Lecture Theatre Interior

Lectures Programme

The Isle of Man Decorative and Fine Arts Society arrange an annual programme of lectures. Speakers from the Isle of Man, the UK and further afield present lectures covering a wide range of subjects including decorative arts, individual artists, art movements, music, architecture and history.

Lectures will start promptly at 11.30am at the Manx Museum Lecture Theatre

Members who wish to bring a guest at £10 per lecture, (students free) please .

Lectures Programme 2011-2012


Tales of a Mysterious Land: Landscapes, Legends and Archeology in Ethiopia

20th September 2011
11:30 a.m.

Louise Schofield

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Pedlars and Hawkers in the Arts

18th October 2011
11.30 a.m.

Terry Pearson

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Heraldry for the Church Recorder

15th November 2011
11.30 a.m.

Charles Burnett

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Pretty Witty Nell Gwyn and her Rivals: A Christmas Entertainment

13th December 2011
11.30 a.m.

Mince pies and mulled wine will be available after the lecture in the Seminar Room

Nicholas Reed

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Lee Miller and Roland Penrose at Farley Farm

17th January 2012
11.30 a.m.

Anthony Penrose

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Now you see it, now you don’t – the Art of Deception: Optical Illusion, Camouflage and Trompe L’Oeil

21st February 2012
11.30 a.m.

Bertie Pearce

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Poetry, Passion and Painting: The Pre-Raphaelites

20th March 2012
11.30 a.m.

Michael Howard

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Buildings of Liverpool

17th April 2012
11.30 a.m.

Elizabeth Newell

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Cardiff Castle: A Welsh Victorian Camelot

15th May 2012
11.30a.m.

Matthew Williams

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The Golden Age of Jewellery 1900-1935

19th June 2012
11.30 a.m.

Joanna Hardy

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Old Nobles Hospital which is now the Manx Museum and our venue for lectures.