Bookings for Outings & Days of Special Interest: 2010

  • Tickets will be on sale at the two meetings prior to the event; please make cheques payable to WGDFAS. Priority will be given to members up to the first lecture meeting at which tickets are on sale; thereafter, open to non-members. N.B. No refunds are guaranteed for cancellation.

  • Telephone requests must be confirmed in writing, accompanied by a cheque together with a s.a.e. if you are unable to collect the ticket.

  • Enquiries for outings:      Mrs Vickie Harris    tel: 01438 715214

  • Days of Special Interest:   Dr Chris Lund        tel: 01707 330427

    • WGDFAS cannot be held responsible for any personal accident, loss,damage or theft of members' personal property. Members are covered against liability to Third Parties.

    Days of Special Interest
    Thursday 25 March GEMS FROM LIFE - AMBER, IVORY AND MORE - Maggie Campbell Pederson - New Church House, Welwyn Welwyn
    Thursday 21st October Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham, and the Piper Windows, Oundle School Rutland/ Northamptonshire
    Outings
    Friday 23rd April Stanley Spencer Gallery (Cookham) and Eton College Berkshire
    Thursday 10th June Oxford and the Ashmolean Museum Oxford
    Wednesday 11th August Hampton Court London
    Window by John Piper in Oundle School chapel depicting <i>The Way, The Truth, and The Life</i> - day of Special Interest October 2010

    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.

    The Day of Special Interest on March 25 was held at New Church House in Welwyn. Maggie Campbell Pederson examined the origins of the different organics, some of the current trade bans, and how to recognise ‘the real thing’ from fakes. The session was partly ‘hands-on’ and participants were encouraged to bring items for examination and discussion.
    More information can be found on the NADFAS page of Maggie Campbell Pederson's website.

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