The Arts Society Dukeries

Our next lecture takes place at 11am on Wednesday 1st October, at the Civic Centre in Carlton-in-Lindrick. Doors open at 10am.

Post-War Fashion and the Artists of Today
Mrs Connie Gray

As the world emerged from WWII and Christian Dior introduced his revolutionary ‘New Look’ in 1947, fashion illustration became pivotal to the success of a fashion industry that had struggled to survive the war years in Europe. Drawn by the masters of fashion illustration, their art dominated the front covers and pages of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar with their gloriously chic interpretations of the latest looks from the haute couture houses of Paris and London. Traditionally considered to be commercial art, this genre of art is now understood to be part of a lost school of Fine Art. Through this fascinating talk, discover the most influential names in post war fashion illustration, their differing approaches to documenting fashion for the stylish reader and why these remarkable fashion artists were the trendsetters of their time.

https://theartssociety.org/events/post-war-fashion-and-artists-today

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Post War Fashion and the Artists of Today | The Arts Society As the world emerged from WWII and Christian Dior introduced his revolutionary ‘New Look’ in 1947, fashion illustration became pivotal to the success of a fashion industry that had struggled to survive the war years in Europe. Drawn by the masters of fashion illustration, their art dominated the...

Places on our brand new children's Saturday art sessions are selling quickly!

So if you've got a budding artist in your life, make sure to grab a spot on the October session, where children will take inspiration from the historic clocks in our museum to make their own working clock.

Learn more and book: https://harleyfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/event/discover-art/

Did you know that St John’s has a children’s Trail of Discovery, created by The Arts Society Dukeries? This Open Day for Ride and Stride (Saturday 14th September, 10am-6pm) you’ll be able to follow the Trail and find the some of the most interesting features of our beautiful church and think about the history of the building and the people who have worshipped here.

…and when you’ve finished, reward yourselves with squash and cake from the refreshments table 😎

St John’s Church OPEN DAY for Ride and Stride 2024! On Saturday 14th September, 10am-6pm, come and explore this beautiful building at the historic heart of our community. Free refreshments available.

Come however you can, whether that is bicycle, mobility scooter, horse, car, bus, or your own two legs. We are close to a bus route (21 and 22, Worksop to Doncaster) and a bridle path, and we have plenty of parking.

If you want to participate further in the Ride and Stride event, go to www.ridestride.org for details of how to sign up. For a list of participating churches, see https://nottshistoricchurchestrust.org.uk/ridestride/infodocuments/. And please remember to sign the register - that will help us raise funds!

Where to go next? Please drop in at St Luke’s in Langold, which will be open from 2-6pm. Others of our neighbours who are taking part include St John's Worksop and St Mary’s, Blyth, of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill Churches.

We look forward to welcoming you.

- Saturday 14th September
- St John’s open 10am-6pm, Church Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop, Notts. S81 9EG
- St Luke’s open 2pm-6pm, Church Street, Langold, Worksop, Notts. S81 9NP

St John’s Church OPEN DAY for Ride and Stride 2024! On Saturday 14th September, 10am-6pm, come and explore this beautiful building at the historic heart of our community. Free refreshments available.

Come however you can, whether that is bicycle, mobility scooter, horse, car, bus, or your own two legs. We are close to a bus route (21 and 22, Worksop to Doncaster) and a bridle path, and we have plenty of parking.

If you want to participate further in the Ride and Stride event, go to www.ridestride.org for details of how to sign up. For a list of participating churches, see https://nottshistoricchurchestrust.org.uk/ridestride/infodocuments/. And please remember to sign the register - that will help us raise funds!

Where to go next? Please drop in at St Luke’s in Langold, which will be open from 2-6pm. Others of our neighbours who are taking part include St John's Worksop and St Mary’s, Blyth, of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill Churches.

We look forward to welcoming you.

- Saturday 14th September
- St John’s open 10am-6pm, Church Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop, Notts. S81 9EG
- St Luke’s open 2pm-6pm, Church Street, Langold, Worksop, Notts. S81 9NP

Every year on 4 September, the canons of Worksop’s medieval Priory celebrated the summer feast of their patron Saint Cuthbert.

On 31 August and 1 September 2024, explore this rich history through a mixture of public talks, family activities, music, and worship.

The highlight will be an early morning, candlelit Matins service for Saint Cuthbert, performed as it might have been known some 700 years ago, around the time of Worksop’s famous Tickhill Psalter.

This ancient, meditative service will feature what is possibly the very oldest surviving English music. Composed around 930 AD for King Athelstan, in honour of Saint Cuthbert (above), these special liturgical chants will resound across the Priory for the first time in 500 years.

