Category: Art & History Archive

Date: Monday 12th December 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: A Life in Four Acts Lecturer: Graciela Kaplan Former Principal Ballerina Graciela Kaplan talks about the highs and lows of being a ballet dancer. She will illustrate her talk with photos and video clips of her career and, no…

Date: Monday 26th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his muses Lecturer: Angela Chantry Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882).  Poet and painter, founder and acknowledged leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has beguiled and intrigued for more…

Date: Monday 12th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subjects: Strange London Histories by Cheda Panajotovic, and Iconic Photographs of the 20th century by Brian Nicholls To start the new lecture season and welcome you all including of course, any new members, Cheda and I are going…

 Announcing our 120th Art & History Lecture Monday, 12th September 2016 To mark the start of our 8th season of talks, your two group co-leaders will be doing a ‘double-act’ on the day.   Having drawn straws, Cheda will begin with ‘Strange London Histories’ and will be putting a slant on certain moments and on…

Date: Monday Date TBA Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject:  The Ancients of Mexico Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic We often see programmes about the great Inca Empire stretching down the whole of the Andes, but few hear of the Olmec or the Toltec peoples who were as…

Date: Monday 27th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Plundering of Ancient Egypt Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic As soon as the great and the good of ancient Egypt were buried, there were those who greatly coveted the precious objects that were buried along with them.…

Date: Monday 13th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Dance As Portrayed by Artists Throughout History Lecturer: Brian Nicholls A visual presentation of Dance without music might seem a little strange but the subject has fascinated artists for centuries. Dance can reflect a wide…

Date: Monday 30th May 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Who Was Queen Sarah Lecturer: Dee Craig Queen Sarah was the name given to one Sarah Jennings. She must have been the most successful social climber not only in the 18thcentury but in history. She rose to…

Date: Monday 9th May 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Celebrity Artists Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Many celebrities paint and sculpt. Some are indeed talented but the majority, as I see it, just ‘Dabble in ART’! Some dabble so well that their reproduced works can help them continue…

Date: Monday 25th April 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Femme Fatale: the intriguing story behind the life and death of Mata Hari Lecturer: Angela Chantry   Mata Hari (1876–1917) was known as Europe’s queen of unbridled eroticism, an exotic dancer, courtesan, harlot and…

Date: Monday 11th April 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Parallel Lives: L S Lowry and Norman Rockwell Lecturer: Peter Atkinson The painters L S Lowry (1887-1976) and Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) were close contemporaries from very different environments: Lancashire and New York/Massachusetts, respectively.…

Date: Monday 14th March 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Grandma Moses (1860-1961) Lecturer: Angela Chantry Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known by her nickname Grandma Moses, was a renowned American folk artist who started painting in her 70s. Her nostalgic depictions of rural American…