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SEVENTEENTH SEASON - 2022
"Matisse - Master of Colour"
Wednesday 6th July 2022
Matisse is known for his mastery of colour, but how did this happen? His early life was inauspicious as an artist - but gradually the help of his teachers and the women he loved, gave him increasing confidence. He became a giant of modern art and towards the end of his life when ill health prevented him from painting, he began "Carving into Colour" with his series of spectacular cut-outs. Liz Strang will fill in all the details of his life and career and the invention of this new medium.
Matisse is known for his mastery of colour, but how did this happen? His early life was inauspicious as an artist - but gradually the help of his teachers and the women he loved, gave him increasing confidence. He became a giant of modern art and towards the end of his life when ill health prevented him from painting, he began "Carving into Colour" with his series of spectacular cut-outs. Liz Strang will fill in all the details of his life and career and the invention of this new medium.
EXTRA LECTURE transferred from last JANUARY
"BOOBS, BOMBAST and GIN" Wednesday 3rd AUGUST After several postponements Giles Ramsay, a Theatrical Director and Producer & Course Leader in Theatre at the V & A , is at last coming with his fascinating slant on the "Restoration and After" - how the theatre of the day reflected this most saucy of eras.
This lecture highlights Aphra Behn, born in Canterbury, who was recently featured in BBC1 South East News!
Aphra Behn: Agent 160 and the First Woman of British Theatre.
“All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn … for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Virginia Woolf. Following a successful career as one of Charles II’s spies in Europe and South America Aphra Behn returned to England and shattered the glass ceiling of London’s Restoration Theatre by becoming one of the most successful playwrights of the age.
This lecture highlights Aphra Behn, born in Canterbury, who was recently featured in BBC1 South East News!
Aphra Behn: Agent 160 and the First Woman of British Theatre.
“All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn … for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Virginia Woolf. Following a successful career as one of Charles II’s spies in Europe and South America Aphra Behn returned to England and shattered the glass ceiling of London’s Restoration Theatre by becoming one of the most successful playwrights of the age.
"A Passion for Piers"
Wednesday 7th September 2022 The great British coastline was once dotted with over one hundred Piers: today only a little half of those survive. But those survivors still "rule the waves" says our Speaker and Expert - Jackie Marsh-Hobbs - they are a powerful reminder of the ingenuity of the figures who built them. Her love of piers stems from her childhood in Brighton and stories of the West Pier being an exciting place to work.
"The Artist as Reporter" - British Artists and the First World War.
Wednesday 5th October 2022 - Jo Walton - makes a welcome return to look at the work of avant-garde British artists who were directly involved in the First World War, producing some of the most moving images of the past century.
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"Here's one They Prepared Earlier: the first efforts of Britain's greatest Architects"
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"Embroidery at the Palace"
Wednesday 7th December 2022 This lecture is all about the work that the Royal School of Needlework has produced since being based at Hampton Court Palace from 1987 – 2017 Given by the CEO of the R.S.N. - Dr Susan Kay-Williams
EIGHTEENTH SEASON 2023
Please note the change of time for four of our Open Meetings.
During the dark Winter months we have arranged for the January, February, November and December meetings to be held in the AFTERNOON in Westerham Hall as usual.
Please note the change of time for four of our Open Meetings.
During the dark Winter months we have arranged for the January, February, November and December meetings to be held in the AFTERNOON in Westerham Hall as usual.