Saturday 31 August

10am Tea and Coffee (Church)

10.30am– Family activities (Church)

11am History talks (Gatehouse)

The Office in Medieval Parish Churches - Paul Barnwell (University of Oxford)

Cuthbert, Durham, Worksop - Charlie Rozier (University of East Anglia)

1.30pm Introduction to act of worship (Church)

Cuthbert and the Night: Bringing a Forgotten History to Life - Henry Parkes (University of Nottingham)

2pm–5pm Open rehearsal of night liturgy (Church)

Sunday 1 September

5am Night Liturgy for the Translation of St Cuthbert

An opportunity to look around the parish church of the village where the Arts Society Dukeries meet. St John’s has two of our Trails of Discovery, one for children and a Memory Trail for people living with dementia. Both are fantastic ways to explore the church.

St John’s Church OPEN DAY for Ride and Stride 2024! On Saturday 14th September, 10am-6pm, come and explore this beautiful building at the historic heart of our community. Free refreshments available.

Come however you can, whether that is bicycle, mobility scooter, horse, car, bus, or your own two legs. We are close to a bus route (21 and 22, Worksop to Doncaster) and a bridle path, and we have plenty of parking.

If you want to participate further in the Ride and Stride event, go to www.ridestride.org for details of how to sign up. For a list of participating churches, see https://nottshistoricchurchestrust.org.uk/ridestride/infodocuments/. And please remember to sign the register - that will help us raise funds!

Where to go next? Please drop in at St Luke’s in Langold, which will be open from 2-6pm. Others of our neighbours who are taking part include St John's Worksop and St Mary’s, Blyth, of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill Churches.

We look forward to welcoming you.

- Saturday 14th September
- St John’s open 10am-6pm, Church Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop, Notts. S81 9EG
- St Luke’s open 2pm-6pm, Church Street, Langold, Worksop, Notts. S81 9NP

Do any of our members recognise any of these?

This is our lost property rail. There are numerous coats, scarves, hats and even a pair of joggers. Plenty of drinking cups too. Some of these items have been here for a long time. Please feel free to come and have a look to see if you recognise anything. We will be putting anythung left in the clothing bank at the end of the month.

we've a few tickets left for five quids worth of scary ghost stories with Doncaster actor John Deighton in the role of MR James
if you'd like to join us tomorrow night in the Dovecot please email me - [email protected] to book your place - and pay on the door. £5
its bring your own drinks but we will have tea and coffee.
Steel yourselves for a scary evening!

Just a reminder that we are open this weekend at The Dovecot Gallery and here is a program of FREE workshops that are taking place, the weekend includes puppetry, crochet workshop, painting workshop, Music, children's art workshops and all is FREE due to generous grants from The Dukeries Art and UK Shared Prosperity fund. there will be tea and cake as always and we are supporting NottinghamshireMind and Double Impact charities.
Come and drop in and do a bit of hands-on stuff

Proudly supported by The Arts Society Dukeries 😊

Thanks to Caroline Shenton Historian for a fascinating talk today on how the nation’s artworks were saved from the bombs in WW2!

We’re on our summer break now and we’ll be back on Wednesday 2nd October with our next lecture on post-war fashion. In the meantime, watch this space for news of our holiday to Cardiff and our arts and heritage activities. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎨🏰

Time is running out! ⌛

We want to hear your thoughts on our library service, which we deliver on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council. Have your say in our Adult Public Library User Survey and help shape the work we do going forward. The survey will take just a few minutes of your time, but be quick - it closes this Sunday, 7 July! 👉 https://bit.ly/3KUh0EX
Nottinghamshire County Council

Our next lecture takes place at 11am on Wednesday 3rd July, at the Civic Centre in Carlton-in-Lindrick. Doors open at 10am.

National Treasures - Saving the nation's art in the Second World War
Dr Caroline Shenton

This is the gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how a band of heroic curators and eccentric custodians saved Britain’s national heritage during our Darkest Hour. As Hitler’s forces gathered on the other side of the Channel to threaten these islands, men and women from London’s national museums, galleries and archives forged extraordinary plans to evacuate their collections to safety. Utilising country houses from Buckinghamshire to Cumbria, tube tunnels, Welsh mines and Wiltshire quarries, a dedicated team of unlikely heroes packed up their greatest treasures in a race against time during the sweltering summer of 1939, dispatching them throughout the country on a series of secret wartime adventures, retold in this talk.

https://theartssociety.org/events/national-treasures-1

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Bring on the summer (it's about time!)

Worksop Priory’s Thursday Midday Music continues. This is a series of short, free informal concerts featuring acclaimed classical musicians both local and visiting.

- Thursdays 12-12:30pm
- Free entry with coffee afterwards; voluntary collection
- Worksop Priory, Priorswell Road, Worksop, S80 2BW