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Our Events

We organise a programme of social and cultural events for our members throughout the year. Our monthly illustrated talks are open to all!

Find out more about our upcoming and recent events below.

Upcoming Events

Southampton's Gems
Wed 28 Jan
Ally Hayes and Wendy Stokes present an illustrated tour of Southampton's City Parks
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A Skeleton Key to William Blake
Wed 25 Feb
Join artist and writer Christopher Bucklow for February's illustrated talk.
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Basingstoke does have a History!
Wed 25 Mar
Join archaeologist Jenny Stevens for March's illustrated talk.
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A Cornish Sketchbook
Wed 29 Apr
Join artist Brian Elwell for April's illustrated talk.
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Tour of the Medieval Vaults in Southampton's Old Town
Wed 06 May
Save the date for an expert-led tour of subterranean Southampton!
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The Making of Milestones
Wed 27 May
Join curator Gary Wragg for May's illustrated talk.
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Landscape, Thought and Cultural Memory
Wed 24 Jun
Join photographer Guy Moreton for June's illustrated talk.
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Recent Talks

10 Minute Talks at Tudor House

Ben Johnson: What's hiding in the studio?

Digital Masquerades

Artist Drives: Artist Talks

Albert and the Whale

AGM 2023 + Unmasking the Subversive Artist

Baroque Gestures - on canvas and on stage

Art and English Weather: From the Romans to the Present Day

My Life in Art: Thirty Years at John Hansard Gallery

Mayflower 400 Southampton Project: Oral History

A Pageant Truly Play'd: Constance Smedley and Maxwell Armfield

Painting the Town

Toshihide to Tesco - Why do buildings look the way they do?

L.S. Lowry

Renaissance to Baroque: Materials, Composition and Narrative

A neglected little gem of 1946

Oh when the saints... All about Anglo-Saxon Saints

The Women in Tutankhamun's Life

Fractured Britannia: Material Culture and the End of Roman Britain

Shadows in Art: From the Ancient Greeks to Contemporary Art

Francis Bacon

Kenneth Clark and The War Artists Advisory Committee

Conflicting Views: Pacifist Artists

The Women's Euros Project

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