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MIRANDA PENDER ‘SWEET TEMPTATION’ Yeovil Creatives: Finding Calm in The Chaos This members exhibition is always a unique celebration of diversity and individual stories. 15 July - 29 August: Yeovil Art Space, 13 - 15 Vicarage Walk, Quedam Centre, YEOVIL, BA20 1EU. Wednesday - Friday 12noon - 4pm, Saturday 11am - 4pm. yeovilartspace.uk . FESTIVAL OF WESSEX 2026 • 28 Southern Contemporaries: Vestiges A ruined church… an eroded coast… footprints in the dust… the dregs of a drink… these are all traces, remains and ‘vestiges’ of past events, and the inspiration for this project, inspired by landscape and plein-air painter Frances Hatch. For over a year, a group of Bournemouth Arts Club members have been soaking up vestiges of the past - ancient and recent, in all their forms. Now, at this exciting new space in Boscombe’s Sovereign Centre, they present their responses, their discoveries and ideas, in a multi-media exhibition curated by Frances under the banner of Southern Contemporaries, an exhibiting arm of the Bournemouth Arts Club. 2 - 31 July: The Auger Collective Gallery, Sovereign Centre, BOSCOMBE, Bournemouth, BH1 4SX. Wednesday - Saturday 10.30am - 4.30pm. bournemouthartsclub.co.uk. SARAH HUMBY ‘HENGISTBURY HEAD’ (Cyanotype) CLOISTER COURTYARD, HAUSER & WIRTH SOMERSET (Photograph by David Bebber) Drawing Weekender The Royal Drawing School presents Drawing Weekender , two days of drawing, experimentation and creative exchange taking place across the buildings, gardens and surrounding landscape of Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Drawing Weekender invites visitors of all ages and levels of experience to explore drawing through workshops, artist talks, collaborative activities and free drop-in sessions led by artists and tutors from the Royal Drawing School. Across the weekend, participants can draw outdoors in Piet Oudolf’s celebrated gardens and the rolling Somerset landscape, join immersive life drawing workshops inside the historic Durslade Farmhouse, or gather in the Radić Pavilion for artist-led talks and participatory demonstrations. Alongside ticketed workshops, free activities and self- directed drawing prompts will take place across the site throughout the weekend. Designed as an open and exploratory experience, Drawing Weekender encourages visitors to move between structured sessions and spontaneous moments of creativity. Featured artists and tutors include Royal Academician Ishbel Myerscough, Dilip Sur, Alexis Soul-Gray, George Rouy and Matthew Rice, alongside Royal Drawing School tutors Nell Brookfield, David Gardner, Max Naylor, Tessa Coleman, Sara Lee Roberts and Paul Fenner. 18 and 19 July: Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, BRUTON, BA10 0NL. See website for full programme: royaldrawingschool.org. ‘MARLBOROUGH DOWNS IV’ (Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, 2025) David O’Connor: Terrain David combines topographical information with an awareness of pattern and abstraction in his landscapes. Fragments of memories of place and layered points of view are combined to produce vibrant paintings. 11 August - 5 September: 2 High Street, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 1AA. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 07398 970439 / whitechalkgallery.co.uk .