The Arts Society Clapham Common is a friendly and welcoming Society, currently with about 200 members.

We offer an exciting and diverse programme of lectures given by Arts Society-accredited speakers, who are experts in their chosen field.

Our lectures take place at 10.30am for 11am, usually on the third Wednesday of the month, at the Clapham Picturehouse. 

You are very welcome to come as a guest (£10 on the door) or join us (new subscription £75 per year). We would love to see you.

During the year we also run study days where you can gain greater knowledge on a variety of subjects, e.g. from music to ballet, jewellery to Dresden. We also arrange occasional walking tours and visits to places of interest in London, which are often less accessible to the public. Recent examples include the Linnean Society and the Faringdon Collection.

We have enjoyed outings to, for example, Charleston and Chichester. We have also gone further afield on longer cultural trips, accompanied by experts, to see the arts and architecture in Dundee, Glasgow and Budapest.

A key aspect of our Society is to support and promote the arts in our community. We helped initiate and continue to support a local children's charity Routes. For a week during the school holidays twenty young people who usually receive free school meals take part in theatre workshops, which help to build their confidence, creativity and teamwork. Alongside this, they are given a healthy breakfast, lunch and snacks provided by a group of volunteers from our Society. The children devise their own play, which they perform at the end of the week in the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, for their friends and family. 

We also raise funds in order to award selected young people 100% bursaries to Omnibus Theatre Young Company, who meet every Saturday.

Finally, we also offer members the opportunity to become Heritage Volunteers, so they can get actively involved helping 'behind the scenes' in museums, archives, gardens and historic houses.