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Basingstoke Railway Station Galleries

As part of our ongoing adoption of the Basingstoke Railway Station and our commitment to encouraging art among young people in the town, in October, students from Basingstoke College of Technology displayed their latest work in the Waiting Rooms on platforms 1 and 4.

Their teacher, Hannah Middleton, expressed her gratitude to The Arts Society Basingstoke for organising the exhibition. She said, “The work looks brilliant in the frames, and it is such a fantastic opportunity for our students!”

TAS Kington Langley Christmas lecture and Lunch 5th December 2023

Following coffee and stollen, and making generous donations to our raffle, in aid of our Arts Volunteering programme, we were treated to an excellent lecture on Post War Fashion and Illustrations and the Artists of Today with Connie Gray. As the lead curator for the art gallery Gray M.C.A, she curates the acclaimed exhibition Drawing on Style each year that celebrates the masters of fashion illustration alongside running comprehensive lecture programmes that accompany the exhibitions in London and New York.

THE ARTS SOCIETY MAIDENHEAD TRIP TO THE WALLACE COLLECTION, TUESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2023

When we booked our speaker for September, Stephen Duffy, whose talk was ‘The Founders and Treasures of the Wallace Collection, we also decided that it would be ideal as a trip for our members. This was definitely confirmed on hearing Stephen’s talk. The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family.

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