Lamport’s Christmas Lecture: An Art Historian’s Advent Calendar
Thursday 5th December 2019
6.30pm for 7.00pm start

Dr Conny Bailey: An Art Historian’s Advent Calendar

Dr Conny Bailey from the University of Leicester will be delivering a treat at Lamport Hall this Christmas with our first Christmas lecture.

On the twentieth day before Christmas, Lamport Hall presents….

A light-hearted look at some of the more recognisable and some less common Christmas imagery, viewed through the eyes of art historian Dr. Conny Bailey. Loosely themed around the popular Twelve Days of Christmas carol (musical audience participation will be encouraged), Conny will take you on a journey through Christmas imagery past and present, traditional and quirky to set a festive, sometimes reflective, but mainly entertaining tone for Lamport Hall’s very first Christmas opening. To find out what links Scotland’s favourite minister with Germany’s deepest pine forests and cherry blossom to Christmas Eve, how some subtly placed snow can turn the narrative of a Victorian painting on it’s head, or how Anthony Gormley’s Angel of the North ‘dresses’ for the festive days, join us at Lamport Hall on 05 December 2019. This will be a festive event with the Hall decorated and open for Christmas for the first time!

Refreshments served from 6.30pm event starts at 7.00pm.
Mulled wine and mince pies included in the ticket price. Please notify us of any dietary requirements or allergies upon booking. Non alcoholic alternative will be available.

Free parking on site.

Disabled access. Please contact the office for more information.

Lamport Society members enjoy 10% off the price of up to two advanced tickets.   

Ticket price: £15.00 per person

Booking essential: Call 01604 686272. Please note there is a £1.00 handling fee per order.