The Arts Society Bowdon

AND SO, TO BED

On Monday 20th April our Society's President and freelance lecturer, Janusz Karczewski-Slowikowskiwe will be tracing the significance and use of beds from the medieval period through to the 18th century, from the great ‘State Beds’ and also through the history of their construction, decoration and often costly textiles associated with them. In times gone by, married or single, rich or poor, one never slept alone…

Janusz is an Antique dealer, freelance lecturer and researcher in English furniture history.

TABLEY HOUSE - Spring Visit

We have finalised the spring visit to Tabley Hall which will take place on Thursday 16th April 2026.

After making your way to Tabley House, you can choose to join us for a guided tour with a light lunch in the tearoom, or just for the guided tour. More details and the booking form is available in the attachments box to the right/below or by clicking on this link. Deadline for bookings is Friday 19th April.

VOTING IS OPEN

As you know, as part of our Community & Young Arts programme, we use the proceeds from our raffle to support different projects supporting arts in the community. Art Bytes, works with schools to bring visual arts to pupils and students. For the second year running, we are supporting the Willows Primary School in Timperley.

From Fri 20th March – Sun 19th April 2026 anyone can VOTE for their favourite artwork from the TOP 3 selected by our expert panel of Judges

It is the public vote which determines each school's winner who then goes forward into the next round of judging to be in with a chance of becoming a regional - or even national winner!

Please do take a look at this years entries and encourage your family and friends to to cast their vote online too!

For further instructions, please visit: https://artbytes.co.uk/how-to-vote/

CHURCH RECORDING IS ON ITS WAY BACK!

After a hiatus, we are looking to restart our Church Recording projects so watch this space for more information.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We currently have 2 vacant positions for volunteers to help us run the society. We are looking for:

A Secretary to take the minutes at our monthly committee meetings and
An Events organiser to arrange events and visits for our members to enjoy. This can be one-off or recurring involvement to suit you.

If you'd like to join volunteer for either of these roles, please let us know by emailing us at: bowdon@theartssociety.org or letting someone know at a lecture meeting.

About Us

The Arts Society Bowdon was established in 1982. 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 usually take 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 at the library at Tabley House. 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 recently created popular Heritage Trails of Bowdon the most recent being about 3 female Altrincham artists. Details can be found on our News page.

The North West Area Arts Society covers all the societies in our area, details of events across the North West can be found on their web page. Click here for details.

To Join Us

The Annual membership fee for 2025/6 is £70 per person. There is a discount rate mid season. The New Member/Renewal form can be downloaded using the link in the attachments box and either brought to a meeting or posted/emailed to the Membership secretary using the details below.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bowdon Arts Society.

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