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The society offers 10 lectures a year - 2nd Monday of the month at Henfield Hall. Additionally there are study days & trips.

The speakers are all experts in their field & they cover a wide range of topics. Visitors & new members are always welcome.

05/10/2026

David Hockney: The Old Master from The Modern World

A lecture by Douglas Skeggs

Henfield Hall Monday October 12th. Doors open and refreshments at 1.30pm. AGM at 2pm with the lecture at 2.30pm

Guests are always welcome £10 on the door

Join the society for 2027 (£50) and receive free entry to the 2026 lectures.

Henfield Hall - disabled parking, level access, accessible WC

See the website www.theartssociety.org/henfield or email [email protected]

03/10/2026

We are very grateful to Sarah Duffield for the use of Overdown on our page.

28/09/2026

New Member’s Offer

Join The Arts Society Henfield for 2027 (£50pp) and gain free entry to the Oct, Nov and Dec 2026 lectures.

Monthly lectures are at Henfield Hall on the second Monday of the month 2pm for 2.30pm start.

Henfield Hall: disabled parking level access and accessible WC.

For more information please see www.theartssociety.org/henfield or email [email protected]

09/09/2026

We enjoyed a visit to Knole Sevenoaks today.

The House has beautiful furnishings, numerous artefacts and a wealth of portraits, although Anne Boleyn was harder to spot.

Of course the park is famous for deer but we did also spot a parakeet!

08/09/2026

Our new lecture season starts on Monday September14th. Ronnie Ireland will explain more about Rembrandt and seek to answer the question 'Why so Many Self Portraits?'

Henfield Hall BN5 9EQ 2pm for a 2.30pm start.
Visiotors are always welcome £10 on the door

Henfield Hall - disabled parking, level access and accessible WC.

04/07/2026

On July 2nd we remembered the first President of our society – Lady Oliver. This was an evening lecture preceded by a delicious buffet.

This year Graham Griffiths took us to Mozart’s London. This was a fascinating lecture about the Mozart family and their travels in Europe.

The presentation was accompanied by Graham’s skilful playing on the keyboard. He finished with a piece by Mozart’s son which made the evening that bit more special.

09/06/2026

We enjoyed a very informative lecture about dance yesterday.

The photos give a taste of how dancers' costumes have evolved!

06/06/2026

Our next lecture is Monday June 8th
Henfield Hall 2pm for a 2.30pm start

The Art of Dance

Jennifer Toynbee Holmes

Whether dance is a celebration, ritualistic or expressive, like other forms of art, dance also plays a significant cultural role.

Hope you can come along.
Members are free.
Guests £10 on the door and this is deducted from the sub if you join.
More information is on www.theartssociety.org/henfield.

Henfield Hall - disabled parking, level access and accessible WC.

25/05/2026

Our trip to Champs Hill was followed by a visit to Parham House. We enjoyed the wonderful gardens and the beautiful interiors of the house where the ground floor rooms are presented as they would have been in different centuries.

The upper gallery offered superb views of the surrounding countryside.

We were delighted to hear the story of Henry Bishopp (1605–1691) who was the second son of Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet of Parham.

Henry was from Henfield and it is believed that he hid in a priest hole with his dog when Cromwell’s troops attempted to capture him. He escaped to America and on his return the King appointed him as Postmaster General of England. He was the inventor of the first postmark used on mail.

Our afternoon was completed with a cream tea in the Elizabethan kitchen.

22/05/2026

The Art of The Newlyn School

We enjoyed a private visit to this brilliant exhibition at Champs Hill near Pulborough.

There are works by several artists who painted at Newlyn. The photos give just a taste of the works that are on show. The local people often acted as models for the artists and several paintings depict the harshness of the times and also the sadness that comes with the loss of life at sea.

We benefitted from lovely weather and could also enjoy the Champs Hill gardens and the sculptures together with amazing views of The South Downs.

The exhibition is open to the public 16th-18th and 23rd-25th June. See the Champs Hill website for more information.

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Henfield
West Sussex
BN59EQ

Website

http://theartssociety.org/henfield

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