Ipswich Arts Association

IAA representing 50+ Arts Organisations in Suffolk

An introduction and welcome from Professor Chris Green – Chair IAA
Ipswich Arts Association has 50+ member organisations, which means that hundreds of
individuals are associated with its activities. In 2018 the Association is continuing a number
of successful initiatives… click here to read full article

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Town Lectures and Concerts 2018

This year will be the nineteenth series of the highly popular Town Lectures and Concerts.
The lectures present Ipswich, with its rich history and cultural background through the
eyes of Suffolk-based speakers and with concert performances from local musicians.

LECTURE  NOVEMBER 8th

THE QUAKER INFLUENCE IN 19th CENTURY IPSWICH
Mike King

In this illustrated talk, Mike King focuses on influential Quakers in Ipswich who shaped not just
the town but the world beyond, including the Alexanders, who developed local banking, and
the Ransome family business which made such things as revolutionary ploughs and traction engines. Ransomes helped develop the original Ipswich Museum in 1847, the first gasworks and
the docks, including the cast-iron Stoke bridge, while Charles May made telescopes for the
Orwell Park Observatory, the Greenwich Observatory and contributed to the railways.

Full details of the 2018 series here:  Town Lectures & Concerts

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IAA Newsletter 

Current edition: September – December 2018  Click for pdf version

IAA newsletter is published three times each year, working in conjunction with our website,
it highlights news and forthcoming events from Ipswich Arts Association and its members.
Further details here:  Newsletter homepage

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Ipswich Music Day 2018 – Sunday July 1st

IAA once again hosted the ‘Classical Stages’ at the 2018 event: St. Margarets Church,
Wolsey Gallery at Christchurch Mansion, Bethesda Baptist Church and The Masonic Hall

A big thank you to all the performers, presenters, helpers and of course the audience
for attending and making another great Music Day – and wasn’t the weather nice!!

   

Ipswich Arts Association would like to thank Music World, Queen St. Ipswich,
for  kindly supplying a Yamaha digital piano for Ipswich Music Day.
www.music-world-ipswich.co.uk
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