What's on in and around the Vale
Museums and Galleries
February 2008

30 Jan - 29 March:
So, What is Home. Photography exploring the lives people lead. individuals & members of local school and community groups including a group of travellers who have worked with artist-photographer Teresa Holmes-Thompson. Lighthouse, Poole Centre for the Arts. 08700 668701. The exhibition forms a link to the concurrent feature exhibition entitled 'HOME' by acclaimed filmmaker and photographer Robert Golden at The Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole - see www.thestudygallery.org.

1 February - 31 March:
Watercolours by Margaret Jay-Jenkins new to the area this is her first local exhibtion. Watercolour and acrylic paintings. Mill Lane Gallery, Wimborne.

Until 2 February
Heroes and Villains A colourful exhibition celebrating the comic book hero and his arch nemesis. This exhibition explores the different graphic styles and 3d work of a variety of local artists. Meeting House Arts Centre, Ilminster. 01460 55783.

3 February - 1 March:
Thomas Chan and Lucy Hinds Thomas Chan is a German artist who creates beautiful quirky ceramics based on human faces and figures. Lucy Hinds produces fantastical rag rug wall hangings taking inspiration from many disparate sources to create a lush gallery of extraordinary personalities. Her latest work is an audaciously waggish take on the noble history of portraiture. Meeting House Arts Centre, Ilminster. 01460 55783.

5 February - 1 March:
Sixteen Pieces brainchild of curator Olalekan Babalola who asked artists from Africa, Europe, North and South America to celebrate their ancient Yoruba culture, which has spread from Africa around the globe. The artists are descended from the Yoruba civilisation and the exhibition examines how it translates in to the 21st century. Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre. 01308 424204.

Until 9 February:
ArtSway Open07 no restrictions on content or media choice in submitted work. ArtSway, Sway, Hants. 01590 681989.

9 February - 22 March:
Nexus Three: Landscape and Archaeology curated by Sian Bonnell for TRACE. Ongoing project, artist-led initiative based in Weymouth, juxtaposes the work of different artists, at different stages in their careers, all working within similar genres and examining the connections, the nexus, between them. Sherborne House, Newland, Sherborne.
01935 816426.

Until 12 February:
Yeovil Camera Club Annual Exhibition. The Octagon Theatre, Henford, Yeovil.

13 Feburary - 29 March:
Winter Exhibition featuring MaryJane Carruthers, ceramics, Felicity House, paintings, Paul Jones, paintings. Acanthus Gallery, Wareham. 01929 555331.

14 February - 11 March:
David Brooke - Paintings of Memory and Imagination themes for his paintings often originate from mythoglogy although not based on any actual story. Creative Arts at the Octagon. Octagon Theatre, Henford, Yeovil.

Until 16 February:
Justin Cooke & Miranda Goode Landscape paintings. Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne. 01935 814944.

Until 16 February:
Twentieth Century and Contemporary Prints. including works by Edward Ardizzone, Vanessa Bell, Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Roger Fry, Tom Hammick, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Ken Kiff, Henry Moore, Paula Rego...The Art Stable, Kelly Ross Fine Art, Child Okeford. 01258 863866.

16 February - 6 April:
Elizabeth Frink, works from the Archive Sherborne House, Sherborne. 01935 816426.
Until 17 February: The Woodroffe School Annual Art Exhibition Latest work - hot off the press! Town Mill Galleries, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PH. 01297 443579.

Until 23 February:
Not Just Squid & Chips photographic display of fruit and vegetables taken by Liz Berry whilst working in the Peloponnese area of Greece. Liz has also combined her love of cookery by producing recipe cards and booklets using the photographs and some tried and tested recipes that anyone can succeed with. Kali Orexi - Good appetite. Axminster Arts Cafe.

Until 23 February:
Cory Arcangel Spacex, 45 Preston St, Exeter. 01392 431786.

