The Arts Club Charitable Trust

The Arts Club Charitable Trust Registered Charity No. 1075950 Established in 2000, the objectives of the Charitable Trust are: “to promote, maintain, improve and advance education in the arts generally for the benefit of the public and, in particular, a) By the encouragement of sculpture, painting, design, drawing, lithography, printmaking. graphics, poetry, literature, film, photography, dance and music; and b) By the advancement of skill and craftsmanship therein.”

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Name: Jean-Francois Dor
Location: London, United Kingdom

Consultant: Events, Catering, Marketing and Public Relations.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Mad Hatter's Party

www.robertsphotostudio.co.uk/madhattersball

http://gallery.me.com/pablogaravato#100162

see others on http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Panel of Judges for the Excellence in Drawing Award 08/05/08


Jean-Francois Dor (Chair of The Arts Club Charitable Trust), Philip Mould (Antiques Road Show Picture Expert and Gallery Owner), Sir Peter Blake C.B.E., Wendy Harman, Prof Maurice Cockrill RA (Keeper of the RA Schools), Antony Williams (Portrait Painter -Queen with sausage fingers), Prof Ken Howard RA, Julie Jackson NEAC, Bill Packer (Art Critic).
Mike Godbee (Chair of The Arts Club) was obscured in back row....
These comments are from Wendy Harman

The winners were announced at the Artist's Soiree on Monday 19th May 2008 see below for the list.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Arts Club Summer & Autumn Concert Series

Sadly with the ill fated start of Doom and Gloom, it remained so and we had to withdraw all concerts. We thank all the singers and the pianist for wanting to help the Trust. Deborah Norman was exceptional and the Trust expressed its gratitude in the form of a donation.

In aid of the
Arts Club Charitable Trust and with the support of Robert Tears CBE

each recital
will be preceded by a glass of wine on arrival and followed by supper - 2 course
meal with wine. All the artists have accepted much smaller than usual fees for
their performances and we are grateful to them. The participation has been fixed
to £ 65.00 per person inclusive of service and VAT and include a donation of £
25 to the Trust or £ 600 per tables of ten to include a donation of £ 200.oo to
the Trust . Please make your cheques payable to The Arts Club Charitable Trust
or call 0800 084 21 73 to pay by credit card. Please state you dietary
requirements upon booking.

Friday 13th June – “Doom & Gloom”


Soprano Deborah Norman made her professional debut as Maria in West
Side Story
at
La Scala, Milan and at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden singing Chloe in The
Queen of Spades
. She has also performed major principal roles with Welsh
National Opera and Opera North
as well as in demand internationally for gala
performances. Notable engagements include Naiad in Ariadne
auf Naxos
with the London Symphony
Orchestra
under Sir Simon Rattle, Carmina Burana at the Royal
Albert Hall
, Opera Galas at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow & Bridgewater Hall
and
CD recordings with EMI
Classics and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Deborah was
.... stunning, she delighted the audience with song from Puccini, Strauss,
Duparc, Faure, some were in tears at her rendition of Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893) Ebben n'andro from La Wall,
Gerschin and " La Veuve Joyeuse" de Lehar.

We very much look forward to
hearing Josuah on:

Friday 25th
July – “Swan Upping”

Studying at the Guildhall School of Music &
Drama
under the support of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, tenor Joshua Ellicott took
four of the top prizes at the 2006 International Vocal Competition in
s-Hertogenbosch
including the overall first prize. He has performed at London's Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Royal
Albert Hall and Barbican Hall
, operatic performances with most of the major
British opera houses and recently the role of Narr in Wozzeck for
La Monnaie in Brussels.

http://25july.blog.com/ for
further information

Friday
15th August – “All Things British”

Baritone Roland Wood studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and at the National Opera Studio under the
support of the Peter Moores Foundation.
He has understudied and performed operatic roles for European Union Opera,
Aix en Musique Festival,
Glyndebourne and English National Opera, as well as opera galas
with the Bayerische Rundfunkorchester and the European Union Youth
Orchestra
in Baden-Baden. He has represented England in the Cardiff
Singer of the World
(semi-final winner) and in 2008 will be appearing as Renato in Un ballo in maschera for the Nationale Reisopera
in the Netherlands, Alfio in Cavelleria
Rusticana at English National Opera.

Friday
26th September – “Surf & Turf”

Australian
born mezzo-soprano
Katrina Waters graduated Royal College of Music’s Benjamin Britten International Opera School
in London with
distinction. She is strongly established as a international artist in demand for
roles here in the UK, Europe
and Australia. She has broadcast on BBC
Radio 3 as part of a masterclass series with Malcolm Martineau. Her opera roles include Meg Page in Falstaff
with Lyrique-en-Me Festival de Belle-Ile, Brittany, Florence Pike (Albert Herring) for
the Aldeburgh International Festival and Bianca in the Rape Of
Lucretia (Britten).
Concert highlights include
Mahler’s Kindertötenlieder in Canberra and performances in Sydney
Opera House with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
.

Friday
24th October – “Mademoiselle
Renard”

One of the
world’s most sought after sopranos, Sarah Fox won the 1997 Kathleen
Ferrier award at 24 and began her professional career singing Karolka in
Jenufa for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and has recently performed first Rhinemaiden in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Zerlina (Don
Giovanni) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Asteria (Tamerlano)
for the Bayerishe Staatsoper München.
Sarah has appeared regularly at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh Festival with Sir
Charles Mackerras.

