Special Interest Events
The Arts Society Ashtead aims to run at least one “special interest” event each year.
As a member you are also able to attend special interest events run by Surrey Area and links to its website, and via it to other Area Societies are provided below.
The Art of Cambodia and Vietnam
This two-lecture Special Interest Morning will focus on Cambodia and Vietnam’s artistic heritage. The Cambodian temple complex at Angkor,...
Istanbul: City of Faith, Power and Beauty
Following on from her wonderful lectures on Venice at last year’s Special Interest event, we are delighted to welcome Antonia...
Merchants and Magnificence: the Art of Venice’s Golden Age
This special interest event will transport you to Venice in its heyday: a city whose territories extended way beyond the...
Special Interest Morning – Riviera Paradise: Art, design and pleasure in the 1920’s
Since the 19th century English high society had ‘wintered over’ on the Côte d’Azur, but always left by April. In...
Special Interest Morning – The rise and falls of Napoleon and Joséphine
This year our Special Interest event will be a morning dedicated to two world famous historical figures. Illustrated with many wonderful...
Paradise Found: A Cultural History of Provence
This Special Interest Day comprises three lectures on the long history of Provence. First as a Classical land, established by...
Surrey Area Special Interest Events
Special Interest Events notified to us by individual Surrey Area Societies will be advertised on our Noticeboard