Stokesley University of the Third Age- Art History Group

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Stokesley and District U3A - the University of the Third Age

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Art History Group

Several informal Art History courses and lectures have been written and presented for members of Stokesley and District U3A. The first of these courses, on Impressionism and the Impressionists, ran from January to June 2006 and was enthusiastically received, as was the course on Understanding Paintings, which ran from January to June 2007.

All meetings are held in Stokesley Community Centre, Activity Room 2, on the first Thursday of each month. A charge of £1 is made to pay for the room. (Note the change of venue; we are no longer meeting in the Town Hall.)

January's meeting is cancelled because of the severe weather.

The format for our meetings in 2010 will again be in three parts:

Painting of the Month - A detailed look at a famous painting
Your favourite painting or artist - Members talk about a favourite painting or artist for 10-15 minutes (or longer if you want). Talk about it in your own words, or do some research using books and the Internet. Everyone joins in a discussion of the painting or artist.
Art movements/styles - A survey of 800 years of Western art history as seen through the different art movements/styles.

January (Thursday 7th, 10-12)

Meeting cancelled - bad weather!

February (Thursday 4th, 10-12)
Favourite Painting or Artist – David Smith to talk on Alexander Calder’s mobiles
Painting of the Month – Wright of Derby’s An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump 1768
Art Movement/Style – French Baroque

March (Thursday 4th , 10-12)
Favourite Painting or Artist – Mike Petrie to talk on The Pitmen Painters
Painting of the Month – Dali’s The Persistence of Memory 1931
Art Movement/Style – Rococo – French Rococo

April (Thursday 1st, 10-12)
Favourite Painting or Artist – To be announced
Painting of the Month – David’s The Death of Marat 1793
Art Movement/Style – Late Baroque Italy and Rococo in Italy

May (Thursday 6th, 10-12)
Favourite Painting or Artist – To be announced
Painting of the Month – Manet’s The Bar at the Folies-Bergere 1882
Art Movement/Style – The 18th-century British School

June (Thursday 3rd, 10-12)
Favourite Painting or Artist – To be announced
Painting of the Month – Botticelli’s Primavera c.1482
Art Movement/Style – Neoclassicism

Stokesley and District U3A

Registered Charity Number 1117650