A favoured Lecturer - Stella Grace Lyons will spend the day with us at the Education Centre, St. Michaels Hospice, bringing together 'American Art' combined into three lectures throughout the morning and afternoon. Refreshments and lunch will be served.

Bookings and costs will be available shortly. 

On Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th June 2026 there is a visit arranged to Hardwick Hall & Haddon Hall with free time in Buxton. The inspiration for our visit to Hardwick is the lecture booked for May2026 on Bess of Hardwick. 

The Kenwood Hall Hotel & Spa, has been booked for us to enjoying evening meal and breakfast the following morning. We then travel to Haddon Hall and enjoy a private tour of the house, which has been described by Simon Jenkins as "The most perfect house to survive from the Middle Ages".

Our final stop is Buxton, the lovely spa town surrounded on the sides by the Peak District National Park. For further information please contact: info@theartssocietyhereford

What an amazing achievement!  After eight years of dedicated work by Heritage Volunteers from The Arts Societies Hereford, Malvern and Ross on Wye, the crewelwork frieze depicting the 1,000 year history of Hellens Manor at Much Marcle is complete. You can see and wonder at the brilliance of the volunteers' work at an exhibition at the Manor on Thursday 16th October 2025. For details of the history of the project please refer to our Gallery of Past Events, Heritage Volunteers.

A Collection of lesser known artistic objects and places in West Mercia.

All these 'Treasures' have been selected by members of Arts Societies throughout the West Mercia Area including Hereford. The book costs £5.00. it can be purchased at our monthly lecture. 

In July 2025, The Arts Society Hereford used a grant from the national Arts Society to subsidise its sponsorship of a lecture on Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Art for The Ledbury Poetry Festival. This festival attracts people from across the U.K and abroad, as well as people from the wider local area. 

Michael Howard gave a fascinating lecture, Power, Passion and Painting, on art inspired by poetry. Michael, who is an accredited Arts Society Lecturer, 'performed' as much as 'lectured', capturing and maintaing the interest and engagement of the audience throughout.

This event was the first to sell out at the Poetry Festival and people queued for returns! Those members of The Arts Society Hereford who attended, enjoyed front row seats as sponsors of the Festival.