ARTIST Sarah Hornby has a real feeling for the sea – with a background in sailing and ocean rowing, she is now a successful contemporary coastal artist, with exhibitions currently in Wareham and at Sculpture by the Lakes, and an upcoming group show at Canford Cliffs. Born and raised in Poole, where she still lives, Sarah…
THE adventurous Shoemakers Museum at Street is one of the main venues for this year’s Somerset Art Weeks, from hosting the launch of the family programme with children’s author Jasbinder Bilan to a fascinating and immersive installation by artists and performers Melanie Thompson and Helen Ottoway, the Frome-based composer. Step by Step is open during…
SLADERS Yard, the contemporary art gallery and cafe in West Bay, continues its 20th anniversary celebrations with a major exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings by David Inshaw, one of the great contemporary painters of landscape, an artist who has been showing regularly at the gallery throughout those years. The solo show, At the Still…
YO Thom, one of the country’s leading ceramicists, is exhibiting alongside well-known Dorset print-maker Liz Somerville at The Art Stable, the contemporary gallery at Gold Hill Organic Farm, Child Okeford, until 24th October. Originally from Japan – a heritage which is inherent in her beautiful ceramics – Yo Thom has lived in North Dorset for…
THE beautiful gardens of Stoberry Park at Wells are a joy in themselves. Their views of Wells Cathedral and across to Glastonbury Tor are inspiring. And an exhibition of work by West Country sculptors brings a magical and exciting extra dimension to this lovely setting. Beyond Horizons: Where Art, Nature and Community Meet – a…
LANDSCAPE and river painter Nick Andrew is working on four panoramic seasonal drawings, a commission for Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, to be installed in the new critical care unit, which is due to be opened next year. On Friday 4th September, Nick, whose studio is at Bull Mill, Crockerton, near Warminster, will be showing work…
THE Dorset Monochrome Collective has its second exhibition in the community room at Dorchester’s Borough Gardens, from 14th to 20th September. Founded in 2018 by Alison Webber, the collective consists of a group of friends who share a passion for monochrome photography, whether that is digital or film. Members include the distinguished portrait and landscape…
DORSET Museum & Art Gallery is launching a fundraising campaign to enhance and expand its forthcoming Mary Anning – Fossil Hunter exhibition, which runs until 2nd May 2027. It celebrates the life and legacy of the pioneering palaeontologist 180 years after her death. This landmark exhibition, which will have a programme of talks, family activities,…
BEYOND Horizons, at Stoberry Park Gardens, overlooking Wells Cathedral, coinciding with this year’s Somerset Art Weeks and running from 5th September to 4th October, is the first of what is planned to be an annual open air sculpture exhibition, a month-long event bringing together more than 70 sculptors from across Somerset, UK and beyond. Described…
A collective of artists who originally got together in 2021 with a touring exhibition across the south west are reconvening in August with an exhibition reviewing their five year journey and beginning another in Bath and Bruton, on until 27th September. Travelling to eight locations over the summer of 2021, Inch by IN:CH took work…