Workshop
Important Notice
On 10 February 2023
Artist Dorset Gallery
will be closed all-day
September 21, 2022
An Evening with Furleigh Estate
Discover the history of English wine, learn about Furleigh Estate’s state of the art winery, how they make their still and sparkling wines, and have a tutored tasting of six favourites.
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September 7, 2022
Autumn ArtyFacts
Self-service - create your own Dorset landscape in a frame and/ or a Dorset-inspired bookmark, all materials and instructions supplied in the Victorian hall.
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September 7, 2022
Heritage Open Day ArtyFacts
Create your own Beaker coil and pinch clay pot inspired by the the ancient bronze age pots in our Dorset People's gallery.
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September 7, 2022
Strings Forever!
Join baroque violinist Emma-Marie Kabanova on a musical journey back in time exploring the dance tunes and folk music beloved by Thomas Hardy and his family. Tim Laycock and Colin Thompson contribute the traditional dance tunes and folksongs of Dorset on violin, concertina and melodeon.
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September 6, 2022
Who’s in the Next Room?
Poems by Thomas Hardy with new writing from Paul Hyland, Kate Scott, Catherine Simmonds & Pam Zinnemann-Hope
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August 1, 2022
Drawing Into Life – 6 Week Creative Course
Six week art course designed for adults interested in art and archaeology. This new course is an exciting opportunity to get up close with some extraordinary artefacts in the collection at Dorset Museum. You will be drawing inspiration from prehistoric art including Neolithic flint tools, Anglo Saxon gold, precious burial goods, Roman mosaics, decorative textiles and archaeological maps amongst others, and have the chance to work directly from the Elisabeth Frink collection.
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July 31, 2022
Autumn ArtyFacts
Create your own textured landscape or seascape painting or collage using mixed based inspired by paintings from the Hardy's Wessex exhibition and Hardy gallery.
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July 31, 2022
Summer ArtyFacts
Wessex-inspired landscapes and painted pebbles, create your landscape painting, collage or painted pebble inspired by paintings in Hardy's Wessex exhibition in the Hardy and Dorset Artists galleries.
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July 31, 2022
Summer ArtyFacts
Wessex inspired landscapes and painted pebbles, create your landscape painting, collage or painted pebble inspired by paintings in the Hardy's Wessex exhibition the Hardy and Dorset Artists galleries.
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