| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Convenor: | |
| Group email: | Art Appreciation group |
| When: | Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00-12:00 4th Tuesday of the month |
| Venue: | Mapperley Plains Social Club Concert Room |
| Cost: | £1 per person per session |
Please be aware no previous expertise needed, and there are no right or wrong opinions!
The aim: A sharing of our common interest; learning about unfamiliar areas of art and benefitting from observations and the comments of others
The sessions: A wide range of topics including themes, artists, movements, genres and materials, both from art history and contemporary. Visits to exhibitions when the opportunity arises. Discussion and sharing. The most common format will be a slide show presentation
Advice: Please be prompt to each session as there will be a lot to pack in, and if you could bring the right money that would be great! There will be a comfort break mid-way. Please bring your own refreshments to sip during the sessions and 'munchies' if you're likely to feel peckish..
Venue: The main hall of the Social Centre (where general monthly MaD meetings take place)
Room Hire Contribution: New year- from October 2026 £3
PLEASE : Although all members are welcome for each monthly session. if you decide the group is not really for you, for whatever reason, or you can no longer make the commitment please let me know.
Tuesday 27th October, 2026
Tuesday 24th November 2026
Seasonally appropriate, with the staving off of shadows and darkness during winter, this talk deals with all aspects of shadows created in art across time and genres. We explore the history, impact and psychology of shadows in art
Please note, as ever, there will be no Art Appreciation session on 22nd December, as it's too near Christmas for our busy members. But hope to welcome you back in 2027! Seasonal Greetings and a Happy New Year!!
Tuesday 26th January 2027
Confused or not by Cubism? Even if you love or hate this Movement, we'll be looking at the Cubist Movement and getting a handle on it. We'll also be seeing Picasso and Braques' influence on contemporary and future artists as well as the importance their experimentation had on the development of modern art.
