18
November 2026

The Holiday Season – Food and Feasting in Art

Welcome to The Arts Society Welwyn Garden
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 - 10:30
The Hawthorne Theatre
Campus West Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX
Online Event

In this talk, Sarah will look at how food and feasting is depicted in paintings

Christmas is historically a time for feasting and celebrations, in large part because it occurs in the middle of the dark and cold days of winter, so a mid-season celebration with lots of food and drink helped spur people on towards the spring. In this talk Sarah will look at how food and feasting is depicted in paintings, and hopefully help us through the dark days of winter as well!

Sarah Ciacci
Sarah Ciacci has an MA in History of Art (Late 19th century French Painting and 20th Century Art) from University College London. She has been a Blue Badge Guide for London since 2008, specialising in art, museums and galleries, so relevant tours and visits for talks can be arranged. Since 2008 she has trained Blue Badge Guides in the National Gallery and is an art lecturer for trainee guides in Tate Britain, Tate Modern and for a period the National Portrait Gallery. From 2008-2023 she was Adjunct Faculty at Richmond University teaching the History of British Art, the History of Museums in London and the History of London. She is a gallery educator, working for the Magic Lantern, and runs regular courses and independent lectures on a variety of art historical periods.