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# Sandy Hill Arts

A community of artists in Corfe Castle

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## Posts

- [Inaugural Purbeck Photography  Festival 2027 - April 2027](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/inaugural-purbeck-photography-festival-2027-april-2027/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to be piloting an inaugural Purbeck Photography Festival from 3rd to 11th April 2027, as a precursor to an ongoing, independent biennial festival. Dorset already holds a strong portfolio of art festivals like Dorset Art Weeks, Inside Out Dorset, B side and Arts by the Sea, but none of them
- [The Tony Viney Open Art Award Exhibition 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tony-viney-open-art-award-2026/) - Sandy Hill Arts welcomes all Visual Artists who live and work in Dorset to enter the Tony Viney Open Art Award with an exhibition and prizes later in the Spring
- [Exploring the Wonders of Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/sandy-hill-arts-review/) - Sandy Hill Arts was given a glorious review in the December edition of Love it Local
- [Sandy Hill Arts awarded Dorset Council Fund for Culture grant](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/fund-for-culture/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the Dorset Council Organisational Revenue Support Fund for Culture
- [Tony Viney](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tony-viney/) - We are sad to announce that Tony Viney, local artist and founder member of both the Boilerhouse Gallery and Sandy Hill Arts, passed away on 16 February 2024.
- [An Evening with Mark Rylance at Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mark-rylance/) - Sir Mark Rylance entertained a captivated audience for nearly two hours at a charity fundraising event at Sandy Hill Arts on June 6
- [T S Eliot Foundation 'Old Possum’s Practical Trust' Grant](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/old-possums-practical-trust/) - Sandy Hill Arts has been awarded a £2,000 grant from The T S Eliot Foundation's 'Old Possum’s Practical Trust' towards our forthcoming POETRY + COMEDY WEEKEND
- [Sayoko Takahata at Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/sayoko-takahata/) - Sandy Hill Arts hosted a fascinating talk on the Japanese concept of ‘Ma,’ by AUB PhD Painting student Sayoko Takahata on 23rd October.
- [Sandy Hill acts feature in Guardian Top Ten of the year](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/guardian-top-ten/) - This year two of the music acts we’ve brought to Sandy Hill Arts - Fran & Flora and Alice Zawadski - have made it into The Guardian Top Ten of 2024.
- [Culture in Dorset](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/culture-in-dorset/) - Two great pieces of news as Sandy Hill Arts features in Culture in Dorset 2024 AND is awarded a grant via the Dorset Council Community and Culture Fund 8
- [Grassroots Music grant awarded to Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/grassroots-music-grant/) - Arts Council England have awarded Sandy Hill Arts its second Grassroots Music grant to enable exciting and diverse musicians from the UK and beyond to perform.
- [Inside Out Festival at Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/inside-out-festival-at-sandy-hill-arts/) - Award-winning arts company ‘ACTIVATE ARTS’ have collaborated with Sandy Hill Arts to present the Inside Out Festival on 20 and 21 September.

