• 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, the admission charge being £5 per session.

    • 2009 Programme

    Date Subject Speaker
    21 January 2009 What Colour is My Red? The Fascinating World of Colour and how we see it! John Ericson
     
    18 February 2009 From Gothic Revival to International Rail Terminal - the story of St Pancras Launce Gribbin
    18 March 2009
         		 William J. Neatby - the Master of Harrods' Meat Hall Dr Scott Anderson
    15 April 2009 Houses and Gardens of Normandy Helen McCabe 
    20 May 2009  The Glories of English Watercolours Ann Clements
    17 June 2009 A Feast for the Eyes: the Frick Collection, New York
    ...followed by SANDWICH LUNCH...    		 Hilary Williams
    16 September 2009 Two London Porcelain Factories: Chelsea and Bow - a study in contrasts Anton Gabszewicz
    14 October 2009 Samplers - a Child's History of Embroidery Jacqueline Hyman
    18 November 2009 AGM at 9.45am
    "Deck the Hall": Yuletide Customs and Traditions    		 Dr David Bostwick
    20 January 2010 Picasso's "Guernica" and the Spanish Civil War Barry Venning
     

    Royal Arcade, Norwich - W J Neatby - subject of March 2009 lecture

    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.