Booking opens at the September lecture.

Please contact Pat Smith for more information: 

mayfordsid01@gmail.com

For details of payment press here.

At: Gordon’s School, Bagshot Rd, West End, GU24 9PT

(Parking available on the main campus, entrance via main gates on Bagshot Rd)

Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm (approx)

(Coffee/tea available from 10am)

Cost: £48 including lunch & drinks 

Lecture 1 The Art of Art Deco

Art Deco has the reputation of being the most glamorous and popular style of the 20th century which was prevalent during the 1920s and 1930s. We will review the development of the style within the context of its social and economic environment and look at specific examples of objets d’art, including silver, jewellery, furniture, ceramics and clocks.  
The range of designers, craftsmen and artists that we will contemplate will include, but is not limited to, E-J Ruhlmann, René Lalique, Tamara de Lempicka, Jean Dupas, Georgia O’Keeffe, Eileen Gray, Romain de Tirtoff (Erté), René Vincent and English ceramicist, Clarice Cliff. In addition to some examples of domestic and civic Art Deco buildings in the UK, we will also touch on certain architectural buildings in New York, Miami, Mumbai, and Napier, thus confirming Art Deco’s full global reach and appeal.

Members attending the Special Interest Day will also be able to handle original Art Deco artefacts on the day.

Lecture 2 Britain’s Art Deco Architecture: Our love affair with civic and domestic buildings of the 1920s and 1930s

From hotels, restaurants and tube stations to apartment blocks, offices, picture houses and lidos, the British public fell in love with Art Deco architecture of the 1920s and 1930s and embraced it whole-heartedly. 
After decades of closure, 2022 marked the unveiling of the restored and instantly recognisable Battersea Power Station which commenced its construction in 1929. 
This lecture considers a selection of iconic Art Deco buildings both in our capital city and around Britain, exploring our continued love affair with one of the most fascinating of architectural styles. Although numerous modern-day pastiches exist today, this country is still rich with original examples of this ‘architecture of luxury’. We will review the architectural features and impact of such buildings as Du Cane Court, Claridges, Embassy Court in Brighton, Eltham Palace, Glasgow’s restaurant Rogano, the Midland Hotel in Morecombe and the former Daily Express Building in Fleet Street.  We will explore the development of this architectural style within the context of its social and economic environment and how, during a challenging interwar period, Art Deco architecture promoted such great civic pride as well as such luxury for its personal clients. And of course, we will continue our love affair with Battersea Power Station following its recent restoration.

Lecture 3 Around the World: Iconic Art Deco Buildings

Here, we circumnavigate the globe from Europe, to North America, to South America, New Zealand, Australia, Japan/Singapore/China, before then coming home to the UK via South Africa. This way, we still keep the art deco architecture theme and I can demonstrate how the movement was truly global.  It might even inspire some holiday plans!

Pamela Campbell-Johnston has a MA Hons Art History, St Andrew's University. She has over 30 years of lecturing experience to undergraduates, adult groups, and to Friends and Patrons of the Royal Academy of Arts. She has also conducted numerous guided tours, residential trips and focused gallery talks.  She specialises in British Domestic Architecture and Modern British Art - with a particular love for the 1920s and 1930s. She worked at Royal Academy of Arts for 12 years and has also worked for Bonhams, The Art Loss Register and The National Trust.  She is now a freelance art consultant and lecturer.

CANCELLATION

Please let us know if you have to cancel your booking.  We would hope to find a replacement from those on the waiting list.  In order to give the Members priority such arrangements should be made directly with the organizer. Please do not arrange your own swap.  If your place is filled, a refund will be made subject to a £5.00 cancellation fee. If your place cannot be filled, you should not expect a refund.

Booking opens at the January lecture.

