Festival Brochure 2021 - Flipbook - Page 9
Friday 21st May, 11am: 'Tapestry: A Twentieth Century
Renaissance' with Margaret Jones
This talk covers the years of the early to mid-20th century when
tapestry was undergoing a major transformation. At this time
tapestry provided a medium for modern art which was embraced
by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Helen
Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell. At the same time this era
heralds the start of artists beginning to weave their own tapestries
rather than weavers relying on designs from painters and a major
move away from the mythic, sacred and pastoral scenes woven
since medieval times. Margaret Jones is a local tapestry weaver, curator and tutor, she
exhibits internationally and has won major prizes for her work. Haslemere Museum, £5
Friday 21st May, 2.30pm: Anniversary Talk The future of the NHS – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the dedication of the
1.3 million people working in the NHS. But it has also shone a light
on the things the organisation could do better. Perhaps there is
now an opportunity to have a 1948 style moment of major
reform. The creation of the health service shortly after the Second
World War greatly benefited the generations that followed - we
must use this time to secure the NHS’s future for decades to
come. We need an independent body to set the number of staff it
requires so that we have enough doctors and nurses working safely in it. We need to
reform medical litigation so that staff don’t work under a fear of being blamed when
things go wrong. And we need a ten-year plan and funding settlement for the social
care system so that our loved ones get the support they need when they get old. The
talk will be followed by a Q&A session. Haslemere Museum, £5
Friday 21st May, 7.30pm: A Journey Through Jazz Piano with Gareth Williams
Gareth Williams plays an eclectic mix of jazz piano classics in a solo piano performance
to celebrate (or in anticipation of) the long-awaited return of live jazz. He will play and
sing a representative selection of several differing jazz styles,
predominantly from the latter half of the 20th Century.
Gareth is one of the UK’s top jazz pianists with huge and varied
experience. He won the British Jazz Awards (piano) in 2013 and is
a professor of jazz piano at London’s Guildhall School of Music
and Drama. Gareth has been described by Peter Vacher (in
Jazzwise) as “the embodiment of creative energy, a physical
player who gets wrapped up in his work, with a keyboard
command that's both impressive and well-directed”. St
Bartholomew’s Church £12.50 (£10 on-line)