Alton Decorative and Fine Arts Society - 2020 Programme
All lectures are held in The Forum, Alton College unless otherwise indicated.
2020
14 January
‘io Saturnalia’ - a Roman celebration Gillian Hovell
11 February
Raphael - a master in the making
[500th anniversary of his death] Sian Walters
10 March
The Kelmscott Chaucer of our times -
creating a contemporary binding Dominic Riley
14 April
The Borgias - the most infamous family in history Sarah Dunant
12 May
Dame Laura Knight - from Newlyn to Nuremberg Bernard Allan
9 June
The Dowager Empress Cixi David Rosier
8 September
The drama behind the Taj Mahal Oliver Everett
13 October
English caricature from Hogarth to Punch Andrew Davies
10 November
Pots and Frocks - the world of Grayson Perry Ian Swankie
8 December
Byzantium Heaven and Earth John Osborne