34 EVOLVER MAGAZINE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT THE FOLLOWING WESSEX OUTLETS: ABBOTSBURY: Abbotsbury Studio, Clare Hawkes Fine Art, Dansel Gallery. ATHELHAMPTON: Athelhampton House. AXMINSTER: Archway Bookshop, Heritage Centre, Unique Framecraft. BATH: 44AD, Bath Artists’ Studios, Beaux Arts, The Edge / ICIA, Holburne Museum, University of Bath, Victoria Art Gallery. BEAMINSTER: Art and Beyond, Beaminster Books, Yarn Barton Centre. BLANDFORD: Blandford Fashion Museum, Bryanston Arts Centre, Forum Café, Forum Framers. BOURNEMOUTH: All Fired Up, Artcetera, Courtenay’s Fine Art, Flux Framing, Pavilion Dance, Re- Imagine, Royal Bath Hotel, Russell-Cotes Museum & Art Gallery. BOWER HINTON: The Hollies Hotel. BRADFORD ON AVON: Wiltshire Music Centre. BRIDGWATER: Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridge Gallery, Engine Room. BROADWINDSOR: Record Vault. 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GLASTONBURY: Abbey Muse Gallery, Facets Of Avalon, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury Galleries, Heart Of The Tribe Gallery, Red Brick Building, Rural Life Museum. HATCH BEAUCHAMP: Close Ltd. HESTERCOMBE: Hestercombe Gallery. HONITON: The Beehive, Thelma Hulbert Gallery. ILMINSTER: Ilminster Arts Centre, The Millhouse. IWERNE MINSTER: The Writer’s Block. KEYNSHAM: Chocolate Quarter. LANGPORT: Art Tea Zen, Great Bow Wharf, Shakspeare Glass. LYME REGIS: Blue Lias Gallery, Coombe Street Gallery, Fine Art & Framing, Lyme Regis Museum, Malthouse Gallery, Marine Theatre. LYTCHETT MINSTER: Barn Cafe, Courtyard Craft Centre. MARLBOROUGH: Framemakers. MARTOCK: Martock Gallery, Yandles Cafe. MILVERTON: The Coffee Mill. MINEHEAD: Courtyard Framing, Leo Davey Gallery, Regal Theatre. MORCOMBELAKE: Artwave West. MUCHELNEY: Muchelney Pottery. NORTH CURRY: Community Café. OTTERTON: Otterton Mill. PEWSEY: McNeill Gallery. PEWSEY: McNeill Gallery. 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