Based in a city region of enterprise, innovation and diversity, The Arts Society Bristol seeks to enhance and extend enjoyment of the arts through rigorously selected lecturers and local volunteering, backed by a national team of specialist support.
Our membership year runs from 1 July to 30 June and the annual subscription includes our lectures on a wide range of subjects - from Banksy and Botticelli to Tigers in Arts via Prehistoric Potters - and membership of the national Society with their excellent magazines (posted directly to members), various additional lectures and other information of interest.
In addition to the lectures, we usually organise 2 Study Days a year and visits, all of which tend to book up rather quickly and we have a variety of volunteering projects; we are particularly proud of our Church Recording and Youth projects.
Our annual subscription for the full 2020-21 season is £47 which covers all our lectures from September to May and also includes membership of The Arts Society.
We also ask for a one-off joining fee (usually £10) to help with administration costs. If planning to join us for the remainder of the 2020-21 season, please contact us for a revised subscription.
If possible, electronic payment is preferable; we are happy to accept membership applications by email - see details on the form below.
Note that Visits and Study Days are charged for separately.
Application for Membership.
Gift Aid enables us to claim 25p for every £ of subscription. If you pay UK Income Tax, we would appreciate it if we can claim it on your subscription. Gift Aid form.
Our Bristol Society lectures, usually on the evening of the 2nd Tuesday of the month, are normally held in person. However, we are currently presenting our lectures via the digital platform Zoom although we do hope to return to Redmaids' High in the autumn. The relevant links are circulated in our ASB newsletters just before each lecture. Lectures are open to all members of The Arts Society Bristol and we welcome guests for a small donation. See 2020-21 topics and dates.
Our lecturer Neil Faulkner was educated at King's College Cambridge and Institute of Archaeology UCL. He is a lecturer, writer, archaeologist and occasional broadcaster with BBC2’s Timewatch, Channel 4’s Time Team, Channel 5’s Revealed, and many others.
Sir David Lean CBE was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Universally considered as one of the most influential directors of all time, and probably mostly famous for his large-scale epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India.
The zoom link will be sent to members and guests in our newsletter a few days before each lecture.
We additionally hold Study Days with selected lecturers which enables to delve more deeply into a particular subject. Unfortunately, none are currently scheduled due to the Covid-19 situation.
Examples of previous such days include visits to "The Theatre Royal Bath – A Georgian Gem" and "The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford - Ethnographic Art: The Afterlife of Global Objects" and a fascinating "hands-on Rococo Silver experience".
In previous years we have promoted short term visits to UK and European destinations, organised for us by Heritage Travel. Unfortunately, none are currently scheduled due to the Covid-19 situation.
Previous such tours included the Lake District, Kent, Saxony and Vienna. Unfortunately, our planned visits in 2020 to Italy & to Northumberland were postponed.
Young Arts Projects are aimed at engendering an appreciation of the decorative and fine arts in young people.
For example: the photo shows the result of our project at Southmead Hospital
Our Heritage Volunteers are at work in Bristol Cathedral to restore the kneelers, seat cushions and stools from the choir stalls. And we are always interested in taking on new projects.
After 40 plus years as an activity within the Arts Society, Church Recording now comes under the auspices of the Church Recording Society. Most Church Recording Groups continue to be a volunteering activity of their local Arts Society.
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