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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETIESNADFAS House, 8 Guilford Street,London WC1N 1DATel: 020 7430 0730 Fax: 020 7242 0686Email: enquiries@nadfas.org.uk nadfasreview@nadfas.org.ukwww.nadfas.org.ukwww.facebook.com/NADFASwww.twitter.com/NADFASwww.linkedin.com/company/national-association-of-decorative-&-fi ne-art-societies-nadfas-www.instagram.com/nadfas_house/Patron: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of GloucesterNational Chairman: June RobinsonChief Executive: Florian SchweizerPresident: Loyd Grossman CBEVice Presidents: Martin Drury; Philippa Glanville OBE; Desmond Shawe-Taylor; The Rt Hon, Rt Rev Richard Chartres DDFSA; Alison RichmondNADFAS REVIEWEditor: Susanna ClarkeArt Director: John Paul YettonEditorial Director: Glyn Wilmshurst Publisher: Judith Quiney, NADFAS Enterprises (020 7430 0730, ext 245)Advertising Sales: Judith Quiney, Commercial Director, 020 7430 0730, ext 245, jquiney@nadfas.org.ukDesign: Touchline PublishingOrigination: DL Repro LtdPrinting: Garnett Dickinson Print Ltd© NADFAS 2016COVER IMAGEDorothea Sharp, Low Tide © Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale Arts & Heritage ServiceNADFAS Review is published quarterly and circulated to its membership (ABC audited). The closing date for editorial for the winter issue is September 5, 2016.The views expressed in NADFAS Review are not necessarily those of the Chairman, Trustee Board or the Editor. Every effort has been made to check the accuracy of the information in NADFAS Review. However neither NADFAS nor NEL can accept responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. Articles, photographs, drawings etc in NADFAS Review may not be reproduced without the written permission of the Chief Executive of NADFAS. The Association accepts no responsibility for goods and services advertised in NADFAS Review, whether the advertiser be a member or not. Advertisements are published for convenience of members and members choosing to buy or sell through the medium of this magazine do so entirely at their own risk. © NADFAS 2016REVIEWAUTUMN 2016THE MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETIES977174012900903EDUCATION ANDCONSERVATION£3.50READ ALL ABOUT THE REBRANDINGON PAGE 8! Average Net Circulation Jan-December 2015, 79,111ABC AUDITEDMARK DOYLEMark studied Art History & Architecture and has an MA in Museum Studies. Currently Collections Manager at Touchstones Rochdale, he details the gallery’s exhibition on women artists on page 26.ALAN LANSDOWNDr Lansdown is a retired pathologist and toxicologist from Imperial College with a special interest in metals and their compounds. He is also Chairman of Chipstead DFAS. On page 38 he explores the use of science in art.NORMAN MILLERNorman is an award-winning writer for publications including the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times Travel Magazine. He enjoys fi nding new angles on ‘familiar’ places – read his piece on Venice on page 58. In 2018, NADFAS will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee; over those 50 years there have been many changes to both the country and society as a whole. What was started in 1965 by Patricia Fay as a small group of art lovers (later called Chiltern DFAS) has grown across the world into the NADFAS of today. However, to achieve our ambition to share our enthusiasm for the arts and create opportunities for others to learn about and enjoy everything which NADFAS values, we need to continue to widen our infl uence even further. We should be looking outwards – this could mean new Societies, new audiences, new formats. We’ve experimented by staging a pop-up series of free lectures at the Glastonbury Festival, which were hugely popular. As I write, we’re planning to have a presence at the Wilderness Festival, another event that celebrates creativity and culture and, of course, you’ll already know about our NADFAS at Night events. I’ve been attending Area Meetings twice a year for the past 20 years – as a Society Chairman, Area Chairman, Trustee and National Chairman – and I can’t remember a time when somebody hasn’t asked the question “is there an easy way to explain what NADFAS stands for?” We feel now is the right time to focus on answering that question and take it to the next stage. Already the scope of our ‘Decorative and Fine Arts’ focus has been broadened to embrace the wealth of arts along the spectrum.Understandably, any variation will be welcomed more by some people than others and there will need to be a period of overlap while any suggestions and changes are absorbed. Our aim is that NADFAS should emerge stronger and better prepared for the next 50 years; a clearer identity will help to make us a more visible presence in the arts, both nationally and internationally. What is exciting is that this is a chance for you and me and everyone involved with NADFAS to make our voices heard. You will see this topic discussed in more detail on pages 8 and 9. We will continue to update you in the Review and via bulletins to Societies. June RobinsonNational ChairmanContributorswww.nadfas.org.uk NADFAS REVIEW / AUTUMN 2016 3FOREWORD