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HASLEMERE
DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY


a member society of NADFAS

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PROGRAMME 2008

Haslemere Hall

Meetings begin at 2.00 p.m. for 2.15 p.m. at the Haslemere Hall.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served after the lecture which lasts about one hour.
Members may bring one guest each. Fee £5.00.
No admittance after the start of the lecture.

January 22nd

MICHAEL WHEELER
WRITING HOME: JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSES


February 26th

LOIS OLIVER
LOVE AND LOSS: THE STORY OF ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE IN ART AND MUSIC


March 25th

PAMELA HALFORD
TWO GREAT FEMALE ARTISTS: ANGELICA KAUFFMAN AND ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI


April 22nd

COLIN BAILEY
THE TREASURES OF THE VATICAN


May 20th

CHLOE SAYER
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF MEXICO, PAST AND PRESENT


June 5th

PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP with PETER SEARIGHT for HDFAS members


June 6th

Special evening event to celebrate NADFAS 40th Anniversary.
FRANCES HUGHES
NOEL COWARD: THE MASTER, AS ACTOR, WRITER AND PAINTER


June 17th

PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP with PETER SEARIGHT for HDFAS members


June 24th

MAGGIE CAMPBELL-PEDERSEN
ORGANIC GEMS: FROM AMBER TO IVORY


September 23rd

DIGBY HAGUE-HOLMES
TCHAIKOVSKY - THE INFLUENCE OF THREE LADIES


October 28th

GERALD DAVISON
THE GREAT EAST INDIA COMPANY ADVENTURE


November 18th

A.G.M. 2.00 p.m. followed by
PETER LAWRENCE
BENEATH THE CITY STREETS - LONDON'S UNSEEN HISTORY


December 9th

CLAIRE WALSH
FROM MUFFS TO MISTLETOE: GOING SHOPPING IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND

When shopping was a pleasurable experience and Christmas shopping was in its infancy
Georgian drapers shop

Christmas pud Christmas lunch prior to lecture (by ticket only) at 12.00 noon

Lecture as usual at 2.00 p.m. for 2.15 p.m.

Booking opens at October lecture



PROGRAMME 2009


January 27th

PAULA NUTTALL
ISABELLA D'ESTE: FIRST LADY OF THE RENAISSANCE

Hugely influential patroness of the arts in Renaissance Italy

Isabella d'Este by Titian

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