MENU PREVIOUS EVENTS


× Home Our Society
About Us Joining Us Where We Meet What Is The Arts Society? Committee Documents Newsletters
Lectures Visits & Tours Study Days News Diary Volunteering
Arts Volunteers Heritage Volunteers Church Recorders Trails
Gallery Web Page Links
Useful Links Culture Links Videos
Contact Us

These are previous events. Click on a row for more information

Or click here to see what's coming up
28 July 2026BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER WALK/RBSA GALLERY VISIT Visit
21 July 2026The Enigma of Edward ElgarLecture
23 June 2026Cartoons and Contraptions! The wonderful world of W Heath RobinsonLecture
01 June 2026Staffordshire Archives VisitVisit
01 June 2026Staffordshire Archives VisitVisit
19 May 2026Icons and the Art of ByzantiumLecture
12 May 2026Hergest Croft Gardens and Brobury House and Gardens A day visit to famous gardens Visit
21 April 2026The nature of the Beast! Understanding Fabulous Animals in Medieval Art.Lecture
17 March 2026Queens, Consorts and Courtiers: Female Art Patrons in late Stuart EnglandLecture
12 March 2026Cartoon, Hoaxes and MagicSpecial Event
17 February 2026A Bit of a Carry OnLecture
20 January 2026The Royal Academy - Guardians of British artistic taste?Lecture
19 November 2025MURDER MYSTERY - THE SHOOTING PARTYVisit
11 November 2025All About IconsLecture
14 October 2025Gender and 20th Century British Sculpture: The Lives and Times of Hepworth and FrinkLecture
02 October 2025MEDIEVAL WOMEN: Fact and Fiction FULLY BOOKEDSpecial Event
16 September 2025An English Idyll. Arts and Crafts gardens from Allingham to LutyensLecture
22 July 2025Mad Bad and Dangerous to know. The Colourful Ancestors of the Dukes of Bedford. Lecture
24 June 2025The Age of Jazz in BritainLecture
07 June 2025Newstead AbbeyVisit
20 May 2025Paint Brushes at Dawn: The World’s Greatest Artistic Feuds, Rows and QuarrelsLecture
19 May 2025ARTS SOCIETY MAY TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE AND SUFFOLKVisit
15 April 2025Greek Myths and Legends In ArtLecture
18 March 2025Medieval Barcelona: A World ApartLecture
06 March 2025British War Artists including Eric RaviliousSpecial Event
18 February 2025What is a Painter Stainer? Inside an Ancient City Livery CompanyLecture
21 January 2025Caravaggio, Painter Extraordinaire, A Flawed Genius.Lecture
12 November 2024L S Lowry. A Visionary ArtistLecture
25 October 2024Dining in and out with the GeorgiansSpecial Event
15 October 2024The Forensic Eye. Find your Inner ConnoisseurLecture
17 September 2024Canal History and HeritageLecture
30 July 2024The Post War Textile Visionaries of Modern ArtLecture
18 June 2024The Athletics Aesthetic- Your Art Society Guide to the 2024 Olympics Lecture
11 June 2024Visit to Tabley House and Tatton ParkVisit
21 May 2024The Divine Sunflower in Art and CultureLecture
18 April 2024A visit to WENLOCK ABBEYVisit
16 April 2024Island Sanctuary: Refugee Artists in Britain from Huguenots to present dayLecture
20 March 2024Northern Lights - Edvard Munch and the Art of Scandinavia.Lecture
06 March 2024The Golden Age of English and European FurnitureSpecial Event
21 February 2024Charles Dickens; the man, his life and his characters.Lecture
17 January 2024Victorian Carte de VisiteLecture
15 November 2023Graveyards to Die for. How 19th Century London buried its dead.Lecture
26 October 2023Gardens in ArtSpecial Event
04 October 2023The Arts and Crafts Movement in the CotswoldsLecture
13 September 2023Art UK: Uncovering the UK’s Hidden Oil Painting CollectionLecture
26 July 2023Roland Penrose The Friendly Surrealist 1900-1984Lecture
28 June 2023Life on a HarpstringLecture
08 June 2023VISIT TO HATTON GRANGE, SHROPSHIRE TF11 9HSVisit
17 May 2023The Bayeux Tapestry. 950 years of Propaganda, Intrigue and SpinLecture
27 April 2023VISIT TO J HUDSON & CO (ACME WHISTLES) LTD, BIRMINGHAM B19 3AH FOLLOWED BY SELF GUIDED TOUR OF ASTON HALL, BIRMINGHAM B6 6JDVisit
19 April 2023Where have all the women gone? Putting Self-Portraits of Women Back into the FrameLecture
