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Past Events

The Events Committee arranges the majority of the Company’s social events and is always keen to receive suggestions from Liverymen and Freemen. Events the Arts Scholars have run in the past are listed below, with the most recent event shown first.

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2025 Holiday: Holland & the Dutch Masters

8 Sept 2025

Location:

Haarlem, Deft, Rotterdam

The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars presents Holland & the Dutch Masters.

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Fish & Chips Lunch

15 Aug 2025

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. The lunch will include Fish and chips, a glass of wine, dessert of the day, coffee and chocolates and a staff gratuity.

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Chelsea Riverside Walking Tour

5 Aug 2025

Location:

Meet at Carlyle Square bus stop (KD) on south side of Kings Road

Join fellow Arts Scholar, Christopher Claxton Stevens, for a Chelsea Riverside Walking Tour. Principal attractions are major historic houses, including Crosby Hall (exterior only), 19th century artists’ dwellings, the site of the Chelsea Porcelain factory, the village church (hopefully with a visit inside) and Cremorne Gardens. The tour will finish on Lots Road.

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Cockpit Studios Bloomsbury

8 Jul 2025

Location:

Cockpit Yard, Northington St, London WC1N 2NP

We will visit Cockpit Studios, a top venue for contemporary artists. There, we will meet three leading artists: Katharine Coleman MBE (glass engraver), Clunie Fretton (wood carver), and Ute Decker (artist jeweller).

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Members' Social Dinner

23 Jun 2025

Location:

Coopers Restaurant & Bar, 49 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PF

Join other Arts Scholars for an informal early evening social dinner. This event will provide the perfect opportunity to chat, network and simply have time to get to know one another during a relaxed evening.

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Installation Ceremony & Dinner

5 Jun 2025

Location:

Apothecaries' Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6ER

Arts Scholars and their guests are invited to attend the installation ceremony of Master Elect, Deborah Charles, as the eighteenth Master Arts Scholar.
The other officers to be installed are: Roy Sully as Deputy Master, John Benjamin as Upper Warden, Sonya Zuckerman as Middle Warden and Mary Foster as Renter Warden.
Afterwards there will be a reception and dinner to celebrate this important occasion.

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Guided Tour of Hall Place, Bexley

4 Jun 2025

Location:

Bourne Road, Bexley DA5 1PQ

Hall Place, a hidden gem, was built in 1537 for Lord Mayor Sir John Champneys, it was then purchased by Sir Robert Austin who added a wing in 1649. The house in set in 65 hectares of garden. The visit includes a guided tour of the house and an unguided tour of the gardens.

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Arts Scholars Anniversary Garden Party

17 May 2025

Location:

Claydon Gardens, Claydon Estate, Middle Claydon BUCKS, MK18 2EX

The Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants are delighted to mark the 21st anniversary of the creation of the Arts Scholars Guild and the 11th anniversary of reaching Livery status by holding a celebratory lunch party in the Walled Gardens at Claydon Estate with the kind permission of fellow Arts Scholar Alexandra Verney and her husband Nicholas.

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Visit to the Garrick Club and Lunch

9 May 2025

Location:

15 Garrick Street London WC2E 9AY

The Garrick Club moved to its present premises in 1864; it houses the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art and has over 1000 paintings, drawings and pieces of sculpture on display. Artists represented in the collection include Johan Zoffany, Thomas Lawrence and John Everett Millais, whilst paintings of every major British actor of note, from David Garrick to Michael Gambon, hang on the Club walls.

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Fish & Chips Lunch

2 May 2025

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. The lunch will include Fish and chips, a glass of wine, dessert of the day, coffee and chocolates and a staff gratuity.

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