The Fleming Collection Program for 2010

Exhibitions

Scottish Colourists from The Fleming Collection
19 January - 1 April

Highlands & Islands: Paintings & Poems

13 April – 5 June

City Living: Works from The Fleming Collection at Somerset House
20 April – 5 September

Scottish Summer Exhibition
15 June

Events

Selina Skipwith, Keeper of Art at The Fleming Collection will give an informal talk on the history of The Fleming Collection with an introduction to The Scottish Colourists
(Includes special out of hours viewing of the exhibition)
Monday 22nd March 6-8pm, Talk 6.45pm
Wine, soft drinks and canapes will be served. Please note that seating is not provided
Tickets: £26, places limited and tickets must be purchased in advance



Visit to the Westminster Archives

Wednesday 24th March, 2-3.30pm, Tour 2pm

10 St. Ann’s Street, London SW1P 2DE. Nearest tube St James’s Park

Price: £15; Friends, Philanthropic Friends and Corporate Members £10; Patrons free



An Evening of Scottish Music and Poetry
Thursday 22nd April, Doors open 6pm, Performance 7-9pm
The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU
Price: £35; Friends, Philanthropic Friends, Corporate Members and Patrons £25



Philanthropic Friends Dinner with James Morrison RSA RSW
Monday 26 April, 7pm-10pm Dinner Flemings Mayfair Hotel, Half Moon Street, London W1J 7BH
Diane Shiach, Director, The Scottish Gallery will lead a discussion with Morrison about his practice
Tickets: Philanthropic Friends subscription £500, dinner free, additional guest ticket £80



Art, Literature and the Highlands by Murdo Macdonald
Tuesday 27th April, Doors open 6pm, Lecture 6.30-7.30pm
The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU
Price: £10; Friends, Philanthropic Friends and Corporate Members £7.50; Patrons free



Drawing Class: Highlands & Islands: Paintings and Poetry
Monday 10th May, 2-5pm
Tickets: £20; Friends, Philanthropic Friends, Corporate Members and Patrons £15
Susanna Lyell, artist and tutor, will lead this workshop which is suitable for both beginners and experienced painters.



Hebrides & Highlands: An Illustrated Architectural Tour by Mary Miers
Wednesday 12th May, Doors open 6pm, Lecture 6.30-7.30pm
The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU
Price: £10; Friends, Philanthropic Friends and Corporate Members £7.50; Patrons free



Paintings and Poetry: Day in Glasgow
Friday 21st May, 11am-4.45pm
Meet at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Argyll Street, Glasgow G3 8AG
Price: £15; Friends, Philanthropic Friends and Corporate Members £10; Patrons £5 (lunch and tea not included in ticket price)



Tour of City and Guilds of London Art School during the 2010 Degree Show with visits to Mark Adlington’s studio and Caroline Wiseman Modern and Originals
Saturday 26th June, 10.30am-4.45pm
Please arrive promptly at Kennington Tube Station (Northern Line) at 10.30am
Tickets: £30; Friends, Philanthropic Friends, Corporate Members and Patrons £20 (lunch not included in ticket price)



LUNCHTIME TALKS

Informal talks are given on Wednesday lunchtimes in the gallery at 1.10pm for about 20 minutes. There is no need to book and places are not limited.

Wednesday 3 March
Lucy Lyell will discuss J.D Fergusson’s women, including Jean Maconochie and Eastre, Hymn to the Sun.

Wednesday 21 April
Mary Miers, Architectural Writer, Art and Books Editor for Country Life and author of The Western Seaboard will discuss and sign copies of her book.

Edinburgh's Royal High School set to rise again as £35m art hotel

Jim Landis, who spoke at last year's Annual Dinner about plans for the old school building in Regent Road has told us about this article which appeared in the Scotsman.
For copyright reasons we can't reproduce the article, and so we can only refer you to the site http://www.scotsman.com/ and cover the main points here -

The former Royal High School building on Calton Hill in Edinburgh is to be redeveloped into an arts hotel, Edinburgh City Council will announce today.

The £35 million project will bring the A-listed building, once mooted as a home for the Scottish Parliament, back into public use for the first time since 1968.

The hotel will include a restaurant, café and public gallery.

Council chiefs described it as a "hugely exciting" development.

However, critics hit out at the decision to turn it into a hotel rather than a cultural facility, describing it as a "bungle".

Mongolia Adventure Gallery

Melanie Mareuge-Lejeune, a former RHS pupil and regular attendee of our events, has launched an on line gallery of her photographs. It starts off with her Mongolian Adventure with some very striking photos of the country and its people.
http://www.melml.com/gallery_290408.html

Melanie follows in the footsteps of another former pupil, Alan Mitchell, who passed through on his world tour back in 2002 when this website was launched. http://www.royalhigh.org.uk/alsmongolia.htm

Annual Dinner 2010

Just a quick note to remind you that the Annual Dinner will be held at the Victory Services Club on Friday February 19th, 2010.

I'm very pleased to say that Andrew George has agreed to be our Guest Speaker. He was School Captain from 1969-1970 and so he handed over the baton to me. After Edinburgh University he went into the Foreign Office and he eventually rose to become Governor of Anguilla in the Caribbean via an ambassadorship to Paraguay.

Please have a very good Christmas and an excellent New Year.

All best

Al Senter
President, Royal High School Club in London.

A new Rector for the School

The Royal High has a new Rector! She's a Yorkshirewoman called Jane Frith. She will of course be invited to speak at the club's Annual Dinner, where members will have the chance to meet her.

Flemings Drinks 2009 Photos

The photos from the RHSCL 2009 Drinks Party at the Fleming Collection are now available to view on Flikr - Flemings 2009 Album

Annual Drinks Party

Dear Royal High School Club in London Committee members,

Once again, it is my great pleasure to announce that the Annual Drinks Party will take place at the Fleming Collection on Monday November 9th, 2009

from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.



This year the Fleming Collection is hosting a very special exhibition: ‘The Face of Scotland: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’.

The artists represented include Van Dyck, Sir Henry Raeburn and Allan Ramsay, and the subjects range from royalty to such contemporary figures as

Ewan McGregor and J.K.Rowling. This is a rare chance to see more than forty major portraits in a single collection and, as ever, there will be a lively

and informative introduction to add to your enjoyment. It’s an opportunity not to be missed.



As well as the chance to savour such objets d’art, there will be live music, generous amounts of fine wine, hearty sandwiches and snacks, and some

great conversation with friends old and new. And the Club is delighted to report that the price of admission remains at £20 per head.



For those who are yet to sample the Annual Drinks Party, the Fleming Collection is situated at 13, Berkeley Street, W1, just off Piccadilly, and the

nearest underground station is Green Park (Jubilee/Piccadilly/Victoria Lines) only 3 minutes walk from the Gallery. Come out of the station on the north

side of Piccadilly and turn left, then take the first left into Berkeley Street and the Fleming Collection is a mere 100 yards down on the right hand side.



It’s the more, the merrier at the Annual Drinks Party so feel free to bring wives, partners or guests to the party. My colleagues on the Committee and

myself very much look forward to welcoming you to what is always a very special occasion.



Al Senter,

President of the Club

alsenter@yahoo.co.uk



For further information on all aspects of the Annual Drinks Party, please contact Alex Prentice on H: 01992 554854, W: 020 7320 2579

or alex.prentice1@btinternet.com.