AUSTRALIAN DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY (MUDGEE)
            presents monthly Arts Lectures

            Guests are welcome by pre-arrangement
            Ray Parle 0439 735 424   

            Cudgegong Valley Public School
            Madeira Road Mudgee           

            Guests may attend a maximum of 3 lectures per year.
            Fees: $20 for adults, $10 for students
            $10 for visiting ADFAS members
            Membership fees for 2012 - $125


Friday Mar 2 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 1 “Hand Grenades Like Cartier Chips” by Antony Penrose, son of surrealist artist and collector Sir Roland Penrose and fashion model and photographer Lee Miller. Roland Penrose and Lee Miller counted Picasso, Man Ray and Max Ernst among their close friends and Antony grew up at Farley Farm near Eastbourne in Sussex among a passing cavalcade of famous family acquaintances. His lecture examines the fascinating life of his mother, Lee Miller 


Friday Apr 13 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 2  "It’s Not All Wine and Roses” by Australian gardening lecturer, author and historian, Dr Holly Kerr Forsyth. Her lecture will relay some of her more dangerous and unusual adventures as she travels the world, photographing gardens and finding material for her books, and for her weekly column in The Weekend Australian.  Holly will also be available in a local historic garden on the following day, Saturday 14th April, to showcase and sell her books. 


Friday May 4 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 3 “The Glories of Winchester Cathedral” by Michael Wheeler. Since the seventh century a sacred building has existed on the site of Winchester Cathedral, one of England’s greatest treasures. Michael will examine not only the magnificent building’s architecture, but also the treasures within: its memorials, carvings, misericords and modern artwork. 


Friday Jun 8 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 4 “Beyond Capricorn: Map Making and European Expansion (and Discovery of Australia)” by Australian lecturer Professor Robert Clancy, an immunologist from Newcastle and an enthusiast of historic maps. 


Friday Jul 6 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 5 “Sheer Folly – Garden History” by Caroline Holmes,who will look at the history of landscapes and gardens from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century and their role as settings for follies. 

Friday Aug 10 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 6 “Red Vibrations” by Alexandra Drysdale,who will discuss the vast range of this vibrant colour, how it affects our emotions and how it has been used by artists 


Friday Sep 7 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 7 “Posters of the Belle Epoque, the Great Age of the Poster” by Charles Harris, who will examine how technical innovation, creative genius and craftsmanship in the art of the poster became the pioneer of mass communication.


Friday Oct 5 2012 6.30pm - ADFAS LECTURE 8 “Stolen Masterpieces” by Shauna Isaac, who will discuss the theft of several major works of art in recent times. 

            Lectures Held at
            Cudgegong Valley Public School
            Madeira Road Mudgee 

TO JOIN ADFAS MUDGEE INC

            Enquiries Membership
            Secretary Ray Parle 0439 735 424
            OR Chairman John Broadley 02-6372 3365

            Membership fees for 2012 - $125

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Interested in the Arts - Short & Sweet - is setting up rural hubs of writers, directors and actors to create and perform local plays for local audiences

        www.shortandsweet.org 

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Short+Sweet is seeking passionate and dynamic partners to help deliver this exciting initiative across regional and rural NSW and calls on interested companies and organisations to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by 21 February 2012. Applications will be assessed late February and an announcement made in March.

Success will depend on a number of factors including location, skills, resources and commitment. Organisations will need to make a successful case as a potential Short+Sweet partner and demonstrate delivery of innovative programs with success and passion.

Project consultant Michelle Hall has been engaged to assist in further developing the initiative. Michelle said it was a fresh and enticing opportunity that would benefit regional participants throughout NSW.

“I’m passionate about access for people west of the Blue Mountains to participate in the arts, whether as artist or audience . This is a fantastic opportunity for Short+Sweet and artistic communities in rural NSW to collaborate and create new, exciting platforms for the creative voice to be heard… from Bourke to Bangalore!

“It will be exciting to unearth new talent and then assist with their artistic development. S+S will benefit from all the wonderful foundation work that has gone before it and look forward to working with the individuals and groups who have been driving the arts in rural NSW.”

The Expression of Interest criteria are listed below and on the attached.
Interested applicants should contact Michelle Hall on michelle@shortandsweet.org

Media inquiries to Geoff Sirmai, Short+Sweet Publicity Manager Geoff@shortandsweet.org 

www.shortandsweet.org

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