Until 1 May
Spring Time Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 www.sousouwest.co.uk Sou’–Sou-West’s Annual Spring Open.
1 – 14 May
Precipice? Bridport artist Sarah Jane Ross is exhibiting her new series of contemporary landscape paintings, asking “are we living on the edge?” while celebrating the official ‘Year of the Coast’. Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 www.sousouwest.co.uk
1 – 27 May
Peter Buxton is at Unique Framecraft as guest artist for May. Peter is a retired architect painter and musician still playing Blues and Jazz locally and at smaller festivals! Open daily from 8.30 til 4pm at Unique Framecraft, 4-5 Million Rise Workshops, Second Avenue, Axminster, EX13 5HH. Telephone 01297 613614 or 07801 260259. Instagram:- @uniqueframecraft. What3words: warned.tasteful.elaborate.
1 – 31 May
Kit Glaisyer: Light, Mood & Atmospherics is an evolving exhibition of West Country landscape paintings, with works on show in the gallery and studio. Open Weds & Sat 10-3pm or by appointment. Kit Glaisyer Gallery, 11 Downes Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JR. 07983 465789 www.kitglaisyer.com @kitglaisyer
2 – 14 May
‘Layer Upon Layer’ Jenny Penney (Relief Sculpted Landscapes), Lyn Kirkland (Encaustic Wax) & Sue Jenkins (Ecoprint) The artists will be demonstrating their techniques over the exhibition period. Please check social media for by who and when, otherwise just take pot luck! You are guaranteed to learn something new! Eype Centre for the Creative Arts. St. Peter’s Church, Mount Lane, Eype, Bridport, Dorset DT6 6AR. Open daily 10 am – 4 pm (Excluding Saturday 6th May when we will close for the King’s Coronation). Free admission and parking. All artwork and textiles will be for sale, along with prints and greetings cards. 07711460372 www.jennyvp58.wixsite.com/penneyart https://lynkirklandart.artweb.com Instagram: Tonleaf
2 – 19 May
West Country Scribes The Time is Now – a exhibition by this well-established group of talented calligraphers. Ilminster Arts Centre, TA19 0AN. Tues-Sat, 9.30am – 3pm. Free entry. https://www.ilminsterartscentre.com/exhibitions.
2 – 30 May
Visual Rhythm An exhibition of works by John Austin-Williams, Imogen Bittner, Mala Haslett, June Lisle and Helen Simpson.
Preview 29th April 2-5pm. Formal Opening at 3pm by Mike Werkmeister. Please email helen@helensimpsonartist.co.uk if you would like an invitation. Five very different artists in whose work lie the echoes of a melody, a beat…a Visual Rhythm. The exhibition will also feature a sound installation in response to the artist’s work by award-winning young composer Joy Ingle. Malthouse Gallery and Studio East Lambrook Manor Gardens, Silver Street, East Lambrook, South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5HH. www.eastlambrook.com
Until 3 May
Sonia Barton, Lotta Teale The Jerram Gallery, Half Mood Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LN www.jerramgallery.com.
Teresa Lawton Gallery On The Square Queen Mother Square Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3BL gallerypoundbury.co.uk.
Until 5 May
‘Americana’ by photographer Barry Cawston R.W.A. Cawston continues to be one of the leading photographers in the South West and recently had the honour of being made a Royal West of England Academician. The exhibition runs for a limited time and is available to view by appointment, contact sarah@closeltd.com Close Ltd, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset TA3 6AE. info@closeltd.com | 01823 480 350 | www.closeltd.com
6 – 29 May
Facets Paintings by Maggie Wyman Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 Www.sousouwest.co.uk.
Until 8 May
Rodney Graham Getting it Together in the Country
Rodney Graham (1949 – 2022) expanded his diverse practice to encompass photography, painting, sculpture, film, video and music. A true polymath, Graham seamlessly inhabited different personae, genres and art forms throughout his unparalleled career. Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm Dropping Lane, Bruton Somerset BA10 0NL.
The New Bend Curated by Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen, ‘The New Bend’ travels from Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles to Somerset. The exhibition brings together 12 contemporary artists working in the raced, classed and gendered traditions of quilting and textile practice. The artists featured are Anthony Akinbola, Dawn Williams Boyd, Myrlande Constant, Ferren Gipson, Tomashi Jackson, Basil Kincaid, Eric N. Mack, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Tuesday Smillie, Rachel Eulena Williams, Qualeasha Wood and Zadie Xa. Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm Dropping Lane, Bruton Somerset BA10 0NL.
Until 13 May
The Life that Springs Anita Klein RA, Fred Cuming RA, Martyn Brewster ARE, Merlyn Chesterman RE, Sally McMaren RE, Yo Thom ceramics, Petter Southall furniture. Sladers Yard, 6 W Bay Rd, West Bay, Bridport DT6 4EL. 01308 459511.
13 May
Grand *one-day* summer exhibition Yeovil Art Group Summer Exhibition is planned to take place in the Digby Church Memorial Hall in Sherborne’s Digby Road, close to the famous Abbey. Members of the Yeovil Art Group will showcase their unique paintings, drawings, ceramics and home-made jewellery to the people of Sherborne and its environs.
13 May – 10 June
Earth|Ground Showing ceramics from the archive of Alan Wallwork (d.2019) and paintings and other works by Amanda Wallwork. This exhibition brings together two artists, father and daughter, whose work has been deeply influenced by the Dorset landscape, prehistory and deep time. Showing ceramics from the archive of Alan Wallwork (d.2019) and paintings and other works by Amanda Wallwork. Alan Wallwork enjoyed early success making a range of distinctive individual handbuilt sculptural forms, his pieces resembling archaic, sometimes totemic shapes. He moved his studio to Dorset in 1964, closer to the landscapes and evidence of prehistory that was an influence on his early work. Setting up studios in Marnhull, and later Uplyme, his work evolved to reflect the shapes, colours and textures to be found in the coast and countryside of Dorset. Amanda Wallwork is a visual artist using drawing, painting, mapping and installations to explore our experience of landscape – a quest for a real understanding of what lies beyond the aesthetic. Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NR. 01308 424901 Open 10am – 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday, Free Entry. www.bridport-arts.com/event/earth-ground.
20 May – 8 July
Philip Sutton RA A Colourist’s World Paintings from a lifetime, new work, works on paper, ceramics, and posters. Sladers Yard, 6 West Bay Rd, West Bay, Bridport DT6 4EL. 01308 459511.
22 May – 11 June
Landscapes – Real and Imagined A mixture of figurative work from artist Stephen Collins’ walks, and abstracted paintings from his imagination. Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 www.sousouwest.co.uk
23 May – 16 June
Annual Open Art Exhibition The Ilminster Arts Centre’s annual judged Open Exhibition 2023, celebrating the work of established and emerging artists living and working in the South West. Ilminster Arts Centre, TA19 0AN. Tues-Sat, 9.30am – 3pm. Free entry. https://www.ilminsterartscentre.com/exhibitions.
Until 27 May
David Gommon (1913-87) A Lifetime’s Adventure in Art The Art Stable, Kelly Ross Fine Art, Child Okeford, Dorset, DT11 8HB. kellyross@theartstable.co.uk. 07816 837905
27 May – 4 June
Through the Labyrinth Art Exhibition the art of Janet Hall. 2pm to 7pm at 11, Kempston Road, Weymouth, DT4 8XB. Contact Janet on janethall103@gmail.com or 01305 839737.
27 May – 8 June
Lyme Regis Art Society Annual Exhibition The Society is excited once again to be holding our Annual Exhibition at the Malthouse Gallery at the Town Mill, where we will be showing work by many of our 80+ members. Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU 10.30am to 4.30pm daily. Free admission. Hilary Buckley 01297 444111. lymeregisartssociety.org.uk
Until 3 June
Paradise Found: New Visions of the Blackdown Hills Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton Devon EX14 1LX. www.thelmahulbert.com.
Until 11 June
A Celebration of Sky An exhibition of cloudscape lino prints by Exeter-based printmaker Steve Manning.
Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge St, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 10am-4pm, www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk
Until 13 June
Paradise Found: New Visions of the Blackdown Hills explores the Blackdown Hills through the lens of 36 leading contemporary artists alongside works by members of the Camden Town Group. This new exhibition marks the launch of THG’s new East Devon wide engagement programme ‘Create Our Space’ funded by Arts Council England. Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House, Dowell St, Honiton EX14 1LX.
Until 21 July
Spring Exhibition gallery & guest artists. Our Spring mixed exhibition features over a dozen of our gallery artists, plus four guest artists, including a range of sculptures, oils, and prints. A fine selection of landscape monoprints from Bristol-based Ruth Ander contrast nicely with landscapes in oil from Dorset-base Kim Pragnell. The Hampshire artist Philippa Headley adds her landscape oils to the mix and then Dorset-based Colin Moore provides further contrast with his linocut landscapes, and the detailled landscape etchings of Devon-based Mary Gillett. A variety of raku ceramics are with us from London-based artist Alison Wear as well as stonework from Sarah Moore and the fine metal/glass/stone scuptures from Bershire based Johannes von Stumm. Imogen Bittner has some new textile pieces as well as work from London-based guest artist Chloe Fremantle and pieces by local guest artist Sarah Batt. Tincleton Gallery, The Old School House, Tincleton, nr Dorchester, DT2 8QR. http://www.tincletongallery.com.