The links above the picture, and the "home" button, refer to The Arts Society in general, but do not relate directly to this society. 

The Arts Society Henfield was founded in 1969 as Adur Valley Fine Arts Society. Our monthly lectures are held at The Henfield Hall. Unless otherwise posted, commencement is at 2.30 p.m. sharp.

By clicking on the blue textual links below you can view our current programme. Your back button will then return you to this page. Do not click on the "home" button or you will get lost. News relevant to this society can be found in the  "news" section at the bottom of this page. We very much welcome, and need, your feedback on our lectures. To this end an email link to our assessment form will be dispatched to members after each event. This will need to be completed and then submitted. Email addresses will not be collected by us.

Guests and visitors are welcome at our lectures at a cost of £10 per visit.

SPECIAL OFFER.

If you join our society, for the 2026 season, from September 2025 onwards, the remaining lectures of the year will be included at no extra cost. The annual subscription remains at £50 per person. Additionally, if you bring in to a lecture one of our publicity flyers, this will allow free entry on the day.  

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Here you will find up-to-date information about our activites, up-coming events and lectures. If you would like us to add anything further, which relates to our society, then please let our secretaries  know on their email which is : secretary.henfield@theartssociety.org

NEXT LECTURE:-

3rd July: The Lady Oliver Lecture - The Age of Jazz.

https://theartssociety.org/events/lady-oliver-lecture-2

8th September: Lecture; Jan van Eyck.

https://theartssociety.org/events/jan-van-eyck

13th October: Lecture; The Art of Colour in English Garden Design.

https://theartssociety.org/events/art-colour-english-garden-design

6th November: A Study Day; Art & Architecture in the Dutch golden Age.

https://theartssociety.org/events/dutch-golden-age

10th November: Lecture; Venice and the East.

https://theartssociety.org/events/veniceand-east

8th December: Lecture; Getting the Drift - Snow in Art

https://theartssociety.org/events/getting-drift

11th December: Luncheon; our annual Christmas bean feast.

https://theartssociety.org/events/christmas-lunch-4

Our 2026 programme follows:-

12th January 2026: Lecture; Canaletto in England.

https://theartssociety.org/events/canaletto-england-0

9th February: Lecture; Regency Revelations. The lost diary of a dandy. 

https://theartssociety.org/events/regency-revelations

9th March: Lecture; The Queen Mother's Jewels

https://theartssociety.org/events/queen-mothers-jewels

12th March: Study Day; London; 1 capital, 2 milennia, 3 decisive moments.

https://theartssociety.org/events/london-moments

12th April: Lecture; What is a masterpiece?

https://theartssociety.org/events/what-masterpiece

11th May: Lecture; The Architectural works of Sir C. Wren.

https://theartssociety.org/events/aiming-eternity

8th June: Lecture; The Art of Dance

https://theartssociety.org/events/art-dance-1

2nd July: The Lady Oliver Lecture: Mozart in London.

https://theartssociety.org/events/lady-oliver-lecture-3

14th September: Lecture; Rembrandt: why self portraits?

https://theartssociety.org/events/rembrandt

12th October: Lecture, preceded by the A.G.M; David Hockney: the old master from the modern world.

https://theartssociety.org/events/david-hockney-0

9th November: Lecture; British glass 1450 - 1900

https://theartssociety.org/events/british-crystal-glass

12th November: Study Day; the King Charles' and their artistic tastes.

https://theartssociety.org/events/charles-iii

14th December: Lecture; The story of Christmas music.

https://theartssociety.org/events/christmas-music

In the box labelled "Attachments” you will find various forms which you can download to your computer. You can then complete them and post or email them to us. The email address to use for all correspondence to us is henfield@theartssociety.org

Below, there are news items that we post from time to time.