21 April
Mary Miers, Architectural Writer, Art and Books Editor for Country Life and author of The Western Seaboard will discuss and sign copies of her book.
5 May
Lucy Lyell will focus on one of the paintings in the current exhibition Highlands & Islands: Paintings and Poetry.

Taking inspiration from this wonderful exhibition of Scottish Colourists; Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter and Peploe, the drawing session will give us a chance to closely observe the paintings, look at line, tone and colour, and learn new techniques of drawing. There will be the opportunity to discuss the results of the session at the end of the day. All materials, tea & coffee will be provided.
Image: GL Hunter Peonies in a Chinese Vase © FWAF

Although this class is now sold out, please do contact the gallery to be placed on a waiting list and to be informed of further drawing classes with future exhibitions at The Fleming Collection.

Taking inspiration from this wonderful exhibition of Scottish Colourists; Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter and Peploe, the drawing session will give us a chance to closely observe the paintings, look at line, tone and colour, and learn new techniques of drawing. There will be the opportunity to discuss the results of the session at the end of the day. All materials, tea & coffee will be provided.
Image: GL Hunter Peonies in a Chinese Vase © FWAF

Although this class is now sold out, please do contact the gallery to be placed on a waiting list and to be informed of further drawing classes with future exhibitions at The Fleming Collection.

The City of Westminster Archives Centre houses extensive collections relating to Westminster past and present, covering hundreds of years of history dating from 1256. Housed in an exceptional, purpose-built centre, the collection includes written and visual archival material, newspapers, maps, and original photographs, one of the best theatre collections in the U.K., parish registers and public records. These extremely diverse collections include valuable archives deposited by internationally renowned businesses such as Jaeger, Liberty, Gillow, Furniture makers, Watney Mann, Brewers.
Image: The Liberty Archives from Dress and Decoration 1905

Drinks from 6pm with a chance to view the current collection in the gallery before a seated performance. The event will feature performances of Gaelic singing, music and poetry recitals by Hebridean and Highland artists, including Paul McCallum and Alexandra Jones, as well as a special performance by Little Sparta.
Image: Detail The Western Seaboard

(It is timed to coincide with a one night only performance of Scottish Music and Poetry on Thursday 22nd April and the Philanthropic Friends Dinner with James Morrison on Monday 26th April. These additional events will be charged as supplementary visits.)
Image: Facade of The Fleming Collection

Art, Literature and the Highlands by Murdo Macdonald
Tuesday 27th April Doors open 6pm, Lecture 6.30-7.30pm
The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU
Price: £10; Friends, Philanthropic Friends and Corporate Members £7.50; Patrons free

Murdo Macdonald is author of the publication Scottish Art, Thames & Hudson, 2001 . He currently lectures at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and his main area of research is the history of Scottish art and ideas, in general and in an international context. A particular focus is on the period around 1900, notably work related to the thinking of Patrick Geddes.
Image: Window to the West. Reproduced courtesy of Visual Research Centre, Dundee

Drawing Class: Highlands & Islands: Paintings and Poetry SOLD OUT
Monday 10^th May, 2-5pm
Tickets: £20; Friends, Philanthropic Friends, Corporate Members and Patrons £15
Susanna Lyell, artist and tutor, will lead this workshop which is suitable for both beginners and experienced painters.

As with the previous class, working alongside this beautiful exhibition: Landscapes of the Highlands & Islands: Paintings & Poetry, the drawing session will give us a chance to closely observe the paintings, look at line, tone and colour, and learn new techniques of drawing. There will be the opportunity to discuss the results of the session at the end of the day. All materials, tea & coffee will be provided.
Image: FCB Cadell The Dunara Castle © FWAF

Although this class is now sold out, please do contact the gallery to be placed on a waiting list and to be informed of further drawing classes with future exhibitions at The Fleming Collection.

Hebrides & Highlands: An Illustrated Architectural Tour by Mary Miers
Wednesday 12th May Doors open 6pm, Lecture 6.30-7.30pm
The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU
Price: £10; Friends, Philanthropic Friends and Corporate Members £7.50; Patrons free

Mary Miers is the Architectural Writer, Art and Books Editor for Country Life and author of The Western Seaboard. The Western Seaboard takes us beyond the familiar sounds and scenery of the West Highlands and Islands to uncover an extraordinary record of human settlement, from the earliest ‘terraced’ houses on the machair of Bronze Age Uist to Scots Baronial piles set amid semi-tropical gardens.
Image: The Western Seaboard

Viewing of Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880 - 1900 exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, to which we have leant Melville’s Orange Market and Lavery’s Blue Hungarians. Guests take lunch independently then tour Aspects of Scottish Art at Hunterian Art Gallery with curator Anne Dulau. This will be followed by a rare opportunity to meet and view drawings by Sandy Moffat RSA (Head of Painting, Glasgow School of Art 1992-2005) and paintings by Eardley, Raeburn and MacTaggart at the Department of Scottish Literature, Glasgow University. Professor of Scottish Literature, Alan Riach, will give a poetry recital.
Image: Sir John Lavery The Blue Hungarians © FWAF

Established in 1879, City & Guilds of London Art School is one of the few remaining independent art schools in the country. It is known for its emphasis on crafts-based practice and for keeping the tradition of the artist-teacher alive.

Our visit offers a chance to see this year’s Graduate Show, with the possibility to join the School’s tutors for guided tours of the Fine Art, Conservation and Carving Departments.

We will visit private art dealer Caroline Wiseman and proceed to Mark Adlington’s studio (no disabled access). A former student of City and Guilds, Adlington travels extensively in search of the wildlife which has been his principal obsession since early childhood.
Image: Facade of City and Guilds of London Art School

Highlights to include: A walking tour of the historic centre, Old Masters Gallery at the Zwinger Palace, Porcelain Collection, Frauenkirche, Richest collection of decorative arts at the Grünes Gewölbe, Pillnitz Palace Gardens by paddle steamer, Wackerbarth Palace, Visit to medieval town of Meissen on the River Elbe, Porcelain workshops and museum, Meissen Cathedral, Albrechtsburg Castle, Moritzburg Castle.

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