family, the Mitfords and especially Debbo, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire

£40.00 Payable by cheque to Alresford DFAS

A Visual feast that will delight the eye and tickle the taste buds!

3 One hour lectures and buffet lunch with wine

Starter: Ghislaine will give an overview of how art and cooking, eating and looking are entwined in our lives. How painting can be understood, like cooking. Something we make and share.

Main Course: In this lecture Michael will range from Turner's extraordinary painting methods to Delacroix's idea that painting should allure the senses before releasing its spiritual content. Monet and his cook books, and the glorious still lives of Cezanne and Van Gogh with tales and recipes from Toulouse Lautrec.

*Lunch break*

Desert: This will look at the work of Matisse, Picasso, and more contemporary artists, all of whom have been fascinated by the culinary arts.

Booking from July 26th at the NADFAS lecture

£36.00 to include lunch with wine and coffee/tea on arrival

Gill Graham Maw tel: 01962 779275

gillgrahammaw@gmail.com

Brown Candover village Hall 10.am Cost £32 to include lunch and coffee. Timing: 10.30am - 3.30 pm

Joanna has over 30 years experience as a goldsmith, diamond valuer, dealer and auctioneer. She has worked for Sotheby's in London, New York and Geneva. 

She lectures widely and is the author of 2 published books as well as making regular contributions to the Daily Telegraph Luxury Magazine and the Antiques Road Show

Morning Session Jewellery 1900 - 2015 two lectures to include slides and a short film taken in the Cartier workshop in Paris.

From the elegance of the Edwardian period, through the roaring 1920′s and on to the glamour of the 1950s, jewellery design has always been an accurate reflection of our times. No other period in history has seen such a radical transformation in both fashion and lifestyle. Beginning with the delicate art nouveau and the garland style, we then examine the influence of Hollywood film stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner, as well as fashionable figures (Wallis Simpson) on the designs of the day. 

Alresford DFAS Study Day Cost £26 Wednesday 14th October 10 for 10.30 start Venue Brown and Chiltern Candover Club, Brown Candover SO24 9TT 10.30-11.30 –

Session 1 The world of 17th century Dutch music making For the Netherlands – which in the 17th century was famous for having no great composers except for Pieter Sweelinck, who died in 1621 - it’s extraordinary that it produced such a wide range of pictures showing people making music In fact, so many fine examples have come down to us, that if we think at all of music being represented on canvas – it’s the paintings of the 17th century Dutch School that spring immediately to mind. 10% of all Dutch paintings contain images of music 11.30-11.45 – Break 11.45-1.00 –

Session 2 This session concentrates on the 11 or so surviving musical pictures of Vermeer. About a ⅓ of Vermeer’s 37 or so surviving paintings contain images of music, and it is these masterpieces that become the focus of the study day 1.00-2.15 – Lunch 2.15-3.30 – Session 3 A recital of music drawn from the repertoire of 17th century Holland, Italy, Germany and England.

Our friend Peter Medhurst will enchant us with his musical renditions and knowledge of the painter Vermeer, the instruments he paints and the music of the time. Venue: Brown Candover Village Hall

10.30 Lecture 1 Early years 1812 - 1840 short break Lecture 2 The middle period 1840 - 65 Tennyson, Victoria, and travels in Italy, Greece and around the Mediterranean Lunch Lecture Later journey Egypt and India 1865 -75 and final years The day was very successful and enjoyed by all. Denis enthralled us with his readings and background Knowlwdge