## Pages

- [Home](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/) - Situated in Corfe in the shadow of the iconic castle ruins, Sandy Hill Arts is a charity formed to specifically promote and develop the arts in Purbeck.
- [Previous Events, Workshops & Exhibitions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/previous-events-workshops-exhibitions/) - Previous Events, Workshops & Exhibitions Live music, spoken word, performance art, gallery exhibitions, creative workshops, community projects and social gatherings... Here's a look at what we've been up to at Sandy Hill Arts. Previous Live Music and Performance at Sandy Hill Arts Over the past four years we've been growing our music and performance events
- [Latest News](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/latest-news/) - Keep up with the latest news from Sandy Hill Arts and the wider Dorset area including forthcoming events, exhibitions, funding grants and awards
- [Visit us](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/visit-us/) - Opening hours Open to visitors seven days a week 10am - 5pm Please note: outside of published events, artist studios are independent businesses with their own opening hours - please contact artists directly for details. The Boilerhouse Gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday 10-5 in season. Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Dorset BH20 5JF Find
- [Boilerhouse Gallery](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/boilerhouse-gallery/) - Boilerhouse Gallery Open Wednesday to Sunday 10-5, weekends in winter months The gallery can also open up outside these hours by appointment or if a resident artist is working on site. On-Site Gallery Resident Artists Visit Us Our on-site gallery The Boilerhouse Gallery is a small co-operative gallery sited in the Sandy Hill Arts workshop
- [Exhibitions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/exhibitions/) - Featuring both our own local artists as well as guest artists from the UK and abroad, Sandy Hill Arts presents continual exhibitions throughout the year.
- [Form Test](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/form-test/) - Your name Your email Contact number Your message Music & Performance Courses & Workshops Exhibitions All Events Previous Events
- [All Live Events, Exhibitions and Workshops & Courses](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/all-events/) - All Live Events, Workshops & Exhibitions Live music, spoken word, performance art, creative workshops, gallery exhibitions and social gatherings… it’s always a hive of activity at Sandy Hill Arts. Here's a look at a complete listing of everything we have upcoming on site. These activities are agreed and published - we are always working on
- [Volunteering @ Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/volunteering-sandy-hill-arts/) - Volunteering @ Sandy Hill Arts Sandy Hill Arts works to encourage and stimulate artistic endeavours in Purbeck by creating a space where art, creativity and communities can come together to evolve and flourish. We are always looking for volunteers to help us grow. Why volunteer with us? At SHA you will get a chance to
- [The Tony Viney Open Art Award Exhibition 2026 - new deadline!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/the-tony-viney-open-art-award-exhibition-2026/) - #Entry date: 15/3/26 extended to 29/3/26 by email Open Call: This Open Call Exhibition welcomes all Visual Artists who live and work in Dorset. Whether you’re emerging, mid-career, or established, don’t let the deadline pass you by – apply, connect, and put your work out there now as part of Dorset’s thriving artist community. Dorset artists are invited
- [Programme Brochure downloads](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/programme-brochure-downloads/) - Download our Programme We've started off 2024 with new printed brochures for Spring, Summer and Autumn - giving an overview of the key performances, courses and exhibitions for the coming three months. You should find them distributed throughout Dorset - much as Evolver is - and can download a PDF version here. Do keep an
- [Artists](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artists/) - Our Artists Sandy Hill arts is home to over a dozen local artists
- [About Us](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/about-us/) - About Us History Site History Tony Viney Our Trustees History Tony Viney created the opportunity for an arts centre at Sandy Hill when he acquired the Sandy Hill site from the Moss family in 2008. Sandy Hill Arts was set up to take on his vision of not only securing the future of this complex
- [Music at Sandy Hill](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/music-at-sandy-hill/) - Music and Performance @ Sandy Hill Arts Music and Performance at Sandy Hill The Sandy Hill Arts site has been hosting music since 2017 - some of it thanks to the Boilerhouse Gallery artist cooperative which has animated Sandy Hill for over twenty years. One of the biggest changes we bring to Sandy Hill is a
- [Social Media Updates](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/social-media-updates/) - [wp_social_ninja id="4619" platform="instagram"]
- [Room 14 - Teaching, Rehearsal & Exhibition Space](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/teaching-and-exhibition-space/) - Hire Room 14, the Teaching, Rehearsal & Exhibition Space at Sandy Hill Arts suitable for running classes, hosting exhibitions, music rehearsals, etc.
- [Courses and Workshops](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/workshops/) - Courses and Workshops There is a wide range of creative workshops and courses at Sandy Hill Arts so whether you are wanting to learn a new skill or improve your existing talent there is a course for everyone. We run a number of workshops here at Sandy Hill Arts in a broad range of disciplines.
- [Music & Performance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/music-performance/) - Music & Performance Live music, spoken word, and performing arts. We've got lots planned across 2023. Stay tuned for more... 05 September 2026 POETRY WEEKEND : 5-6 SEPT 2026 – Saturday FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsAppEmail BOOK ONLINE 06 September 2026 POETRY WEEKEND : 5-6 SEPT 2026 – Sunday FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsAppEmail BOOK ONLINE 11 September 2026 Seeker Social – Blind Yeo,
- [Thanks for booking](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/thanksforbooking/) - Thanks for booking! Subscribe to our Newsletter and stay in the loop You can sign up to our newsletter to stay updated on the latest events, exhibitions, workshops and creative projects happening at Sandy Hill Arts, as well as other ways you can get involved. We will only use the information you provide on this form
- [Sign up to our newsletter](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/sign-up-to-our-newsletter/) - Subscribe to our newsletter and stay in the loop You can sign up to our newsletter to stay updated on the latest events, exhibitions, workshops and creative projects happening at Sandy Hill Arts, as well as other ways you can get involved. We will only use the information you provide on this form to be in touch
- [Videos](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/sandy-hill-arts-videos/) - We are building an archive of videos to show what we do - and the sort of thing you might expect to see here on site. This feed is from our new Youtube Channel. More videos coming soon! The Youthsayers and Soothsayers 27/06/26 Will McNicol at Sandy Hill Arts 170526 Bill Merrick at Sandy Hill
- [Workspace Booking Calendar](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/workspace-hire/) - Workspace Hire We have an excellent workspace for hire, ideal for teaching courses and workshops or simply for having club meetings. It is available to hire in morning, afternoon or evening slots. The workspace at Sandy Hill Arts is decent-sized room within the main complex and is available for hire at very reasonable rates. It

