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Bushey Decorative and Fine Arts Society

The Society meets from September to July, on the 4th Tuesday of every month and is a member of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies. The meetings take the form of lectures, starting at 8.00pm at the Bushey Centre (adjacent to the Bushey Country Club), High Street, Bushey. The annual subscription rate is ?35.00 single; ?67.00 double; with ?5.00 being charges for visitors.

Details of lectures:
Study Day - 10.30am-3.30pm (?15.00 for members & ?18.00 for non-members).
* 4th November 2008 - Andrea Palladio 1508-1580; Lecturer Launce Gribben.

Lectures:
* 23rd September 2008 - British Architecture Now! by Anthea Streeter;
* 28th October 2008 - Wilfred Owen: Poetry and Art of the First World War by Denis Moriarty;
* 25th November 2008 - Is Christmas in Good Taste? by David Phillips;
* 27th January 2009 - Epstein by Linda Smith;
* 24th February 2009 - Art Crime: Fakes and Forgeries by Malcolm Kenwoodth;
* 24th March 2009 - Photography as Art, An Overview by Marina Viazey;
* 28th April 2009 - Picturing People: the Victorians Portrayed by Lizzie Derbyshire;
* 26th May 2009 - Bernini by Edward Saunders;
* 23rd June 2009 - Charles Darwin and the Voyage of HMS Beagle by James Taylor;
* 28th July 2009 - Pre Lecture AGM at 7.45pm. Music on the Grand Tour by Peter Medhurst.