Liskeard Arts with The Arts Society Mid-Cornwall
Discovery Day

"When England had scarcely begun- Sutton Hoo and The Lindisfarne Gospels.  The Artistry of the Anglo Saxons and the Golden Age of Design and Craftsmanship in Northumberland."

Sutton Hoo and the Lindisfarne Gospels provide remarkable insights into the England of the 7th century. Sutton Hoo in Suffolk was the burial place of a powerful Anglo-Saxon warlord, buried with a mound of treasures from all over the known world. Fine weaponry, gold coins and exquisitely crafted metalwork reflected levels of sophistication which were a revelation.

At the end of the 7th century, after its conversion to Christianity, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria enjoyed a brief golden age – a result of which was the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the most impressive works of art of the whole medieval period. With reference to the Staffordshire Hoard and the Prittlewell Prince, the day will focus on the cultural achievements of an early ‘Dark Age’ century.

The cost will be £34.50 per person. For more information and to book, click here

Illustration - Sutton Hoo Royal Burial Ground © The National Trust

The first 12 years of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement are the most revolutionary and significant. Julian Halsby looks in detail at how the young Millais, Rossetti and Holman Hunt break with the past and turn their backs on the traditions of academic and romantic painting.

He will show us how they discover true colour from direct observation of nature and how they were the first artists to paint in the open air.  In particular, he looks at the drawings of Millais to see how the Pre-Raphaelite style evolved. We will examine the role of John Ruskin as art critic and defender of the Brotherhood.

We will also look at the paintings of Ford Madox Brown, Arthur Hughes and Henry Wallis as well as the landscapes of Brett, Boyce and Inchbold and we will see the influence that the Pre-Raphaelites exerted in France and wider Europe.

JULIAN HALSBY
Studied History of Art at Cambridge and became Senior Lecturer and Head of Department at Croydon College of Art. He is a much published author, art critic and popular Arts Society lecturer.  He is also a practising artist, elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1994 and appointed Keeper in 2010.

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Sarah Dunant thinks a problem with study days is they ask too much of the audience. However fascinating the subject, three lectures in a day can feel more like school than fun. THE SECOND SEX is an attempt to address that.  As a writer and historian, Sarah has written five best selling novels featuring the lives of women in the Italian renaissance. From infamous figures like Lucrezia Borgia (thought to be the subject of this Idelaised Portrait of a Courtesan as Flora c.1520 by Bartolomeo Veneto in the Städel Musum Frankfurt)  and the patron Isabella d’Este to the unknown and unsung; painters, writers, courtesans and nuns. Their stories are now being brought to light, shining a different torch beam onto art and culture.  This study day offers two lectures:  

1.   Introduction lecture: The second Sex : the rich history of courtesans and nuns.   Then after a break,
2.   A portrait of one great woman – patron, collector, fashion icon and political manipulator, Isabella d'Este.   
3.   After lunch, the afternoon session will be more similar to a book group discussion.   Sarah would like participants to read one of her novels – not necessarily the same one. See the list below. We would then come together to discuss this wonderful thing called historical fiction. How do novelists do it? How much is fact, how much made up? Can fiction get to parts of the history that other disciplines just can’t reach.    This is a study day where what the participants think is as important as what the lecturer knows. 

Sarah Dunant

Novelist, broadcaster and critic. Sarah read history at Cambridge, then worked for many years as a cultural journalist in radio and television. Her series on history for BBC Radio 4, was called ‘When Greeks Flew Kites’. She has published thirteen novels, taught renaissance studies at Washington University, St Louis, is a visiting tutor on the MA in creative writing at Oxford Brooks and has lectured around the world at festivals and conferences. Her last five novels have been set within the Italian Renaissance.  We are delighted that she is coming to give us what will be a fascinating and insightful day.  Book your place here.

The venue is St. Mary's Parish Centre, Bodmin, PL31 1NF, a bright, spacious room with some parking and a good kitchen.  Two lunch options are available to purchase or you may bring your own packed lunch.  Complimentary refreshments will be offered on arrival and a glass of wine or soft drink at lunch. 

Reading List
Sarah Dunant's five novels set in Renaissance Italy are:
‘The Birth of Venus’, the first in a trilogy about women’s lives;   
‘In the Company of the Courtesan’ is the second;
‘Sacred Hearts’, the third, about nuns in 16th Century Ferrara, won an award   
‘Blood and Beauty’ is about the infamous Borgias, as is
‘In the Name of the Family’.

