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Upcoming Events
The Events Committee arranges the majority of the Company’s social events and is always keen to receive suggestions from Liverymen and Freemen. Upcoming events are listed below, with the next event shown first.

2023 United Guilds Service
23 Mar 2023
Location:
St Paul's Cathedral
The Company has been allocated 23 places at this years’ service. Priority will be given to Liverymen and registration opened to Freemen after one week. Please email the Clerk if you wish to bring a guest. Names will be placed on a reserve list for allocation if places allow.
The service starts at 11.15 am. Those attending should be seated no later than by 10.45 am. A lunch afterwards at Apothecaries' Hall can be booked separately through the Clerk.
Start time:
10:45
Duration:
2hrs
Eligibility:
Members, with priority given to Liverymen

Admissions Ceremony
29 Mar 2023
Location:
Main Dining Room, Guildhall, Gresham Street, EC2Y 7HH
An admissions ceremony is one of the most important in any Livery Company calendar as it is here, we get the first opportunity to welcome our new Liverymen and Freemen. As is our custom, new Freemen will give a short narrative about themselves and their connection to the decorative arts.
This event is open to all Arts Scholars and once the formal part of the evening has been concluded there will be a reception culminating at 9.00 pm.
Start time:
17:30
Duration:
2hrs 30mins
Eligibility:
Members & Guests

The Clockworks Museum - morning tour at 11am
4 Apr 2023
Location:
Clockworks Museum, 6 Nettlefold Place, London SE27 0JW
A private guided tour in the morning of the museum, library and workshop. Dedicated to the field of electrical clocks from the mid-nineteenth century to to the 1970’s. Dr James Nye, the founder and owner, will give an in-depth tour detailing the history of electrical timekeeping using working clocks as examples which includes astronomical regulators. If you have any clocks that need repairing, here’s an opportunity, as tour includes a visit to the workshop which repairs clocks of all periods.
Start time:
10:00
Duration:
1hr 45mins
Eligibility:
Member + 1 guest

The Clockworks Museum - afternoon tour at 2pm
4 Apr 2023
Location:
Clockworks Museum, 6 Nettlefold Place, London SE27 0JW
A private guided tour in the morning of the museum, library and workshop. Dedicated to the field of electrical clocks from the mid-nineteenth century to to the 1970’s. Dr James Nye, the founder and owner, will give an in-depth tour detailing the history of electrical timekeeping using working clocks as examples which includes astronomical regulators. If you have any clocks that need repairing, here’s an opportunity, as tour includes a visit to the workshop which repairs clocks of all periods.
Start time:
13:00
Duration:
1hr 45mins
Eligibility:
Member + 1 guest

Eva Weininger Lecture: Betty Joel - Glamour and Innovation
27 Apr 2023
Location:
Watermens' Hall, 16-18 St Mary at Hill, London EC3R 8EF
Betty Joel was the leading Furniture designer and maker between the wars, with workshops in Kingston on Thames and a showroom at 25 Knightsbridge. She designed for members of the Royal Family, aristocracy, industrialists, hotels, businesses and shops and yet, with the advent of the second war, left the business and disappeared into obscurity.
Clive Stewart-Lockhart, an Arts Scholars Founder Liveryman, will explore her unlikely background, the development of the business, schemes that are recorded and look at pieces in public and private collections.
Start time:
18:00
Duration:
2hrs
Eligibility:
Member + 1 Guest

Fish & Chips Lunch
12 May 2023
Location:
City University Club, 42 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AP
The latest edition of an Arts Scholars tradition: the Friday Fish and Chips lunch at the City University Club. Please note a slightly changed format: the lunch will include Fish and chips, a glass of wine, dessert of the day, coffee and chocolates and a staff gratuity.
Start time:
11:30
Duration:
2hrs 90mins
Eligibility:
Members + 1 guest

Tour of Durham - the land of the Prince Bishops
20 Jul 2023
Location:
Durham