The Arts Society Weybridge – Monthly Meetings

The Arts Society Weybridge Meeting at Whiteley Village Hall Hersham Elmbridge
Arts Society Weybridge, Elmbridge, Surrey - Formerly Weybridge Decorative & Fine Arts Society

The Arts Society Weybridge

Weybridge Decorative & Fine Arts Society was founded in 2000. We are affiliated to The Arts Society formerly known as the National Association for Decorative & Fine Arts. In October 2017, following the lead of The Arts Society, we changed our name to The Arts Society Weybridge.

Our primary activity is a programme of lectures with a guest speaker. These talks take place at Whiteley Village Hall, Octagon Road, off Burwood Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 4EH, at 10.30 am on the second Wednesday of each month (except July).

We also arrange visits to local places of interest, and trips abroad.

Talks Programme For The Arts Society Weybridge

2024 Talks – All planned to be live at Whiteley Village Hall

Wed 13 November 2024 – How to Steal a Million

Wed 11 December 2024 – Buildings for 8 Faiths in London

2025 Talks – All planned to be live at Whiteley Village Hall

Wednesday 8th January 2025 – Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675 and the Delft school of Painting

Wednesday 12th February 2025 – Cartoons & Contraptions: ‘World of Heath Robinson’

Wednesday 12th March 2025 – Antony Gormley: ‘A Body of Work’

Wednesday 9th April 2025 – Annual General Meeting followed by Katsushika Hokusai and JMW Turner

Wednesday 14th May 2025 – Gauguin’s Discovery of the Primitive

Wednesday 11th June 2025 – Gilded Glories – The fascinating History of Gilding

Wednesday 13th August 2025 – The Invention of Photography and Impact of Early Modern Painting

Wednesday 10th September 2025 – Meissen Porcelain

Wednesday 8th October 2025 – John Singer Sargent: ‘The Private Radical’

Wednesday 12th November 2025 – Pantomime: ‘When the Fairy’s over 50’

Wednesday 10th December 2025 – Art & Architecture

Archive - 2024 Talks Programme

Wed 10 January 2024 – Discovering Macdonald Gill: Architect, Artist and Mapmaker

Wed 14 February 2024 – George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Wed 13 March 2024 – A Bit of a Carry On

Wed 10 April 2024 – Annual General Meeting followed by ‘The Athletic Aesthetic – Your Arts Society Guide to the 2024 Olympics’

Wed 8 May 2024 – The Architecture of Mughal India

Wed 12 June 2024 – Van Gogh’s 444 days in Provence

July 2024 – No Lecture (Summer Holiday Break)

Wed 14 August 2024 – Persepolis: Art, Architecture and Ideology of the Persian Empire

Wed 11 September 2024 – Diego Velazquez: Painter and Courtier for Philip IV

Wed 9 October 2024 – From the Sublime to the Ridiculous – Venetian Glass 1450 – 1900

Wed 13 November 2024 – How to Steal a Million

Wed 11 December 2024 – Buildings for 8 Faiths in London

Archive - 2023 Talks Programme
Wed 11 January 2023 – Atkinson Grimshaw – Master of Light

Wed 8 February 2023 – Charlie Chaplin: Tortured Genius

Wed 8 March 2023 – 10 Favourite Paintings from the National Gallery

Wed 12 April 2023 – Annual General Meeting followed by ‘Brave New World: Post WWII Culture’

Wed 20 May 2023 – Birth of the Hoax in 18C England

Wed 14 June 2023 – Greek Origins and Illusions

Wed 9 August 2023 – ‘Baroque on a Roll’

Wed 13 September 2023 – How Art Can Save Your Life

Wed 11 October 2023 – The Art of the Automobile

Wed 8 November 2023 – Travels with a Trowel

Wed 13 December 2023 – ‘From Pageant to Pop’ – The History of Music in London

Archive - 2022 Talks Programme

Wed 12th January 2022 – This is Wren: The Classical, The Baroque: City London Churches – Lecture by Tony Tucker

Wed 9th February 2022 – Albrecht Durer’s Visit to the Netherlands in 1520: A Commemoration of the Five Hundredth Anniversary of his last Journey – Lecture by Clare Ford-Wille

Wed 9th March 2022 – Played in London: Charting the Heritage of a City at Play – Lecture by Simon Inglis

Wed 13th April 2022 – Highlights of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum – Lecture by James Taylor

Wed 11th May 2022 – The Aztec Legacy: Continuity and Change – Lecture by Chloe Sayer

Wed 8th June 2022 – Pevsner in Surrey: Nikolaus Pevser and the Buildings of England – Lecture by Susie Harries

Wed 10th August 2022 – Now you See it, Now you Don’t – The Art of Visual Deception – Lecture by Bertie Pearce

Wed 14th September 2022 – Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899): A Bicentenary Celebration – Lecture by Lois Oliver

Wed 12th October 2022 – Annual General Meeting followed by Norman Rockwell and the Heyday of the Illustrator – Lecture by Rupert Dickens

Wed 9th November 2022 – Manet and his Milieu – Lecture by Barry Venning

Wed 14th December 2022 – The Genius of Antonio Stradivari – Lecture by Toby Faber

Where & When

The Arts Society Weybridge meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (excluding July) at Whiteley Village Hall. A map and the full address are below.

Lectures begin at 10.30 am
Coffee is available from 10 am.

Contact Details For The Arts Society Weybridge

Map For The Arts Society Weybridge Meetings

Whiteley Village Hall

Whiteley Village Hall
Octagon Road, off Burwood Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 4EH

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