22 March 2023From Palace to Parlour Two Centuries of British Glass 1800 –2000 Special Event
08 March 2023Change of lecture The Architecture of the British Raj is remarkable: let's celebrate it.Lecture
15 February 2023Misshapen Pearl. An overview of the music of the Baroque eraLecture
18 January 2023Murder, Mystery and Paint. The disturbing Story of Walter SickertLecture
23 November 2022io Saturnalia! Happy Christmas the Roman Way.Lecture
19 October 2022New York, New York. The Ashcan experienceLecture
13 October 2022Why Paris? The Allure of the City of Light 1900-1945 Special Event
21 September 2022City of God, City of GoldLecture
04 August 2022VISIT TO HOURLIER WINES and MELBOURNE OLD HALL and GARDENS Visit
20 July 2022Seaside Modern: Art and Life on the BeachLecture
23 June 2022VISIT TO FORD GREEN HALL and BIDDULPH OLD HALLVisit
15 June 2022John Betjeman's LondonLecture
18 May 2022Holy Mother and Sacred CowsLecture
05 May 2022VISIT TO ACTON ROUND HALL, BRIDGNORTH, SHROPSHIRE, WV16 6XGVisit
20 April 2022Art after WindrushLecture
16 March 2022Great Railway Stations Evoking the spirit of Romance and AdventureLecture
09 March 2022CHINESE IMPERIAL COLLECTIONS ART & ANTIQUITIESSpecial Event
16 February 2022The Life and Art of Amedeo Modigliani - a flawed genius?Lecture
19 January 2022Painting Manchester: Views of the city and its inhabitants over the centuries Lecture
25 November 2021The Houses of ParliamentSpecial Event
17 November 2021Unravelling the Silk Road, a textile journey: Lecture
27 October 2021First, catch a squirrel… "Discover some of the surprising materials used by the earlier masters"Lecture
15 September 2021Tulipomania .........the history of a flower of fortune, beauty and desireLecture
21 July 2021Great Lengths Lecture
23 June 2021Beethoven Lecture
12 May 2021Selfies, self expression, celebrity and the Victorian Carte de visite.Lecture
14 April 2021Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson - Life and Loves. Lecture
17 March 2021Memorial for the Women’s Suffrage MovementLecture
17 February 2021London Underground by DesignLecture
20 January 2021Healing Stitches: Therapeutic Needlecrafts at Times of ConflictLecture
18 November 2020Journey of the Magi: Origins, Myth and Meaning. Two Millennia of Art & BeliefLecture
28 October 2020Fiction, Fallacy & Fake News. Spin and propaganda in art throughout the ages.Lecture
15 October 2020Why Paris? 1900 - 1947Special Event
16 September 2020From Venice to Sheffield - John Ruskin’s passion for art, craft and social justiceLecture
17 March 2020The Imperial Wardrobe of the Qing Dynasty.Special Event
12 February 2020A Child of Six Could Do It Cartoonists view of Modern Art Lecture
15 January 2020The Lords of Creation – Kingship in Maya Art Lecture
06 November 2019Contemporary Artists: Anthony Gormley and Anish Kapoor Lecture
17 October 2019Italian Cities of ArtSpecial Event
09 October 2019Architecture + Photography = ArtLecture
19 September 2019VISIT TO LONDON - GUIDED WALK MEET AT THE STATUE OF QUEEN ANNE , ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL AND PRE-BOOKED LUNCH AT MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL, EC4Y 9BTVisit
11 September 2019Georgia O’Keeffe: In dialogue with the writings of D.H Lawrence and Aldous Huxley Lecture
17 July 2019Same Old, Same New….. Lecture
02 July 2019VISIT TO SEZINCOTE HOUSE AND GARDENS AND SUDELEY CASTLE AND GARDENS GLOUCESTERSHIREVisit
26 June 2019Chinese Takeaways Lecture
08 May 2019Art Behind Bars - The role of the Arts in the cycle of Crime, Prison and Re-offending. Lecture
01 May 2019BOUGHTON HOUSE & GARDENS AND COTTESBROOKE HALL & GARDENS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Visit
10 April 2019Theatre Illusions Lecture
13 March 2019Bernard Leach and his influence on 20th century Studio CeramicsLecture
13 February 2019Leonardo Da Vinci: Pathfinder of Science.Lecture
31 January 2019Medieval illuminated ManuscriptsSpecial Event
16 January 2019Lover, Teacher, Muse - or Rival Couples in Modern British ArtLecture
07 November 2018Modern ArchitectureLecture
