THE ARTS SOCIETY NADDER VALLEY
Our monthly programme is available to members only. Guests of members are welcome for a fee of £10.00 per lecture or £5.00 for students (14-22 years of age)
Lectures are held at The Nadder Centre, Weaveland Road, Tisbury, SP3 6HJ and start at 6.30 pm unless otherwise stated.
STUDY DAYS 2026-27
Study Days incur an extra charge and include refreshments. Members are welcome to invite guests for an additional charge. Where demand exceeds places, however, Members will continue to have priority.
Our study days offer a more in depth examination of a particular topic.e
Full days begin at 10:00am for a 10:30am start and finish at 3.15pm. Half day sessions run for approximately two and a half hours morning or afternoon. Half Days include light refreshments, Full Days include a light lunch.
Sign up for Study Days via the link on the Monthly Newsletter.
Please note 'Monet: Roots, Branches and Reflections', originally scheduled for Nov 26 has, regrettably, been cancelled due to the indisposition of the lecturer, Caroline Holmes. We hope that you enjoy our alternative offering, The Spanish Golden Age!
The Spanish Golden Age (el Siglo de Oro)
with Marta Cacho Casal
Wednesday 18th November 2026
10 am - 3.15 pm
This three-part study day explores the extraordinary artistic achievements of Spain's Golden Age (Siglo de Oro), a period which coincides with the late Renaissance and Baroque. We will analyse the cultural brilliance that unfolded alongside the rise of the Spanish Empire, and which came with a deep social, political, and religious change. The study day will start with an introduction to the painting and sculpture of the Spanish Golden Age and then go on to look at the work and life of 2 major artists Francisco de Zurbaran and Diego Velazquez.
Together, these lectures offer an introduction to some of the artists, ideas, and masterpieces that defined one of the most remarkable periods in European art history.
Image - Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, 1633. Francisco de Zurbaran. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Poet in Paint:
The Art and Life of Paul Nash
(1889-1946)
with David Boyd Haycock
Wednesday 10th February 2027
Half Day Study Period -10 am - 1.15 pm
Paul Nash was one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century, and one who united the pastoral and mystical tradition embodied by English artists such as William Blake and Samuel Palmer, with the modern European movements of Futurism, Surrealism and Abstraction. Based on the lecturer’s books Paul Nash (2002) and A Crisis of Brilliance (2009), this study day explores Nash’s life, from his discovery of the English landscape as a young boy, through his artistic education at the Slade, to his experiences as an official war artist in both World Wars.
Image - Battle of Britain by Paul Nash (1941), Imperial War Museums
