ArtsNational: Half Interest Day with Marc Allum

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Sat 05 Apr 2025

ArtsNational has been in the area for 30 years, and will continue to bring experts from overseas and Australia to speak on all aspects of the Arts. This society is one of 38 around Australia that form ArtsNational, with The Arts Society in the United Kingdom as the parent organisation.

This year, ArtsNational Rockhampton (formerly ADFAS Rockhampton) will welcome both overseas and local speakers to give beautifully illustrated presentations for members, their guests and visitors. Each lecture is followed by a most generous, convivial morning tea with the speaker.

Located at The Lighthouse Baptist Church (next to Juds Park), 480 Norman Road, Norman Gardens, join these 2 lectures on Saturday, 5 April 2025, starting from 10 am to 1 pm, with Marc Allum (Antiques Roadshow expert).

Lecture 1: The Chair - 2000 Years of Sitting Down
This engaging talk looks at the history of the chair and 'sitting solutions', charting the humble to high design, from antiquity to the 21st century. Never again will you take your seat for granted! Bookings are required to attend this lecture. Please email [email protected] for bookings and other queries. The cost will be FREE for members and $25 for visitors.

Lecture 2: Bring and Object
Marc Allum is a freelance art and antiques journalist, writer and broadcaster based in Wiltshire, England. He is about to begin his 27th year as a specialist on the BBC Antiques Roadshow. Marc has his own unique style, with interests ranging from pre-history to modern design and is a self-confessed %%collectaholic**. He has a passion and reputation for diving into the unusual through a desire to connect with history through the interpretation and pursuit of objects and their origins'.

One of Marc's most popular talks and based on the age-old Antiques Roadshow premise of people arriving with their personal objects and Marc spontaneously deciphering them to the audience. Always different and peppered with historical anecdotes, emotional tales and also highly audience interactive. The cost will be $20 for members and visitors.

Bookings are required to attend these lectures. Please email [email protected] for bookings and other queries. Be entertained, exercise the grey matter, meet old friends, make new ones and enhance your travels with your new knowledge of out-of-the-way wonders.


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