The Master invites members of the Court (current and past) of the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars to join him at a reception and dinner following the 2024 Election Court Meeting.

A special opportunity for six of our younger members and award winners to showcase their lives and careers. The speakers will be Sophie Croft (Objects Conservator specialising in ceramics and related materials), Lewis Browning (business getter in Dawson’s Auctioneers' new Valuations Department), Alexandra Verney (custodian of the Claydon Estate and Council member for the National Trust), Joseph Trinder (Director and joint owner of Wotton Auction Rooms), Henrietta Hammant (Collections Coordinator at the Polar Museum, Cambridge) and Camilla Szymanowska (newly-appointed Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Bakers).

A reception with wine and nibbles will follow, concluding about 9 pm.

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.

Arts Scholars will be given an exclusive and private curator-led tour round the British Museum's new Archaeological Research Collection (BM ARC) located in a newly-opened purpose-built complex in Shinfield, outside Reading. Our guides will be the two members of staff with principal responsibilities for the success of the project.

This is a wonderful opportunity to view rarely seen artefacts previously housed in the BM's two Central London storage locations. An optional lunch (self-paid) at a local pub will follow the visit.

The Master Arts Scholar, Graham Barker, invites you to join him at the Company’s Annual Banquet, which will be held at Goldsmiths' Hall, in the presence of The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress.

You will dine in the magnificently proportioned Livery Hall with its Corinthian columns and richly decorated moulded ceiling in gold leaf. The four matching chandeliers of English glass, supplied by Perry and Co. in 1835, now electrified internally, each hold forty-eight candles.

Arts Scholar Tara Draper-Stumm will be talking to us about the Sekhmet statues of Amenhotep III (c.1390-1352 BC) and their dispersal from Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries. Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun, built many great monuments and statues, some in preparation for his jubilee or Sed festival in year 30 of his reign. The Sekhmet statues, which may have numbered 800-1000, would appear to have been a key element of this event, the highlight of his reign.

Tara, an art and architectural historian, is currently in the final stages of writing her PhD thesis at Cardiff University on the Sekhmet statues of Amenhotep III.

Arts Scholars are privileged to be offered a private, bespoke tour of the State- and Semi-State Apartments of Windsor Castle including the Crimson Drawing Room which is only accessible to the public during winter months and the Green Drawing Room which is never open to the public.

Our guides will be Learning Curator (Richard Williams) and Curator of Decorative Arts (Sally Goodsir) both of the Royal Collection Trust.There will be drinks at the end of the tour.

Arts Scholars and their guests are invited to join a combined Clockmakers, Arts Scholars and Nurses Livery Companies Carol Service on Wednesday 13 December 2023 at St James Garlickhythe. This will be a traditional service of carols and lessons conducted by Father Timothy Handley with music from members of St James’s choir and organist. The service will be followed by a reception in the church.

Exclusive private visit to the London Mithraeum for members of the Arts Scholars who have recently joined, followed by drinks and canapes at Browns Brasserie and Bar.

This event is aimed at Arts Scholars who have recently joined the Company. In addition to the tour, the Master will give a brief talk about the Company and its Charity.

Our Honorary Chaplain, The Revd Canon Roger Hall MBE, invites Arts Scholars and their guests to attend an Advent Carol Service on Sunday 3 December 2023 in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower of London. This is a family service, and all are welcome.