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ADFAS Canberra provides for its members a yearly program of illustrated lectures given by overseas and Australian lecturers chosen for their communication skills and expert knowledge in their fields. Occasional afternoon sessions are also held when topics can be examined in more detail.
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Committee 2009
Chair:
Susan Stratigos
(02) 6278 6948
Membership Enquiries:
Ted Whitehead
adfascanberra@bigpond.com
(02) 6286 2879
Postal Address:
PO Box 8
Deakin West, ACT 2600
Programme for 2009
Monday 16 February
Richard MULVANEY**
The art of cricket
Monday 9 March (5.30pm)
Tuesday 10 March (10.30am)
Patricia WRIGHT*
Death, hell and the good life in medieval Europe
Monday 20 April
Geoffrey EDWARDS**
Eugène von Guérard: a great colonial artist and the quest for his masterpiece
Monday 11 May
Sandra POLLARD*
The lives and art of the Bloomsbury painters
Monday 15 June
Michael SCOTT-MITCHELL **
Design for recent international events
Monday 13 July
Anne ANDERSON*
Rene Lalique: master of art nouveau jewellery and art deco glass
Sunday 9 August
EXOTIC ENCOUNTERS with
Robin JONES *
Furnishing the Anglo-Indian domestic interior, 1780-1930
Monday 10 August
Robin JONES*
Nordic grace: Scandinavian decorative arts of the twentieth century.
Monday 7 September
Jeanne DOLMETSCH *
Arnold Dolmetsch and the early music renaissance
Sunday 11 October
DIGGING AROUND WITH ……
John PRAG *
The Alderley Edge Landscape Project: from sleeping king to cotton kings
Monday 20 October
John PRAG *
Macedon, Mycenae, molars and more: reconstructing ancient faces.
*NADFAS lecturer
**Australian lecturer
Venue and Time of Lectures
Morning lectures start at 10.30 am, evening lectures at 6.00 pm and both are held at CSIRO DISCOVERY CENTRE, Clunies Ross Drive , Black Mountain. Lectures last an hour and refreshments are served afterwards.
The cost of attending 9 lectures is included in the membership subscription and admission is by name badge.
In addition to the 9 lectures, there are two Sunday afternoon talks which are on 9 August and 11 October in 2009. They are held in the Griffin Wing, BURGMANN COLLEGE, Daley Road, Australian National University and start at 2.00 pm. Each of these interactive afternoons is limited to 50 participants and runs until approximately 4.30, with a break for afternoon tea midway. The fee for attending each is $35 for members and $40 for guests.
Guests
Guest fees are $25 per person and guests may attend three times in any one year with prior notice to the Membership Secretary. The fee for members of other ADFAS Societies is $10.
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