Updated October 7. No face-to-face until after November 5 ABN: 12 241 330 302 www.u3adeepdene.org.au TERM 4 2021 PROGRAM GUIDE Monday 11 October – Friday 3 December Our prime concern is the well-being of all members, those who are keen to return to face-to-face sessions and those who would prefer to use zoom. Recognising the uncertainty of the restrictions which will be in place as term 4 progresses, this program has been developed to provide opportunities both for face-to-face sessions and for sessions delivered through zoom. During term 4, circumstances will certainly change. Please check your emails regularly! This Program Guide is in four parts: News and views (N & V) Short courses (S) Technology courses (T) Visits & outings (V) Full Year courses 2021 is a separate document Enrolments for ALL Courses must be done online – see page 30. CONTENTS Number Type of course Page N & V News and views 2 Short courses S 01 – S 13 The arts 3 S 14 – S 39 History and gardens 6 S 40 – S 57 B Literature and music 13 S 58 – S 63 Philosophy and religion 19 S 64 – S 74 Medicine and science 20 S 75 – S 84 The World around us (formerly Issues and investing) 21 S 85 Food 25 T 01 – T 13 Technology courses 26 V 01 – V2 Visits and Outings 29 Office and main meeting rooms: Balwyn Park Centre, Balwyn Park, 206A Whitehorse Road, Balwyn, 3103 (see page 11 for other venues) Postal address: PO Box 3149, Cotham PO, Kew, 3101 Phone: 9817 7736 if office open. Otherwise 0408 019 815 Office hours: Mondays – Fridays – 9:00 – 12:00noon, during term time, if permitted Email: [email protected] Website: www.u3adeepdene.org.au NEWS AND VIEWS Thursdays 12 noon to 1 15 pm THESE SESSIONS WILL BE HELD ONLINE, USING ZOOM Presenters of News and Views sessions have played, or are playing, an important part in the life of our community. Presentations will be approximately 30 – 40 minutes and will be followed by questions and discussion. Each session will conclude at 1 15 pm. The views expressed by the presenter in these sessions and by tutors in all classes are their own views and not the official views of U3A Deepdene. Our aim is to encourage the exploration of ideas, in a relatively free environment. PLEASE ENROL ONLINE FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS Date Presenter Focus of presentation Professor Andrew Scott, Deakin How the Nordic approach can shape 14 October University Australia's future, for better Emeritus Sir John Monash In neglecting the National Archives the Distinguished Professor of 21 October Morrison Government turns its back on the History, Graeme Davison, AO, future Monash University Professor Lesley Hughes, biologist, Deputy Vice- Which of these 19 Australian ecosystems will 28 October Chancellor (Research), succumb to climate change first? Macquarie University Abul Rizvi, former Immigration Population shock: 100 years that changed 4 November Deputy Secretary and Special the world! Adviser, Michelson Alexander Georgina Downer, CEO, Robert Should the University of Melbourne host the 11 November Menzies Institute Robert Menzies Institute? Assoc Professor Charles Crown Resorts is not too big to fail – it has 18 November Livingstone, Monash University failed already Professor Catherine Crock, 25 November The gathering of kindness Royal Children’s Hospital Margaret Simons, freelance 2 December Is Sky News taking Australia by storm? journalist and author SHORT COURSES THE ARTS S 03 Thomas Gainsborough: his life and Visual Arts career Barrie Sheppard S 01 Making old art relevant to millennials Michael Schwarz Galleries and museums contain objects that reflect history but increasingly audiences are encouraged to prioritise the new, the different Rocky wooded landscape, with rustic lovers, herdsman and the exciting. As galleries seek to engage and cattle with younger viewers, can 'old objects' become interesting and relevant? The lecture will feature Gainsborough as a portraitist rivalling Sir Joshua Reynolds, and his Michael will draw on both his professional life passion for landscape painting. and volunteer guiding experience to answer Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon the challenge of making art relevant to young 9 November art lovers in a world of biennials and triennials. Balwyn Park Centre Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 19 October S 04 The history of France through art: ZOOM Part 3 John Hogan S 02 ‘Illustrating the Antipodes: George We have followed France from glory to disaster French Angas in Australia and New through the first half of the 19th century. It Zealand 1844-1845’ seems that the return to monarchy has failed. Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum While France, as a republic, becomes a George French Angas (1822-1886) was one of powerhouse of artistic creativity, danger is at the nineteenth century's outstanding colonial hand. Louis Napoleon declares himself artists. He personified the archetypal travelling Emperor, builds modern Paris, fosters art, artist of the era. As a young man in the 1840s starts and loses the Franco-Prussian war and is he journeyed to Australia and New Zealand deposed. Through all this the Paris Salons where the bush was his studio. He worked continue to display the art of France. pencil sketches into fine watercolours and As the artists of the early 19th century depart finally into lithographs, completing a the scene, we will follow the careers and new remarkable series of expeditions and styles of the artists who replace them. publications when he was barely 27 years old. (3) Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm In his presentation Philip Jones retraces the 15, 22, 29 November Antipodean journeys of George French Angas. Zoom Philip’s recent publication by the National Library of Australia interprets Angas as a S 05 The making of the Book of Kells brilliant artist and as a flawed Romantic idealist Bernard Muir, Reader in Medieval who depicted Indigenous peoples and their Language and Literature at University of way of life in vivid detail. Melbourne Friday 9 30 am – 11 am Dr Bernard Muir will discuss the 1200-year-old 5 November Book of Kells, ‘the most precious object in the Zoom Western World’ – which is held in the Library of Trinity College Dublin. It is a book of the four Gospels, exquisitely copied and illustrated, around the year 800, by Irish monks supposedly S 08 ‘Go Figure’ – figures in ceramics in St Columba’s abbey in Iona off the west Paul Rosenberg, Moorabool Antique coast of Scotland. The contribution of this Gallery, Geelong school of Christianity to art and scholarship, which came from Rome direct to Ireland and thence to Scotland and the north of England (Lindisfarne) with little European influence is a fascinating story. Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 23 November Zoom 18th century porcelain figure – Kitty Clive and pug S 06 Collecting British art in regional Victoria: the 60th anniversary of the Paul will bring to life the fascinating story Hamilton Gallery behind the creation of figures in ceramics. From the ancient world through to the present, Alison Inglis each culture has created figures that reflect Professor Inglis will share the work that she and what was important to them, or what her colleagues have been doing researching the fascinated them enough to make a history of this fascinating regional gallery’s representation for posterity. collection, as part of the gallery's 60th This session will feature numerous superb anniversary. examples of ceramic figures. Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 30 November 27 October Zoom Zoom Decorative Arts S 09 Silhouettes Anni MacDonald Penney S 07 The glamour and prestige of early Closely related to portrait miniatures, Japanese Imari silhouettes were a considerably cheaper Genine Wallinga, President of Ceramics alternative to the traditional portraiture and Glass Circle of Australia techniques of watercolour, pastels, and oils. Imari wares are often misunderstood, with the Some silhouettes were produced in a matter of great pieces of the 17th and 18th centuries minutes, others were more complex in their eclipsed in the contemporary mind by the execution. Some were made by professionals - mass-produced schlock of the late 19th and others by amateurs. early 20th centuries. A silhouette of a young woman This talk will endeavour to put them into An 18th century Japanese Imari porcelain bowl historical perspective and explain the various Genine's presentation will look at different techniques used to produce them. groupings of the early, highly decorative wares, Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon at pieces from important collections, including 24 November the British Royal Collection, and at the Western Zoom copies that underscore how desirable early Imari was. Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 13 October Zoom Practical Arts S 10 Introduction to Drawing Christine Leuner Introduction to a range of drawing techniques. Full year art courses Fun and challenging, with each student F 18 Watercolour encouraged to develop their skills and personal Mondays 1 30 pm – 3 pm style. Five Mondays, commencing 11 October, 14 places only concluding on 15 November (no class on 1 (6) Tuesdays 10 30 am – 12 noon November) ZOOM/Balwyn Park Commencing 12 October. No class on 2 Centre November (Cup Day). Concludes on 23 F 19 Exploring watercolour November Mondays 10 30 am – 12 noon Balwyn Park Centre Five Mondays, commencing 11 October, S 11 Making Christmas cards concluding on 15 November (no class on 1 Joan Cooper November) Deepdene It is so good to receive a handmade card, F 20 Watercolour, self help class realising that the sender has taken time and Mondays 1 pm – 3 pm effort to do it for you. Six Mondays, commencing 11 October, Come, learn and make special Christmas cards concluding on 22 November (no class on 1 for friends and family.