On Monday 14 September 2026 a group from The Arts Society Gravesend visited Syon House and Gardens in Brentford. Syon House has a link to Gravesend as it was the place from where Princess Pocahontas departed on her journey to return to America. She and her husband lived in a house in the grounds of Syon House under the patronage of the owners, the Percy family, while in England. The house no longer exists. Unfortunately, she never reached home as she contracted an illness enroute and died and was subsequently buried in Gravesend.
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1 Feb 2018
The committee presenting their Jubilee Calendar 2018 during our New Members coffee morning.
28 Jan 2018
Pilgrim Fathers’ Church presented with Church Record by The Arts Society Dukeries
24 Jan 2018
An exhibition of artwork by talented school students under the age of 18 is now on display at the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL).
22 Jan 2018
Happy 2018! This year The Arts Society will celebrate a milestone in the organisation's history; its golden anniversary.
22 Jan 2018
The committee recorded with regret the death on 8 January of Lady Hemingford, founder Chairman and then President of
17 Jan 2018
In 2012 The Arts Society Scarborough held a workshop on a cold Saturday afternoon for seven young people who loved art but did not have the opportunity of practising with a live model and working on an easel in order to produce very large scale charcoal drawings with an established artist