VENUE MATCHING
Can You Help Dorset Artists?
Call for Venues: Dorset Art Weeks 2027!
Do you have a venue that could host artists and/or makers for Dorset Art Weeks 2027?
We're looking for diverse spaces, including galleries, framers, cafes, or even open gardens perfect for sculpture. Artists willing to share their studios for a group show are also welcome!
The possibilities are truly endless. This is a fantastic chance to promote your venue or business, all while championing the arts in Dorset.
Are you an artist seeking a venue for DAW27, or do you have a venue that could host artists or makers?
If so, please get in touch! We'll post your details on this page.
Registrations for Dorset Art Weeks 2027 closes on Wednesday 9 December 2026
ARTISTS SEEKING A VENUE
To be listed, please email [email protected] with the following information:
Name:
Contact: (email and/or telephone)
Location: Where are you based? Are you happy to travel to another area?
Discipline: A description of what you make/create. Website or Instagram link.
Requirements: Any other information you'd like to share about your needs.
Image: An image of your work.
VENUES SEEKING ARTISTS
To be listed, please email [email protected] with the following information:
Contact Name:
Contact: (email and/or telephone)
Venue Details: Where/what is the venue?
Artist Type: What type of artist/maker(s) are you looking for?
Requirements: Any other information you'd like to share.
Image: An image of your venue/space (if possible).
Please note - Dorset Art Weeks cannot take responsibility for venues or artists' arrangements. This page is purely for venues and artists to get in touch with each other for possible participation in the event.
SEE BELOW FOR LISTED VENUES AND ARTISTS
ARTIST SEEKING VENUE
POSTED - 14/09/26
Name: Mandy Peters
Contact: [email protected]
Location: I am based in Poole near Ashley Cross. I am mainly paint outside but do some studio work too.
Discipline: Watercolour painter
Requirements: I am hard of hearing and wear hearing aids.
VENUE SEEKING ARTIST(S)
POSTED - 30/9/25
Name: Aidan Hill
Contact: [email protected] or 01202 894858
Location: The Barrington Arts and Community Centre, Ferndown, BH22 9TH. Ferndown’s main community centre and cultural hub, offering rooms of varying sizes in which to host exhibitions and demonstrations.
Discipline: Any
Requirements: As an operating community centre we cannot offer a space for the whole period of DAW, however we can find dates/times/spaces to suit your needs. We have also reserved the Barrington for the first weekend of DAW specifically for any artists wishing to stage exhibitions in this period.
ARTIST SEEKING VENUE
POSTED - 12/10/26
Name: Emma Sophie
Contact: [email protected] 07775 343321
Locations: Wimborne. Happy to travel for up to 30 minutes each way for the right venue.
Discipline: My work celebrates British wildlife and the Dorset coast. Expressive painting with texture and found, collected and recycled materials, including sea plastic. emmasophieart.com
Requirements: Open to different types of spaces, including galleries, studios, shops, cafés, community spaces or other interesting venues. Happy to talk and demonstrate.
VENUE SEEKING ARTISTS
POSTED - 12/10/26
Name: Maddy Lyons
Contact: [email protected]
Location: St George's Church, Fordington, DT1 1LB. Display boards along the side aisles or set areas throughout the church - room for a large collective of different artists. Step-free access, toilets, car park and kitchen available.
Discipline: Any local artists looking for a venue - happy to discuss options and requirements.
Requirements: As an operational church, limited opening, notably Sunday and Thursday morning services.
VENUE SEEKING ARTIST
POSTED - 12/10/26
Name: Jacqui Parker
Contact: [email protected]
Location: East Chelborough, close to Halstock
Discipline: Looking for an artist who paints or does sculpture.
Requirements: Can provide a studio to share or a garden for sculpture.
VENUE SEEKING ARTIST(S)
POSTED - 15/10/26
Name: Helena Jackson
Contact: [email protected]
Location: Premium window and door showroom - Norrsken, Unit 9 The Alpha Centre, Upton Rd, BH17 7AG
Discipline: Flexible on artforms.
Requirements: As an operating showroom we cannot offer the space for the whole period of DAW, however we can find dates/times/spaces to suit your needs. You can take a virtual tour of the space here
VENUE SEEKING ARTIST(S)
POSTED - 20/10/26
Name: Simon Eeles
Contact: [email protected] 07443 859454
Location: I have a small gallery at Forde Abbey House and Gardens,The Potting Shed Gallery. I will be applying to take part in the DAW 27 I will be showing Ceramics. It would be a good idea to visit to see if it is suitable. fordeabbey.co.uk/eeles-pottery
Discipline: Painting or 2D wall hanging work.
Requirements: I would like someone to share the costs and do some of the stewarding.
ARTIST SEEKING VENUE
POSTED - 21/10/26
Name: Annette Rydin
Contact: [email protected]
Location: Chickerell, Weymouth but happy to travel 30/40 minutes.
Discipline: Figurative Sculptor. Sculpt, mould, cast and finish limited edition bronze resin sculptures.
Requirements: I have a variety of pieces, some suitable for outside, although they all suit tabletops/plinths. Happy to consider any type of venue. Annette Rydin Fine Art
ARTIST SEEKING VENUE
POSTED - 23/10/26
Name: Dawn Thomson
Contact: [email protected]
Location: Sherborne or up to 30 mins drive away
Discipline: Mixed media landscapes
Requirements: Wall space and hanging system
ARTIST SEEKING VENUE
POSTED - 23/10/26
Name: Maggie Royle
Contact: [email protected]
Location: Lyme Regis. I can travel up to 30 minutes each way.
Discipline: I make abstract paintings on canvas and paper.
Requirements: Wall space to hang paintings. Possibly to exhibit with one other painter.