Events

Ely Decorative & Fine Arts Society. Meets monthly in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Non-members very welcome £7 including refreshments.

Thursday 17th March 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00
Wren’s City Churches, Glorious Steeples and Hidden Treasures Wren’s varied life as medic, scientist, astronomer and architect are briefly covered, with a specific focus on his City Churches. Tony Tucker

Thursday 21st April 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00
Strawberry Hill and its place in the Gothic Revival Horace Walpole’s eighteenth century “little Gothick castle” led to the Gothic Revival in the nineteenth century and influenced the design of the Houses of Parliament, the Natural History Museum and the Law Courts in the Strand.  Launce Gribbin

Thursday 19th May 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00
Richard Walter Sickert .“Britain’s Greatest Impressionist” is tracked across four countries with heads of state and fishermen’s wives, living a life, “somewhere between a prince and a pig”.
Stephen Taylor

Thursday 16th June 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00 The Dollar Princesses: American women who married into the European Aristocracy.
Looking too at some of the great houses they helped to preserve. Anne Sebba

Thursday 15th September 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00. Jack Tar Afloat and Ashore . The History of Maritime Caricatures and Cartoons
James Taylor

Thursday 20th October 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00. Micromosaics – Souvenirs from the Grand Tour 1770-1870. Thousands of tiny pieces of glass, invisible to the naked eye, make up these astonishing feats of ingenuity. Judy Rudoe

Thursday 17th November 2011
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00
Charles Dickens and the Imagery of Christmas Dickens’ powerful message in “A Christmas Carol” influenced artists’ portrayals of childhood, the poor and the human spirit.
Dr Claire Walsh 

Thursday 19th January 2012
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00 . Mrs Beeton Presents...... Elite and middleclass dining, through Mrs Beeton’s eyes, provided a multi-sensory treat for invited guests. Dr Annie Gray

Thursday 16th February 2012
7.30 pm in the Hayward Theatre, The King’s School, Ely. Members free, non-members £7.00. Continuity and Tradition in Western Sculpture. How western sculpture has developed from the Classical Greeks to Anthony Gormley. Mary Acton.