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Event Category: History

Written out of history? Women artists, 1400-1900

10/11/2023 am – 15/12/2023 am
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Art History

This course aims to introduce you to some of the many women who enjoyed successful careers as painters and sculptors in countries across Europe down the centuries. We will begin in the early Renaissance and will consider some of the … More details …

Vincent Van Gogh: From Arles to Auvers

09/12/2023 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Art History, Day course

Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 with the idea of founding a studio of the south. His time there was exceptionally productive, producing many dozens of paintings, drawings and watercolours (Night Cafe, Starry Night, Sunflowers). A very broke … More details …

Lancastrians and Yorkists: Instability, chaos and the outbreak of the ‘Wars of the Roses’

03/01/2024 am – 07/02/2024 am
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: History

This course is now fully booked.  Please contact us if you would like to be placed on a waiting list in case of any cancellations. Over six weeks, we will discover 15th century England and the roots of instability which … More details …

Women of the Classical World

04/01/2024 am – 08/02/2024 am
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: History, Social History

By using a range of sources from the ancient world including grave markers, legal disputes and letters, it is possible to bring to life a range of Greek and Roman women. What we can learn about their lives tells us … More details …

Venice: history, art & architecture

13/01/2024 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Architecture, Art History, Day course, History

A little history of Venice through its art and architecture. This study day begins with a survey of Venetian history from its beginnings to the present day. We will then move on to examine Venetian painting from the 1300s to … More details …

Empires: Part 2 – the Post-Classical Age

20/01/2024 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Day course, History

This course is now fully booked.  Please contact us if you would like to be placed on a waiting list in case of any cancellations. This day school will explore the history of Empire in the Post-Classical Age from about … More details …

Art Nouveau: a modern style for a new millennium

17/02/2024 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Art History, Day course

Although going by various names, Art Nouveau in France and Belgium, Jugendstil in Germany and the Baltic states, Modernisme in Barcelona and Secession in Munich and Vienna, the artists, designers and architects who embraced the concept of ‘new art’ all … More details …

“I paint life”: Laura Knight, 1877 -1970

02/03/2024 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Art History, Day course

This course is now fully booked.  Please contact us if you would like to be added to the waiting list in case of any cancellations. The life and work of artist Laura Knight. Associated with art colonies on the Yorkshire … More details …

Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider

16/03/2024 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Art History, Day course

The German Expressionists brought dazzling colours to the art world in the years surrounding the First World War. Ahead of a major 2024 exhibition at Tate Modern, we look at the art of ‘The Blue Rider’ featuring Kandinsky, Franz Marc … More details …

National Treasures: Iconic paintings from the National Gallery

23/03/2024 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Clevedon Community Centre
  • Categories: Art History, Day course

This course is now fully booked.  Please contact us if you would like to be added to the waiting list in case of any cancellations. In this study day we will investigate some of the greatest paintings in our national … More details …

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Coming up

  • Three Comedy of Manners novels from the early Twentieth Century on 06/12/2023 10:30 am
  • Written out of history? Women artists, 1400-1900 on 08/12/2023 10:30 am
  • Vincent Van Gogh: From Arles to Auvers on 09/12/2023 10:30 am
  • Lancastrians and Yorkists: Instability, chaos and the outbreak of the ‘Wars of the Roses’ on 03/01/2024 10:30 am
  • Women of the Classical World on 04/01/2024 10:30 am
  • Calling all Trollopes! on 05/01/2024 10:30 am
  • Glories of the Musical Baroque on 06/01/2024 10:30 am
  • Venice: history, art & architecture on 13/01/2024 10:30 am
  • Empires: Part 2 – the Post-Classical Age on 20/01/2024 10:30 am
  • Great English Song Cycles on 10/02/2024 10:30 am
  • Art Nouveau: a modern style for a new millennium on 17/02/2024 10:30 am
  • Managing Mixed Media on 20/02/2024 10:30 am
  • A view of the 40s: Green, Euphan Todd & Taylor. Comedies of manners? on 21/02/2024 10:30 am
  • On Extended Wings – Six modern American poets on 22/02/2024 10:30 am
  • “I paint life”: Laura Knight, 1877 -1970 on 02/03/2024 10:30 am
  • Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider on 16/03/2024 10:30 am
  • National Treasures: Iconic paintings from the National Gallery on 23/03/2024 10:30 am
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