ADFAS Coffs Coast Information Evening:

All participants at this meeting will need to register using Eventbrite and conform to the COVID Safety requirements of the Coffs Harbour City Council including social distancing, hand sanitizing and wearing masks.

For more information or to indicate your interest in joining the Steering Committee but are not available to attend the meeting on 7 February should contact Les Davis coffscoast@adfas.org.au or phone 0438 153 753

OUR STORY

ADFAS is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers, providing superbly illustrated, informative and entertaining lecture presentations on many diverse topics relating to the arts. ADFAS has around 6500 members in 36 Societies across regional and metropolitan Australia.

Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) Coffs Coast is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers, providing superbly illustrated, informative and entertaining lecture presentations on many diverse topics relating to the arts. ADFAS Coffs Coast is about to be established with lectures to start in November 2022 and a full program of 10 lectures to be offered in 2023.

WHY JOIN US?

To learn more about the arts in a friendly welcoming environment of learning. To enjoy cultural and social opportunities and make new friends over a glass of wine and canapés – we look forward to seeing you there!

WHO ARE OUR LECTURERS?

They are recognised experts and passionate in their fields of interest. They can be international or local speakers drawn from a variety of professional backgrounds.

Hilary Kay (Antiques Road Show presenter) will provide an introductory lecture on 21 November.

Lecturers booked for 2023 include: Dr Sam Bowker, Susannah Fullerton, Julian Bickersteth, Alan Read (UK), Leslie Primo (UK), Kate Strasdin (UK), Chloe Sayer (UK), Kathy McLauchlan (UK) and Gillian Hovell (UK).

The lecture topics for each lecturer will be decided by the soon to be formed ADFAS Coffs Coast Steering Committee.

WHEN & WHERE WILL OUR LECTURES BE HELD?

WHEN: We are planning to hold our lectures on a Monday evening from 6.00pm to 7.00pm with each lecture followed by an opportunity to talk with the lecturer and mix with friends with a light supper with wine, juice, sushi and sandwiches provided.

WHERE: We are planning to hold the lectures in the multi-purpose space in the new Yarila Place Cultural and Civic Centre in Coffs Harbour.

WHAT ELSE DO WE DO?

Our societies support young artists or support young people to engage in the arts, many record the objects inside churches, or the histories of churches and Schools of the Arts buildings. The Association also supports young conservators through our philanthropic fund, the Patricia Robertson Fund.