Campus West Theatre - venue for NADFAS lectures We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month (excluding July, August and December) at the Campus West Theatre, Welwyn Garden City. Lectures begin at 10.30 am, and members are requested to take their seats by 10.20 am. Coffee is available in the foyer from 10.00 am.
Visitors are welcome, subject to availability of space, admission £6.

2012 Programme

Date Subject Speaker
18 January 2012 Trompe l'oeil: the art of illusion Tom Errington
15 February 2012 Lawrence of Arabia Neil Faulkner
21 March 2012 London's Changing Skyline Anthea Streeter
18 April 2012 The Olympic Games - Chariots of Fire Hilary Guise
16 May 2012 Know your "isms"
modern art explained with scepticism and humour		 Linda Collins
20 June 2012 Treasures from the Royal Collection Oliver Everett
19 September 2012 Hidden Art Treasures from the Silk Road Hanne Sutcliffe
17 October 2012 Degas and New Orleans Margaret Davis
21 November 2012 Pearls before Swine?
* Ladies are requested to wear pearls *		 Jane Kelsall
16 January 2013 The Art of Cruising Charles Harris
20 February 2013 Jenny Churchill Anne Sebba
Olympic Explorer: day of special interest to Olympic Site and Woolwich Arsenal

Chris Lund writes:
On Thursday 13th October 2011, 53 members visited the Olympic Site and Woolwich Arsenal, in the company of blue badge guide Sean Kelleher.
Read his report of the day in full here.


Joyce Wallis, Group leader of WGC church recorders, and Area Representative of Beds & Herts church recorders, writes:

recorders

On Sunday 11th September 2011 we presented the record of St Michael & All Angels, Waterford, at morning service in the church. The response was very appreciative and a contribution has been made towards the expenses of the Society together with a glowing tribute to the professionalism of the work done by the recorders. A copy of the record was on display at the October 2011 meeting of the Society.


  • Read report in full here
  • See news item on p68 of NADFAS Spring 2012 Review - Beds & Herts Recorders join 100 club
    • Discovering the Art of Sculpture - podcast featuring the Young Arts project at Onslow St Audrey's School in Hatfield

    The Great Bed of Ware which is to be returned to Ware this year The Great Bed of Ware is to be on display at the Ware Museum from April 2012, on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum for a year.

    Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, embodies Sir Ebenezer Howard's values of beauty, harmony and tranquillity

    A brief history of Welwyn Garden DFAS

    With the 30th anniversary of the founding of our society in 2010, chairman Dianne Howes brings our history up-to-date.

    What is NADFAS?

    Founded in 1968 by Patricia Fay, NADFAS is an arts-based charity, with over 340 local Decorative and Fine Art Societies in the UK and Mainland Europe. All NADFAS Societies subscribe to the aims and objects of the National Association: the advancement of arts education and appreciation and the preservation of our artistic heritage. NADFAS promotes these aims through lectures on the fine and decorative arts in their widest sense, through study days, visits and tours and through volunteering activities, such as Church Recorders, Heritage Volunteers and Young Arts and the giving of grants.

    Young Arts on p73 of Winter 2011 Review

    NADFAS Review Winter 2011

    Autumn 2011 Review

    See feature on page 67 of Summer 2011 Review