Lectures at West Area Societies in January 2020

Date Lecture Lecture title Lecturer Society Meeting address starts Tues 7th Jan 10:30 One hundred years of Deception; Hoaxes and Swindlers Ian Keeble Ascot Bracknell Rugby Club, Lilly Hill of the 18th Century Drive, Bracknell, RG12 2UG

Weds 8th Jan 10:30 At the sign of the Falcon: The life and works of Harry John Benjamin Weybridge Whiteley Village Hall, Octagon Murphy – goldsmith, silversmith and unique Englishman Road, off Burwood Road, Walton- on Thames KT12 4EH Weds 8th Jan 10:30 The Magic of Pantomime Ian Gledhill Woking The Lord Roberts Centre, Brookwood, Woking, GU24 0NP

Weds 8th Jan 20:00 Ai WeiWei; Everything is art: Everything is politics Frank Woodgate Guildford Onslow Village Hall, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU2 7QR

Thurs 9th Jan 10:30 As Good As Gold: a Special Lecture in Celebration of The Alexandra Epps Mayford Christ Church, Jubilee Square, Arts Society’s Golden Anniversary Woking, GU21 6YG

Thurs 9th Jan 10:45 Fiction, fallacy and Fake news: The subtle art of Geri Parlby Shalford Shalford Village Hall, Kings Road, spin and propaganda throughout the ages Shalford, GU4 8JE Thurs 9th Jan 14:00 Two Gustavs – Mahler and Klimt Gavin Plumley Walton All Saints Church Hall, Queens Road, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5LT Tues 14th Jan 10:30 Caravaggio and His Models Marie Anne Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Mancio Farnham, GU9 7QR

Tues 14th Jan 19:45 The Bloomsbury Group: The art of Vanessa Bell Julia Musgrave Englemere St George's School, Wells Lane, Ascot, SL5 7DZ

Weds 15th Jan 10:30 Tibet; The roof of the world Zara Fleming Runnymede Hythe Centre, Thorpe Road, Staines, TW18 3HD

Thurs 16th Jan 10:30 As Good As Gold: a Special Lecture in Celebration of The Alexandra Epps Surrey Chobham Golf Club, Chobham Arts Society’s Golden Anniversary Heath Road, Knaphill, GU21 8UW

Thurs 16th Jan 10:45 “The Queen of Instruments”: The lute in Old master Adam Guildford Shalford Village Hall, Kings Road, Paintings Busiakiewicz Wey Valley Shalford, GU4 8JE

Thurs 16th Jan 14:00 Women Artists of the Second World War Magdalen Evans Windlebrook Windlesham Club & Theatre, Kennel Lane, Windlesham, GU20 6AA

Tues 21st Jan 14:00 The Empty Chair: From Van Gogh to Ai WeiWei – How Angela Findlay Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road, artists depict what is missing Haslemere, GU27 2AS

Weds 22nd Jan 14:00 Turner v Constable; the Great British Paint-Off Nicola Moorby Camberley High Cross Church, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3SY

Weds 22nd Jan 14:00 & Franz Schubert – The Piano and The Power of Friends Graham Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High 19:30 Griffiths Street, Cranleigh, GU6 8AS

Weds 22nd Jan 20:00 Romancing the Rails: British Railways Posters on Track Charles Harris Farnham , Morley College, with the World Evening Farnham, GU9 8LU Tues 28th Jan 10:30 The genius of Antonio Stradivari Toby Faber Surrey Hills Shalford Village Hall, Kings Road, Shalford, GU4 8JE

Further details of all the above lectures can be found on the individual Society website. To find their web address visit http://theartssocietywestsurrey.org.uk/Societies/Societies.aspx