Public Speaking
Dorman enjoys a prominent reputation as a public speaker and fundraiser, and has been invited as Guest Speaker to a wide range of institutions in the UK and further afield. These include: the British Embassy, Paris; the Royal School of Ballet, Christies Auction House, The Army & Navy Club, The United Grand Lodges of England, Honourable Artillery Company, The Order of St George, St John’s Eye Hospital of Jerusalem, National Liberal Club, The Balfour Project, The Chelsea Arts Club, Cumberland Lodge, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Freemason Hall, National Archdeacon Conference, Canterbury Cathedral; St James’s Piccadilly, Leicester Cathedral, Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral & many churches & schools. If you would like to engage her to speak at your event, please get in touch.
Child of War - The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London, 2025
Lest we Forget, Remembrance Day - The Army & Navy Club, 2024
Cumberland Conversation - Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, 2019
Haunted by Light - 28th January 2020
Haunted - The National Liberal Club, 2020
Leavers Talk - Port Regis, 2024
Dance in the Middle of the Fighting - The Royal Ballet School, 23rd January 2020
Artist’s Workshop - Bedales School, 2021
Children in War - Ukrainian Panel Discussion, Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, 2024
Great Faith - Bradford Literary Festival, 2025
A War Artist’s Journey - The Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2025
The Russians Left the Bodies in the Streets - Fundraising Gala Dinner, St Giles House , 2025
Ukraine, Past & Present - Milton Keynes, 2025
Stateless- Christies, King Street, 2020.
The Possibility of Light - The British Embassy, Paris, 2019
The Possibility of Light - The United Grand Lodge, Freemason Hall, 16th May 2019
Leading and Learning in Adversity: What Works and What Really Matters - BAML Military Network, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 7th March, 2019
Arabella Dorman in conversation with Levison Wood - The Hurlingham Club, 6th November 2018
Displaced- Leicester Cathedral, LE1 5FQ, 4th July 2018
Suspended - In Search of Light - Leicester Cathedral, World Refugee Day, 20th June 2018
In Search of Light - Thomas's London Day School, Battersea, 18th June 2018
Suspended, In Search of Light – An Artist’s Journey - Canterbury Cathedral, 26th April 2018
Suspended: An Evening of Words and Music - St James's Church, Piccadilly, 8th February 2018
Other Talks:
The Darkness of War, The National Army Museum, 2017
Guest Speaker 'The Pity of War' Diocese of Rochester Annual Archdeaconry Day, November 2017
'From the Studio to the Frontline: The Art of War in Portraiture' Thomas's, Battersea, May 2017
How Art Can Shape Public Perception About The Army National Army Museum, May 2017
International Women's Day: Be Bold for Change St James's Piccadilly, March 2017
Guest Speaker 'Open to God in a Turbulent World' The National Archdeacon's Conference, 2017
Guest Speaker 'Art and War' St Mary's School, Calne, November 2016
Guest Speaker 'The Art of War' Cornwall’s Regimental Museum, October 2016
Guest Speaker 'The Art of War' 14th Annual Women of Dumfries and Galloway Luncheon, March 2016
Guest Speaker 'Women of the World' evening The Lansdowne Club, March 2016
Guest Speaker, Artist's Lunch The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair, November 2016
Guest Speaker, RNLI Annual Dinner October 2015