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ADFAS Mornington Peninsula 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 study days are also held when topics can be examined in more detail.
Committee 2010
Chairman
Jill Swann
Ph: (03) 5984 1065
Membership Secretary
Vernon Tansley
Ph: (03) 5983 5822
adfasmp@yahoo.com.au
PO Box 135 Somers Vic 3927
Program for 2010
12 March
Understanding Modern Art
Mr Frank Woodgate ** BA MBCS ACIB
16 April
My Incomparable Josephine
Ms Sylvia Sagona BA Hons M-ès-Lettres Dip de Sociol Dip Ed
7 May
The Doulton Story
Ms Louise Irvine ** MA Hons
11 June
How Art Invented Heritage
Prof David Dolan PhD
9 July
Gustav Klimt
Mr Tim Stimson ** BA (Hons) PGCE
6 August
Horatio Nelson: Life and Loves
Mr James Taylor ** MA FRSA
10 September
Ninette to Nureyev: the History of the Royal Ballet
Ms Sarah Lenton ** BD
8 October
The Changing Face of London: 2000 years of a City and its People, or the Seven Ages of London
Mr Andrew Davies ** MA Hons (Oxon)
5 November
Gardens and Garden Culture in the Islamic World
Susan Scollay BA (ANU) MA (DUC)
**Denotes NADFAS Lecturer
Study Days
will be held at Beleura-House-Garden, Mornington (or as advised), and incur an additional charge. Details will be notified separately, bookings essential. Enquiries : Ph (03) 5984 1065, or (03) 5983 1116.
27 March
The Japanese Garden
Mr John Patrick MSc
8 May
Fired with Imagination: The decorative Use of Tiles & Architectural Ceramics
Ms Louise Irvine ** MA Hons
7 August
Charles Darwin & the Voyage of HMS Beagle
Mr James Taylor ** MA FRSA
Venue and Time of Lectures
Lectures will begin promptly at 5.30 pm in the Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington, cnr Wilsons Road and Nepean Highway , Mornington. Refreshments are served at the end of the lecture when members socialise and meet the guest speaker.
Guests
Guests are welcome at the lectures by pre-arrangement with the Secretary : fee $20, or $10 for members of other ADFAS societies.
Membership
Annual membership for the series of 9 lectures is $115 individual or $215 double, and the joining fee is $25 per person. Please mail your membership application form to the Membership Secretary.
Tours
Visits to museums, galleries, private collections and places of architectural or artistic interest are also arranged.
Twin Society
ADFAS Mornington Peninsula has a NADFAS twin in England , the Knole DFAS based in Sevenoaks , Kent . We are very pleased to welcome each other's members to our lectures and other events.
Volunteer Guides and Heritage Volunteers
Members of ADFAS Mornington Peninsula have the opportunity to participate in a Church Recording project on the Peninsula.
They also have the opportunity to become a guide at Beleura-House-Garden conducting tours of the house and garden, or a heritage volunteer archiving, researching and conserving the collections. This beautifully refurbished Italianate villa was bequeathed to the people of Victoria as a place of historic and educational interest by Mr John Tallis in 1996.
Local Links
• Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery , Mornington
• McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park , Langwarrin
• McCrae Homestead & Museum , McCrae
• Mulberry Hill , Langwarrin South
• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, Red Hill South
• Beleura-House-Garden , Mornington
• Peninsula Music Society Inc
• Visit Mornington Peninsula
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