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16 Visual Arts Salisbury Art Trail “This year’s Salisbury Art Trail will see more than 80 members of Plain Arts Salisbury exhibiting in their homes, gardens, studios and galleries in and around Salisbury. This year’s free event will showcase a broad range of artistic disciplines: photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, jewellery, ceramics, glass, and everything in between! The trail aims to be fun and inclusive, representing artists from all backgrounds and at every stage of their creative journeys. Many artists will also be giving live demonstrations and drop-in workshops will be open to the public. The Community Gallery in Salisbury Library will be Venue 1 and host the Trailblazer exhibition. Packed with examples of artwork from each of the participating artists, visitors can then choose which artists they would like to visit and plan their route.” 23 May - 7 June: Various locations in and around SALISBURY, Wiltshire. 07383 871177 / salisburyarttrail.co.uk. MEGAN CHEETHAM ‘STRATA OF THE CHAIR NO. 3’ (Oil on board, 40 x 40cm) THE NOVA ART GUILD 21 May - 20 June Fisherton Mill, 108 Fisherton Street, SALISBURY, SP2 7QY. Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5pm. 01722 500200 / fi shertonmill.co.uk . Paintings, ceramics and photography. BATH TEXTILE ARTISTS: ‘CLOTH AND PLACE’ 22 - 25 May West Barn Gallery, Pound Lane, BRADFORD-ON-AVON, BA15 1LF. 10am - 5pm. bathtextileartists.com . “Gorgeous mix of textile work.” SHORELINE CREATIVES 22 - 25 May St John’s Hall, Hillside Road, CLEVEDON, BS21 7TH. 10am - 6pm. shorelinecreatives.co.uk . Sculpture, illustration, oils, acrylics, mixed media and print. GLENN BROWN: ‘ARROWS OF DESIRE’ 22 May – 6 September The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, BATH, BA2 4DB. 10am - 5pm. £16.50. holburne.org . “Glenn Brown is one of the most celebrated painters to come out of the Young British Artist generation. He is famous for borrowing images, colours, painterly brushstrokes and drawn lines from art history to create fresh yet disturbing paintings that reveal a dark humour.” NORMAN ACKROYD: ‘THE TRANSIENCE OF LIGHT’ 22 May - 6 September Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, BATH, BA2 4AT. Tuesday - Sunday 10.30am - 5pm. £9. 01225 477233 / victoriagal.org.uk . “Celebrating master printmaker Norman Ackroyd (1938 - 2024), this exhibition brings together Ackroyd's spectacular etchings from the 1980s onwards.” LISA EMBURY 11 - 24 May Duchess of Cornwall Inn, Queen Mother Square, POUNDBURY, DT1 3DD. 10am - 9pm. 07956 020165. “Abstract landscapes.” SILTON ART GROUP 13 - 19 May The Gallery, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Bell Street, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. 10am - 4pm. 01747 855243. “Mixed media work.” NORTH SOMERSET ARTS EXHIBITION 15 - 17 May Village Hall, Ox House Lane, Failand, BRISTOL, BS8 3TS. Friday 6pm - 8pm, Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 3pm. northsomersetarts.org. SUE WEBBER: ‘60' 15 - 21 May Church House, CROWCOMBE, TA4 4AA. 10am - 4pm. 07930 487206. “Collection of work made through a creative lifetime, including illustration, photography,and bookmaking.” SUSAN COX 16 - 30 May Sandy Hill Arts, Sandy Hill Lane, CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5EQ. 10am - 4pm. 07929 771219 / sandyhillarts.co.uk. “Susan explores the way that fi gures and narratives interplay together in her rich and vibrant paintings.” ‘ALL THIS USELESS BEAUTY’ 16 May – 27 June Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, HONITON, EX14 1LX. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01404 45006 / thelmahulbert.com. “Solo exhibition of work by Mellony Taper, winner of the THG Open 2025, exploring female stories, considering how inherited experience and repeating generational patterns have shaped women’s lives.” ‘LIKE’ 19 – 25 May Kit Form, 37 - 39 Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft, BRISTOL, BS2 8JP. 12noon – 6pm,. kit-form.com . “Eight female artists explore community, contemporary female perspectives, and the transition from digital connection to real-world collaboration.” EAST DORSET POTTERS: ‘SIMPLY CERAMICS’ 20 May - 7 June Walford Mill Crafts, Stone Lane, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. walfordmillcrafts.co.uk . ‘BEYOND IMPRESSIONISM: PRINTMAKING FROM MANET TO PICASSO’ 22 May – 13 September The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, BATH, BA2 4DB. 10am - 5pm. £16.50. holburne.org . “Prints by key artists of the movement including Edouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso.” Above: Édouard Manet (1832 - 1883) ‘Olympia’ (Small plate, 1865) BEAR FLAT ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS 23 - 25 May Various locations in BEAR FLAT, Bath. 10am - 5pm. bear fl atartists.co.uk . “A walkable trail taking in artists studios.” MINI PRINT EXHIBITION 23 - 31 May East Quay Print Studio, East Quay, Harbour Road, WATCHET, TA23 0AQ. 10am - 5pm. 01984 263103. *EVOLVER_149_SB.qxp_Evolver_2025 14/04/2026 20:09 Page 16