The Arts Society, Henley-on-Thames
The Arts Society Henley (TASH) Committee warmly welcomes you to our website!
The Chairman, Robert Gurney, Vice Chairman Monnik Vleugels, and Committee of The Arts Society, Henley, are committed to offer every one of our members an exciting selection of Lectures, Special Interest Days and Day Visits. Please click here to see our full programme for 2026 or, to get a flavour of our society month by month, please click here to see our January 2026 newsletter.
In order to learn a bit more about us please click here and then the forward arrow to view a wonderful collage of all that The Arts Society Henley has planned for your pleasure in 2026. We also have a delightful short video that encompasses all the valued aims and objectives of TASH viewable here. Our President, John Benjamin, gives a splendid overview of all that we do, and we are most grateful to our IT specialist, Quentin Clark, who has created this charming piece. Quentin has also kindly created two more delightful snapshots of our society, the first with a word or two from three of our recent lecturers, please click here to watch. To give you a taste of the high standard of splendid lecturers and the huge variety of fascinating lectures, please click here to meet Chris Aslan, our January lecturer. If you would also like to see a resumé of his lecture, please click here.
We always endeavour to put members' safety and security at the forefront of all communications and actions. In the interests of this please read the following statement:
'By attending lectures or events, members consent to being filmed and/or photographed for inclusion in all TASH publications. If you do not consent, please let the meeting organisers know beforehand.'
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"THE ARTS SOCIETY IS A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS MORE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE, TO APPRECIATE AND ABOVE ALL TO ENJOY THE ARTS AND DISCOVER HOW THEY ENRICH OUR LIVES” JULIE GOLDSMITH, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE ARTS SOCIETY.
Our Background
The Arts Society Henley (formerly Henley Decorative & Fine Arts Society) was founded in 1976 by Françoise White, with our first lecture in January 1977. The membership grew rapidly and now stands at about 420.
The Arts Society Henley is one of over 385 societies throughout the UK, in mainland Europe and New Zealand as well as 35 societies in Australia as part of the Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society with a combined membership of over 98,000 worldwide.
We have a morning lecture starting at 10:45am and the same lecture at 2:15pm on the third Thursday of the month, except July and August. There are 10 lectures each year, with the Annual General Meeting in November. We also have three Special Interest Days where we embrace a subject in greater depth. Four day visits are arranged each year to exhibitions, houses, museums and many other places of interest.
In the autumn of 2022 we had a splendid holiday in France. In 2025, we had a wonderful holiday in May to the Welsh Marches and Industrial Ironbridge. This year, 2026, we are visiting Glasgow in May and Lisbon and surroundings in October. Holidays are always accompanied by expert guides.
Do email your news, views and photographs to Ginnie Johnston (Website Committee Member), at henley@theartssociety.org . We look forward to hearing from you!
To find out more about The Arts Society world wide, its structure and history, visit theartssociety.org website.
To find out more about becoming a member of The Arts Society Henley, please go to Join Us.
Registered Charity No. 289323
Photograph of Henley above by kind permission of photographer Tim Hodges ARPS
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