Welcome to The Arts Society Chester

Welcome to the Arts Society Chester!  We host monthly lectures on a wide range of topics relating to the Arts, normally meeting on the third Tuesday of the month from September to June. Our talks commence at 11am and are repeated at 1.30pm, with tea and coffee served before each lecture.  All our lectures are given by speakers who are nationally-acclaimed experts in their subject.  We welcome guests and new members to join us. 

We also arrange Days of Special Interest, focussing in depth on a particular topic, and Visits to places of interest.  In addition, we provide funding for local community arts projects through our monthly raffle, held at the lectures.  See the News section for information on our current projects.

Guest Taster Sessions  We welcome guests to an initial lecture free of charge.  If you wish to attend, please contact the membership secretary on  membership.chester@theartssociety.org to arrange it.

Become a member  See the attachment section for the membership form, which you may complete and return as indicated on the form.  In addition to the talks, membership gives you access to national Arts Society events and resources, and the quarterly magazine, which reviews arts and events nationwide.

Want to help? The success of our Society is due to members supporting the committee by helping at lectures and by joining the committee to help plan and deliver our lectures and events.  Please speak to a committee member if you would be interested in joining the committee.

We are also interested in identifying 'Really Useful Members', who can offer specific expertise or ad hoc help, even if you do not wish to join the committee or offer a regular commitment.

Meetings are held at:
Cheshire View,
Plough Lane,
Christleton,
Chester,
CH3 7PT

FUTURE EVENTS:

For our planned Programme of Lectures, please see Event details below.  For more information about these events click on the title or 'Find out more' button to see the information.

TO JOIN PLEASE CONTACT THE SOCIETY

LOCATION

Cheshire View
Plough Lane
Christleton
United Kingdom

CH3 7PT

MEETING TIMES

11.00am - 3rd - Tuesday


1.30pm - 3rd - Tuesday

EVENTS

17
February
2026
Cheshire View
Plough Lane
Christleton, Chester
CH3 7PT

Hear how Constable and Turner challenged convention, were notoriously ‘difficult’, and were the forerunners of modernism in British art

17
March
2026
Cheshire View
Plough Lane
Christleton, Chester
CH3 7PT

From his own experience, the pains and pleasures of a life in the theatre, and the intricate processes of putting on a play

21
April
2026

‘Remember that in a garden we are painting a picture’ How the works of Turner, Monet, Rothko and Pollock influenced garden design