Mexico has a long tradition of muralism from the Mayans to the Colonial era, often highly political and full of social meaning.

Mexican muralism is a pictorial movement that began in the 1920s, as part of the modernization policies of the State of Mexico after the 1910 revolution. It is inspired by one purpose: to build a national identity bringing together the different sectors of Mexican society, given the deep social inequalities of the time, especially educational and cultural. ‘The Big Three’ best known Mexican muralists are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera.  To begin with, the muralists were influenced by elements of western avant-garde art, such as expressionism (especially in Orozco), futurism (in Siqueiros) and synthetic cubism (in Rivera). They soon turned away from these, developing their own unique styles.  The illustration is a detail from Diego Rivera's 'History of Mexico' 1929-35 in the main stairwell of the Palacio Nacional, Mexico City.  It is now a museum.

Maria Chester

Maria Chester studied Fine Arts and Art History. She is a Professor of Ancient Civilisations of the Americas.  She taught in several South American universities as well as private institutions. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina but has travelled the world.  She is now a Senior Lecturer on Art History for BEA - Berwick Educational Association. She also works for Berwick Visual Arts delivering lectures linked to art exhibitions shown at The Granary, Berwick upon Tweed, England. She became an Accredited Lecturer of The Arts Society in October 2018 and has been invited in 1925 to deliver talks on Fred Olsen cruises and by NADFAS Australia for a lecture tour. 

The new venue is The Old Library at 10 Lower Bore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JX.  There is an accessible disabled entrance at the rear of the building.  

For further details see the Application Form . 

The merchants of seventeenth century Holland filled their town houses with paintings. But these upright Calvinist citizens rejected biblical subjects and Baroque melodrama.  Favourite themes were found closer to home. Still lifes and scenes of everyday living (genre scenes) reflected the prosperity and self-esteem of the new Republic. The detailed realism of these paintings convinces us we are looking at a window onto a past world.  But is there more to Dutch art than meets the eye?  

Vanitas and 'Pronk' still lifes display an abundance of luxury goods, flower bouquets and exotic foodstuffs. If we look closely, however, the inclusion of a pocket-watch, fading bloom or blemished fruit might hint that consciences are troubled by such ostentation.  See above: Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Porcelain Bowl, 1660-79, oil on panel, Abraham Mignon (1640-1679), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

In the genre scenes, there is rarely anything to cause offence. However, innocent objects hint at adult themes: lap dogs and plucked chickens, lutes and virginals, foot warmers and bed warmers.  This is a world of subtle hints and double-entendre, spoken through a language of symbols, emblems and motifs. Join us to explore the hidden meanings in art and become a fluent reader of 'Double Dutch'!

Lynne Gibson

We are delighted to welcome Lynne back to The Keep at Bodmin to give us another fascinating Discovery Day.  She is a freelance lecturer in History of Art as well as in practical Drawing, Painting and Printmaking.  She has held posts at the Universities of Sussex and Bristol where she introduced 'Understanding Art' to the Lifelong Learning programme.  She lectures and gives courses and guides tours for a wide range of organisations, including ARCA colleges, art galleries and museums, The Art Fund, The National Trust and The Arts Society.

The application form  can be found here.

A History of Jewellery

A look at 400 years of international Jewellery design with John Benjamin of Antiques Roadshow

We will examine the changes of styles from the pomp of High Renaissance enamelled gold work to the glamour of Harry Winston diamonds. This presentation covers many of the key elements of manufacture and design, including the progress of diamond cutting, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, 19th century Archaeological and Renaissance Revivalism. And much, much more.

10:00-11:00 A History of Jewellery

11:00-11:15 Tea, Coffee, and pastries

11:15-12:15 Part 2

12:15-13:15 Lunch

13:15-15:00 Antiques Roadshow theme with audience participation

Kirsty Hartsiotis will talk to us first about the Private Press Movement. The term ‘private press’ refers to a movement in book production that flourished around the turn of the 20th Century, heavily influenced by William Morris and Emery Walker.  It was “an endeavour performed by craft based experts or aspiring artisans, either amateur or professional who, among other things, print and build books, typically by hand, with emphasis on design, graphics, layout, fine printing, binding, covers, paper, stitching and the like”. 