17 October 2018English Face? English Artists?Special Event
10 October 2018The influence of the Japanese Print on Western Painting.Lecture
04 October 2018Society Luncheon Celebrating our Golden Anniversary. As Good as Gold.Lecture
12 September 2018Master drawing Close up: Silver point to laser cut.Lecture
16 August 2018Salts Mill and Saltaire UNESCO World Heritage SiteVisit
18 July 2018The Pre-Raphaelites in their time.Lecture
27 June 2018The Art of the steal: Nazi looting in World War two.Lecture
14 June 2018Croft Castle and Hergest Croft Gardens - five thousand rare trees.Visit
17 May 2018Tatton Park and Palladian mansion complete historic estateVisit
09 May 2018Handle and Rembrandt - two great Baroque protestantsLecture
11 April 2018Edward BurraLecture
21 March 2018Architecture 500BC - 1900AD.Special Event
14 March 2018The Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch.Lecture
14 February 2018Emperor Qianlong (1736 - 1795) Ultimate Renaissance ruler and Fine Art Collector.Lecture
25 January 2018Foreigners in London 1520 - 1677. Artists that changed the course of British Art.Special Event
17 January 2018The Marvels of Modernism 1918 - 1960.Lecture
08 November 2017Frank Lloyd Wright.Lecture
25 October 2017Turner vs. Constable. The Great British Paint-off.Special Event
11 October 2017Art Beat “A personal journey from beat officer to specialist art crime detective”Lecture
13 September 2017Grinling Gibbons: Carver to the crown.Lecture
08 August 2017Welbeck Abbey State Rooms plus the Harley Gallery for the Portland Collection. SOLD OUT.Visit
12 July 2017An introduction to Ice age art.Lecture
21 June 2017Pots and Frocks. The World of Grayson Perry, from Essex punk potter to Superstar National Treasure.Lecture
14 June 2017Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery plus The New Assay OfficeVisit
16 May 2017Blenheim PalaceVisit
10 May 2017Perfect Porcelains for Palaces. The magnificent and rare Imperial Porcelains made for the Chinese court.Lecture
12 April 2017Protest Art - Social Art: Politics and Art do mix.Lecture
22 March 2017The Changing face of Nature. A History of British Landscape painting.Special Event
08 March 2017Dale Chihuly: the world’s foremost glass artist (The Tiffany of the 20th CenturyLecture
08 February 2017"Lest We Forget", the moving story of Britain's war memorials.Lecture
18 January 2017Every picture tells a story : a treasury of book illustrations, prints and the graphic arts. Lecture
12 January 2017London's Country Houses: The Villa and the CapitalSpecial Event
29 November 2016The Nutcracker Ballet and Birmingham Christmas market.. Sorry - SOLD OUT.Visit
09 November 2016200 Years of Art in Australia Lecture
26 October 2016Art Treasures of St PetersburgSpecial Event
12 October 2016The Genius of Wedgwood Lecture
14 September 2016The Russians Are Coming: Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes take Paris by stormLecture
13 July 2016Weave, Stitch, Dye Lecture
06 July 2016Bolsover Castle and Renishaw HallVisit
22 June 2016David Nash –one man and his wood Lecture
19 May 2016Burghley House and GroundsVisit
11 May 2016A little revolution – Eric Gill and Jacob Epstein and the revival of the Romanesque tradition of direct carving in stone. Lecture
20 April 2016Whitworth and Lowry Galleries, ManchesterVisit
13 April 2016Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and Humphrey Repton : English Landscape design in changing times 1738-1816 Lecture
30 March 2016Oscar Niemeyer 1907 - 2012: Last of the Moderns Lecture
09 March 2016The World of William ShakespeareSpecial Event
24 February 2016At Home Abroad: Caneletto in England Lecture
27 January 2016The Secret Language of Sacred Places: Religious Architecture of the World Lecture
06 January 2016Hidden Art Treasures from the Silk RoadSpecial Event
25 November 2015David Hockney: Art as BiographyLecture
05 November 2015Diverse Riche and Costlye Jewells 17th Century Trade and the Cheapside HoardSpecial Event
18 September 2015The Houses & History of NorthumbriaVisit