Please contact Pat Smith for more information: 

mayfordsid01@gmail.com

For details of payment press here

At: Gordon’s School, Bagshot Rd, West End, GU24 9PT

(Parking available on the main campus, entrance via main gates on Bagshot Rd)

Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm (approx)

(Coffee/tea available from 10am)

Cost: To be announced (including lunch & drinks) 

A day examining the artistic tastes and art collections of three kings, King Charles I, King Charles II and King Charles III, who have been instrumental in amassing and preserving the Royal Collection, the largest privately-owned art collection in the world.

Without King Charles I’s passion for collecting we would not have the Royal Collection; without King Charles II we would have lost the magnificent collection his father had amassed, and King Charles III is the owner of the Royal Collection today.

Barbara Askew grew up in Eton with a view of Windsor Castle. A  Blue Badge Guide who is the acknowledged expert on Royalty, the Royal Collection and Windsor Castle, she has acted as the liaison between tourist guides and Windsor Castle for over 30 years. She is the only Blue Badge guide to have been invited to three Royal Weddings at Windsor Castle. 

CANCELLATION

Please let us know if you have to cancel your booking.  We would hope to find a replacement from those on the waiting list.  In order to give the Members priority such arrangements should be made directly with the organizer. Please do not arrange your own swap.  If your place is filled, a refund will be made subject to a £5.00 cancellation fee. If your place cannot be filled, you should not expect a refund.

Booking opens at the May lecture.

Please contact Pat Smith for more information: 

mayfordsid01@gmail.com

For details of payment press here.

At: Gordon’s School, Bagshot Rd, West End, GU24 9PT

(Parking available on the main campus, entrance via main gates on Bagshot Rd)

Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm (approx)

(Coffee/tea available from 10am)

Cost: To be announced (including lunch & drinks)

A Special Interest Day, arising from popular request from many societies, which explores how and why Paris acted as both a magnet and a cauldron of talent for aspiring artists and designers who shaped the ‘City of Light’ during the first half of the twentieth century. Looking beyond the mainstream, the day will discuss the creative individuals, including newly emerging female talents, who shaped the Parisian concept of 'modernity' in art, design, interiors, fashion, and photography.

Mary Alexander trained as an art historian and graduated with a B.A. Hons in History and History of Art, and an M.A. in History of Art with Distinction from University College London. Her background combines an unusual blend of academic and communications skills and experiences, including lecturing to various arts organisations, working with design professionals on special events and publications, and writing on various aspects of the history of art and design.

Another life-long passion, for contemporary design, led to employment at Pentagram Design in London and New York, working on publications and conferences and international forums on design.  

CANCELLATION

Please let us know if you have to cancel your booking.  We would hope to find a replacement from those on the waiting list.  In order to give the Members priority such arrangements should be made directly with the organizer. Please do not arrange your own swap.  If your place is filled, a refund will be made subject to a £5.00 cancellation fee. If your place cannot be filled, you should not expect a refund.

Booking opens at the September lecture.

Please contact Pat Smith for more information: 

mayfordsid01@gmail.com

For details of payment press here

At: Gordon’s School, Bagshot Rd, West End, GU24 9PT

(Parking available on the main campus, entrance via main gates on Bagshot Rd)

Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm (approx)

(Coffee/tea available from 10am)

Cost: To be announced (including lunch & drinks)

Ravilious has been described as the greatest English watercolourist of the 20th century and his images of the landscape and of everyday objects attract passionate devotees. A prolific painter, printmaker and designer, he became an Official War Artist in 1939, and was killed in 1942 but his legacy is a body of work reflecting deep delight in the world in which he lived. This talk looks at his work and that of some of his contemporaries working on the Home Front in the Second World War.  

Jo Walton has combined teaching and lecturing with a career in art bookselling and has been a volunteer guide at both Tate Britain and Tate Modern. She is now a freelance lecturer for The Arts Society, The National Gallery, The Art Fund, and local art societies.

CANCELLATION

Please let us know if you have to cancel your booking.  We would hope to find a replacement from those on the waiting list.  In order to give the Members priority such arrangements should be made directly with the organizer. Please do not arrange your own swap.  If your place is filled, a refund will be made subject to a £5.00 cancellation fee. If your place cannot be filled, you should not expect a refund.