La Serenissima. Lecture and AGM, Arts Society of King's Lynn
1:30pm 12th May, 2022
Venice is synonymous with art: the great Venetian painters Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, Lotto Veronese and Canaletto all lived there. The UK’s public art collections hold hundreds of paintings relating to Venice ranging from Old Masters to works by Turner, Monet, Sickert and even Winston Churchill. Lecturer Mary Rose Rivett-Carnac looks at some of these works and reveals the stories behind them.
Mary Rose gained an MA in Victorian Art at Royal Holloway. Since 2007 she has worked for the Public Catalogue Foundation (now Art UK). She is a volunteer guide at both J.M.W. Turner’s house and Dorich House Museum.
Lectures are free to ASKL members. Guests are welcome at £7 per lecture by application to the treasurer: taskl.treasurer@gmail.com
Speaker: Julia Hunt.
Doors open at 9:30am, meeting starts with announcements at 10am, then a refreshment interval, followed by the speaker at 11am, at Gaywood Community Centre, £3 including refreshments. Membership fee remains at £15 pa.
The Johnstone Twins, forgotten Suffolk artists. WEA day school
10:00am – 4:30pm 28th May, 2022
Though 'forgotten' today the Johnstone twins produced illustrations for over a hundred books in addition to designs for cards, calendars, labels, wrapping paper, tins and jigsaws. They were also involved in early pioneering television programmes for children.
Tutor Fiona Savage will examine their lives and discuss the culture and society in which they lived and worked.
Fee: £25. Venue: Friends Meeting House, Bridge St, King's Lynn PE30 5AB. Tea coffee and cake provided, bring your own lunch.
Queries and bookings Ros Harre, 01553 764422 or r.harre@btinternet.com