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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.

Launch of Art @ the Station Basingstoke

Art @ the Station, Basingstoke

The Arts Society Basingstoke has worked with SWR and Reading and Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership to create an exhibition space for young artists to display their work to the public. Local Schools and Colleges are invited to contribute Artwork to the Waiting Rooms on platform 1 and platform 4 at Basingstoke Railway Station. We hope this will enhance the travelling experience of passengers as well as celebrate the achievements of young people.

WEST MIDLANDS AREA SOCIETIES SUPPORT KOESTLER ARTS

West Midlands (WM) Area societies are engaging with the UK’s best-known prison arts charity to bolster their efforts to change prisoners’ lives by participating in the arts.

Thanks to the generous donations made by individual societies in the WM Area, Koestler Arts are hoping to launch a pilot project in late spring organised in HMP Birmingham and three other institutions in the region.

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