The Arts Society Bowdon

NEXT LECTURE

Monday 16th November

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY – 950 YEARS OF PROPAGANDA, INTRIGUE & SPIN

One of the most outstanding cultural objects surviving from the Middle Ages and long admired for its vivid narrative, today it is the unanswered questions that most intrigue us.

Timothy Wilcox. Writer, lecturer & exhibition curator will look at both its creation and its amazing afterlife.

For more details click here

FILM SCREENINGS

Our next screening Friday 5th February 2027 at 2pm at the Bowdon Parish Centre.

The film will be: YOUNG PICASSO , examining the early years of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. More details can be found here

You can find all our screenings here

THE HARRIS MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

We are planning a day trip to the recently reopened Harris Museum in Preston. It will take place on Tuesday 26^th January, 2027 and will include a tour of the Horrockses Fashions exhibition.

Please register your interest by signing up at a meeting or by emailing: bowdonmain@outlook.com to be put on the list.

More details of the proposed itinerary can be found here.

OTHER NEWS

Church Recording: Hale Unitarian Chapel is being finalised and will be presented to the Chapel on Sunday 29th November at 9.30am
Book restoration at Tabley House will restart on Thursday 12th November. If you would like to take part, please contact bowdonmain@outlook.com

You can read our latest newsletter here

ABOUT US

The Arts Society Bowdon was established on the 15th September 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 and on their Facebook page.

To Join Us

The Annual membership fee is £70 per person and we currently do not have a waiting list. The Membership Application form and Gift Aid declaration can be downloaded using the link in the attachments box or by clicking on the links below:

Membership Form

Gift Aid Form

You can either bring the forms to a meeting or post/email to the Membership secretary using the details on the form.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bowdon Arts Society.

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