Artsreach organises a varied programme of touring visual art exhibitions which circulate to village halls, rural galleries, and other venues throughout Dorset. Among the main strands of the touring programme are contemporary craft shows, thematic exhibitions bringing together contemporary and traditional work and collaborations with national and regional artists. In addition to our touring exhibitions, we also manage a range of visual arts projects and residencies working with community groups and artists throughout rural Dorset.
What's Happening Now?
Current Exhibitions
The main focus of our visual arts programme is currently Deep Time. This exhibition, supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund, features work from Ben Osborne's Jurassic Journey - photographs he has taken along the Jurassic Coast. Exhibited alongside these photographs are sculptures by Lal Hitchcock, poetry by Matt Harvey and music by Sammy Hurden. Please click on 'Deep Time' in the menu to the left of this page to find out more, including the tour dates.
Current Projects
Artsreach is currently part of the Big Picture collaborative group (www.bigpic.org.uk) for the visual arts in Dorset. Following the success of our first collaborative project, ExLab, we are pleased to be involved in ExLab 2.
Artist Zachary Eastwood-Bloom has been commissioned by Big Picture and managed by Artsreach to create a site specific piece for Durlston where it will be exhibited in Sept 2012. www.zacharyeastwood-bloom.co.uk
Jurassic Journey Calendar
As a special celebration of Ben Osborne's Jurassic Journey we have commissioned a calendar for 2012. This calendar features Ben Osborne's outstanding photography. It is available through Artsreach for the special price of 8GBP plus 1GBP to cover postage and packaging.