The second lecture is on Illustration and Decoration 1880's to 1930's - this is called "The Golden Age of Illustration’, it was a period of massive technological change and artistic ingenuity.  The legacy of this enormously important epoch lives on in the present day – in the continuing popularity and respect afforded to illustrators, graphic and fine artists alike.

In the afternoon, we will be looking at and handling books of the period.

The illustration is  “Kelmscott Manor,  frontispiece to the 1893 Kelmscott Press edition of William Morris's News from Nowhere”

Kirsty Hartsiotis

Kirsty Hartsiotis has been the curator of the decorative and fine art at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham since 2008, and prior to that was the curator and manager of Swindon Museum and Art Gallery. At Cheltenham she looks after the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection, which includes the important private press archive, the Emery Walker Library. She’s curated many exhibitions on the Arts and Crafts and Private Press Movements, most recently “Ernest Gimson: Observation, Imagination & Making.” 

Further details and the application form may be downloaded here.

We are very sorry but this Discovery Day has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.

Pharmacy History: Art and Artefacts

Are you interested in the link between apothecaries, pharmacists, their medicines and their work? Are you a fan of blue and white jars with a medical twist? Do you want to find out why Sir Edwin Landseer turned to a pharmacist to find models for some of his most famous works?  If so, this study day could be for you.  

Briony Hudson

Studied History at Cambridge University, and she has worked at museums as diverse as Hereford Cider Museum, the V&A, and Wakefield Museum. Briony was Keeper of the Museum Collections at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society from 2002 to 2010 and she is a Past President of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy.

On this SI Day, Douglas Skeggs will present three lectures on "the Great Magicians of Spanish Art" covering Velazquez, Goya and Picasso.

The day will be held in the Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre and include a two course buffet lunch.

Full details and a booking form may be found here.

Douglas Skeggs read Fine Art at Magdalene College Cambridge and has been a lecturer on paintings since 1980.  He has been a most popular lecturer at TAS Bodmin several times.

Diary Date - download details and an application form here

The 18th century is often described as being “the golden age of English furniture”. This day will commence with an appraisal of early 18th century walnut furniture and progresses through the mahogany Rococo style of the 1740s to 1760s to the fancy-wood neo-classical styles of the last quarter of the century.   

Janusz will also look at the influence on furniture style and construction of designer-craftsmen such as Thomas Chippendale and George Hepplewhite and also the impact on furniture design of William Kent and Robert Adam, who introduced very different interpretations of classicism to the 18th century.

Janusz Karczewski-Slowikowski

Janusz is a freelance lecturer and researcher in English furniture history and also an antique dealer.

The Chinese Imperial Art Collection: Collecting, Treasuring, Squandering and Preserving

Throughout the 2000+ years of Imperial rule in China, the Emperors have sought to collect art and antiquities.  The Emperors were patrons of the arts, and collectors in the early Dynasties and we will see how these cultural treasures were transferred across Dynasties.
The Emperor Qianlong in the eighteenth century assembled the World’s greatest Oriental Art Collection and acted as the collection’s Curator.
Finally, there will be an insight into the forced dispersal of the collection in the 19th Century and its emergence at the core of China’s greatest Museums in the 21st Century.

David Rosier

A Chartered Insurer by profession, David has in excess of 25 years of working and living in Asia. Whilst living in Hong Kong (1991-2004) he and his wife assembled a collection of approximately 700 Imperial and related textiles/costume accessories, predominately from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). This collection now resides in the Shanghai Museum in the Peoples Republic of China.

Further details and the application form may be downloaded here.

Due to the Coronavirus situation this Discovery Day has sadly been postponed.

The future date will be announced when it is agreed, but please look at the details of the Discovery Morning we are bringing to you by Zoom on Wednesday 3rd March.

Image: Benjamin D. Esham / Wikimedia Commons

On this Discovery Morning by Zoom we will be breaking new ground for Bodmin.  The meeting will start at 10am, with the Zoom open from 9.45am, and should finish by 1pm.

We begin with a lecture on the Glasgow Girls, a group of women artists and designers who studied and worked in Glasgow at the turn of the twentieth century. They contributed significantly to the development of the ‘Glasgow Style’, a distinctive branch of Art Nouveau.

