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The Headlines …

You can read Geoff’s review of the Special Interest Day on Japaese Art by going to the ‘Review’ menu item above.

A Proposed Visit to Greece – We are looking for expressions of interest for this event – Find more about this by clicking Here

A Visit to Berlin – we now have details and booking forms for this six day holiday in October with The Kennet & Swindon Society – click on the link or see the menu tab above Events

Our Virtual Visit to Berlin  – this took place on Tuesday 16 January – See Heather’s Report – click on the link or follow the menu tab above  Reviews -> Lecture Reviews


The Lecture for Tuesday 2 April  …

Hammershøi and the Life of Interiors

by – Kathy McLauchlan

Wilhelm Hammershøi A Room in the Artist’s Home in Strandgade, Copenhagen 1901 Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen
Photo Credits Google Art’s Project

It is not inevitable that an artist’s personality will be reflected in their work.  But in the case of the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) there is a strong correspondence between the shy, reserved character described by friends, and the quiet interiority of his work.  Hammershøi’s subject is the domestic interior – occasionally inhabited by a single figure’, more often empty; he shows us the spaces that contained, shaped and reflected his perceptions and feelings.  His paintings combine abstract beauty with an emotional resonance.  They make us reflect on the spaces we inhabit, and suggest a world beyond that which is ordinarily domestic.


Photo Credit: The Author

Kathy McLauchlan is  lecturer specialising in 19th-century art history and is currently a course director at the Victoria & Albert Museum, organising courses and study days on the history of art and design. She teaches at several institutions, including Art Pursuits. She is a graduate of Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute, with a PhD on French 19th-century painters in Rome. She is available for both individual lectures and study days and can also  cover:
• Sketch and Finish in 19th-century French Painting
• Montmartre fin de siècle
• Mucha and the Slav Epic
• America and the Sublime Landscape

 

There will be a 24-hour protected recording of this lecture.

 


 

Join Us At The Hall or View On-Line – It’s Your Choice …

This season sees a full return to Kington Langley Village Hall (Church Rd, Kington Langley, Chippenham SN15 5NJ) for live lectures from the start of our 2022/23 season. However, for those of you who have enjoyed ‘doing it on-line’ from the comfort of your sofa, then we will also be transmitting the lectures as a ‘live’ zoom webinars – the so-called Hybrid Lecture and we will be sending out the Zoom link in the weekend before.


If You Are Not A Member …

If you would like to take a closer interest in our Society and would like to attend one or more of our lectures, then we would love to see you there and you have three ways in which you can be part of it:

  • You can join as a full member by clicking Here or from the Get Involved menu tab above
  • You can come to the Hall as a ‘Guest Member’ of a current member by clicking Here or from the Get Involved menu tab above
  • If you can’t be a ‘Guest Member’ then you can come to the Hall or view at home on Zoom as a ‘Day Member’ by clicking Here or from the Get Involved menu tab above

A Bit About Us …

The Arts Society Kington Langley (TASKL) is an affiliated member of The Arts Society, a leading education charity with a global network of 385 societies bringing people together through a shared interest in the arts.

Our own Society is a member of the Wessex Area along with 21 other societies and, in the current situation, we are learning to share resources.

We meet monthly at 11.00am on the 1st Tuesday of the month (except August and September) to hear excellent lecturers share their specialist knowledge about the arts.  Our meeting place is The Village Hall, Church Rd, Kington Langley, Chippenham SN15 5NJ.

In addition, we offer study days, visits to places of interest, visits to gardens of interest and an annual ‘away visit’ to a major town or city in either UK or Europe.

We also run a Young Arts Programme giving grants to support arts related projects for the students and specialist training for staff in our local schools.

There are also volunteering opportunities to include heritage causes and children’s trails of discovery.

Please explore our website to find out more about us and how you can join the society.

… Heather Leach (Chair)