Clore Auditorium 13.00

30 March 2001
Stanley Spencer: Angels and Dirt
Timothy Hyman, artist, author and co-curator of the Spencer exhibition

6 April 2001
Stanley Spencer: A Personal Recollection
Carolyn Lucas, freelance lecturer

27 April 2001
The Stanley Spencer Archive
Adrian Glew, Tate Curator and author of the forthcoming book on Tate's Spencer Archive

4 May 2001
A Vision of the World Transfigured: Stanley Spencer's Religious Painting
Dr Susanna Avery-Quash, National Gallery

11 May 2001
A Commissioned Vision: Spencer's War Paintings
Roger Tolson, curator, Imperial War Museum

1 June 2001
Stanley Spencer and Hilda Carline
Tim Wilcox, co-curator of Hilda Carline (1999)

A programme of films relating to Spencer will be shown from 18 May until 24 June 2001

On selected Thursdays at 13.15 throughout the exhibition. Meet at the exhibition entrance

Tickets £6 (£3 concessions)

Wednesday 4 April 2001
Relative Values: Shirin and Unity Spencer
Stanley Spencer's daughters in conversation with exhibition curator Timothy Hyman

Wednesday 25 April 2001
Sir Anthony Sher
The actor, writer and artist talks to Sue MacGregor (of Radio 4's Today programme) about his career and playing Stanley in Pam Gem's play about Stanley Spencer
Wednesday 2 May
Spencer's Material Vision
Brendan Prendeville, author of Realism in 20th Century Art, discusses Spencer's form of Realism in an event celebrating the relaunch of Thames & Hudson's World of Art Series

Tickets: £22 (£17 concessions)

Friday 18 May 2001
Stanley Spencer
One-day symposium led by David Mellor, Timothy Hyman and Patrick Wright that re-evaluates Spencer's career and focuses on fresh approaches to his work. Speakers include Jane Beckett, Judy Collins, Michael Dickens, Kitty Hauser, Alun Howkin and Sue Malvern. Topics include Spencer and the Self, Spencer's work at Burghclere, Spencer and Gender, Spencer's writings, and Spencer and Englishness

Tickets: £110 (£70 concessions)

22 March - 5 April 2001
Stanley Spencer and Place: A Loss of Eden
Three Thursday evenings 18.00 - 20.00 and one Saturday 10.00 - 18.00. This course explores the importance of the theme of place - ranging from the domestic to more abstract ideas of national identity - in Spencer's work. Speakers include Patrick Wright and Timothy Hyman, Barry Curtis, David Gilbert and Kitty Hauser. The Saturday session also includes a day-visit to Cookham and Burghclere