Free Lunchtime Talks

Look out for details of Free Lunchtime Talks, held in conjunction with the current exhibition programme.  Talks are usually held at 1pm in The Brew House, which can be found in the Courtyard of Guildford House Gallery. 

Call 01483 444742 to reserve your seat or book by email to [email protected]

 Thursday 12 February 2004 - Talk by Pat Campbell Hunt - 'David Hockey : An artist for our time".  This talk accompanies the David Hockney exhibition of Grimms Fairy Tale etchings taking place from 10 January to 13 March 2004

Saturday 21 February 2004 - Talk by Janet Dowling - Storyteller "Sex Lies and Videotape: The Brothers Grimm Experience". From the day the Grimm Brothers published their collection of folk tales, both have been the subject of controversy.  Where did they get the stories from?  Did they sex the stories up, or did they tone them down? Did they rewrite them to suite the moral climate, or are they really "as told" to them?  What has been the impact of Disney on the way the tales are told? More importantly - have the stories passed their "use by" date - or do they still have a value for us today? This talk accompanies the David Hockney exhibition of Grimms Fairy Tale etchings taking place from 10 January to 13 March 2004

Womens Festival Week

Tuesday 9 March 2004 - Talk by Hilary Underwood 'Witches and Sirens: The Fatal Woman in Victorian Art.  Hilary Underwood explores the sinister glamour of witches and sirens, enchantresses and mermaids, entrapping men with their beauty, their rich jewels and their flowing hair.  This talk introduces both well known and unfamiliar images by a wide range of Victorian artists including Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Waterhouse.  In Victorian England, most women led restricted and subordinate lives, so why did so many Victorian artists create fantasies of powerful and destructive women?  Come and find out!

Hilary Underwood, popular local lecturer, teaches art history on the University of Surrey's Open studies programme and on its part-time BA for adult students.  She also works regularly at the Watts Gallery in Compton.

Wednesday 10 March 2004 - Talk by Matthew Alexander ' Mistress of the House - Middle class women in 17th century Guildford'

Wednesday 24 March 2004 - talk by Jennie Last 'Applique around the world' - This talk accompanies the Guildford Quilters Exhibition taking place from 18 March to 30 March.

Thursday 6 May 2004 - talk by Marion May 'A Nice Piece of Skirt - Hems and Hemlines 1868 to 1968'.  This talk accompanies the Nice Piece of Skirt costume exhibition in the Garden Room from 3 April to 12 June 2004