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 we also sponsor educational work in local schools and colleges. This year our Young Arts Group is taking part in the art bytes programme. We have created Heritage Trails of Bowdon our most recent is based on 3 female Altrincham artists, Helen Allingham, Gladys Vasey and Edith le Breton. Details can be found on our News page.

The Annual membership fee is £65 per person. To join, please download the form using the link in the attachments box and either bring to a meeting or post/email to the Membership secretary. If you would like more information please email or phone the Membership Secretary using the details below.

If you would like to volunteer to help run our society either on the committee or in a supporting role then please let us know by emailing bowdon@theartssociety.org or let a member of the committee know at a meeting.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bowdon Arts Society.

You can find a taste of our current and past lecture programmes here.

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