About us

Lancaster & District Art Society is open to all aged 18 years and over. Our membership ranges from absolute beginners to professional artists, as well as non painters with a keen interest in art.

The programme of activities is designed to encourage, inspire and develop its member's interests and skills as well as promoting the visual arts amongst the wider community. Meetings are held weekly at Torrisholme Methodist Church on Friday evenings from 7pm-9pm.

Our meetings are free to members of the Lancaster & District Art Society. Non members are welcome to attend for a £2.00 fee, payable on the door.

If you would like to enquire about meetings or membership, please visit our contact us page.

The picture to the left shows a group of members at a sketching day in July 2011 at Heysham Church. Our view from the graveyard on this sunny and windy day was a panorama of sand and sea. The photograph on the right side was taken on a LADAS trip to the Manchester City Art Gallery & Lowry Centre winter 2012

The workshop on Saturday the 13th March was led by Francis Winder. Francis encouraged us all to experiment and use gesso, textured materials, tissue and paper with mixed media to add extra richness and texture to our paintings. We all worked hard and produced a gallery of varied and exciting works at the end of the day.

Demonstration in pastel on Sennelier paper by Donald Ibbotson at the LADAS meeting on the 19th Nov 2010. A chateau in France. He enjoys using vibrant colours and strong shapes to produce striking pictures.