Please Note: All lectures are now being held in the Hall at Limpsfield at 2.15 pm and 7.30 pm. (see below)
The Arts Society Limpsfield was founded in 1975, making us one the oldest societies that is affiliated to The Arts Society. We are an active Society with 9 lectures a year, 10 Visits (including a Study Day) to exhibitions and places of interest (at reduced Group rates) plus social events.
Our purpose is the appreciation, promotion and preservation of decorative and fine arts. We interpret that very broadly and offer our members a balanced programme of lectures, visits, extras and study days, as well as a cultural tour each year.
The lectures are the core of our programme. We cover a broad range of topics each year to appeal to both art lovers and history lovers. Unlike newer methods you can question the lecturers and see and meet them in person at the hall. The speakers have all been carefully selected and are National and International speakers who do also appear in television progarmmes and webcasts. We cover a wide range each year and we are always open to YOUR suggestions. Our lectures are usually held at St Peter’s Hall, Limpsfield at 2:15 pm (September to March) and 7.30 pm (April, May, June) on the last Wednesday of the month. Please come early to enjoy socialising before the lecture. NB no lecture in December.
We organise a full programme of visits. A good time to meet friends, new or existing. A number are full-day trips usually by coach, planned well in advance and published in the programme for the following year. We also arrange visits to London galleries or places of interest where we make our own way by public transport. Some of these visits may be arranged at short notice but are well publicised both here and in our newsletters
We hold one or two study days a year, a good fun way to learn in more depth about a subject and a good social event with lunch included.
We use a grasshopper as our emblem.
The grasshopper is featured on the coat of arms of Sir John Gresham who owned Titsey Place in Limpsfield from 1534. It appears on a number of institutions associated with the Gresham family in particular Sir Thomas Gresham including Gresham School, Gresham College and the golden weathervane at The Royal Exchange.
The Grasshopper has been adopted by other bodies in the Limpsfield area including the local golf club and an inn and recently as the logo for the village.
Legend has it that the founder of the family Roger de Gresham was found in long grass in Norfolk by a woman who heard the noise of a grasshopper. The more likely explanation though is that it is a heraldic representation of the Gresham name as gres is the middle english form of grass.
For more information on the Gresham Grasshopper click here