Although the usual Snowdrops Exhibition has had to be cancelled, we will be displaying a small selection of Snowdrops artwork in the Gallery windows from 1st February. We hope this may brighten your day as you pass by, or even inspire you for next year!
We will reopen the Gallery as soon as we are able but in the mean time keep watching the windows. There will be changing displays of artworks from the planned exhibitions whilst we are closed.
April
wed07aprAll Daytue20FeaturedAndrea Jenkins(All Day) BST Event Type :Gallery



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Andrea Jenkins draws on a lifetime of engagement with art to express ideas in a variety of styles and two-dimensional mediums. From expressing concern for the environment
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Andrea Jenkins draws on a lifetime of engagement with art to express ideas in a variety of styles and two-dimensional mediums.
From expressing concern for the environment through close observation to showing her enjoyment of exploring colour, composition and mark making in abstract painting, Andrea demonstrates her versatility in this solo exhibition.
Angela’s exhibition will also be open on Sunday 18 April, 10am – 4pm.
Time
April 7 (Wednesday) - 20 (Tuesday) BST
wed21aprAll Daytue27FeaturedRelative Values(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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Our work is as diverse as our characters coming as we do from different backgrounds. However, we share a mutual love of art in all its forms and interpretations. In
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Our work is as diverse as our characters coming as we do from different backgrounds. However, we share a mutual love of art in all its forms and interpretations. In this exhibition we aim to capture the spirit of relationships and connections through the natural elements that bind them.
Our exhibition will also be open on Sunday 25 April, 10am – 4pm.
Time
April 21 (Wednesday) - 27 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed28aprAll Daytue04mayFeaturedPearl Gatehouse(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery
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Pearl’s Land, Sea and Floral series are based on observations and drawing of nature. Contemporary oils and acrylics with a poetic bias and Japanese influence. Rich, expressive colours together with
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Pearl’s Land, Sea and Floral series are based on observations and drawing of nature. Contemporary oils and acrylics with a poetic bias and Japanese influence. Rich, expressive colours together with space and movement in a structured composition, strive to capture the essence of her subject.
They are paintings to live with.
Time
April 28 (Wednesday) - May 4 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
May
wed28aprAll Daytue04mayFeaturedPearl Gatehouse(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery
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Pearl’s Land, Sea and Floral series are based on observations and drawing of nature. Contemporary oils and acrylics with a poetic bias and Japanese influence. Rich, expressive colours together with
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Pearl’s Land, Sea and Floral series are based on observations and drawing of nature. Contemporary oils and acrylics with a poetic bias and Japanese influence. Rich, expressive colours together with space and movement in a structured composition, strive to capture the essence of her subject.
They are paintings to live with.
Time
April 28 (Wednesday) - May 4 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed05mayAll Daytue18FeaturedTogether(All Day) Event Type :Gallery




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Three artists from different backgrounds and influences enjoying coming together through their work. ERIC BAILEY – Painting Working predominantly in acrylics VICTORIA
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Three artists from different backgrounds and influences enjoying coming together through their work.
ERIC BAILEY – Painting
Working predominantly in acrylics
VICTORIA GARLAND – Printmaking
Original limited edition etchings and drawings, all in a figurative style
CAROLINE HUGHES – Ceramics
Mainly wheel-thrown vessels: simple forms or more intricate pieces – cut, pierced or embellished
Time
May 5 (Wednesday) - 18 (Tuesday)
wed19mayAll Daytue08junFeaturedTwo plus Two(All Day) Event Type :Gallery




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2 painters, a ceramicist and a sculptor all creating vibrant, exciting and colourful pieces of work. Bold and adventurous colours and shape, fired clay, bronze resin and bronze casts.
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2 painters, a ceramicist and a sculptor all creating vibrant, exciting and colourful pieces of work. Bold and adventurous colours and shape, fired clay, bronze resin and bronze casts. A wealth of variety of paints, inks, metal foils and papers are used to create theses different works.
The artists are Sandy Roberts, Janet Parker-Laird, Sally Dhurev and Jane Shepherd.
This exhibition will also be open on Sundays, 10am – 4.30pm.
Time
May 19 (Wednesday) - June 8 (Tuesday)
June
wed19mayAll Daytue08junFeaturedTwo plus Two(All Day) Event Type :Gallery




