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Are you new to BDFAS?
If you’ve just joined BDFAS you should have received a letter inviting you to our new members’ coffee morning. This gives you the opportunity to meet other new members as well as the committee. You’ll also have the chance to hear about the work done by our various volunteer groups - maybe you’d like to join one of them?
At the AGM in June 2011, Patricia Burcher took over from Stephanie Faroqui as Chairman of BDFAS. Patricia is looking forward to welcoming you all to the 2011-2012 lectures and hopes that members will enjoy the lectures and events that have been organised.
Welcome to the website of Birmingham Decorative & Fine Arts Society (BDFAS) - a member of the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS).
The current BDFAS Committee - front row, from left: Alison Oswald, Judy French, Sarah Bond, Patricia Burcher (Chairman), Lesley Arkell, Judy Raine, Angela Franklin. Back row, from left: Sue Cameron-Baker, Sara Rose, Judith Al-Seffar, Vivien Heaselgrave
NADFAS opens up the world of arts to everyone. With monthly lectures on a broad range of topics as well as study days, educational visits and holidays at home and abroad, a NADFAS society is not just a great way to learn - it's a way of making new and lasting friendships.
Birmingham Decorative & Fine Arts Society (BDFAS) was established in 1990. Penny Wake, our first President, was one of its founder members. We held our 20th anniversary celebration in October 2010 and there are photographs in the ‘Past Highlights’ page of the ‘Events’ section.
From a modest beginning we have made great strides, now having 371 members and a strong waiting list. BDFAS is a successful and vibrant society thanks to a blend of good ideas, passionate and dedicated effort from everyone involved and the immense pleasure we derive from being members of this society. BDFAS contributes greatly to the cultural fabric of our lives through the projects it undertakes, including the work of the Heritage Volunteers and Church Recorders as well as its Young Arts activities including the grants which it awards to develop the skills of young artists and craftsmen. BDFAS is proud to play its part in the cultivation and study of the decorative and fine arts in the West Midlands area.
For further details of our activities please contact us.
< Statue of Matthew Boulton, James Watt & William Murdoch