Durdatha whye! [Cornish for "Good day to you!"]
Whether you’ve landed here by accident or design – Welcome to our website.
On this site you’ll find details about what we do, our lecture programme, tours and visits, Young Arts and Heritage Volunteers opportunities. Come back often – the site is updated regularly. Our lecture programme is free to members: guests and non-members pay a £5 admission fee.
Torchbearer Sarah Blight shows off her colours at Marazion, 19th May 2012
THIS MONTH you could ……
Attend an art exhibition …
… Book one of the remaining tickets for the Summer Lunch Party …
… … Join us at Rosemoor and enjoy the Quentin Blake exhibition and/or the fab gardens …
… … … Make plans for Coleton Fishacre …
… … … … Do a leaflet drop with Karen …
DETAILS ON ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES BELOW
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FANTASTIC NEWS ….
Truro DFAS has just been declared winner of the NADFAS Media Awards 2012 for our printed materials
‘professional’ and ‘the result of a lot of hard work’ commented the judges.
To see all Media Award winners click on highlighted links (not all award images are available on-line):
Printed Media: Truro DFAS Runner up: West Wycombe DFAS Spring Newsletter
Website: Vectis DFAS, runner up Fylde DFAS
Digital – joint winners: Ashford DFAS for their prelecture powerpoint, and Leicester DFAS for Take 5 Young Arts Group video clip: Split Pin Olympics 2012 which is a fun animation created by Year 5 primary school students as part of ‘Take 5′. ‘Take 5′ is the Young Arts Group attached to Leicester DFAS and has a membership of children from 5 Leicester City primary schools.
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NEXT MONTH’S LECTURE: IN KENWYN LECTURE THEATRE – JUNE 13TH
CONTEMPORARY SILVER
Silver bowl with modernist base design (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rosemary Ransome Wallis traces the origins of contemporary silver from 1900 to the present day. It focusses on the unique role of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, and its renowned collection which has inspired major patrons such as the Silver Trust for 10 Downing Street. More information on the Lecture Programme tab.
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Local Exhibition Diary Note: 
TDFAS will be awarding a prize to the student whose work best embodies the spirit of ‘decorative and fine art’.
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ON SALE NOW:
SUMMER LUNCH PARTY – ONLY 3 TICKETS LEFT
Friday 22nd June at Epiphany House, Kenwyn
Tickets: £12.50 (for lunch and a Pimms or fruit cup)
More details on the tab at the left, or chat to Veronica on a lecture evening, or e-mail her at veronicajgilbert@hotmail.com; telephone 02019 822744. Reserve your place immediately or risk disappointment …
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SOCIETY VISIT TO COLETON FISHACRE – Weds 19th September
£14 for National Trust members; £22 for non-NT members
Coach from Truro to this wonderful Arts and Crafts House and its stunning gardens; lunch and return via Totnes to visit the castle or indulge in a little retail therapy. Full details at the Tours and Visits tab – or chat to Celia on a lecture evening; e-mail her at celiajulian05@yahoo.co.uk; or phone 01872 552676.
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DON’T KEEP IT ALL FOR YOURSELF! Invite friends and neighbours to enjoy TDFAS. We need your help to distribute fliers around the area. Contact Karen 01326 375384 or karenjkitson@btinternet.com to find out when/where the next leaflet drop is happening.
KEEP IN TOUCH: Do make sure we have your e-mail address. We’ll send you monthly reminders of lectures – and any information that we need to communicate to members in a timely manner (things like changes of venue, speaker, flood, plagues of frogs … no, seriously! It would provide great peace of mind knowing we can e-mail you in an instant.) Update your details at 01209 715195, or via e-mail: tehidyjenny@btinternet.com. Many thanks.
HELP FOR THE ROTA: Our fantastic Catering Co-ordinator, Vivien Phillips, would like to establish a rota of catering assistants to help out on lecture evenings. So – if you enjoy a cuppa, like meeting people and can appear calm under pressure, please volunteer an hour a year behind the counter. Contact Vivien on 01209 890554, or talk to any committee member to volunteer.
