The Arts Society Weybridge – Monthly Meetings
About The Arts Society
The Arts Society (previously known as Decorative and Fine Art Society) has over 90,000 member worldwide – brought together through a shared curiosity for the arts and our artistic heritage. The Arts Society offers enjoyable opportunities to discover and support the arts of yesterday, today and tomorrow, wherever you are. Our events provide welcoming places – locally, nationally and globally – to hear excellent lecturers share their specialist knowledge about the arts.
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.
The Arts Society comprises Member Societies throughout the country whose aim is to increase enjoyment and knowledge of the arts and to stimulate interest in the preservation of our cultural heritage. The first Society was founded in Buckinghamshire in 1965 by the late Patricia Fay OBE and there are now over 320 societies with a membership of over 88,000. We have 300 members.
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.
At our October 2017 AGM, our members voted unanimously to change our name from Weybridge Decorative & Fine Arts Society to The Arts Society Weybridge. This follows the recommendation of The Arts Society (formerly the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies) and its rebranding.
Lecture Programme For The Arts Society Weybridge
2022 Lectures
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
Archive - 2020 Lecture Programme
Wed 12th February 2020 – “The Italian Job”: A contemporary figurative artist in Calabria – Lecture by Richard Whincop
Wed 11th March 2020 – As good as gold – Lecture by Alexandra Epps
Wed 8th April 2020 – Arts & Crafts gardens in the south-east – Lecture by Cherrill Sands
Wed 13th May 2020 – Pevsner in Surrey: Nikolaus Pevsner and the buildings of England – Lecture by Susie Harries
Wed 10th June 2020 – The Artists of Montmartre – “The pilgrims of Babylon” – Lecture by Douglas Skeggs
Wed 12th August 2020 – “Sorolla, the Master of Light” – Lecture by Arantxa Sardina
Wed 9th September 2020 – The Two Gustavs: Mahler and Klimt – – Lecture by Gavin Plumley
Wed 14th October 2020 – Annual General Meeting followed by Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) “The Ultimate renaissance ruler & fine art collector” – Lecture by David Rosier
Wed 11th November 2020 – “Ways to Look at Painting” – Lecture by Alice White
Wed 9th December 2020 – Les Parisiennes: How women lived, loved and died in Paris from 1939-49 – Lecture by Anne Sebba
Membership of The Arts Society Weybridge
We currently have 250 members. The number of members is limited by the capacity of our lecture venue.
If you are interested in becoming a member, we will be delighted to send you a registration form to be completed and returned with a non-refundable registration fee of £10.
When you become a member this registration fee will be credited towards the cost of your first year’s membership.
The annual membership fee from January 2022 is £45 per member.
Our year runs from January to December.
For more information and to apply to join please see our website tasweybridge.org.uk
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
Address For Meetings
Whiteley Village Hall
Octagon Road
off Burwood Road
Walton-on-Thames
Surrey KT12 4EH
See interactive map on this page
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Map For The Arts Society Weybridge Meetings
Whiteley Village Hall
Whiteley Village Hall
Octagon Road, off Burwood Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 4EH
