The Hope and District Arts Council is presenting the first in a series of events exploring art history. On May 17, local art historian and critic Oleh Oleniev will speak about the Bayeux Tapestry from a number of different perspectives in stressing its continued relevance to a contemporary audience as propaganda. According to the arts council website, the Bayeux tapestry depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Th…