Established in 2000 in the heart of Pennine Yorkshire, our Society offers a high quality and wide ranging programme of lectures and visits and welcomes everyone with an interest in the arts and their history.

The Arts Society, Halifax meets monthly (except in August and September), for lectures at Calderdale Music, The Old Courthouse, Blackwall, Halifax, HX1 2DL

Lectures are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 1.00pm.

THE NEXT LECTURE IS ON TUESDAY 14 JANUARY, 2025

"The Art of Winter"

Lecturer: Anna Bianco

This lecture explores how artists across Europe responded to the climactic phenomenon of ‘The Little Ice Age’ which swept across the Northern Hemisphere from 1300 to around 1870.

We will look at iconic images from the Duc de Berry’s Très Riches Heures manuscript, and the paintings of Pieter Breughel the Elder and Hendrick Avercamp, amongst others. This exploration of the ‘art of winter’ will conclude with a brief look at how contemporary artists use winter as both a subject and medium.

The 2024 lecture programme concluded, on 12 November, with an excellent talk on Vincent van Gogh by Dr Juliet Musgrove.

This was also the last lecture to take place in the Square Chapel. The programme for 2025 (see full details, on this page, under 'attachments') will launch on 14 January 2025 at the new venue: Calderdale Music, The Old Courthouse, Blackwall, Halifax, HX1 2DL

Please note that the first two sessions (14 January and 11 February) will be Members Only (ie no Guest tickets will be available). If you haven't yet renewed your membership, please be sure to do so by 30 November 2024. (Forms can be found on this page under 'attachments'.)

Membership enquiries : email: halifax@theartssociety.org