Special Interest and Study Days

 

 

Special Interest Day: Sicily: Cultural Crossroads
30th October 2024
at Redbourn Parish Centre

Cost £40 including coffee on arrival and lunch with wine

  with Richard Whincop
 
Richard is a professional artist who graduated in English and Art History from York University in 1986. From 1988-1994 he lectured at the adult education departments of Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, and then went on to become a full-time figurative artist, executing large-scale public commissions, and exhibiting widely throughout the UK. He now lives and works in Chichester, West Sussex.

Sicily has long been the crossroads between Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. This Special Interest Day looks at the rich and varied cultural influences brought to the island by Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Visigoths and Islamic tribes from North Africa. It goes on to explore how these were woven together by the Normans during their remarkably enlightened rule, which saw Palermo become one of the most important cities in Europe

 

 

 

 

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