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 meet at the beautiful Edwardian Bowdon Rooms. We offer illustrated talks given by lecturers of national and international standing on subjects related to a wide spectrum of the arts. 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 there are also opportunities to join visits arranged by the Arts Society and neighbour Societies in the North West. 

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 and this year our Young Arts Group is taking part in the art bytes programme. We have created popular 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 for 2025/6 is £70 per person. Join / Renewal forms will be available at the next lecture meeting or you can download the form using the link in the attachments box and either bring to a meeting or post/email to the Membership secretary.

For more information please contact the Membership Secretary using the details below.  

We are looking for volunteers to help run our society either. Currently we are looking for a Hon. Secretary to be the minute taker at our monthly meetings during the season and also someone to help us to arrange visits and day trips.

Please contact bowdon@theartssociety.org if you are interested in either role or let a member of the committee know at a meeting. You can also complete a nomination form in the Attachments box. 

We look forward to welcoming you to Bowdon Arts Society.

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