The Canterbury Society of Art welcomes artists of all levels of ability, from the newest beginner to seasoned professionals, and embraces artistic practice of all kinds and in all media.

      We offer a varied programme of events for around 40 weeks a year, arranged in four seasonal sessions.  Meetings take place on Wednesday evenings.

      The  programmes include practical/social painting sessions, talks, demonstrations and picture discussion, when members can bring works and receive praise/advice.  Practical sessions include drawing/painting costume and nude life models.  Social painting is when members just work on something in progress, or start something new, along with chat.

      We believe our programme is more comprehensive than any other local art society and offers excellent value for a very reasonable subscription.  For details of the current programme, go to the MEETINGS page.

 Membership of the Society is open to anyone with a practical interest in the visual arts who is over the age of 16 years at the time of the AGM in the year of joining, subject to the approval of the Committee and payment of the subscription fee.

     The membership fee is £26 per annum, with pro-rata reductions for new members who join part-way through the Society year, which runs from February to the following January.   Please ask the Membership Secretary for details.

If you would like to see who we are and what we do before deciding whether to join, please ring the Secretary or Membership Secretary (phone numbers on Contact us) and arrange to attend a meeting as a guest.