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FESTIVAL OF WESSEX 2026 • 20 James Cockerill: Part Of James Cockerill creates contemporary stained glass using traditional materials combined with modern techniques such as silk screen printing and sandblasting. Translating personal and archival photography into permanent glass installations, his work explores themes of memory, belonging, and place. His layered, kiln-fired pieces capture light in ways unique to the medium - shifting and transforming as the viewer moves, inviting them to become part of the work itself. Until 18 July: The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. Monday - Saturday 10am - 9.30pm. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk . ÉDOUARD MANET (1832 - 1883) ‘OLYMPIA’ (Small plate, 1865) Beyond Impressionism Prints by key artists of the movement including Edouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso. 22 May – 13 September: The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, BATH, BA2 4DB. 10am - 5pm. £16.50. holburne.org. Bridport Art Society: Timeless Bridport Art Society return to Sou’-Sou’- West Gallery with their summer exhibition, featuring a range of media and topics, all ‘timeless’. 20 August - 9 September: Sou’-Sou’-West Gallery, Manor Yard, Symondsbury Estate, SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 10.30am - 3.30pm. 01308 301326 / sousouwest.co.uk . JESSAMY HAWKE ‘FROM CORFE CASTLE LOOKING EAST’ Boilerhouse Gallery Summer Show The Boilerhouse Gallery is celebrating the joys of summer with an exhibition inspired by the natural beauty of Purbeck. Run as a cooperative by ten local artists, the gallery’s summer exhibition will share their unique takes on this special part of the world, showcasing a wide range of disciplines including ceramics, jewellery, drawing, painting, photography, collage, sculpture, assemblage, kinetic sculpture and glass. Whether you live locally or are visiting on holiday, discover this hidden gem of a gallery nestled in a leafy oasis over the footbridge at Corfe Station, also accessible from Sandy Hill Lane at the foot of East Hill. 4 July - 30 August: Boilerhouse Gallery, Sandy Hill Lane, CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5JF. Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. 07398 052489 / boilerhousegallery.co.uk . CAROLINE NAIRN ‘BOATS ON FOSSIL BEACH’