Kirsty Hartsiotis - storyteller, writer, speaker
Tales from the Palace of Memory
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Seven week course, starting Thurs 25 Sept. Kirsty has wide experience as a museum curator, including 15 years’ responsibility for the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection at The Wilson, Cheltenham. We look forward to hearing the stories behind the growth of Cotswold churches, with special interest in their stained glass windows and the influence of the Arts and Crafts style.
Sept 25,
7pm
Kemerton Village Hall
Discover Gloucestershire's supernatural side, and explore the counties ghosts from prehistoric spooks to royal wraiths and black dogs. This talk by Kirsty Hartsiotis, storyteller and co-author of
Gloucestershire Ghost Tales, explores some of the country's scariest spooks, and delves into the stories and histories behind them.
Oct 31,
7.30pm
Minchinhampton Local History Group
There was a national need for memorials in the wake of the First World War, and the designers of the Arts and Crafts Movement rose to the challenge, creating crosses, memorials, halls and much more. This talk explores the ways that Arts and Crafts designers chose to interpret their commissions to commemorate the war, and looks at a rich array of memorials from church and town alike, crosses to stained glass to water troughs – and at the attendant local politics in erecting them!
Nov 4,
10.30am & 2.15pm
Arts Society Test Valley
