The Arts Society Penang
The Arts Society Penang

Lectures & Bookings

	February 2019 (date to be confirmed) Lecturer/presenter: STELLA GRACE LYONS Charles Rennie Mackintosh – more than just a tea room! Did you know that when Charles Rennie Mackintosh died, his entire estate was valued at just £88?
	February 2019 (date to be confirmed) Lecturer/presenter: STELLA GRACE LYONS The Naked Truth about the Victorians: The Nude in 19th Century Art We think of the Victorians as prudish. But did they really cover their piano legs?
	Thursday 14 March 2019 Lecturer/presenter: MIKE CLEGG The Rose Red City - Petra and the Nabataeans Discover the Nabataeans and their amazing desert city of Petra, and learn how they made the transition from tent-dwelling nomads to sophisticated urbanites.
	Saturday 16 March 2019 Lecturer/presenter: MIKE CLEGG Two Snakes and a Fancy Frock - Who is the Bare Breasted Woman with Snakes? In 1900 the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans arrived on the island of Crete in search of the source of intricately inscribed seal stones and strange inscriptions on clay tablets he’d seen as
	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.
	June 2019 (date to be confirmed) 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.
	June 2019 (date to be confirmed) 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.
	Thursday 1 August 2019 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.
	September 2019 (date to be confirmed) 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.