The Arts Society Sheffield invites you to take a closer look at the beauty and mystery of glass at a Special Interest Day in partnership with the Turner Museum of Glass at the University of Sheffield.

Professor John Parker, Curator of the Museum and Emeritus Professor of Glass Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield

and

Mark Hill, Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars and expert on 20th century art glass - but perhaps more familiar as a presenter on The Antiques Roadshow 

will guide you to a more in-depth appreciation of glass as a medium for beautiful artwork.

The University of Sheffield opened the world’s first Department of Glass Technology and participants will be able to see the University’s collection of art glass displayed in the  Museum.

 A buffet lunch, coffee/tea and transport to the museum are included in the day.

Itinerary

09:15 - The coach will leave at 9:15 promptly, please arrive in plenty of time. A parking fee of £5.00 per car has been requested by Tapton Hall.

09.30 - Arrival at the University, Registration. Tea/Coffee available

1.00 - 2.30 - lunch and the opportunity to view the Turner Museum exhibits

4pm - Finish & return transport to Tapton Hall estimated arrival time 16.45.

 If you would like to join the day please email nicolawhiteway85@gmail.com informing us of your payment method and contact number.

We will confirm receipt of your booking by email. If you do not have access to email please confirm your interest by completing a booking slip at the Tapton Lecture.

The cost of the day includes:- Transport to and from the University, buffet lunch, Coffee/tea and biscuits.

The total price per person is £50 (excluding Tapton Hall parking).

Due to the nature of the event numbers are limited to 50 people on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis. This is proving to be a very popular event so early booking is recommended

Get ready for a fascinating journey into the world of a truly remarkable Sheffield artist, Kenneth Steel (1906-1970).

You might be surprised to learn how close to home his genius resided, with studios right here in Lodge Moor and Crookes! Our special guest, Edward Yardley, Kenneth's biographer, will share insights that are rich with local interest.

While some of you might recognize Steel's iconic railway posters from after the war, prepare to be captivated by the breadth of his talent. He mastered everything from delicate line engravings to vibrant oil paintings. This isn't just a presentation about a local artist; it's a chance to uncover hidden gems – views of Sheffield, Derbyshire, and beyond, even the sunny Balearic Islands, many of which have remained largely unseen until now!

Programme

09.30 Registration Tea/Coffee available
10:00 Part One: The Road to Success - Kenneth Steel’s career before WW2
11:00 Tea/Coffee and a chance to look more closely at examples of the artist’s work
11.30 Part Two: Painter, Perspective and Commercial Artist after WW2
13:00 Finish

 
If you would like to join the event, please
Email: visits.sheffield@theartssociety.org (Click link to open)
informing us of your payment method and contact number.
 
We will confirm receipt of your booking by email.

The cost of the event is £15 per person which includes Coffee/tea and biscuits on arrival and at mid-morning (No lunch is provided)

Daphne Lawson has an MA by research and Thesis from the University of Canterbury on Degas,  a BA in History from London University. Since 1994 until  she retired she was an Art Historian lecturer at Herstmonceux Castle. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in theatre, film and television as an actress until her thirties when she had three children.

The Ballet Dancers at the Paris Opera, the spectators in the boxes and the raucous Café Concert singers on the Champs Elysées and in Montmartre form the focus of this Study Day.

The first lecture is on Degas’s Ballet Dancers and their audience at Garnier’s Opera House, and especially the multi-media sculpture The Little Dancer of Fourteen Years. After a coffee break, we look at the popular culture of the Café Concert on the Champs Elysées, at both the divas of the Parisian urban crowd and the uneasy mixture of classes that watch the spectacle. In the afternoon we move on twenty years to the posters of Toulouse Lautrec and the stars of the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, Jane Avril and Yvette Guilbert, all forerunners of Edith Piaf. In Toulouse Lautrec’s images of Montmartre we can perhaps glimpse that behind the glitter there is a darker side lurking just beneath the surface.

Programme

9.30 Registration and coffee

10.00 Lecture

11.00 Coffee

12.30 Buffet Lunch

14.00 Lecture

The cost of the Special Interest Day is £40.00

Please contact Nicola Whiteway (Contact details on your Lecture Programme) or email your request for a place on the Study Day to:  visits.sheffield@theartssociety.org

Elaine Hansen has a Master’s degree in Education and taught for twenty-seven years. She now splits her year between Italy and Scotland. After retiring twelve years ago she studied Art History at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. She became a guide at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow in 2009. In Italy Elaine researches her Italian lectures and in Glasgow attends seminars relating to her areas of interest in Scottish Art. She has been delivering lectures for the last four years in a number of venues in Scotland, many of which have requested return visits.

Her lecture will focus on the Glasgow Girls and the Scottish Colourists for example Peploe. She will work her way through Kelvingrove Art gallery showing us examples of these two groups.

The final session after lunch will be a quiz of some of the artefacts on display in the museum.

STUDY DAY

THIS STUDY DAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED

VINTAGE CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

THURSDAY 6TH MAY 2021

DR SALLY HOBAN

Sally has a PhD in History from the University of Birmingham and is a specialist art and design and antiques expert. She lectures across the world and has broadcast on BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 4. Sally has worked at the Birmingham Assay Office, written for The Antiques Bulletin and is the author of the book Miller’s Collecting Modern Design. Sally and her husband run one of the UK’s leading antique clothing and textile businesses.