After a short coffee break we have a talk and quiz on the Treasures of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum which include work by Henry Raeburn, the Glasgow Boys, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Scottish Colourists. The gallery also has a magnificent collection of paintings from abroad, such as important works of the French Impressionists and of the Dutch Old Masters.

The Kelvingrove Quiz is a fun introduction to some of the gallery’s most remarkable art and objects, including Scottish Art, painting from England and masterpieces of European art. We are told this quiz demands no previous knowledge!

Elaine Hansen

Elaine Hansen has a Master’s degree in Education and taught for twenty-seven years. She now splits her year between Italy and Scotland. After taking early retirement she was free to pursue her passion, Art History, which she studied  at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. She became a guide at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow in 2009.

Image: Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh, The White Rose And The Red Rose, painted gesso on hessian

Pharmacy History: Art and Artefacts

Due to the C-virus restrictions there was no Discovery Day on 24th November.

This event has been post-poned until a later year

Are you interested in the link between apothecaries, pharmacists, their medicines and their work? Are you a fan of blue and white jars with a medical twist? Do you want to find out why Sir Edwin Landseer turned to a pharmacist to find models for some of his most famous works?  

If so, this day could be for you!  

Briony Hudson

Studied History at Cambridge University, and she has worked at museums as diverse as Hereford Cider Museum, the V&A, and the Wakefield Museum. Briony was Keeper of the Museum Collections at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society from 2002 to 2010 and she is a Past President of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy.

Full details and an application form may be found here when it is available.

This event is being organised by the South West Area and will be held in Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre.

Historically, portrait painting has been more prolific in this country than anywhere else in Europe. This study day will explore the reasons for this, and consider how the artist reveals information about the sitters and, frequently, about the social and political circumstances in which they were painted.

Valerie Woodgate                                

Valerie was one of the first lecturers to come to BODFAS and has returned on several occasions.   She is a Guide in Tate Britain and Tate Modern, and in other major galleries, including the Dulwich Picture Gallery.  She is a script-writer for Living Paintings Trust (art for the blind and partially-sighted).

Further details and the application form may be downloaded here.

English Rococo silver, its social context and the adventures of its owners and makers

Ralph will bring with him the pieces he is going to talk about for the audience to handle and examine.  The Huguenot influence on this most decorative period is discussed, where new silversmithing techniques fused with new designs.  He also discusses the methods of manufacture, interpreting the engraved heraldry of the items, and the social context.

Ralph Hoyle

Ralph Hoyle was a schoolboy member of a society devoted to the study of silver decanters labels, and went on to be its President. He is a long standing member of the Silver Society. 

Full details and an application form is here.

Catherine Wallace, who is an Arts Society lecturer based in Penryn, is offering a Discovery Day on

"the Artists of the Second World War."

It will be held in Liskeard  on Saturday 30 November and in Truro on Thursday 28 November.

The poster for the event in Liskeard can be down loaded here and further information and the application form is here.

The image is "the Balloon Site" by Laura Knight, © Imperial War Museum

Please note the date has changed from Tuesday 26th to Monday 25th November

Daily Life in the Mighty Roman Empire

The first talk looks at the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, a time capsule of artefacts, buildings and people captured in time.  We visit baths and bars, bakeries and bordellos looking at sculptures, stunning mosaics, silverware, glass and bronzes and wall paintings.

Last Supper in Pompeii  

The second talk focuses on the Romans’ passion for food and drink.  We see the influence of the Greeks and Etruscans, and  visit fertile Vesuvius to see how Romans got their food and drink, even going to far-flung Britain!

We enter the house, and recline in the dining room, with exotic food and fine wine, surrounded by Greek-style luxury.  We contrast this with a quick look into the kitchen!

Palmyra, Bride Of The Desert

At the frontiers of the Roman Empire, in the deserts of Syria, stands one of the most beautiful cities of the ancient world, the fabled city of Palmyra.  On a trade route that brought silk, spices and other luxuries across the desert from the east, her wealth and power are displayed in gorgeous monuments, while her people, wealthy, sophisticated and cosmopolitan, are preserved in their hauntingly beautiful grave portraits.

We’ll see Palmyra’s meteoric rise and its dramatic fall, its rediscovery by English lords and its recent desecration.