## Events

- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: July 2023](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-10-2022-559-781-114-486-523/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners,
- [Celtic Singing Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/celtic-singing-workshop/) - Throughout the ages groups and communities have come together to lift up their voices in song. Science can now confirm what we have felt within; that singing in groups releases endorphins and has a positive effect on our physical mental and emotional health. Come, discover and intone together the ancient songs and stories of these
- [John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/john-hegleys-biscuit-of-destiny/) - We are more than delighted to have festival favourite John Hegley join us to complete our Purbeck Art Weeks Festival line up. ****** ONLINE TICKETING CLOSING SHORTLY ****** ****** STILL TICKETS ON THE DOOR CASH OR CARD****** Expect a celebratory jamboree chock-full of daft and deft wordplay, sing-along numbers and against all advice, a selection
- [POETRY WEEKEND : 5-6 SEPT 2026 - Saturday](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/poetry-weekend-2026-saturday/) - SAVE THE DATE ! FANTASTIC POETS READING AND GLORIOUS WORKSHOPS FOR POETRY LOVERS! POETRY READINGS and WORKSHOPS with award winning ISABELLE BAAFI, RACHEL LONG, JEN FEROZE, STEPHEN BOYCE, RUTH SHARMAN, ELVIS McGONAGALL, 'SUFFER FOR ME' DUO, BAZ LEWIS, RIWA SAAB and many more with funding from the T S ELIOT FOUNDATION ♥ ISABELLE BAAFI (main pic)
- [POETRY WEEKEND : 5-6 SEPT 2026 - Sunday](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/poetry-weekend-060926-sunday/) - SAVE THE DATE ! FANTASTIC POETS READING AND GLORIOUS WORKSHOPS FOR POETRY LOVERS! POETRY READINGS and WORKSHOPS with award winning ISABELLE BAAFI, RACHEL LONG, JEN FEROZE, STEPHEN BOYCE, RUTH SHARMAN, ELVIS McGONAGALL, 'SUFFER FOR ME' DUO, BAZ LEWIS, and many more with funding from the T S ELIOT FOUNDATION ♥ S U N D A
- [Seeker Social - Blind Yeo, Pete Josef, DJs](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/seeker-social-blind-yeo-pete-josef-djs/) - From SEEKER (and we at SHA are delighted to help ...) : SEEKER SOCIAL - We had such a great time at this year's festival we wanted to bring people together for one night in Purbeck to gather and celebrate before the summer draws to a close. Friday 11th September - Sandy Hill Arts - Corfe
- [Autumn Arty Bazaar 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/autumn-arty-bazaar-2026/) - Join us on Saturday 19th September between 12 and 4pm for our Autumn Arty Bazaar at the Boilerhouse Gallery at Sandy Hill Arts. There’s something for everyone at an Arty Bazaar and each one is just a bit different from the last one. And it's totally free to come along. Follow the sounds of live
- [MOMENT'S NOTICE with MOMO, Suntou Susso, Rachel Kitchlew,Matthew Holmes & Maddy Coombs](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/moments-notice-with-momo-corrie-dick-suntou-susso-rachel-kitchlew-maddy-coombs/) - LONG AWAITED but FINALLY the award winning 'MOMENT'S NOTICE' COMES TO SANDY HILL ARTS and the line up on the 8th of August is second to none! TICKETS ON LINE / ON THE DOOR FOOD + BAR 6pm on, MUSIC 7.30 pm MOMENT'S NOTICE showcases five leading lights in the art of spontaneous composition.
- [Castle-themed Art Sessions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/horrible-histories-art-sessions-245-785/) - Join artist Zara Saganic for a free art workshop for young people aged 4-18 on the theme of castles , as part of our Corfe Castle History Trail summer events. Draw and paint Corfe Castle, make a turret and a crown. No booking required. Just come along.
- [Castle-themed Art Sessions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/horrible-histories-art-sessions-245/) - Join artist Zara Saganic for a free art workshop for young people aged 4-18 on the theme of castles , as part of our Corfe Castle Trail summer events. Draw and paint Corfe Castle, make a turret and a crown. No booking required. Just come along.
- [Castle-themed  Art Sessions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/horrible-histories-art-sessions/) - Join artist Zara Saganic for a free art workshop for young people aged 4-18 on the theme of castles , as part of our summer events. Draw and paint Corfe Castle, make a turret and a crown. No booking required. Just come along.
