We hope that many of you have sampled the range of video lectures and other activities being run by the Main Art Society. They are very good Your committee is busy planning a way forward and you will be contacted shortly with our ideas and some questions for you on what we should do from […]

Thank you to everyone who completed the on line ballot for our AGM. As 64 members replied all  voting yes, we were quorate and  the votes were passed

Members should have all received the papers for our AGM. The committee has decided to try to do a postal vote to replace the votes we would have taken at the AGM. Please return the voting slips to Joan our secretary if you havent already done so.

We are sorry to say that our Lectures for June and  July has also been added to the list of cancellations We are still hoping that we can resume in September

We are sorry to announce that our visit to the Weald and Downland Museum  on June 2 will not now go ahead due to the Covid-19 virus. We hope to re-arrange the visit in due course

Due to the Covid-19 situation our AGM will not take place in May, however papers will be circulated shortly. Once the situation becomes clearer we will let everyone know.  

We  are really sorry to say that we have decided to cancel our lectures in April and May due to Covid-19 and the resulting government advice. Both lecturers have agreed to give their lectures in 2022 instead.  We will review whether the June or July meetings can go ahead  in due course. Our Chairmans letter […]

Our Visit to the Weald and Downland Living Museum still has a few spaces available – so if you want to go please make sure you let Lynne Rumsey know at the next meeting Cost £35.00 which,  includes the cost of a coach and a guided tour. It is an open-air museum ( and where […]

 Turner v Constable – The Great British Paint Off : speaker Nicola Moorby This is the story of the epic rivalry between the two giants of British art, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable. As unlike in background and temperament as their paintings were in style, these two creative geniuses transformed the art of landscape.

Our February lecture is – The Art of the Steal: Nazi Looting in World War 11. Our speaker is Shauna Isaac. The Nazis looted over 20% of Western Art during World War II, confiscating art from Jewish families and emptying museums throughout Europe. This lecture will provide an overview of Nazi looting by setting the scene […]