11 Visual Arts ‘SKIN & BLISTERS’ Until 16 May Fisherton Mill, 108 Fisherton Street, SALISBURY, SP2 7QY. Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5pm. 01722 500200 / fi shertonmill.co.uk . “Paintings, ceramics and digital art by artist sisters Rebecca Harris and Elizabeth Lee.” DAVID MANKIN: ‘PORTALS’ Until 16 May The Vanner Gallery, 45 High Street, SALISBURY, SP1 2PB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01722 501551 / vannergallery.com . FRIENDS OF THE RWA Until 17 May Link Space, RWA, Queen’s Road, BRISTOL, BS8 1PX. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. rwa.org.uk . “Exhibition by thriving community of artists.” ‘COLLECTION’ Until 17 May Sou’-Sou’-West Gallery, Manor Yard, Symondsbury Estate, SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 10.30am - 3.30pm. 01308 301326 / sousouwest.co.uk . DAVID BROOKE Until 20 May Jenny Penney Local Makers Shop & Gallery, Mangerton Mill, Mangerton Lane, BRIDPORT, DT6 3SG. 10am – 4pm. jennypenneyart.net. TOR EIGELAND: ‘60 YEARS BEHIND THE LENS’ Until 21 May The Corn Exchange, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 3pm. dorchesterarts.org.uk . “At the age of 16 Tor Eigeland took time off school to work as a deckhand on a merchant ship and began a lifetime travelling the world. His discovery of photography set him on course for an extraordinary career as a photojournalist.” JOSS BARRATT: ‘BRIDGWATER SKITTLES’ Until 21 May The Engine Room, 50 High Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3BL. Monday, Wednesday - Friday 10am – 3.30pm. 01278 433187 / somerset fi lm.com . ‘MAKE LIGHT OF IT’ Until 29 May The Little Gallery, 1 The Parade, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 1NE. Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. winsorbirch.com. “Anna Simmons re fl ects on the relationship between light and dark, and the quiet beauty found within everyday moments.” Cathy Veale EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS 23rd - 30th May THE MEETING ROOM, MARINE VILLAS, SWANAGE PIER, BH19 2AP open 10–4 / free entry / cathyveale.co.uk Cheddar Arts Trail “The early May bank holiday weekend sees the return of the Cheddar Arts Fringe Festival. Since starting in 2015, CHAFF is now celebrating its biggest event yet, with 44 artists exhibiting their work at 19 locations around Cheddar village. This year, CHAFF welcomes 16 new members, including Katie Jones, a fi nalist in the 2025 Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year competition. The Cheddar Arts Trail features many talented artists and craftspeople, with a wide variety of arts and crafts on display and for sale. You’ll fi nd potters, painters, jewellers, photographers, sculptors, and writers, all eager to share their work. Alongside viewing art, visitors can also explore their own creativity by joining a range of free and paid workshops and activities at different locations throughout the weekend.” 2 - 4 May: Locations in and around CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27. 10.30am - 4.30pm. cheddarartists.com . KATIE JONES ‘SELF PORTRAIT’ JOHN LOWE: ‘HOUSE PORTRAITS’ Until 31 May Athelhampton House, Athelhampton Road, PUDDLETOWN, Dorchester, DT2 7LG. 10am - 5pm. 01305 848363 / athelhampton.com. ‘WATER WAYS’ Until 31 May The Shippon Gallery, Hook Farm, CHARDSTOCK, Axminster, EX13 7DD. Thursday - Sunday 12noon - 5pm. 01460 220021. “Members of the artist- led group BHAAM re fl ect on their relationship with water and the 'water ways’ of the Blackdown Hills.” FRANCES HATCH: ‘SENSING PLACE’ Until 6 June Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. “Working outside and combining found materials with water-based media, such as watercolour, acrylic and gouache, Hatch allows the weather – rain, snow, humidity, wind, sun – to participate in the shaping of the work.” ‘JOHN PIPER IN THE SOUTH COUNTRY’ Until 7 June Wiltshire Museum, 41 Long Street, DEVIZES, SN10 1NS. Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01380 727369 / wiltshiremuseum.org.uk . “The fi rst ever exhibition devoted to showing how the late artist John Piper (1903 - 1992) responded to the landscape and architecture of Wiltshire and Dorset.” ‘FORM AND FUNCTION’ Until 27 June The Pedestal Gallery, 3 Stony Street, FROME, BA11 1BU. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. 07889 597637 / thepedestalgallery.co.uk . “Painting and colleges by Nicky Knowles and Eddie Martin, ceramics by Ruthanne Tudball, Wayne Clark, Francis Lloyd- Jones and Phoebe Smith, alongside resident artists.” NEXT ISSUE SUMMER 2026 Exhibit A Artists and photographers are invited to submit work for next issue’s page 3 Exhibit A by emailing images to:
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