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2 painters, a ceramicist and a sculptor all creating vibrant, exciting and colourful pieces of work. Bold and adventurous colours and shape, fired clay, bronze resin and bronze casts.
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2 painters, a ceramicist and a sculptor all creating vibrant, exciting and colourful pieces of work. Bold and adventurous colours and shape, fired clay, bronze resin and bronze casts. A wealth of variety of paints, inks, metal foils and papers are used to create theses different works.
The artists are Sandy Roberts, Janet Parker-Laird, Sally Dhurev and Jane Shepherd.
This exhibition will also be open on Sundays, 10am – 4.30pm.
Time
May 19 (Wednesday) - June 8 (Tuesday)
wed09junAll Daytue15FeaturedHelen Baddeley, Brady Turner & Jane Barnard(All Day) Event Type :Gallery




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Helen Baddeley, Brady Turner
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Helen Baddeley, Brady Turner and Jane Barnard have colour at the heart of their practice to express their feelings about landscape and the world around them. Although varied in media and styles, they have a delight in making work that is expressive and powerful. This exhibition is the first time they have shown together.
Time
June 9 (Wednesday) - 15 (Tuesday)
wed16junAll Daytue29FeaturedIan Reilly - 'Wessex Wanders'(All Day) Event Type :Gallery



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Wessex landscapes have great appeal and walking, camping and sketching prompt ideas, forming the basis for paintings based largely on mood
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Wessex landscapes have great appeal and walking, camping and sketching prompt ideas, forming the basis for paintings based largely on mood and memory. I have been much influenced by a year’s Diploma Course at the Norfolk Painting School which stresses a grounding on traditional techniques.
Time
June 16 (Wednesday) - 29 (Tuesday)
wed30junAll Daytue06julFeaturedField Trips(All Day) Event Type :Gallery



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Dorset printmakers Jayne Soakell & Sarah Humby have been exploring the Dorset countryside and coastline for many years. Field Trips is an exhibition of new work based on
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Dorset printmakers Jayne Soakell & Sarah Humby have been exploring the Dorset countryside and coastline for many years.
Field Trips is an exhibition of new work based on expeditions into the landscape made before and after lockdown. A mixture of studio work and drawings made directly in the field.
Time
June 30 (Wednesday) - July 6 (Tuesday)
July
wed30junAll Daytue06julFeaturedField Trips(All Day) Event Type :Gallery



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Dorset printmakers Jayne Soakell & Sarah Humby have been exploring the Dorset countryside and coastline for many years. Field Trips is an exhibition of new work based on
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Dorset printmakers Jayne Soakell & Sarah Humby have been exploring the Dorset countryside and coastline for many years.
Field Trips is an exhibition of new work based on expeditions into the landscape made before and after lockdown. A mixture of studio work and drawings made directly in the field.
Time
June 30 (Wednesday) - July 6 (Tuesday)




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A colourful exhibition by three local friends, collectively known as ‘Creative Chameleons’. Original acrylic artwork, prints and cards by Moira Ladd. Fused and leaded glass set
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A colourful exhibition by three local friends, collectively known as ‘Creative Chameleons’.
Original acrylic artwork, prints and cards by Moira Ladd. Fused and leaded glass set into wood and stone by Claire Waters, alongside useful and decorative items created by Jason Fermor, using resins and locally sourced wood.
Time
July 7 (Wednesday) - 13 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed14julAll Daytue20FeaturedJess Sims - 'Into the Woods'(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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They say that every picture tells a story – packed with tantalisingly touchable textures, that is certainly the case with my felt pictures. Being a Shaftesbury girl my
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They say that every picture tells a story – packed with tantalisingly touchable textures, that is certainly the case with my felt pictures.
Being a Shaftesbury girl my felted observations of community life provide a fresh, new burst of energy and originality to scenes with which we are all too familiar.
Time
July 14 (Wednesday) - 20 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR



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An Exhibition of work by Southern Contemporaries selected by Frances Hatch. Responses made from a high point in the landscape or a personal watershed.
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An Exhibition of work by Southern Contemporaries selected by Frances Hatch. Responses made from a high point in the landscape or a personal watershed.
Southern Contemporaries stems from the proud tradition and history of Bournemouth Arts Club which celebrates its centenary at the Russell Cotes Gallery this Autumn.
Time
July 21 (Wednesday) - August 3 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
August