Until 23 February:
Somerset Young Artists 2008 winners of first ever competition, joint venture between The Brewhouse and the West Somerset Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Brewhouse Taunton. 01823 283244.

Until 23 February:
Justin Cooke; The Ridgeway paintings which feature in new book inspired by the South Dorset Ridgeway, a line of hills that stretch from Kingston Russell in the west to Broadmayne in the east. Containing some 500 or so earthworks including long barrows from the Neolithic and round barrows of the Bronze Age. Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Poole. 01202 961428.

Until 23 February:
Journeyland Amanda Wallwork, Jennie Cadman and Rosalind Marchant. Their work forms a narrative mapping the patterns and marks that impact on the landscape through the influence of humankind. Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton. 01823 283244.

Until 23 February:
Charley Says...part of 2008 Animated Exeter. Exhibition showcases artwork and film footage from many of the best known and loved British Public Information Films. From the pioneering war time animation of Halas & Batchelor through to the current, 'Recycle Now' campaign, taking in 1970s classics including 'Charley Says' and 'Joe & Petunia' on the way. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton. 01404 45006.

23 February - 9 March:
Favourite Pieces 2D and 3D work by local emerging artists - a wide range of media, styles and subjects curated by Ronnie Creswell. Town Mill Galleries, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PH. (01297) 443579.

23 February - 6 April:
Alex Frost Glasgow-based artist, range of new sulptures and drawings that relate directly to his 2007 residency, playing upon the concept of the rural retreat in contrast to the artist's urban, or specifically suburban, standpoint. ArtSway, Sway, Hants. 01590 681989.

Until 24 February:
'Of Quiet Observation' solo exhibition by Sheffield based artist Hilary Bower whose work is painstakingly crafted in lead, wood, aluminium, fabric, thread and paper and each piece of work is the result of a lifetime of noticing. Philip Goulden Gallery at Walford Mill Crafts. Wimborne, 01202 841400.

Until 29 February:
In A Good Light photographic exhibition of Victorian holidays in Somerset. South Somerset Museum Yeovil. 01935 462855.

Until 29 February:
Meeting Place Artists and designers from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth create work in response to the collections. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Bournemouth. 01202 451858.

Until 1 March:
West Dorset Moments Shot in both colour and black and white, Mike Smithwick's photographs portray humorous and poignant slices of contemporary life, captured in and around his home town of Bridport. In the Café and Foyer Galleries, Bridport Arts Centre. 01308 424204.

Until 2 March:
Drawing Breath & Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 A survey exhibition of contemporary drawing to mark a decade of the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Royal West of England Academy Bristol. 0117 973 5129.

Until 5 March:
Under Cover recent work by Clare Shepherd at the Hub, Centre for the Community and the Arts, Brock Way, Verwood. 07748 113152.

Until 8 March
'On Yer Bike' Cycling in Somerset since the Boneshaker An exhibition of different bicycles through time, from Victorian examples with iron tyres to today's lightweight hi-tech models. Alongside the exhibits are quizzes and activities for all ages on the theme of bicycles and wheels. Somerset Rural Life Museum. 01458 831197.
www.somerset.gov.uk/museums.

Until 15 March:
Peter Thursby, a retrospective sculptures, paintings and drawings by this distinguished RWA Academician dating from 1950 to 1990. A unique opportunity to see and purchase his work, some of which has not been shown since the 1960s. Organised by Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society at Dorset County Museum, Dorchester. 01305 262735.

Until 17 March:
Lyme's Disappearing Farmland
An exhibition featuring Lyme's fields lost to development, supported by Lyme Regis Town Council, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis. 01297 443370. www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk.

Until 20 March:
Home: Robert Golden 70 black and white photographs +films, texts and sound works that record key moments of social and political change over the past 40 years. The exhibition raises fundamental questions about globalisation, the loss of industry, community and cultural traditions - that is - the loss of HOME. The Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole. 01202 205200.www.thestudygallery.org

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