Australian
pianist David Barnard graduated from his Bachelor of Music studies at the age of 18 and received national
recognition for his outstanding achievements during his study. He has worked as
an accompanist extensively around the UK, Europe and Australia
accompanying some of the finest singers and instrumentalists in the profession.
He is a Yehudi Menuhin &
Britten-Pears Young Artist.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Fundraising Dinner and dance 16th September 2008

Please look at this new blog for details of this extravaganza!

http://acctrust.blog.com/3189881/

I very much look forward to seeing you there!

Yours ever,

Jean-Francois.

Friday, May 05, 2006

The Arts Club Charitable TrustRegistered Charity No. 1075950
Established in 2000, the objectives of the Charitable Trust are:

“to promote, maintain, improve and advance education in the arts generally for the benefit of the public and, in particular,

  • a) By the encouragement of sculpture, painting, design, drawing, lithography, printmaking. graphics, poetry, literature, film, photography, dance and music; and
  • b) By the advancement of skill and craftsmanship therein.”
    The Trust is separate from the Club and its objectives are to support the arts outside the Club. The Trust has, in recent years, granted awards to students and made presentations to artists in recognition of their distinguished services to the arts.
    The Arts Club Charitable Trust does have “Charitable Tax Status” and, consequently, there are tax benefits for donors giving or leaving money to the Trust.

f you are interested in supporting “The Arts Club Charitable Trust” you may do so by:

  • a) Donation
  • b) Direct Debit
  • c) Codicil to your Will

Please apply for the appropriate forms to:

The Chairman

The Arts Club Charitable Trust

40 Dover Street

London W1S 4NP

Recipients of awards sponsored by the Charitable Trust

Each award is given at the annual dinner of the Arts Club or at the Artist's Soiree (in 2007/8)

2008

Guests of Honour: Sir Peter Blake, CBE

Excellence in Drawing Award

1st Prize – Ms. Esther Heylen
2nd Prize – Mr. Ed Relph
3rd Prize – Ms. Roxy Minter



2007

Guest of Honour: Maurice Cockrill, Keeper of the RA Schools
Who received the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion for a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Arts Club

Excellence in Drawing Award

1st Prize – Mr. Jim Howard
2nd Prize – Ms. Caroline Gorick
3rd Prize – Mr. Adam Bainbridge


2006


Guest of Honour: Mary Fedden OBE
Who received the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion for a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Arts Club

Excellence in Drawing Award
1st Prize – Mr. Matthew Draper
2nd Prize – Mr. Kaspaer Pincis
3rd Prize – Mr. Richard Burton



2005

Guest of Honour: Maurice Cockrill, Keeper of the RA Schools

Excellence in Drawing Award

1st Prize – Ms. Kim Williams
2nd Prize – Ms. Ann-Caroline Breig
2nd Prize – Mr. Francis Taylor
3rd Prize – Mr. John Burke

2004

Guest of Honour: Sir David Attenborough
Who received the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion for a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Arts Club

Young Artist Award
Ms. Dunia Lavrova
(Music)

Excellence in Drawing Award
1st Prize – Ms. Michèle Bland
2nd Prize – Ms. Máirín Kelly
3rd Prize – Mr. David Treloar

Alexander Korda Film Award
Dr. Jack Cardiff OBE

2003

Guest of Honour: Prof. Sir Peter Blake CBE R.A.
Who received the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion for a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Arts Club

Young Artist Award
Mr. Don Brown
(Sculpture)
Excellence in Drawing Award

Joint Winners

Dr Claerwyn James
Slade School of Art

&
Ms. Sintra Tantra
Slade School of Art

Photographic Award
Mr. James Chance

Jewellery Design Award
Ms. Susan Fyson

Medical Art Society Award
Prof. Peter Lavender

2002

Guest of Honour: Sir Peter Hall
Who received the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion for a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Arts Club

Young Artist Award
Mr. Stephen Little
(Theatre)

Excellence in Drawing Award
Joint Winners
Ms. Chloë Morris
Slade School of Art
&
Mr. Rowan James
Prince’s Studio Drawing Trust

Excellence in Sculpture Award
Mr. William Sorrell
Price’s Studio Drawing Trust

2001

Guest of Honour: Sir Anthony Dowell CBE
Who received the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion for a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Arts Club

Young Artist Award
Ms. Jenny Tattersall
(Dance)
Excellence in Drawing Award
Mr. Neil Pittaway

The Arts Club Charitable Trust

The Arts Club Charitable Trust


Many members may not be aware of the existence and objects of the Trust and other members may not yet have considered joining it and enabling it primarily to benefit struggling artists in all fields.

The Trust is a registered charity and so donations (a minimum donation of twenty pounds is currently required each year for membership) may be made under Gift Aid and legacies are free of inheritance tax. Its management is entirely independent of the Club and, although the Club appoints two members of the Trust’s Executive Committee, the majority of that Committee and its chairman are not on the Club Board. At the same time it is self-evident that the Trust’s objects are consistent with many of those of the Club and that it is hoped that publicity of the charitable work of the Trust will help promote the Club as THE club that all those interested in and furthering the Arts should aspire to join.

You have had the opportunity of seeing the results of some of the Trust’s activities at the exhibition of the work of some past prize-winners of its awards and we hope that many of you will feel inspired to give at least twenty pounds to become a member. We also hope that some of you will be able to help identify struggling artists in any field of the arts generally worthy of a boost who can be helped to progress with a grant of an award by the Trust. Currently the amount of money may seem rather little (the Trust cannot currently contemplate any award of more than a thousand pounds) but the recognition of the artist and the scope for publicity mean that a lot of good can be achieved even with modest resources. Do join us.

Inge Borg-Scott
Jean-Francois Dor (Chairman)
Patrick Doyle
Michael Godbee (Honorary Secretary)
Michael Gravett (Honorary Treasurer)
Thomas Hamilton
Ian Jackson
John Simmons
Dinah Wiener