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An Exhibition of work by Southern Contemporaries selected by Frances Hatch. Responses made from a high point in the landscape or a personal watershed.
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An Exhibition of work by Southern Contemporaries selected by Frances Hatch. Responses made from a high point in the landscape or a personal watershed.
Southern Contemporaries stems from the proud tradition and history of Bournemouth Arts Club which celebrates its centenary at the Russell Cotes Gallery this Autumn.
Time
July 21 (Wednesday) - August 3 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed04augAll Daytue10FeaturedPhilip Leevers(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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My starting point is always a love of drawing landscapes -but this sometimes develops into surreal or semi-abstract treatments. The North Cornish coast is a
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My starting point is always a love of drawing landscapes -but this sometimes develops into surreal or semi-abstract treatments.
The North Cornish coast is a favourite area as well as the Jurassic Coast, not to mention woods near Bull Mill.
Time
August 4 (Wednesday) - 10 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed11augAll Daytue17FeaturedHolly and Stephen Yates(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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Stephen is a painter and ceramicist inspired by the sea and landscape surrounding his home on Portland, Dorset. Holly produces mixed media 2D and 3D work combining acrylic with stitch. She
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Stephen is a painter and ceramicist inspired by the sea and landscape surrounding his home on Portland, Dorset.
Holly produces mixed media 2D and 3D work combining acrylic with stitch. She is also inspired by the landscape and natural world around her.
Time
August 11 (Wednesday) - 17 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed18augAll Daymon30FeaturedSue Smethurst - 'Somerset and Beyond'(All Day) Event Type :Gallery



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The exploration of light plays a very important role in Sue’s work. She enjoys capturing moments of translucence and opaqueness. Although based in London, Sue has also lived in
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The exploration of light plays a very important role in Sue’s work. She enjoys capturing moments of translucence and opaqueness. Although based in London, Sue has also lived in Somerset for the past 25 years. Many of her paintings of fauna and landscapes are evoked from travels through Wiltshire and Somerset.
Time
August 18 (Wednesday) - 30 (Monday)
September
wed01sepAll Daytue07FeaturedEric Bailey and David Marl(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery




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My paintings are for the most part small acrylics that explore a few subjects that I return to frequently – the
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My paintings are for the most part small acrylics that explore a few subjects that I return to frequently – the Annunciation, the Visitation, the journey to Bethlehem and the journey of the Magi. My training was as a stained glass artist at Kingston & the Royal College of Art. I no longer make windows but this influences both what I paint & how I paint it. – David Marl.
Time
September 1 (Wednesday) - 7 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed08sepAll Daytue14FeaturedKarren Burkett(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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Karren works in oils, watercolours, charcoal and pen and ink to represent
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Karren works in oils, watercolours, charcoal and pen and ink to represent her version of the world around her. She is excited by the relationship of colours and the play of light on landscapes and objects. Since the first lockdown in March 2020 her focus has shifted from landscape to her local surroundings and dead flowers.
Time
September 8 (Wednesday) - 14 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR

Time
September 15 (Wednesday) - 28 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR




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An exhibition of paintings by Rachel Sargent and poetry by Catherine Simmonds exploring the places they sought solace during lockdown restrictions. In times where a walk might be
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An exhibition of paintings by Rachel Sargent and poetry by Catherine Simmonds exploring the places they sought solace during lockdown restrictions.
In times where a walk might be our only outlet, sanctuary becomes a common quest – to distance the bad news or find connection with something deeper than our everyday difficulties.
Time
September 29 (Wednesday) - October 5 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
October




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An exhibition of paintings by Rachel Sargent and poetry by Catherine Simmonds exploring the places they sought solace during lockdown restrictions. In times where a walk might be
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An exhibition of paintings by Rachel Sargent and poetry by Catherine Simmonds exploring the places they sought solace during lockdown restrictions.
In times where a walk might be our only outlet, sanctuary becomes a common quest – to distance the bad news or find connection with something deeper than our everyday difficulties.
Time
September 29 (Wednesday) - October 5 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed06octAll Daytue12FeaturedMaggie Wyman and Maxine Chandler(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery




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Maggie Wyman and Maxine Chandler have produced new and exciting work for their first exhibition together. Maxine is a skilled and
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Maggie Wyman and Maxine Chandler have produced new and exciting work for their first exhibition together. Maxine is a skilled and imaginative glass artist specialising in stained glass and leaded work. Maggie has a love for flowers and abstract painting in acrylics and oils. Together they look forward to inviting you, to what they hope, will be a great show that will be well worth a visit.
Time
October 6 (Wednesday) - 12 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR



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Popular seascape painter Kim Pragnell is exhibiting another exciting collection of sea-related
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Popular seascape painter Kim Pragnell is exhibiting another exciting collection of sea-related paintings this autumn. Well known for the often wild and dramatic depictions of the coast around our shores, Kim hopes this selection will be more varied and perhaps, more tranquil. One to put in the diary!
Time
October 13 (Wednesday) - 19 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR

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Though I have been, my life, an artist I started painting finished landscapes ten years ago. Starting in Watercolour, I moved
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Though I have been, my life, an artist I started painting finished landscapes ten years ago. Starting in Watercolour, I moved to Oil after five years and have enjoyed developing in them, occasionally with reference to much loved Dutch Landscapes. In the last year or two I have added some still lifes of collected artefacts and other oddments. This Exhibition will hold some favourite paintings of the last ten years and one or two new ones after my latest fashion.
Time
October 20 (Wednesday) - 26 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
November
wed03novAll Daytue09FeaturedAnnabel Carington - 'Nocturne'(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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Annabel Carington is an artist, illustrator & writer working from her rural studio on the Wiltshire/Dorset border. ‘Nocturne’ is an exhibition of new work exploring Annabel’s fascination with
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Annabel Carington is an artist, illustrator & writer working from her rural studio on the Wiltshire/Dorset border.
‘Nocturne’ is an exhibition of new work exploring Annabel’s fascination with moths through a series of drawings, paintings and installations conceived from a combination of close observation, historical understanding and contemporary ideas & concerns.
Time
November 3 (Wednesday) - 9 (Tuesday)
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Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR



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Paintings and drawings by Nick Andrew, exploring the landscape within walking distance of the studio. A collection of unique wildlife paintings by Tanya Hinton on reclaimed wood. Nick and Tanya work
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Paintings and drawings by Nick Andrew, exploring the landscape within walking distance of the studio. A collection of unique wildlife paintings by Tanya Hinton on reclaimed wood.
Nick and Tanya work from their studio at Bull Mill Arts, Crockerton, on the banks of the River Wylye. They have both exhibited widely throughout the UK and abroad, with work in many public and private collections.
Time
November 10 (Wednesday) - 16 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed17novAll Daytue30FeaturedRavi Butalia - 'A Sense of Place IV'(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery

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Continuing with his series A Sense of Place, this year Ravi is exhibiting landscape photographs taken during the pandemic, on daily walks within a mile radius from his home.
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Continuing with his series A Sense of Place, this year Ravi is exhibiting landscape photographs taken during the pandemic, on daily walks within a mile radius from his home.
Time
November 17 (Wednesday) - 30 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
December
wed01decAll Daytue07FeaturedDan Croft(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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My untitled exhibition is a collection of my work from the last few years focusing on the landscape and it’s connection
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My untitled exhibition is a collection of my work from the last few years focusing on the landscape and it’s connection with the weather throughout the seasons.
Time
December 1 (Wednesday) - 7 (Tuesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
wed08decAll Daywed05janFeaturedEeles-Colclough(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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It’s only recently that Neil Colclough has returned to painting and, by using Oils and Ink, he captures the atmosphere and realism of today’s world and places he visits.
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It’s only recently that Neil Colclough has returned to painting and, by using Oils and Ink, he captures the atmosphere and realism of today’s world and places he visits.
Time
December 8 (Wednesday) - January 5 (Wednesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
January
wed08decAll Daywed05janFeaturedEeles-Colclough(All Day) GalleryEvent Type :Gallery



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It’s only recently that Neil Colclough has returned to painting and, by using Oils and Ink, he captures the atmosphere and realism of today’s world and places he visits.
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It’s only recently that Neil Colclough has returned to painting and, by using Oils and Ink, he captures the atmosphere and realism of today’s world and places he visits.
Time
December 8 (Wednesday) - January 5 (Wednesday)
Location
Gallery
13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR