See below for:

• Our New 2026-27 Programme
• TVAS Membership
• Next Lecture: Wednesday 21st October
• Exploration Day: Thursday 12th November
• September Newsletter
• Our Social Media

🎉 OUR NEW 2026-27 PROGRAMME 🎉

If you came to our last talk, you will have received a copy of our new brochure, outlining the 2026-27 Programme, which we hope you will find as interesting as ever, with nine talks covering a diverse array of topics- from ancient Greek temples to Agatha Christie, and from the Bayeux Tapestry to Van Eyck, these latter two lectures coïnciding with exhibitions at the British Museum and the National Gallery respectively.

As well as our Christmas party on 16th December and a coach trip to Acton Scott Hall in June, there will be two Study/Exploration days- the first focussing on story of Egypt, as told through its sites and art; the second, upon the stunning prints of Japanese Ukiyo-e (浮世絵) artists, Hiroshige & Hokusai.

Study/Exploration Day details will be added soon, and more information on the lectures can be found here.

MEMBERSHIP

Visitors are always welcome to attend our lectures and events. However, if you would like to become a member of Teme Valley Arts Society, we have been able to maintain the same price for the third year in a row: £50 for individuals, £95 for couples, entitling you to:

• Free access to TVAS lectures
• Money off Exploration Days, coach trips, and social events
• A year's subscription to The Arts Society's glossy quarterly magazine

To purchase membership, please complete either a New Membership or a Membership Renewal form, which can be downloaded as fillable PDFs here, on the Documents page.

If you would like to Gift Aid your payment, and have not previously done so, the Gift Aid Declaration form can also be found on the Documents page.

🌟 We would be pleased if you could complete the appropriate forms and send them in as soon as possible, so that we can prepare membership cards and packs, ready for collection from the membership desk (outside the auditorium) at the next lecture; please come early if you want to pay for your 2026-27 membership before the lecture, paying at the desk downstairs, on the door. 🌟

If you are having any difficulty completing the PDFs, please feel free to email the required informationg to Jeff, at jeff.walker@btinternet.com. Alternatively, if you receive our email newsletters, the August Newsletter includes the membership and Gift Aid forms as both PDF and Word (.docx) documents.

 NEXT LECTURE

The Glasgow Boys

Speaker: Alice Foster

WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER

2.00PM (FOR 2.15PM) TO 3.00PM

LUDLOW ASSEMBLY ROOMS

At the end of the 19th century, this group of Glasgow-based artists, well aware of radical trends in Paris, particularly the simplified forms of the Post Impressionists, wanted to be free of anecdote in their work and to concentrate on colour, light, and brushwork appropriate to their subjects.

Guthrie, Lavery, Crawhall, and Arthur Melville are among those discussed.

Visitors are very welcome, paying £8 on the door.

More information, both on this lecture and the speaker, can be found here.

EXPLORATION DAY

The Complete Egypt Exploration Day:

Egypt's Story told through her Stunning Sites & Art

Exploring the Wonders of Ancient Egypt

Speaker: Gillian Hovell, The Muddy Archeologist

Date: Thursday 12th November

Time: 10.00am to 3.30pm

Location: Cawley Hall, Eye, Luston HR6 0DS | ///mango.media.interest

Price: £50 for members, £55 for non-members

This price includes tea/coffee and a professionally catered two course lunch (fruit juice can be purchased separately)

A stunning Exploration Day featuring three richly illustrated talks that will transport you to the glories of ancient Egypt:

• Follow the evolution of the enigmatic Pyramids and the magnificence of Egyptian tombs
• Understand the great temples and meet some of the gods worshipped in them
•  See how Egypt's ongoing story grew with the Greeks and Romans, and how, when the great monuments were left to ruin, they rose again from the sands to amaze the modern world.

Enjoy this Exploration Day with Gillian, who leads tours to Egyptian sites large and small, as she reveals and celebrates with you the distinctive and extraordinary sites and art that made Ancient Egypt a unique and remarkable ancient civilization.

Enjoy a thrilling day learning about some of the greatest ancient sites on Earth, and experience the Egyptian monuments coming vividly to life.

As always, visitors are very welcome to attend 😀.

Further details, including an itinerary and information on how to apply, please visit the Study Day page, here.

This information can also be found on the application form, which will be available at the September and October lectures, and can also be downloaded as a fillable PDF from the Documents page, here.

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

Our latest newsletter is now available and can be found in our Documents section, here, as well as on both our Facebook and Instagram pages.

If you would like to have future newsletters emailed directly to you, please email us at temevalley@theartssociety.org, or speak to one of our committee members at any of our lectures 😀.

SOCIAL MEDIA

YOU CAN NOW FIND US HERE ON FACEBOOK

OR HERE ON INSTAGRAM 😁

​On our social media pages, you can find out about our upcoming lectures, Study/Exploration Days, outings, and more!