The Art Appreciation group is a friendly, informed but not nerdy, group and all Thame u3a members are welcome to join us on the first Friday of the month. Group members are encouraged to give an illustrated talk on a subject related to the visual arts, and once a year we invite a guest speaker and make a gallery visit.
We meet in the small hall at the Guide Headquarters in Southern Road from 9.45 am for a chat over tea [or coffee] and biscuits, before a 10 o’clock start and normally finish just after 11 am.
If you would like to join the group, or have a query about our events, please don't hesitate to contact Nick Deschamps (Group Leader - Art Appreciation).
The Supper at Emmaus by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1601
2026 Meetings
Date
SPEAKER
Subject
2nd January
The Quiz Team
The January Quiz
6th February
Simon Evers
Turner & Constable
6th March
Sarah Grimwood
Sonia Delaunay
3rd April
NO MEETING
Easter Bank Holiday · Good Friday
1st May
Andy Gunn
Gaudi - A Life Devoted to Architecture
5th June
Rosemary Taylor
John Piper’s Stained Glass Windows
3rd July
Bridget Hill
Anna Boberg
7th August
Christine van Winkelen
Maximiliene Luce
4th September
Bernadette Tildersley
Caravaggio - The Bad Boy of Art
2nd October
Leigh Guyatt
Stanley Spencer & Beryl Cook: similarities and differences
6th November
Pat Horn
Medieval Craftsmanship
4th December
Nick Deschamps
Mannerism - The Renaissance going off the rails
2025 MEETINGS
DATE
SPEAKER
SUBJECT
3 January
The Quiz Team
January Quiz
7 February
Rosemary Taylor
The Gilded Age in America
7 March
Leigh Guyatt
Walking Tour of the Oxford Grotesques
4 April
Graham Rogers
Nobility and Authority
2 May
Sue Oswell
Art of the Early Renaissance
6 June
Nick Deschamps
Vienna Secession
4 July
John Gardner
20th Century Architecture
1 August
Pat Horn
English Medieval Art
5 September
Nina Deschamps
Potters & Potteries of the Arts & Crafts Movement
3 October
Hazel Boundy
Tintoretto
7 November
Bernadette Tildersley
“Expressionists - Love them or loathe them”
5 December
Jackie Ainsworth
Dame Laura Knight
2024 Meetings:
DATE
SPEAKER
SUBJECT
5 January
The Team
Quiz
2 February
Sue Oswell
Flowers in Art
1 March
Kathy Lemaire
Edgar Degas
5 April
Guide HQ Closed
Day Trip to Oxford: Christ Church Picture Gallery and Cathedral Tours. Details to follow.
