Welcome to Welwyn Garden Decorative and Fine Arts Society!

A Brief History of Welwyn Garden Decorative & Fine Arts Society

Dianne Howes and Ann Hollis at Anniversary Lunch

To mark the 30th anniversary of Welwyn Garden Decorative & Fine Arts Society a celebration lunch was held at Welwyn Garden City Golf Club.


Our June lecturer, Dr Paul Roberts, then joined some 70 members for lunch; also amongst those present were former past chairmen, Iris Vowles, Gill Bottoms and Tony Fletcher, together with immediate past Chairman, Ann Hollis (now Area Chairman), pictured here with current Chairman, Dianne Howes, in the foreground.
Date Subject Speaker
20 January 2010 Picasso's "Guernica" and the Spanish Civil War Barry Venning
17 February 2010 The landscapes of Gustav Mahler Eric Shanes
17 March 2010 Lee Miller and Roland Penrose at Farley Farm Antony Penrose
21 April 2010 The History of the Royal Academy
CHANGE OF SPEAKER 		Eric Shanes
19 May 2010 Jewellery in ancient Egypt: gold of the Pharaohs Nicole Douek
16 June 2010 From Greece to the Normans: the splendour of Sicily
*Anniversary Lunch, WGC Golf Club*		 Dr Paul Roberts
15 September 2010 Art in Paris: the most decadent city in the world Linda Collins
13 October 2010 From 1611 to 2011: art and the English Bible Professor Michael Wheeler
17 November 2010 Queen Victoria: success through portraiture and her struggle for the throne Dr Kate Williams
19 January 2011 The Shakers of North America: their beliefs, architecture and artefacts John Ericson
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 £5.

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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.

NADFAS Review

NADFAS Review Spring 2010

* See page 60 featuring our latest Young Arts event

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.