{"id":5,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/discover-outdoors\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:54:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theartssocietygibraltar.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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THE BELIEF THAT THE ARTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ENRICH PEOPLES’ LIVES IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. WE WANT TO BE THE MOST INCLUSIVE AND INFLUENTIAL ARTS SOCIETY.<\/p>

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In 2010 Paul Moody and Claus Olesen founded our society, then called Gibraltar NADFAS , standing for the National Decoration of Fine Arts Societies and were finding their feet.\u00a0We did formally form in 2010 and have been hosting monthly illustrated talks eight times annually since.\u00a0<\/p>

In 2017 under the new chairmanship of Florian\u00a0Schweizer The DFAS name changed to universally be known as The Arts Society<\/p>

The Arts Society Gibraltar, has become part of a network of over 90,000 people worldwide – brought together through a shared curiosity for the arts and our artistic heritage. The Arts Society offers enjoyable opportunities to discover and support the arts of yesterday, today and tomorrow, wherever you are. Our events provide a warm welcome and are held at our historic treasure The Garrison Library \u2013 to hear excellent lecturers share their specialist knowledge about the arts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst KCVO, CBE, <\/b>We are delighted Sir Ben has agreed to be<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>our patron and help and assist us in any way he can. We are very honored and grateful.<\/span><\/p>

Minister Christian Santos.<\/strong> Due to the change of Government after the general election we have a change in Patrons. Sadly we say good bye to Minister Cortes and welcome Minister Christian Santos as our new patron who is now Minister for Culture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Trustees
<\/strong>Jane Hart Simmons<\/strong> – Chairman
<\/span>Eleanor Turpin<\/strong> – Deputy Chairman, \u00a0Secretary, Programme Secretary
<\/span>Adrian Tavares<\/strong> – Hon Treasurer
Claus Olesen<\/strong> – \u00a0Membership Secretary<\/p>

Committee members<\/strong>
Jennifer Stentiford<\/strong>\u00a0
Jennifer <\/strong>Halkett
Julian Guillano
Pie Sanchez
Arianna Scavone
Kerry Miller
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We are affiliated to The Arts Society in the UK and almost all of the 400 global societies have a paid membership. The global membership is over 90,000. In Gibraltar we average a paid membership of 60-70.<\/p>

We enjoy a special relationship with our sister Society De La Frontera. They hold their talks at the San Roque Golf Club. We share our speakers and special events and outings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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