The Arts Society Penang
The Arts Society Penang

Lectures & Bookings

	Tuesday 28 May 2019 at Ming Gallery Lecturer/presenter: ALEXANDRA DRYSDALE Red Vibrations: The Aesthetic and Emotional Significance of Red in Western Art, From Angelic Pink to Demonic Scarlet Colours are radiant energies that affect us positively and negatively, and red is the most forceful of all.
	Thursday 30 May 2019 at Green Mansion Lecturer/presenter: ALEXANDRA DRYSDALE Let there be Light: The Art and Science of Light in Painting 4.6 Billion years ago, a star was born and our sun started to shine. Soon after this the Earth and our other planets were formed and light began its eight minute flight to Earth.
	Thursday 27th June at the Peranakan Mansion (Green Mansion) at 6:30pm Lecturer/presenter: DAVID ROSIER The Dowager Empress Cixi (1835–1908) Ruling from Behind the Yellow Silk Screen This lecture seeks to provide a balanced insight into the life and achievements of one of the most important women in Chinese Imperial history.
	Saturday 29th June at the Ming Art Gallery from 10:30am Lecturer/presenter: DAVID ROSIER "Heavens Embroidered Cloth" The history and Development of Chinese Imperial Silk This lecture traces the origins of, plus myths that surround, Imperial Chinese Silk.
	Postponed Lecturer/presenter: VIV LAWES A Youthful World - Malaysian Fine Art in Half a Century Malaysia has a rich and vibrant artistic heritage, yet the country’s first art school was founded only fifty years ago.
	Thursday 26th Sept at the Peranakan Mansion (Green Mansion) at 6:30pm Lecturer/presenter: John Francis Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? Alfred Hitchcock was a film director and the ‘master of darkness’. He made over fifty feature films where we often see innocent people were caught up in circumstances beyond their control.