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September Newsletter for Members

BEGINNING IN MARCH, WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR MEETINGS ON THE 4TH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

This change of meeting date has been forced on us by the Bouverie Hall Management team as they endeavour to ensure the funding of the hall continues to meet the outgoings.

The increasing costs involved in the maintenance of the building and the excellent facilities it offers to the community has meant the lettings policy needed to maximise on bookings.

As we booked for one session a month, they have understandably had to offer the Monday evening slot to a booking which wanted to use the hall every Monday evening in the month.

The Arts Society Pewsey Vale committee

We urgently need a volunteer to support the Sound System team at our monthly lectures in the Bouverie Hall.

This help does not mean you have to be a committee member - however we really do need someone with experience with audio systems to give support when needed.

Please do help - Colin has many hats on the committee and would greatly appreciate someone to be a back-up for the sound systems at our meetings.

Please contact Colin Paul if you are willing to offer your expertise occasionally.
T: ‭01672 700073 / colinrhpaul@gmail.com

LECTURES

Guests are welcome - fee £7 payable on the night

Please let Julie know if you are bringing a guest, email pewseyvale@theartssociety.org or telephone: 07775 683163

MONDAY 8th OCTOBER

Calligeofiguresques: an introduction to Islamic Art and Design

In Europe, in both a religious and secular context, we are used to art which is representational, and it is commonly held that Islamic art is non-representational. This lecture introduces Islamic art through its three most widely appreciated non-representational strands, Arabic calligraphy (the Islamic art form par excellence), geometry, and the arabesque. However, it also explores the figural side of Islamic art, and shows how widespread figural art really is – even, most surprisingly, in some religious settings. James Allan presents this talk.

VISITS

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Thursday 9th October 2018

BOOK NOW AS THIS VISIT IS ALMOST FULLY BOOKED

COVENTRY CATHEDRAL

Following on from the popular Society lecture we will be visiting Coventry Cathedral which was opened in 1962 following the bombing of the city in 1940. Standing beside the ruins of the Medieval Cathedral, the new Cathedral, designed by architect Sir Basil Spence, contains some of the finest examples of 1950's and 60's art and architecture in the country.

STONELEIGH ABBEY

Stoneleigh Abbey, the ancestral home of the Leigh family, is a country house steeped in history.
Founded in 1154 as a Cistercian monastic house on a land grant from King Henry II, it was later converted into a comfortable family home. This former monastery has connections to Queen Victoria, Prince Charles and Jane Austen. The parkland was designed by Sir Humphrey Repton.

Click here to download the visit booking form

Visits Secretary: Tricia Duncan
01672 810443 / tricia@windward.biz

NEW VISITS SECRETARY NEEDED STARTING IN MARCH 2019

The role of Visits Secretary is one of the most rewarding - three visits are organised a year to interesting places you feel would be appreciated by our members.

There will be ample opportunity for a smooth handover of the role.

It can be a role shared with another person or done by just one person

UNLESS WE GET A VOLUNTEER, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY VISITS IN 2020

If you'd like to know more about the role, please contact Tricia Duncan

STUDY DAYS

THURSDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2018

CLASSICAL MUSIC CRASH COURSE
with Sandy Burnett.

A wonderful inspiring day covering some of the great composers and their music in the classical repertoire….three hundred years of great classical music from the first enduring opera, L'Ordeo by Monteverdi in 1607 to the work of perhaps the start of Modernism, The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky.

Click here to download the booking form to print

BOOK NOW FOR THIS EXCELLENT STUDY DAY

Study Day secretary: Sarah Townsend-Rose:
‭01672 810427 / sarahtrose@hotmail.com

NEW STUDY DAY SECRETARY NEEDED STARTING IN MARCH 2019

The role of Study Day Secretary involves organising two Study Days a years on subject you feel would be of real interest to our members.

There will be ample opportunity for a smooth handover of the role.

It can be a role shared with another person or done by just one person

UNLESS WE GET A VOLUNTEER, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY STUDY DAYS IN 2020.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Sarah Townsend-Rose

GETTING INVOLVED....

Our local Church Recording group is currently recording in great detail the contents of St. Peter's Church, Charlton St. Peter. The team meets once a month at the church creating an invaluable record of all the contents in the church. The completed records are held at the V&A, National Records Office and the Diocese, as well as by the church.
No expertise is needed - just enthusiasm and and a thirst for knowledge.

If you'd like to know more, contact Robert East on ‭01264 850449

HERITAGE VOLUNTEERING

If heritage is your passion and you want to make a difference, this might be the role for you. Join the team involved in the restoration of Wolfhall.

If you'd like to know more, contact Colin Paul on ‭01672 700073‬

WESSEX AREA STUDY DAYS

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE

Exhibitions and Events

www.art4army.org

Michael Eden: Form & Transform

Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury HP18 0JH

Until 21 October

For this solo exhibition at Waddesdon Manor, artist Michael Eden, formerly a potter, explores contemporary themes through the reinterpretation of historical objects using digital means. 25 May - 21 October. On display in Waddesdon's Coach House gallery at the Stables.

At Home with Art: Treasures from the Ford Collection at Basildon Park

Basildon Park, Lower Basildon, Reading RG8 9NR

See nearly 70 objects from art historian Sir Brinsley Ford’s extraordinary collection, on loan from Augustine Ford. An avid collector from the age of eleven, Ford built on the art collection inherited from his father and grandfather. By the time of his death in 1999 he had amassed over 1500 works of art that included Old Master paintings, 20th-century British pictures, sculpture and decorative arts.

An ongoing exhibition

Making Art Matter: Clifford & Rosemary Ellis

Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4AT until 25 November

This exhibition celebrates the work of Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, whose artistic partnership spanned five decades. Their creative output included iconic book cover and poster designs and wonderful watercolours recording the Bath Blitz.

Clifford Ellis is perhaps best known for his work as head of the pioneering Bath Academy of Art. Based at Corsham Court from 1946, the Academy had a pioneering programme, with some of the best artists of the day teaching in an environment where the emphasis was on training future art teachers.

The Ellis Family Archive that was given to the Victoria Art Gallery in 2016 is shared with the Bath Record Office. Amongst the gems of the collection are the wartime diary of Rosemary Ellis, posters designed in the 1930s for clients such as Shell and BP, and book cover artwork for the iconic Collins New Naturalistsseries (1945-82). Many of these items feature in this exhibition.

The Triumph of Hope exhibition at Nymans, Sussex

Nymans, Staplefield Lane, Handcross, Sussex RH17 6EB

Until 28th October

This summer exhibition explores the lives of three women who influenced the garden's design at Nymans. Focusing on their creative legacy and social circles, the displays highlight each of their unique contributions. Part of the Trust's Women and Power programme

If you know of an exhibition, event or lecture which would be of interest to our members, please tell us - email: pewseyvale@theartssociety.org

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