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12 Visual Arts PETER URSEM: ‘EYE HEART HAND’ 28 April - 22 May Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. Tuesday - Saturday 9.30am - 3pm. ilminsterartscentre.com . “Peter Ursem is known for his relief printmaking, in particular multi- coloured lino prints and recently also wood engravings, but he also works in charcoal and oil paints, and writes poetry and fi ction.” ‘A FEAST FOR THE EYES’ 29 April - 5 May The Gallery, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Bell Street, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. 10am - 4pm. 01747 855243. “Art with food at its heart.” ‘DISCERN’ 29 April - 17 May Sou’-Sou’-West Gallery, Manor Yard Symondsbury Estate, BRIDPORT, DT6 6HG. 10.30am - 4.30pm. 01308 301326 / sousouwest.co.uk . “Kimmy Thomson, David Chilton and Pamela Gregg present a mixed show featuring mosaic, paintings, glass, mixed collage and ceramic sculpture.” SPIKE ISLAND OPEN STUDIOS 2026 1 - 3 May Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Road, BRISTOL, BS1 6UX. 11am - 5pm. 0117 929 2266 / spikeisland.org.uk . “Visitors are invited to explore the building’s network of artist studios, galleries and creative businesses within the former tea-packing factory.” ‘WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM’ 1 - 3 May Hours, 10 Colston Yard, BRISTOL, BS1 5BD. Friday 6 - 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am - 5pm. 07766 054659 / hours-space.com. DORSET INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS 1 - 17 May Sou’-Sou’-West Gallery, Manor Yard Symondsbury Estate, BRIDPORT, DT6 6HG. 10.30am - 4.30pm. 01308 301326 / sousouwest.co.uk . BULL MILL STUDIO ‘FIRST SATURDAY’ 2 May Bull Mill Studio, Bull Lane, CROCKERTON, Warminster, BA12 8AY. 10am - 5pm. 07730 400784 / nickandrew.co.uk / tanyahinton.co.uk. “Open studio exhibition featuring contemporary landscape painting and drawing by Nick Andrew, wildlife art on reclaimed wood by Tanya Hinton, and jewellery by Stephanie Gilbert.” 3 Photographers “Landscapes, street and contemporary photography by Tony Bates, Martin Black and Trevor Toms, a group of dynamic photographers returning for the second year to show their new and creative work.” 10 - 23 June: The Gallery, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Bell Street, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. 10am - 4pm. 01747 855243 / shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk . TREVOR TOMS (Self portrait photograph using the collodion wet plate process, August 2025) ‘COLOURS OF LIGHT’ 25 April - 6 May Eype Centre for the Arts, Mount Lane, EYPE, Bridport, DT6 6AR. 10am – 4.30pm. jennypenneyart.net. “Work by Jenny Penney, Lindsey J Cole, Katy Tunstall, and Gillian McCormick.” JANE MUTH AND KEVIN SMITH 27 April - 10 May Duchess of Cornwall Inn, Queen Mother Square, POUNDBURY, DT1 3DD. 10am - 9pm. 07956 020165 / arttattheduchess.com . “Landscapes and skies.” KIT GLAISYER: ‘VIEWS ACROSS LYME BAY’ Until 30 June Bridport Contemporary, 11 Downes Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3JR. Saturday 10am - 3pm. kitglaisyer.com . ‘SPRING 2026’ Until 12 July Tincleton Gallery, The Old School House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, DT2 8QR. Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm. tincletongallery.com . “Mixed show by Tincleton Gallery artists Imogen Bittner, Kim Pragnell, Mary Gillett, Philippa Headley, and Ruth Ander, plus guest artists Johannes von Stumm, Alison Wear, Almuth Tebbenhoff, and Ruth Chapman.” ‘HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION’ Until 9 August RAMM, Queen Street, EXETER, EX4 3RX. Tuesday 10.30am - 5pm, Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. Free entry. rammuseum.org.uk . “Highlights from RAMM’s rich and varied fi ne art collection, dating from the 1400s to the present day.” Above: Nahem Shoa ‘ Portrait of Des’ ‘FLOWER FAIRIES: ENCHANTMENT BY THE SEA’ Until 4 October Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, East Cliff, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3AA. 10am - 5pm. £12.50 / £6. 01202 128000 / russellcotes.com. “Admire Cicely Mary Barker’s original Flower Fairies artworks, alongside preparatory sketches and landscapes of Dorset. For generations, these enchanting illustrations have blended botanical detail with fairy magic, captivating imaginations worldwide.” YEOVIL ART GROUP Exhibition and Open Day Saturday 30th May Teas, coffees and cakes BIRCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE Yeovil BA21 5RL 10am - 4pm Free admission Parking ‘Caiman’ by Katy Wilde Look! - and - Look Again! KATY HARRALD , HEATHER GIBBONS and ROBIN MACKENZIE 3 artists respond to the evocative Purbeck land and coast in paint, pencil and print 20 MAY - 7 JUNE PAW Venue 1: Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Castle, Swanage, BH19 2JL purbeckartweeks.org.uk *EVOLVER_149_SB.qxp_Evolver_2025 14/04/2026 20:09 Page 12