Sally will be giving two lectures in the morning on fashion followed by a handling session of clothing items in the afternoon. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own items fashion items for discussion and appraisal in the afternoon session.

STUDY DAY POSTPONED UNTIL 6th MAY 2021 BECAUSE OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK

STUDY DAY

VINTAGE CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

WEDNESDAY 26Th MARCH 2020

DR SALLY HOBAN

Sally has a PhD in History from the University of Birmingham and is a specialist art and design and antiques expert. She lectures across the world and has broadcast on BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 4. Sally has worked at the Birmingham Assay Office, written for The Antiques Bulletin and is the author of the book Miller’s Collecting Modern Design. Sally and her husband run one of the UK’s leading antique clothing and textile businesses.

Sally will be giving two lectures in the morning on fashion followed by a handling session of clothing items in the afternoon. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own items fashion items for discussion and appraisal in the afternoon session.

STUDY DAY

26TH NOVEMBER 2019

ROGER ROSEWELL FSA

COLOUR AND WONDER: STAINED GLASS FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN

Roger Rosewell FSA, LRPS, is an art historian specializing in the decorative arts. He was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. Roger is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the features editor of Vidimus and the award winning author of books about medieval wall paintings, stained glass, the cults of saints and life and art in medieval monasteries.

Part One-Medieval

This lecture explores stained glass from 700 AD to the religious reformations of the mid-sixteenth century..It explains how and why stained glass windows were made and by whom. It examines changing designs, techniques and artistic styles. Apart from featuring magnificent windows in great cathedrals the lecture will also show examples from local churches.

Part Two-Medieval to Modern

This second lecture begins with the reign of Elizabeth the First and finishes with the final years of Queen Victoria. It ranges from the extremes of deliberate destruction during the civil war to factory-like production of windows in the late 19th century. Along the way he describes the use of enamel paints, the popularity of sundial windows and the importation of foreign glass into English churches. Pugin, Kempe and William Morris are among the artists whose work will be shown and discussed. Windows from local churches will also be featured.

Part Three-Modern and Beyond

The final lecture traces the rise of arts and craft studios and the introduction of modernist ideas into stained glass. As before, windows from local churches will be shown. The Lecture will introduce the work of early twentieth-century artists such as Christopher Whall, Mary Lowndes, Karl Parsons, Wilhelmina Geddes and key post-war figures such as John Piper, Marc Chagall and Tom Denny. The day will conclude with a discussion about contemporary windows and trends and what the future holds for stained glass.

Spinning Plates-Lars Tharp
Study Day Thursday 2nd May 2019

The Arts society looked forward to Lars coming to lead our Study Day on ceramics. We had two morning lectures dealing with the progression of china in Europe and especially from the Far East. Ships went with cargo to China and china was used as ballast for the ships coming home. Lars talked about the different styles and fashions of china particularly those used in the great houses of UK and Europe. He particularly mentioned Dresden and the great Meissen factory. He is escorting a tour there next year and I know one of our ladies has booked to go. It should be informative and good fun knowing Lars’ wonderful sense of humour!

After lunch we had our own road show when Lars studied the objects we had brought. I had brought a vase which as part of a pair was not worth much in spite of all the effort to produce it. 0ne lady’s dish was worth over £2000 – inherited from her grandmother. Mostly the china we brought was now considered out of fashion.

Everyone enjoyed the day and look forward to Lars coming again in January for our double lecture. We presented him with a toy for his new dog Freddie. The toy now rejoices in the name Sheffie.

I have recently (August 2019) heard from Lars: "As his favourite toy is chewed into Oblivion we just wanted to say ‘thank you’ for all the benefits passed on to us: sparing 95% of our gnaw-able furniture and our fingers; ‘Sheffie’ has maintained Freddie’s brilliant white teeth (from baby to adult); and even in the final shreads of ‘Sheffie’s’ ever more threadbare state Freddie and Sheffie are inseparable....his replacement junior is about to be delivered by Amazon...

Best wishes to the Society...."

Sheila Dunstan - Study Day Secretary

The Theatre Royal York: Past, Present and Future
We invite you to join with The Arts Society North East Area for a Study Day
on Friday 22 March 2019

Registration 10.00 am

Find out about the fascinating history of the Theatre Royal, from the Romans through to the present day.   
Discover the Georgian folly backstage, learn why a stage is called a deck and why you must never whistle in a theatre.   
Listen to a talk by Angus Morrogh-Ryan, the leading architect for the theatre’s £4.1 million renovations that have transformed into a building fit for the 21st century.
And finally take a tour of the Theatre and discover what happens both front and back stage.
Tickets are available from January 1st
£38 for Arts Society members
£40 for non-members
(ticket price includes coffee on arrival but not lunch)

To reserve your place please contact Joanna Finlay
email – joanna.finlay1@btinternet.com
or telephone her on 01904 641864

Nicholas Merchant ran a Study Day on the Great Houses of Yorkshire with particular emphasis on Chippendale.

Nicholas gave us a pictorial tour of the great houses - many familiar ,but some we knew little about. He also told us about the families associated with the houses. The next talk was about the history of Chippendale and his rise to fame. We were shown slides of his pattern books showing furniture with a choice of differing backs, legs and arms. We then saw some of his wonderful furniture in the great houses particularly Harewood and Temple Newsam.

Nicholas is an informative and entertaining speaker and we hope he will come again on one of our lecture days.
 

Sheila Dunstan - Study Day Secretary

Study Day by Peter Medhurst on Mozart Operas.