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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.
Livery Dinner
28 Oct 2024
Location:
Pewterers' Hall, Oat Lane, London EC2V 7DE
The Livery Dinner is the only Company event specifically designed for Liverymen. It provides a rare opportunity for Liverymen to get together and spend a convivial evening in each other's company. This year, the dinner will be held in the wonderful surroundings of Pewterers' Hall. To mark this special occasion the guest speaker on the evening will be Arts Scholar, Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC.
Mithras Lecture: "The Light of the World" by William Holman Hunt
23 Oct 2024
Location:
St Paul's Cathedral
The Mithras lecture is the Arts Scholars’ flagship annual lecture, and this year it will be given by leading art historian, publisher and broadcaster Dr Carol Jacob, Curator of British Art 1850-1915 at Tate Britain. In the lecture, entitled “The Light of the World’ by William Holman Hunt”, Carol will give an account of the history and significance of this remarkable painting. "The Light of the World" is a pre-Raphaelite picture painted by in 1904.
A drinks reception with canapes will follow.
Master's Tour of Norwich
3 Oct 2024
Location:
Maids Head Hotel, Tombland, Norwich, NR3 1LB
Exclusively tailored for the Arts Scholars, this four-day tour includesthe principal historic sites and highlights in and around the city ofNorwich including: The Great Hospital, the Castle Museum, NorwichCathedral, the Sainsbury Centre and Kirkstead Hall. Special privatetours, with our own guides, are also included.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
26 Sept 2024
Location:
Gallery Road, London SE21 7AD
A wonderful opportunity to visit the Dulwich Picture Gallery, guided by Rupert Maas, to see the world-famous permanent collection, together with the temporary exhibition “Yoshida, Three generations of Japanese Printmaking”. Rupert Mass is one of the country’s best known and most informed art dealers.
Buckingham Palace Private Visit (20th September)
20 Sept 2024
Location:
Buckingham Palace
Second of two private visit to the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace by fellow Arts Scholar Dr Richard Williams who will guide us. Please see further information to be found at link below.
Buckingham Palace Private Visit (19th September)
19 Sept 2024
Location:
Buckingham Palace
First of two private visit to the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace by fellow Arts Scholar Dr Richard Williams who will guide us. Please see further information to be found at link below.
Common Hall & Dinner
12 Sept 2024
Location:
Armourers' Hall, 81 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ
Arts Scholars are invited to attend this year's Common Hall to hear about the Company's activities over the past year, listen to future plans and put questions to the various committees: Charity, Communications, Education, Events, Finance and Membership.
After the formal proceedings have concluded there will be a reception in the Gold Drawing Room, followed by a dinner in the Livery Hall. Members who wish to attend Common Hall but not stay for the dinner should not register for this event, but contact the Clerk
Wernher Collection & Fan Museum, Greenwich
22 Aug 2024
Location:
Greenwich / Blackheath
Discover two little-known museum gems in Greenwich and Blackheath: Ranger’s House with the stupendous collection of Renaissance treasures of the Wernher Collection, and the Fan Museum which the world’s first museum for the preservation and display of hand fans.
The Werher Collection will be visited in the morning and the Fan Museum in the afternoon. Lunch will be at own expense.
Fish & Chips Lunch
16 Aug 2024
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.
Visit to The Royal Hospital Chelsea
2 Jul 2024
Location:
RHC, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR
The Royal Hospital Chelsea, home to the iconic Chelsea Pensioners, continues to serve as the nation’s first ever home for army veterans. Arts Scholars will be given a private walking tour led by a resident Chelsea Pensioner. We will marvel at Sir Christopher Wren’s stunning buildings, hear the captivating stories of the RHC’s inhabitants – both past and present – and learn what life is like for today’s veteran at the Royal Hospital.