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ARTS BUZZ JANUARY 2023

 

Volume 16 Issue 1: January 23

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Dear Members of the Arts Society West Cornwall,

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2023. We wish you all a Healthy & Happy New Year.

The first lecture of this season takes us into the exploding world of Cornelia Parker OBE RA. Parker is one of Britain's best-loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists. Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, she engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human rights, messages to blast us into this year.

Host, artist commissioned installation at Guildford Station

In April 22 two 5 metre works were installed in the subway of Guildford Railway Station. Liz Collins Guildford's Art Volunteer led the project which was funded by: Network Rail, SWR, GWR, Cross Country Rail, Community Rail Network and The Arts Society.

Julie Hoyle a local artist was commissioned to create the original work, Host,  which gives a sense of welcome and of place for Guildford. Julie included many local landmarks, industries- past and present  which make Guildford so special and of course the railway runs through the work connecting it all!

 

Forthcoming Schedule

17 January 2023
The Golden Age of Fashion Illustration: Clothing and fashion depicted in art. Connie Gray

21 February 2023
Music in art: An introduction into unusual woodwind instruments Sophie Matthews

21 March 2023
Behind the Scenes: Curating the Museum Anna Bianco

18 April 2023
Chachapoyas: Warriors of the Clouds - Peru Maria Chester

16 May 2023
How to look slowly: Impressionism Jo Rhymer

20 June 2023
The Roaring Twenties: Art, Design and High Society Joanna Banham

The Arts Society Welwyn Garden visit to the Foundling Museum

On 6th September some of our members visited the Foundling Museum in Bloomsbury. Our guide started our tour outside in front of a statue of Thomas Coram holding the Royal Charter from George ll giving him permission to found the hospital in 1739. We learnt that it had taken a full seventeen years of campaigning to achieve his dearly held wish to establish a home for destitute children.

Moving inside we saw the collection on the ground floor; the most moving and poignant items being  tokens the mothers left to identify their babies.

The Arts Society Lunesdale Lecture Sessions

From September this year, Arts Society Lunesdale’s regular lectures will be delivered in two sessions – morning and afternoon.   The reason for this is that the venue’s capacity is now insufficient to accommodate all members comfortably and safely in one session.  This move was announced at the Annual General Meeting on 21st June this year; it followed a survey sent to all members asking for their views; 90% of responses supported the change.  The new arrangements are as follows:

Session One: 11.30 a.m. – 12.45 p.m.

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