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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
Wed, 24 AprSouthampton City Art Gallery24 Apr 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Andrew Holmes for April's illustrated talk on his work as a contemporary artist.
Wed, 29 MayBanqueting Hall, Tudor House & Garden29 May 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTBanqueting Hall, Tudor House & Garden, Bugle St, Southampton SO14 2AD, UKJoin Paul Finn for May's illustrated talk, taking a 300-year tour through the construction of European art.
Wed, 27 MarSouthampton City Art Gallery27 Mar 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 GMTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Peter Jones for March's illustrated talk on a poetry and art collection inspired by the ruins of wartime Southampton.
Wed, 28 FebSouthampton City Art Gallery28 Feb 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 GMTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Professor Philip Hoare for February's illustrated talk on the natural art of the master painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer.
Wed, 31 JanSouthampton City Art Gallery31 Jan 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 GMTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Emeritus Professor Tom Watson, for January's illustrated talk, all about the history of English saints.
Wed, 29 NovSouthampton City Art Gallery29 Nov 2023, 10:30 – 12:30 GMTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKWe're combining our 2023 Annual General Meeting with Deborah Goatley-Birch's rescheduled art history talk. Admission free!
Wed, 25 OctSouthampton City Art Gallery25 Oct 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Egyptologist Hilary Wilson for October's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member / £4.00 student.
Wed, 27 SeptSouthampton City Art Gallery27 Sept 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Ian Caddy for September's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member / £4.00 student.
Sat, 12 AugGod's House Tower12 Aug 2023, 11:00 – 14:00God's House Tower, Town Quay, Road, Southampton SO14 2NY, UKFoSMAG members are invited for an exclusive tour of God's House Tower. Admission £5.00.- Wed, 26 JulSouthampton City Art Gallery26 Jul 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin FoSMAG's Deborah Goatley-Birch for July's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member / £4.00 student.
Wed, 28 JunSouthampton City Art Gallery28 Jun 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin archaeologist Richard Henry for June's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member / £4.00 student
Wed, 14 JunTudor House & Garden14 Jun 2023, 15:00 – 17:00 BSTTudor House & Garden, Bugle St, Southampton SO14 2AD, UKOur summer afternoon tea event returns for 2023, with special guest speaker, restaurateur and BBC MasterChef champion Shelina Permalloo!
Wed, 31 MaySouthampton City Art Gallery31 May 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin FoSMAG's Jenny Leonard for May's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member.
Wed, 26 AprSouthampton City Art Gallery26 Apr 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Emeritus Professor William Vaughan of Birkbeck College for April's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member.
Wed, 29 MarSouthampton City Art Gallery29 Mar 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 BSTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Emeritus Professor Stephen Foster MBE for March's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member.
Wed, 22 FebSouthampton City Art Gallery22 Feb 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 GMTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Alex Faulkner, Director of the Toshidama Gallery, for February's illustrated talk. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member.
Wed, 25 JanSouthampton City Art Gallery25 Jan 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 GMTSouthampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKJoin Patrick Baty for an illustrated talk on the life and work of this Polish artist, who was his great-grandmother. Admission: £4.00 FoSMAG member / £6.00 non-member.
Wed, 14 DecSouthampton City Art Gallery14 Dec 2022, 10:30 – 11:30Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UKFoSMAG members and partners are warmly invited to our Christmas Party! Admission is £6.00 a head.
Recent illustrated talks
Recent illustrated talks
FoSMAG's monthly illustrated talks are open to all. We invite interesting and expert speakers who deliver illustrated talks on culture, heritage and the arts.
We've recently begun recording talks and hosting them online, for the benefit of members who can't attend in person. We periodically circulate a list of available talks and access details via email to all current FoSMAG members.
Our talks cover a wide range of local, national and international themes. Titles and speakers for the past two years are listed below.
Deborah Goatley-Birch presenting our November 2022 gallery talk on the history of women's football and the Women's Euro 2022 arts project.
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