Upcoming events
The Arts Society Cumbria Annual General Meeting
The Annual Business meeting of our Society. NB Change of Venue - Keswick Rugby Football Club, see Event for full details.
The Curator's Eye: Stories of Fashion, Craft and Community
Scott William Schiavone. NB This lecture will also be held at the Keswick Rugby Football Club - see AGM Event for more details.
50th Anniversary Celebration Lecture - with Bendor Grosvenor
Dr Bendor Grosvenor, art historian and broadcaster,
at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, as part of the Words by the Water Festival
Autumn Trip to Northumberland
Four full days, three nights away in Northumberland with visits to a range of historic and artistic sites from Alnwick Castle to Beamish Museum
Cumbria Young Artists
The society’s annual exhibition displaying the work of young artists, students usually in their final two years of school and studying Art at A Level, in Cumbria. The exhibition is at the Rheged Centre, Penrith, opening on 10th July 2025 with judging by Sarah Dunning of Westmorland Family business, between 4pm and 5pm. The exhibition will then run until 9th September 2025.
A Village in Heaven: Stanley Spencer's Cookham
A Village in Heaven: Stanley Spencer’s Cookham
Amy Lim
Fresh Encounters: Contemporary Sculpture and the Public Space
Fresh Encounters: Contemporary sculpture and the public space
Anna Moszynska
Holiday trip to the Peak District
4 days, 3 nights, based at the Best Western Mickleover Hotel Derby, with a range of excursions including to Chatsworth House, Arkwright’s Cromford Mill and Derby Museum. All coach travel from Cumbria and return included. For more details see our Outings, Visits, Study Days Holidays page
Miniature Portraits: Tiny Treasures Close to Our Hearts
Miniature Portraits: Tiny Treasures close to our hearts
Cindy Polemis
Very Bad For Art
Very Bad for Art: the Impact of the Great War on three artists
Alan Reed
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting, held after the morning lecture and lunch
Britain as the Workshop of the World: The Great Exhibition and the establishment of the V & A Museum
Britain as the Workshop of the World: The Great Exhibition and the establishment of the V & A Museum
Anna Warrilow
The History of Art Criticism: From Aristotle to Facebook
The History of Art Criticism: from Aristotle to Facebook
Mark Fisher