The Arts Society Bowdon was established in 1981. It is a friendly and welcoming society affiliated to The Arts Society, a leading arts education charity with a global network of local Societies which brings people together through a shared curiosity for the arts.
We offer illustrated talks given by lecturers of national and international standing on subjects related to a wide spectrum of the arts.
The Society meets at the beautiful Edwardian Bowdon Rooms. We host one or two Guest Events each year which in recent years have taken the form of a special Society lunch and lecture and these have proved popular with the members and their guests. When circumstances allow, we offer two one-day visits each year to places of interest to members and a longer visit of several days and there are also opportunities to join visits arranged by the Arts Society.
Our volunteers undertake various projects in the local community such as restoration work on the library at Tabley House and church recording at Hale Chapel and St. James’ Church, Gatley. We also sponsor educational work in local schools and colleges. One of our successful projects has been a Heritage Trail of Bowdon and we have recently established a new trail based on 3 female Altrincham artists, Helen Allingham, Gladys Vasey and Edith le Breton. We expect to establish more trails in the local area in the coming years.
Our latest newsletter is here - Happy New Year! It's time for a lecture!
Meeting Times
13.45 on the 2nd or 3rd Monday of the month (please check programme)
from September to June
at
The Bowdon Rooms
The Firs
United Kingdom
MEMBERSHIP
We are welcoming new members.
The Membership Fee for the year 2024/25 is £65 per person and both new member and renewal forms can be found in the Forms section of this website.
We would also value offers of help from any members interested in helping to run our society.
For more information please contact our Membership Secretary by email at bowdondfas@hotmail.co.uk or phone 0161 282 6209.
Explore more of the richness of the Arts by taking a look at the Arts Society website where you can subscribe free to the Magazine full of exclusive features and articles and also access exciting new digital video content at Cultur.Art
(Click on links underlined above to go to the relevant webpage)
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NOTICEBOARD
Our next lecture is on Monday 17th February
Bodies In Balance – Asian Medicine In Art
The great medical traditions of Asia (India, China & Tibet) are explored through a rich diversity of artistic treasures both historical and contemporary including exquisite Indian paintings, rare Chinese acupuncture charts, Tibetan tangkhas and Japanese woodblock prints.
Lecturer is Zara Fleming, specialist art consultant, curator, lecturer & tour guide.
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‘Threads through the Bible ’ is an astonishing textile art exhibition showing from 16th January to 3rd March at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. If you’re interested in the visual arts, textile art or sewing, don’t miss it! This is a great opportunity to enjoy a wonderful exhibition in a wonderful location. It may be a bit of a journey for some, but it will be right up their street for many …
The show consists of 44 beautiful silk panels re-imagining key sections in the Bible. They’re huge – nearly 3m high – and if they were put side by side they would stretch 100 metres.
It’s one of the largest textile art projects, ever. It has taken artist Jacqui Parkinson ten years to complete - and 25 million stitches. You’ll find the huge scale, vibrant colours, dramatic and complex designs truly breath-taking.
Many Arts Society members saw the exhibition’s first part, ‘Threads through Creation’, when it toured 2021-2024 – and loved it!
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Our Spring Society Lunch will be on Thursday March 13th.
Our speaker will be Sam Youd, who was previously Head Gardener at Tatton, with a talk entitled:"My life in gardening Europe - Asia - Africa"
As you can imagine, tickets will be popular and are limited.
Tickets will be on sale at the January & February meetings. A booking form can be downloaded and printed in advance by following this link Spring Lunch Booking Form .
You will also be able to get a printed form at the meeting.
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Money raised by the sale of raffle tickets is used to raise money for Young/Community Arts so please bring along some coins to buy your raffle tickets. They are on sale in the lobby.
Just one example of how the money is spent is the several bags of children’s craft packs Gwynneth donated on our behalf to the Hope Centre, a Community Hub in Partington last week in good time for the opening of their Christmas Shop. The centre works with approximately 200 families in the Partington area some of whom receive goods and food parcels free of charge. At this time of year, the Christmas Shop allows parents to buy goods and gifts at significantly lower prices. More information on the Hope Centre can be found on their website: https://www.hopecentrepartington.com
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Our Heritage Volunteers will be working on the Tabley book conservation project which started again on November 21st, 10.30am until 12.30pm. Sessions will run twice a month over the winter until March 2025.
Details can be obtained from Chris or Hillary by emailing jenhilfor@gmail.com
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