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18 Visual Arts ‘UNCHARTED’ 4 - 21 November Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. Tuesday - Saturday 9.30am - 3pm. ilminsterartscentre.com . “Altered charts, ceramics and paintings inspired by artist Julia McKenzie’s Cornish mariner great grandfather, John Henry Lowry.” ‘PAINTERS PROGRESS’ 12 November – 6 December CICCIC, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. Wednesday and Thursday 10am - 4pm, Friday and Saturday 10am - 1pm. 01823 337477 / ciccic.co.uk . “Themes and techniques include Winter, Inside to Outside, and urban sketching.” SARA EASBY: ‘WEATHERING’ 14 - 16 November Hours, 10 Colston Yard, BRISTOL, BS1 5BD. Friday 6 - 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am - 5pm. 07766 054659 / hours-space.com . ‘WINTER OPEN’ 14 November - 2 December Sou’-Sou’-West Gallery, Manor Yard, Symondsbury Estate, SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 10.30am - 3.30pm. 01308 301326. ‘HUNTER’S MOON’ 15 and 16 November Hunter’s Moon, Streetway Lane, CHESELBOURNE, near Dorchester, DT2 7NT. Saturday 11am - 8pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. 07706 401104 / janekchapman.com . Prints by Jane Chapman, Noah Warnes, Paul Cleden, Rachel Sargent, Buzz Burry, Sophie Sharp, and Jason Pizzey. ‘THE FINAL JOURNEY’ 15 - 19 November Royal Manor Theatre, 138A Fortuneswell, PORTLAND, DT5 1LT. Saturday 12noon - 4pm, Sunday - Wednesday 10am - 4pm. 07794 460722. “An exploration of death and dying through art.” ‘RADIANCE’ 15 November - 10 January Sladers Yard, WEST BAY, Bridport, DT6 4EL. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4.30pm. 01308 459511 / sladersyard.co.uk. “Paintings and prints by Louise Balaam Martyn Brewster, Vanessa Gardiner, Howard Phipps, and Alfred Stockham, furniture and works in wood by Petter Southall., and ceramics by Lise Herud Braten, Emily Myers, Derek Matthews, Barbara Gittings, Björk Haraldsdóttir, Gabriele Koch, Yo Thom, Sue Ure and more...” BONNIE BROWN ‘DIFFERENT PARTS’ (Ink, graphite, charcoal on paper) LUCY HAWKINS: ‘WESTERLY PLACES’ 4 - 21 November Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. Tuesday - Saturday 9.30am - 3pm. ilminsterartscentre.com . “Exhibition of paintings created in Cornwall and the Southwest.” ‘MONTH OF ART IN SHEPTON MALLET’ 6 - 30 November Create@#8, 8 Town Street, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5BG. Thursday - Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday 30 November 10am - 4pm. 07766 493833. “New work by 20 artists.” EAST HARPTREE BIG ARTS WEEKEND 8 and 9 November East Harptree Theatre, EAST HARPTREE, near Wells, BS30 6AA. 10am - 4.30pm. 07817 16382 / artshubharptree.com . “Two day exhibition featuring the work of eleven local artists.” EMILY STRACEY, ZOE LARKINS, SARAH REDMOND-FAREHAM 12 - 23 November Walford Mill, Knobcrook Road, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. walfordmillcrafts.co.uk. “Exciting installations of original ceramic, textile and collage, alongside affordable prints, cards and handmade gifts.” The Dorset Open 2025 “Over 100 selected works capture the essence of the region’s landscape, people, history and culture, exploring each artist’s relationship to the area. Dorset’s rich history has always provided stimulating subject matter for artists, from Turner, Constable and Thornhill to Paul Nash, Mary Spencer Watson, Sir Anthony Caro and Dame Elizabeth Frink. Now more than ever, the visual arts offer a vital means of understanding the world, inspiring, uplifting, and educating us all. Alongside the equally inspiring history and heritage of Dorset Museum & Art Gallery’s collection, The Dorset Open showcases a wealth of creative exploration and enquiry. The Dorset Open forms part of a broader cultural initiative to celebrate the visual arts and support artists with opportunities to show their work, reinforcing the shared mission of Dorset Visual Arts and Dorset Museum & Art Gallery to champion creativity, inclusion, and community engagement across the region.” Until 30 November: Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, High West Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1XA. 10am - 5pm. dorsetmuseum.org / dorsetvisualarts.org.