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The Arts Society Lincoln

TAS Lincoln is affiliated to The Arts Society, formerly NADFAS, which was launched in 1968 by Patricia Fay with 11 societies and has expanded to over 360 societies in the UK with 90,000 members, 10 societies in Europe, and 7 in New Zealand. There is a sister organisation in Australia with 35 or more societies

The Arts Society promotes and helps to preserve the arts through lectures, events, study days, visits and tours, at National, Area and Society level. The Arts Society includes voluntary activities helping to maintain historic buildings, recording churches and their contents, and developing the arts for the young.  The Arts Society lecturers all have exceptional skills and knowledge within their particular subjects and come from a variety of backgrounds such as universtities, museums and galleries.

To find out more you can visit The Arts Society website at http://theartssociety.org

The TAS Lincoln programme runs from October to July with 9 meetings over 11 months (we do not have meetings in January and February).  Lectures take place on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7.30 pm at Bishop University, Lincoln.

Our objective, through lectures and visits, is to broaden members’ knowledge and enjoyment of the decorative and visual arts. Society membership is for those with artistic interests of all ages, and is an excellent way to meet and make friends with those with similar interests.


If you are interested in finding out more, please contact our membership secretary, Elinor Charlwood, tel: 07963 415227. We currently do not have a waiting list.  Our membership fee is £70.00 which includes 9 lectures and four Arts Society magazines a year.  


Guests are welcome at our meetings although we appreciate it if notification of guests attending could be given prior to the meeting to our Membership Secretary.  Guests are asked to pay £10.00 for each lecture they attend.  The £10.00 guest fee will be deducted from the annual membership fee for anyone who subsequently becomes a member of the Society.


LATEST NEWS

Our next Lecture will be on Monday 14 September 2026 at 7.30 p.m.

Venue: The Robert Hardy Building, Bishop University, Lincoln LN1 3DY

KETTLES YARD: A MASTERPIECE OF CURATORSHIP

Lecturer: Sarah Burles

Sarah Burles studied History of Art at Cambridge University and has a Master’s degree from University College London. As the founder of Cambridge Arts Tours, she is passionate about Kettles Yard which has been described as ‘one of the country’s most intimate and spell-binding museums. The collection of one man, Jim Ede, is homely yet life-changing. His collection includes works by Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska along side pieces of furniture, ceramics and natural objects. This lecture will discuss the life of Jim Ede, his collecting, his vision for Kettle’s Yard and its enduring legacy. 

 

 

 


 

Currently no further coffee mornings are planned.

 


For our lecture programme 2026-27 please click here

For a copy of our latest newsletter please click here

 

Details of our current committee can be found under Our Society on the Home Page of the website.

 


For a copy of our Membership Application form please click here

For a copy of our Membership Renewal Form click here

WHAT'S COMING UP
Monday 14 September 2026
Lecture
KETTLES YARD. A MASTERPIECE OF CURATORSHIP
Sarah Burles
89


Monday 12 October 2026
Lecture
WHAT HAVE THE HUGUENOTS EVER DONE FOR US? MASS MIGRATION AND THE ARTS IN BRITAIN
Vivienne Lawes
90


Monday 09 November 2026
Lecture
ART WITH ATTITUDE: THE BANKSY EFFECT
Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff
91