The Arts Society Falmouth
Our 2024-2025 Discovery Days
During Discovery Days (Study Days) members have the opportunity to look at a subject in more depth than is possible in a lecture. The group size is often smaller which can allow for a more informal approach.
Future Discovery Days
28
March
2025
THE GRIT AND THE GLAMOUR; ART IN THE JAZZ AGE
Dr Marie-Anne Mancio
Time: 10.30 a.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Synopsis:
Celebrate the centenary of the Roaring Twenties with an interdisciplinary exploration of the Art, Design, Music, Literature, Fashion and the lives of the era's protagonists.
From Harlem's renaissance of black culture to the French Riveria playground of wealthy socialites, and inspiration for artists like Matisse and Cocteau, writers Hemingway and the Fitzgeralds - to the 'new woman' embodied by Tamara de Lempicka and Coco Chanel.
10.00 Registration opens
10.30 Session 1
From Harlem’s renaissance of Black culture, through Gershwin’s 1924 ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, Edward Hopper’s City-Scapes, Scheeler’s Precision and Art Deco, see how the era played out in the cityscape.
11.30 Coffee
12.00 Session 2:
The Jazz Age celebrated the rise of the Flappers and the ‘New Woman’ embodied by Tamara de Lempicka and Coco Chanel. Discover how the fashion designers, artists and writers of the period heralded the reinvention of gender roles.
13.00 Lunch
14.15 Session 3:
For some, the Jazz Age was created by the Americans, Gerald and Sarah Murphy on the French Riviera, a playground for wealthy societies and the inspiration for artists such as Picasso and Cocteau and writers like Hemingway and the Fitzgeralds. Explore their masterpieces and their sometimes scandalous relationships.
15.15 Q & A
15.30 Close
(Regretfully no refund for non-attenders)
Venue: The National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Organised by: The Arts Society Falmouth
Cost: £TBA per person - Includes mid- morning coffee and cold buffet lunch
Book and Pay Online (Debit or Credit Card) via TicketTailor: Booking Form
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