ADFAS Evening Lecture 'The Art of Rabindranath Tagore' Dr John Stevens Free

To celebrate its 50th year of existance, we were pleased to announce that the Ashridge Decorative and Fine Arts Society (known asADFAS) were organising two 'taster' evening talks in the Autumn 2017 to raised awareness of this new development in the Arts in the Dacorum area.This was sufficiently successful that the ADFAS Committee decided to start a series of Evening lectures on the second Wednesday of each month from 14 February 2018 in Berkhamsted's Civic Centre.Again it was decided to formalise this as the starting point for the current 2018/19 season of lectures on all matters relating to the Arts.ADFAS Eveningsoperates on the basis of an annual membership for the current year starting on October 2018 and covering seven talks.Hence you can take out an annual membership to either the ADFAS Morning or Evening series or both at a discount!). The Morning sessions continue as currently on the last Wednesday of each month utilising the Potten End Village Hall.The Evening lectures allow us to offer our activities to a much broader range of people in the geographic area of Tring, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted and all the surrounding villages.ADFAS Eveningsis looking for new members to assist in us doubling our membership over the next few months so try us out by booking an Evening ticket for our next meeting to see how we operate.Look at our websitewww.ashridgedfas.org.ukfor the schedule of talks and also our record of supporting the arts with ourYoung Artsactivities.We encourage local schools to arrange small groups of interested student to attend anADFASEveningtalk for free using our appropriate Eventbrite facilitiesSo why not join us and become a Founder Member of this exciting new development in the Arts?We look forward to getting to know you.

Ashridge Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS)

We are pleased to welcome Dr John Stevens who is a Research Associate at SOAS, University of London to our first ADFAS Evening lecture in Berkhamsted.   This exciting new development celebrates the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Ashridge Decorative and Fine Arts Society. John will be discussing the life and times of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941).
Tagore is arguably the most important Indian artistic figure of the modern era. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, claimed that he had two gurus: Gandhi and Tagore.
A renowned poet, novelist, composer and painter, Tagore is also the only person in history to have written the national anthems for two countries (India and Bangladesh).
He became a global sensation when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, the first non-European to do so. This lecture provides an introduction to Tagore’s remarkable life and work, including his novels, poetry, songs and paintings. It also explores the role Tagore’s art played in the story of India’s fight for independence
Please contact us for more details by visiting the ADFAS website for this event.
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ADFAS Evening is promoting these lectures to full time students of the Arts who are under 18 by offering such individuals a limited number of free tickets. Please supply your details through the Contact Us facility on our website.
We look forward to seeing you at our meeting in the Civic Centre, Berkhamsted.