(Photo of a wine waiter in Pompeii by Dr Roberts)

Dr Paul Roberts is the newly appointed Sackler Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University.  

He studied at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield and Oxford and lived in Italy for several years, in Milan, Rome and Naples.  From 1994 to 2014 he was Senior Roman Curator in the Department of Greece and Rome at the British Museum.

The application form my be downloaded here.

The Arts Society Liskeard invites our members to join them on a discovery day on 13 November.  The topic is Cornish Art 1880 to 1940 and will be given by Cathering Wallace.

To see details of the day click here and for an application form click here.

The Arts Society South West is hosting a study day on the Anatomy of Collecting in Tiverton on Thursday 17 October 2019.

Session 1  History of Collecting

Session 2  Fakes and Forgeries

Session 3  Bring and object talk

Click on the appropriate link for Full Details and Application form.

In the first lecture we will look at paintings from the Tang dynasty to the Qing dynasty and at the ideas that shaped a unique pictorial language.This is followed by a lecture focusing on painting from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present.

In the afternoon Oliver Gosling will demonstrate Chinese brush work, and you will have a chance to put what you see into practice.

The application form is here.

Oliver Gosling

He lived in Tokyo for two years (1998-2000) and in Chongqing, China for seven and a half years from 2008.   Living in Chongqing was a rich and rewarding experience and he became immersed in an ever growing and diverse contemporary art scene. In the 21st century, in a vast, but little known Chinese city, growing at ferocious speed and confronting the economic and cultural challenges of such super-fast urbanisation, he noticed that questions of identity, dislocation and loss inevitably arise.

It is possible to see a shift in artistic tastes following the plague years which began in the mid C14th.  There is a distinct increase in interest in the macabre, but also in explorations of what will happen in the next life; some of it surprisingly optimistic and amusing. We see more interest in ex-pagan images and specific demands for spiritual protection and so what might be seen as a dust-to-dust mentality also becomes one of no tragedy, no triumph. 

Imogen Corrigan  

After nearly 20 years in the British army, went to the University of Kent to study Anglo-Saxon & Medieval History and Art, graduating with 1st class honours. Works as a freelance lecturer across Britain and Europe as well as lecturing on small cruise ships and running study tours on land.

Imogen promises the day will be more cheerful that the subject might suggest!

Click here for the application form for this fascinating Discovery Day

The Arts Society Liskeard have kindly invited our members to attend their Discovery Day on Wednesday 14 November.

The topic is:

The Sword & the Staff – the Pilgrim Route to Santiago de Compostela

and your guide will be Gail Turner.

Use this link to see the full details and booking form

JOIN US FOR A REALLY SPECIAL OCCASION

THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF NADFAS

DARTINGTON HALL

18th or 19th July 2018

(same programme on each day)

The celebration will take the form of  a super study day with the following events included:

*PETER MEDHURST will deliver two specially prepared lectures on west country music and culture

*Antiques 'CALL MY BLUFF' courtesy of Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood

*Exhibition of members' art, speciality and society achievements

LUNCH and CREAM TEAS

The price for the full day is £40

Bodmin has initially been allocated 10 tickets for each day and we will allocate them to ourmembers by ballot.

The application form for the Bodmin tickets may be down loaded from here.

 Details of the Members Art and Craft Exhibiton at this event can be found through this link.

The Studio Glass Movement

The studio glass movement represents an international revolution in glassmaking as dramatic and far-reaching as the invention of glassblowing two thousand years earlier. The idea of using glass as an exciting new medium for artistic expression was developed in America in the very late 1950s and by 1965 the philosophy of studio glass reached Britain. By 2005 there were an estimated 1,000 glass artists working in Great Britain creating sculptural forms, architectural elements and out-door installations.

Dale Chihuly: the world’s foremost glass artist

American glass artist Dale Chihuly (born 1941) is the super-star of the glass world. With his passion for glass, his larger-than-life personality, his skills as a natural leader and educator, and his constant exploration of glass's luminous qualities and colour possibilities, he creates glass sculptures which are extravagant, colourful and spectacular. Following two accidents he is no longer able to hold a blowing iron and now employs two glass teams to blow his visions from his spontaneous drawings, themselves works of art. His glass magic has transformed the studio glass movement and altered our visual perceptions of this extraordinary material forever. 

