Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society Murray River, ADFAS

Programme for 2012 Friday 2 March MORE TO MUSIC THAN MEETS THE EAR Professor Heath Lees B Mus, PhD, FTCL Independent lecturer Friday 3 May PERU: THE INCAS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS SEEN THROUGH THEIR ART AND TEXTILES Ms Chloë Sayer BA (Hons) NADFAS Friday 1 June THE TENTMAKERS OF OLD CAIRO Mrs Jenny Bowker Australian lecturer Friday 6 July THE ART OF HUMOUR IN THE MIDDLE AGES Professor Brendad Cassidy PhD MA FSA NADFAS Friday 3 August WOMEN WHO BUCKED THE TREND: 17TH and 18TH Century Female Painters Dr Angela Smith MA PhD NADFAS Friday 7 September COOKING FOR KINGS: The life and times of Antonin Carême, the first celebrity chef: chef to Napoleon, The Prince Regent and the Tsar of Russia – the founding father of modern cooking. Mr Ian Kelly BA (Hons) (Cantab) MA (Cantab) MA (UCLA) NADFAS Friday 8 September - SPECIAL INTEREST HALF DAY (Numbers limited. $35 per person. 10am – 12.30 am) CASANOVA, BEAU BRUMMELL – Men Sex and Art in the 18th Century. Mr Ian Kelly BA (Hons) (Cantab) MA (Cantab) MA (UCLA) NADFAS Friday 5 October MARVELS OF MODERNISM Sally Hoban BA (Hons) MCIPR NADFAS Friday 26 October SAMUEL PEPYS, AND SO TO BED…. Susannah Fullerton Australian lecturer Venue and Time of Lectures Lectures are held at Building 6 Lecture Theatre at La Trobe University, University Drive, Wodonga, VIC

Members are invited to enjoy a glass of wine and light refreshments before the lecture, from 6.00pm until 6.45pm. The lecture will commence promptly at 6.45pm. Guests Guests are most welcome by pre-arrangement with the secretary. A $20 fee applies and the guests are requested to sign an attendance book on entry. We regret that no guest may attend more than three lectures per year. The fee for students and visiting members of other ADFAS societies is $10. Membership For renewing members the annual lecture subscription is $125 per person and $220 per couple. For new members there is an initial once only joining fee of $25 plus the annual membership fee of $125 giving a total of $150. Enquiries on membership are welcome. Please contact the membership secretary, Jacinta Mirams, on 0417 229 658.

ADFAS Murray River was established in 2010. We provide a programme of illustrated lectures for our member. The lecturers are chosen for their communication skills and expert knowledge in their fields.