At The Arts Society Welwyn Garden, we offer a warm welcome to members and visitors who attend our monthly lectures. We are a friendly, sociable Society, meeting on the third Wednesday of the month at 10.30am. Our venue, Campus West, is a well-appointed theatre with all the facilities conducive to a splendid lecture experience.

Our membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March and covers 10 lectures, with a break in August and December. Alongside our monthly lectures, we plan an exciting programme of coach trips, visits and events for members each year. Details of these are first publicised at our lectures, and then on this website.  

Our next lecture will be on Wednesday 15 October when Christopher Garibaldi will talk on Leonardo's Horses - the Equestrian Studies of Leonardo da Vinci, while our last lecture of the calendar year will be on Wednesday 19 November, when Jamie Hayes will explore A History of Musicals.

If you're interested in joining our Study Day on Thursday 23 October, to be given by author Lucy Hughes-Hallett on Women Artists and World War II, see the attachment below. 

Our popular Christmas Celebration for members will be held this year on Wednesday 10 December, from 2.30-4.30pm at the Focolare Centre, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City. We'll enjoy some musical entertainment and festive refreshments, but hurry, places are limited and tickets (£15 per person) go fast! Book your place via the visits desk after October's lecture or email the committee at the address below.

Before then, our trip to Madrid and Salamanca departs Monday 3 November. We will be exploring these fascinating cities, as well as Toledo, Avila and Segovia. This trip is fully booked, but if you would like to join the waiting list, please contact the committee at welwyngarden@theartssociety.org

We welcome new members who have an interest in the Arts, whether art, history, sculpture, architecture, literature, drama or music. See full details of the year's lecture programme in the link below. For more information about joining the Arts Society Welwyn Garden please email our Membership Secretary Catherine Ferris at welwyngarden@theartssociety.org 

Visitors are welcome to our lectures. Do come along to the Hawthorne Theatre at Campus West and see what The Arts Society is all about. Visitors' tickets (£10) are available on the door or through the venue’s online booking system. https://www.campuswest.co.uk

Our Committee are a friendly team. We are always happy to encourage members to get involved in the Society, so whether you are a long-standing member or new to the Society please consider joining us or helping as a volunteer! Contact us via the email address below.