We are the Huntingdonshire branch of the national Arts Society, whose mission statement is ‘Enriching lives through the Arts’.
We offer a programme of monthly talks – nine a year (Wednesday afternoons, starting at 2.30pm) in the St Ives Corn Exchange.
We also arrange Visits to exhibitions, and other venues of interest, and occasional Study Days.
Our Volunteer Groups include Historic Church Recorders, and, through the affiliated Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust, Garden Heritage Volunteers.
We support ASHYAC (Arts Society Huntingdonshire Young Artists Competition), and its annual exhibition of work at both primary and secondary levels.
And finally, an annual holiday of four or five days duration, in spring or autumn, based at a location in the UK, comprising visits to museums, houses and gardens, cathedrals, etc.
On Wednesday, 8th April, Dan Evans will give a lecture entitled:
Caravaggio: the Bad Boy of the Baroque
The scandalous and sometimes vicious painter produced work with cinematic compositions and intensely visceral details. His downfall is the stuff of a film not yet made and despite dying prematurely his canvases influenced the generation that followed.
Please join us for tea or coffee before the start of the lecture.
2025/26 Arts Society A Level Art Competition
May we draw your attention to the above competition, and urge you to vote for one of our nominated students, five of whom are included in the shortlist of twenty-six?
Towards the end of January’s ‘Monthly Highlights from The Arts Society’, you’ll see ‘Vote for your favourite work of art’, and a link Vote here. Then by clicking on the link to view the enlarged images, you’ll see the name of the student, and which society has nominated him/her, and can cast your vote for one of the five HuntsArts artists.
Huntingdonshire Arts Society Church Recorders
Our Volunteer Church Recorders, under the leadership of Pat Hamilton, have completed yet another church record; that of St. John the Baptist, Holywell, has just been received from the printers. Many congratulations to the group.
We are pleased to learn that the new regime at The Arts Society understands the importance to our heritage of this long-standing project, and they are reinstating funding to the volunteer groups, which was removed several years ago.
We hope to have a copy of the record for interested members to inspect at one of our forthcoming lectures.
As you walk in have you noticed the new notelets for sale? They are priced at £1 each (cash only)
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