Surrey Artists – May 2026.
Saturday 9 May, 9.30AM to 3.30PM at Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND.
Surrey Local History Committee presents a day of talks.
- 9.30am Registration and coffee/tea
- 9.55am Welcome by Dr. Gerry Moss, Chairman of Surrey Local History Committee
- 10am Hilary Underwood, Curatorial Advisor, Watts Gallery – Nineteenth Century Artists and the Surrey Hills
- 10.50am Coffee/tea
- 11.15am Mary Alexander, Independent Researcher – The Russell family of Guildford and polite society
- 12pm Janet Balchin, Local Historian – England’s Vermeer. Leonard Campbell Taylor
- 12.45pm Lunch (coffee/tea available)
- 1.45pm Annabel Watts, Head Gardener at Munstead Wood and a researcher of Allingham – The Life and Art of Helen Allingham R.W.S.
- 2.30pm Mary Broughton, Chair of the Sime Gallery Charitable Incorporated Organisation Trust – Sidney H Sime – Master of Fantasy
- 3.15pm Discussion and Closing remarks
- 3.30pm Close
Tickets booked in advance are £18. Tickets on the day will be £20 payable in cash only.
Coffee or tea are included. Please make your own arrangements for lunch. It is recommended to bring a packed lunch as there are few cafes near Surrey History Centre.
It is advisable to book early as places are limited.
Surrey Local History Committee is a committee of Surrey Archaeological Society.
