We are a friendly society with over 180 members that meets in Grayshott Village Hall on the first Thursday of the month at 2:00pm to hear talks on many aspects of the arts given by world-class lecturers. The lectures cover a wide spectrum of subjects including art, architecture, music, sculpture, design, crafts and the performing arts.
Twice a year we run more in depth days on subjects of special interest. We also run regular visits to exhibitions, houses, gardens and other places of interest and in the winter arrange on-line visits to places around the world that we can view from home. Through voluntary work or donations, we also support the arts in local schools and elsewhere and run projects to preserve and promote our local heritage. For more about us click here.
Do come and join us. You’ll find lots of like-minded people and a warm welcome. Click here for membership details or just come along to a lecture as a visitor to sample what we offer.
Here are our forthcoming events:

Fund Raising Bridge Drive Thursday 27 February 2025 at 1.45pm

Britain as Workshop of the World. The Founding of the Victoria and Albert Museum by Anna Warrillow – Thursday March 6 2025

Special Interest Day – Wednesday 12 March 2025 – Istanbul: City of Faith, Power and Beauty presented by Antonia Gatward Cevizli

New members Coffee Morning – Wednesday 19th March

160 Years of the London Underground, Design and Architecture by Mark Ovenden – 3rd April 2025

All Members Coffee Morning – Wednesday 9 April – 10am

Art Deco: Celebrating the Centenary of the 1925 Paris Expo by Pamela Campbell-Johnston – 1st May 2025

Visit to Stratfield Saye House and Gardens, Hampshire – 6 May 2025

Michael Harris: Mdina Glass & Isle of Wight Studio Glass by Mark Hill – 5th June 2025

Visit to Brighton Pavilion – 24 June 2025

Art and Craft of the Pewterer by Andrew Spira – 4th September 2025

Tour to Glasgow and Edinburgh – Sunday 21 to Thursday 25 September 2025

Great and Small: Writers Their Pets and Other Animals by Annalie Talent- 2nd October 2025

The Influence of Japanese Woodcut on Western Art by Carol Wilhide-Justin – 6th November 2025

Society Quiz Night – Friday 7 November 2025

Special Interest Day – Wednesday 12 November – Aspects of Medieval World presented by Nicole Mezey

A Very Ceremonial Christmas by Graham Jones – 4th December 2025