Arts Buzz February 2022

https://mailchi.mp/ec28cc2bbb5c/arts-buzz-june-20135946?e=f08d67a66dVolume 15 Issue 2: February 22
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Dear Members, 

With so many festivals in February celebrating the start of spring and new beginnings, be it the Chinese New Year, the Celtic Imbolc or the Ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, and Saint Valentine's Day, one can not help but feel the warmth from all the red and white colour themes of these celebrations.
I feel in a small way that our second live lecture of the year also celebrates these tentative new beginnings of coming together, sharing the lectures and opportunities that The Arts Society gives.
We are showing a good return to pre-pandemic membership numbers and I hope that we can build on this network of like-minded people which brings us together through a shared curiosity for the arts. New or re-joining members are most welcome throughout the year and Carrie, Membership Secretary, is happy to take your enquiries.

We are delighted to share some news regarding a new venture with The Arts Society, Trails of Discovery branch. Together, we have jointly produced a new Railway Trail of Discovery that is free at point of use to all passengers travelling on the St. Erth to St. Ives Branch Line. This is the second in a series of National Railway Trails of Discovery that invites the passenger to engage with the view from the window. We hope you will all consider scanning the QR code on your next trip and see from the train what you never knew before. (More information in ArtsBuzz) 
Our thanks go to Liz Woods, Pauline Stewart and Jane Royle for putting this activity together. Personally, I can't wait to tell visitors (and locals) to hop on the train for a fine day out to St.Ives!

We look forward to welcoming you next Thursday to this month's talk on The Whole Art of the Book. I'd like to share this quote with you, one that I value: "A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time—proof that humans can work magic." —Carl Sagan

Best wishes from
Samme & TASWC Committee
Samme Charlesworth
Chair

2022 Lecture Programme

Next Lecture this Thursday 10 February

Dominic Riley

A bookbinder, artist and teacher. He first learned bookbinding at 16 from Benedictine Monks at Douai Abbey in Berkshire and later at the London College of Printing. He has worked at the V&A, and for various binderies in London, New York and San Francisco, and spends part of the year teaching across the USA. He has his bindery in the Lake District, from where he travels across the UK teaching master classes and lecturing. He is Vice President of the Society of Bookbinders and was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2008. His binding work is mostly the restoration of antiquarian books and Design Bindings. He has won many prizes in the Designer Bookbinders competition, including both first prizes and the Mansfield Silver Medal in 2007. His bindings are in collections worldwide, including the British Library and the John Rylands Library in Manchester. In 2010 he bound a special copy of the winner of the Booker Prize which was presented to the author. In June 2013 he won first prize in the prestigious Sir Paul Getty International Bookbinding Competition. His winning binding was acquired by the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

                    Thursday 10 February 2022, Zennor Auditorium 7:30pm

The Whole Art of the Book

Why was the best paper made from the worn out clothes of peasants? Why did leather have to be tanned outside the city walls? Why is gold leaf so thin that it is measured in atoms and cannot be touched with the hands? Why do printers have to do everything upside down and backwards? Why did gold finishers get paid more than other bookbinders despite not washing their hair? And why is the art of bookbinding itself, surely the most complex of all hand crafts, as beguiling and enchanting today as it was when it was invented on the banks of the Nile 2,000 years ago. This lecture is a ‘Through the Round Window’ for grown-ups, and tells the fascinating story of everything that makes a traditional hand bound book. 

Raffle Prize £1 per ticket

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope.

The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate.

Up and coming  Lecture  - 10 March 2022

Christopher Garibaldi 
From Biscuits to Blouses: Garibaldi and the British.
The amazing life of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Romantic, heroic, he had an almost fanatical devotion, influencing the British and contemporary artistic fashions of the period. 

LIMITED PLACES - BOOK NOW

MONKS ARTISTS SAINTS
Tour of  St Hilary Church and Heritage Centre

Wednesday 23 February 2022 2.00 pm at St Hilary Church

Explore its unique art collection and learn about its celebrated history

£6.00 including refreshments in aid of the art restoration fund.

St Hilary Church has a rich and colourful history and is visually stunning.  It houses a unique array of paintings, many of which depict scenes from the lives of Cornish and other saints.  Most were created by the artists of the Newlyn School in the 1920’s & 30’s through their links with Father Bernard Walk (the vicar) and his wife Anne who was an artist. Ernest and Dod Procter, Harold Harvey, Gladys Hynes, Harold Knight, Anne Walke, Roger Fry and a series by Joan Manning Sanders, a child prodigy are among the artists. Founded by the monks of St Michael’s Mount the Church is a grade 1 listed building with the churchyard being a scheduled Ancient Monument with Cornish Crosses and inscribed stones. Adjacent to the Church is a Heritage Centre with descriptive panels reflecting the rich and varied history of this part of Cornwall.

Book a Place here

New! Railway Trail of Discovery -
St Erth to St Ives Trail by Train

A scenic journey by train with interesting stories free!
Scan the QR code above on your device 
or see the trail pdf file here
 Click here

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THESE EVENTS COMING IN 2022:

• A third visit to the Penzance hidden treasure of the Jewish Cemetery in spring 2022 (bookings open March 2022)
• Walk and Talk with Professor Michelle Brown to Carn Euny Iron Age Village and Fogu
• A self-driven visit to Castle Drogo, a 20th century castle overlooking the Teign Gorge

Yes! - I'd like to join The Arts Society West Cornwall

Don't forget to gift a Golden Guest Ticket to a friend to attend any lecture before the summer recess for free.

We hope you can help to give a boost to our membership by inviting
like-minded friends to try us out.
You will receive one Golden Guest Ticket 
with your 2022 programme card.
 

(voucher has no no monetary value & one per household)

Membership £55
Joint Membership £100
Student Membership £21 (under 21 free)

Just a little reminder that being a member of Arts Society West Cornwall enables you to enjoy and participate in all of the following:
The Arts Society on a local level: -

• Admission to top quality and diverse monthly lectures by Accredited Lecturers, specialists in their field
• Invitations to exclusive member events, trips, workshops and study days
• A monthly newsletter ‘Arts Buzz’ keeping you up to date by email on forthcoming lectures, activities and the local arts scene
• Opportunity to volunteer on arts volunteering projects
• Follow and share on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

In addition to all these benefits, you will have from the National Arts Society based in London: -

• Arts Society glossy magazine subscription
• Regular newsletters and updates emailed to your inbox 
• Special offers on purchases, tickets and travel
• Opportunities to take part in specially tailored tours within the UK and overseas
• Access to hands-on and in-depth study days 
• Linked access to The Arts Society ‘Connected’ – specialist on-line lectures and Instant Expert articles featuring our Accredited Lecturers.

Do visit the website to find out more
New members are welcome, use your free guest voucher! 
Our programme runs from January to December, become a member today.

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