Lectures

The Lectures at Art in Action aim to provide an insight into the thoughts, processes and inspiration which lie behind  the creation of a work of art and other disciplines that shed light on our understanding of the world in which we live.   All lectures are free and time is allotted for questions from the public.

Day: Lectures:


Thursday  
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Discover Your Real Voice - Neville Wortman
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CLAY, GLASS, METAL and MORE - What contemporary artists are making (Mary La Trobe-Bateman) - Mary La Trobe-Bateman
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Truth and Beauty; Some threads in Western Art - Carol Hartley
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
The Golden Proportion Revisited - Dr. Eddy Levin
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Bushido The Way of the Warrior - Akemi Solloway Tanaka
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
All that Glisters? An overview of contemporary British jewellery - Mary La Trobe-Bateman
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Following the Full Life Story of One Oak Tree - Dr Gabriel Hemery
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
The Shakespearean Ethic - Richard Abramson
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Nick Fleming on Photography - Nick Fleming
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Photography - Master Class - Nick Fleming
Friday  
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ruth White on Yoga - Ruth White
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jewels that catch an Expert’s Eye - Joanna Hardy
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free Will and the Planets - Geoffrey Pearce
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
The Disappearing Landscape of Names - Linda Proud
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Bushido The Way of the Warrior - Akemi Solloway Tanaka
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Jewellery as an Art Form 1960 - 2012 - Joanna Hardy
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
The Royal Law - Leslie Blake
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
A Living Tradition – Letter Carving in Britain - John Neilson and Harriet Frazer, MBE
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Nick Fleming on Photography - Nick Fleming
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Photography - Master Class - Nick Fleming
Saturday  
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Atkinson Grimshaw: the evolution of a unique Victorian master painter - Tim Stimson
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Boy Who Bit Picasso - Anthony Penrose
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A Living Tradition – Letter Carving in Britain - John Neilson and Harriet Frazer, MBE
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Discover Your Real Voice - Neville Wortman
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Truth and Beauty; Some threads in Western Art - Carol Hartley
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
PRB to PRA :John Everett Millais ; Pre - Raphaelite rebel to R. A. President - Tim Stimson
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lee Miller and Picasso - Anthony Penrose
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Free Will and the Planets - Geoffrey Pearce
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
The Shakespearean Ethic - Richard Abramson
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Nick Fleming on Photography - Nick Fleming
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Photography - Master Class - Nick Fleming
Sunday  
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Disappearing Landscape of Names - Linda Proud
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Following the Full Life Story of One Oak Tree - Dr Gabriel Hemery
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Discover Your Real Voice - Neville Wortman
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
The Golden Proportion Revisited - Dr. Eddy Levin
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Ruth White on Yoga - Ruth White
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
The Royal Law - Leslie Blake
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Nick Fleming on Photography - Nick Fleming
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Photography - Master Class - Nick Fleming