{"id":10342,"date":"2024-08-16T17:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=10342"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:23:55","slug":"summer24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2024\/summer24\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Summer Outing to St Albans Museum and Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/141-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-e1723888835201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10345 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/141-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-e1723888835201-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"SISTA Summer Outing St A Museum and Gallery\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/141-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-e1723888835201-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/141-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-e1723888835201-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/141-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-e1723888835201.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>What a super Soroptimist Club Social\/Summer Outing we had on 15 August!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ten of us arranged to meet at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk\/\">St Albans Museum and Gallery<\/a> to see the \u201cPassion, Determination, Vision\u201d exhibition that had been put on by &#8220;Eastern Region Textile Forum&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>The exhibition was of textile art celebrating individuals who have made a real impact in St Albans, the wider eastern region and beyond. The textile works showed the impacts and consequences of diverse individuals\u2019 lives \u2013 across time, place, space and occupation \u2013 from each artist\u2019s unique and creative perspective.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/142-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10346 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/142-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"St Albans Museum and Gallery - Textile inspired by Peggy Hodges by Maggie Hands\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/142-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/142-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/143-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10347 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/143-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"St Albans Museum and Gallery - Textile inspired by Peggy Hodges by Maggie Hands\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/143-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/143-SISTA-Summer-Outing-St-A-Museum-and-Gallery-Peggy-Hodges.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There were textile portraits representing\u00a0 local people including Saint Alban, Stephen Hawking, Francis Bacon, Ebenezer Howard, Louis Wain, George Bernard Shaw, Kathleen Kenyon, Michael Morpurgo, Pauline Gower, Lady Constance Lytton, Tim Rice and many more.<\/p>\n<p>We were particularly keen to see the piece by <a href=\"https:\/\/ertf.org.uk\/maggie-hands\/\">Maggie Hands<\/a> which was<strong>\u00a0inspired by St Albans Soroptimist <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/about-our-club\/inspirational-members\/peggy-hodges-obe-1921-2008\/\">Peggy Hodges OBE<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; <\/strong>please see the photos above. Maggie contacted the Club ahead of the exhibition to make sure that we were aware that the display included our inspirational Member. Maggie was chuffed to know that we had made a special event of the gallery visit. She discovered Peggy as her inspiration from Hertfordshire Heroines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertsmemories.org.uk\/content\/herts-history\/people\/herts-hidden-heroines-project\">https:\/\/www.hertsmemories.org.uk\/content\/herts-history\/people\/herts-hidden-heroines-project<\/a> &#8211; in which SI St Albans &amp; District had contributed pieces for our Soroptimist Club&#8217;s special figures Audrey Collins OBE, Hilary Ratcliffe OBE and Peggy Hodges OBE. Maggie was surprised how little info there was about Peggy when she read the snippets about what she had achieved&#8230; All of the artists displaying had created really diverse and interesting pieces. Some of the Soroptimists who attended were so impressed that they are arranging visits with other groups that they belong to. The exhibition is on until 3 Nov.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/144-SISTA-Summer-Outing-George-St-Canteen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10348 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/144-SISTA-Summer-Outing-George-St-Canteen-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SISTA Summer Outing George St Canteen\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/144-SISTA-Summer-Outing-George-St-Canteen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/144-SISTA-Summer-Outing-George-St-Canteen.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Afterwards we went to the George St Canteen for a delicious lunch with the Cathedral as a backdrop\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgestreetcanteen.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.georgestreetcanteen.co.uk\/<\/a> . We picked the venue because it is known for its sustainable credentials and even has its own mini nature reserve!<\/p>\n<p>It was lovely that past Member of our Club Jill could join us (she is a Member of the Brixham Club and was visiting).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong style=\"color: #ff6600\">Many of us wore orange to raise the profile of our Orange the World campaign to end violence against women and girls.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a super Soroptimist Club Social\/Summer Outing we had on 15 August! 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