Special Interest Days

There are two each year which are held at the Riverhouse Barn, Manor Road, Walton-on-Thames KT12 2PF and which normally start at 10.00am and finish at about 3.00pm, with coffee and lunch provided. Click here for a location map for Riverhouse Barn.

Booking for Special Interest Days are taken at the two meetings before the event, as shown below. Bookings, together with a payment cheque made payable to WDFAS, are accepted on a first come first served basis. Each member may book for him/herself and one other member only. If an event is oversubscribed, names will be entered (in order of application) on a standby list.

Wednesday 7th March 2012

The ART & SCANDALOUS LIVES of the BLOOMSBURY GROUP

Frank Woodgate

Frank Woodgate is a lecturer and guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern, and for Tate on cruises. He is a lecturer at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Booking dates: 11th January and 8th February 2012

Duncan Grant (artist), EM Forster (author), Clive Bell (art critic) and his mistress Mary Hutchins

Wednesday 17th October 2012

HIDDEN TREASURES of MADRID, TOLEDO & EL ESCORIAL & the PRADO

Gail Turner

Gail Turner is an historian, art historian and painter. She has lectured for NADFAS since 1992, and lectures regularly for The Art Fund, Cambridge University International Summer Schools, the V&A, and has led tours to Spain. She lectured in the Prado and Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid 1983-5.

Booking dates: 8th August and 12th September 2012

View of Toledo from the Parador

Bookings can be made at the two lecture meetings prior to a Special Interest Day. Bookings together with payment cheque made payable to WDFAS are accepted on a first come first served basis. Bookings are open to members and their guests. If an event is oversubscribed, names will be entered, in order of application, on a standby list if the member so wishes.

Enquiries about Special Interest Days can be emailed to our Special Interest Days committee member, Jennifer Rothera, at sids@weybridgedfas.org.uk