Glass Roadshow

For the afternoon session you are invited to bring glass items of any date and period and from any country to  hear what Charles has to say about it!

Charles Hajdamach                

Formerly a Director of Broadfield House Glass Museum (1974-2003), Charles is one of the top authorities on glass in the country. He is the author of British Glass 1800-1914 (1991), 20th Century British Glass (2009) and contributor to numerous books and magazines.

Click here of the application form for this day

Ancient burial grounds in Mexico and Peru have yielded up dazzling goldwork, fine ceramic vessels, and some of the richest textiles in the world. The different civilisations all forged their own unique and splendid art styles in Mexico and Peru.

Chloë Sayer will also display contemporary textiles and other items from her collection.

Chloë Sayer is a freelance specialist in the art and culture of Latin America. She has lectured in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and on cruises. She is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and has many publications include “Mexican Textiles” (British Museum Press, 1990) and “Arts and Crafts of Mexico” (Thames & Hudson, 1990).

Full details and an application form will be available here when it is published.

The caption, in case you can't read it, is "He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes!"

Would you like to develop your confidence in looking at Art? Do you want to discuss your opinions with insight?  Discover a strategy for looking at Art.  It will, quite simply, help you to ‘see’ more!

Lynne Gibson is a freelance lecturer in the History of Art, as well as in practical Drawing, Painting and Printmaking. For many years she lectured for the universities of Sussex and Bristol where she introduced 'Understanding Art' to the Lifelong Learning programme.  Also, when time permits, she works as a professional artist specializing in oil painting and etching.

Full details and a booking form will be available here when it is published.

The first two sessions of this study day are devoted to learning the techniques of reading stained glass windows by examining in detail a wide selection of medieval and renaissance windows from Cornwall, England and France. The final session – ‘the challenge of the modern’ - will be to test whether these techniques can be applied to windows that have been made since 1945.

Michael Swift has been stained glass advisor to the Diocese of Truro and Truro cathedral for over fifteen years. He is a prolific author, and much of his work is freely available on his website.

Full details and an application form may be in the found through this link or in our Documents page (by clicking the "Documents" button on the "About us" page )

Frances Hughes is a freelance lecturer at the National Portrait Gallery and for the National Trust. She is also the Secretary of Shakespeare Reading Society. Full details and an application form will be published here when available.

Linda Smith has visited BODFAS several times, the last time being in May 2014 when she lectured on "Tudor Art - Power, Propaganda and Men in Tights"

Mark Cottle was born on the Isles of Scilly and educated at Truro School, Cornwall, and Birmingham University. His career has been spent in education and training at home and abroad. Mark has lectured at Exeter College on Medieval and Tudor history, at St Mark's & St John's University College, Plymouth, and at Bath University on Anglo Saxon and medieval England.

Sarah is an accredited Easel Paintings Conservator and specialist in historic painting techniques, especially the British 16th-17th century and 19th-20th century. She is probably the foremost authority on Constable's painting materials and techniques. Sarah has a Fine Art background; BA (Hons) History of Art (Courtauld); Internships V&A/National Portrait Gallery and was a Visiting Fellow at Yale 1989.

This is another welcome return for Jonathan Hinden who was educated at St Paul’s School & Trinity College, Cambridge. Now semi-retired, he was a Principal Coach at Glyndebourne Opera (Head of Music Staff until 1997) and worked as keyboard player and conductor for Glyndbourne Touring Opera, Kent Opera and English Touring Opera.

Derek lives in Luxulyan, Cornwall and is a Traditional Watercolourist who started painting professionally in 2001 while living in Norfolk. He moved to Cornwall in 2005. Although he favours landscape, coastal and harbour scenes he does have a wider range, enjoying the character of watercolours in almost any subject. His studio is at home near the beautiful Luxulyan Valley.

Jacqueline Hyman gained conservation experience with the North of England Museum Service and later established a freelance studio in 1982. She is listed in ICOM’s Conservation Register and is an accredited conservation-restorer. Jacqueline has lectured and given Study Day Courses to NADFAS, Embroiderer’s Guild, Lace Guild, Antique Collector’s clubs and others. She has appeared on Channel 4, BBC2 and the Discovery Channel. She is Vice President of Bowden & District NADFAS