The Arts Society Bowdon

The Arts Society Bowdon was established in 1981. It is a friendly and welcoming society affiliated to The Arts Society, a leading arts education charity with a global network of local Societies which brings people together through a shared curiosity for the arts.

We offer illustrated talks given by lecturers of national and international standing on subjects related to a wide spectrum of the arts.

The Society meets at the beautiful Edwardian Bowdon Rooms. We host one or two Guest Events each year which in recent years have taken the form of a special Society lunch and lecture and these have proved popular with the members and their guests. When circumstances allow, we offer two one-day visits each year to places of interest to members and a longer visit of several days and there are also opportunities to join visits arranged by the Arts Society. 

Our volunteers undertake various projects in the local community such as restoration work on the library at Tabley House and church recording at Hale Chapel and St. James’ Church, Gatley. We also sponsor educational work in local schools and colleges. One of our successful projects has been a Heritage Trail of Bowdon and we have recently established a new trail based on 3 female Altrincham artists, Helen Allingham, Gladys Vasey and Edith le Breton. We expect to establish more trails in the local area in the coming years. 

MEMBERSHIP

We are welcoming new members.

We would also value offers of help from any members interested in helping to run our society. 

The Membership Fee for the year 2024/25 is £65 per person and both new member and renewal forms can be found in the Forms  section of this website.

For more information please contact our Membership Secretary by email at bowdondfas@hotmail.co.uk or phone 0161 282 6209. 

Find us here on  facebook  :  Arts Society Bowdon

or email us at :  bowdondfas@hotmail.co.uk

Next Lecture

Monday 14th October 

"Now you see it - now you don't; the art of visual deception"

 The stretching and distorting of perspective has been highly developed by artists to create a range of effects on the viewer.

Lecturer - Bertie Pearce

Heritage Volunteers

The Book Conservation Project starts again at Tabley on November 7th, 10.30 am until 12.30 pm.  Sessions will then run twice a month over the winter until March 2025.  Details can be obtained from Chris Laffly or from Hilary Forrest (jenhilfor@gmail.com) who will be at the October lecture.

 
MORE....?

Explore more of the richness of the Arts by taking a look at the Arts Society website where you can subscribe free to the Magazine full of exclusive features and articles and also access exciting new digital video content at Cultur.Art

 (Click on links underlined above to go to the relevant webpage)