Welcome to the Cotswold Branch of the
National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies - NADFAS!

Founded in 1969 and meeting in beautiful Burford, the Cotswold DFAS has a friendly, active membership passionately interested in the fine and decorative arts. Our society offers a vibrant programme of lectures, visits,volunteering opportunities and other social activities. We hold 10 lectures each year, on the second Wednesday of the month from September to June. Lecturers are of the highest quality, carefully vetted and selected by the national NADFAS organisation.

Essential to the aims of our organisation is to provide opportunities for our members to volunteer at museums and historic places and in other ways help to preserve our nation’s heritage.

We are a branch of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) is an arts-based educational charity with almost 90,000 members and over 330 societies across the UK and Europe. NADFAS’s aims are to promote the aesthetic education of the public, the appreciation and study of the decorative and fine arts and the preservation of our artistic heritage for the benefit of the public.

Please explore our website for more information about what we have to offer.