- [Special Day of Events with Martin Brown, illustrator of 'Horrible Histories' at Sandy Hill](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/horrible-histories-day-at-sandy-hill/) - Sandy Hill Arts, in conjunction with Corfe Castle Library, is delighted to host a special day of events with Martin Brown, illustrator of Horrible Histories and writer. This day will be the highlight of our summer of free reading sessions, art workshops and a family trail, kindly supported by the Arts Development Company as part
- [Castle-themed Art Sessions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/horrible-histories-art-sessions-245-785-301/) - Join artist Zara Saganic for a free art workshop for young people aged 4-18 on the theme of castles , as part of our Corfe Castle Trail summer events. Draw and paint Corfe Castle, make a turret and a crown. No booking required. Just come along.
- [Castle- themed Art Sessions](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/horrible-histories-art-sessions-245-785-301-386/) - Join artist Zara Saganic for a free art workshop for young people aged 4-18 on the theme of castles , as part of our Corfe Castle Trail summer events. Draw and paint Corfe Castle, make a turret and a crown. No booking required. Just come along.
- [Drawing /Printmaking  for everyone course with Fine Artist Clare Winterbottom- 6 week course](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drawing-printmaking-for-everyone-course-with-fine-artist-clare-winterbottom-6-week-course/) - “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up” Pablo Picasso We are incredibly fortunate to have a superb printmaking press in the teaching area at Sandy Hill. This is a rare opportunity to experience a professional printers press in the spacious teaching studio and develop our
- [Tony Kerins' Exhibition ' Political Drama. Ordinary Joy.'](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tony-kerins-exhibition-political-drama-ordinary-joy/) - Political Drama and Ordinary Joy: An exhibition of original artwork by Tony Kerins. Featuring ‘Cask Strength', by Elvis McGonagall – the third and latest collaboration between the performance poet and the illustrator. For Sandy Hill Arts Poetry Weekend. Plus fiction and documentary including Bob Dylan at Earls Court in 1979. Fifty years of drawing the
- [FOUR SHORT PLAYS performed: !NEW WRITING!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/4-new-short-plays-performed-save-the-date/) - FOUR NEW SHORT PLAYS BY ESTABLISHED and EMERGING TALENTED PLAYWRIGHTS. A FASCINATING AND INSPIRING EVENING OF NEW WRITING! 4 short plays of around 25 mins with a bar break and a short discussion. Mingle, have a drink / drink in the creative vibe and enjoy the whole evening. We will bring you new, unusual, largely FOUR NEW SHORT PLAYS PERFORMED
- [Open Studios with Fine Artist Clare Winterbottom- 6 week course](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/790/) - “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up” Pablo Picasso We are incredibly fortunate to have a superb printmaking press in the teaching area at Sandy Hill. These courses offer a rare opportunity to experience a professional printing press in the spacious teaching studio at Sandy
- [Summer Garden Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/coastline-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-142-387-455/) - A summer garden offers a fantastic opportunity to play with light colour, shape and texture, especially with the jewelled colours of glass. Create your garden scene with a variety of materials including small glass pieces, frits, stringers and beads in a fun and relaxing workshop. You will learn how to layer glass and have the
- [The Joy of Jazz - Youth Music Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-joy-of-jazz/) - An exciting new jazz themed music project for young people led by Jazz veteran Rob Mills and award winning newcomer Amy Jerman, based around repertoire, improvisation and performance. This is a FREE one day workshop event for musicians aged 15-25 with a (free) showcase performance in the early evening. Please email info@sandyhillarts.co.uk, stating what instrument,
- [Folk Funk Fusion - Youth Music Project 16th August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/folk-funk-fusion-youth-music-project-16th-august/) - A brand-new music experience is coming to Purbeck… Traditional folk tunes. Funky grooves. Rock energy. Big band sound - One unforgettable day. Join Rebecca Field-Bunney and Matt Tarling for a high-energy workshop where we’ll transform folk music into something bold, exciting and impossible to sit still to. Expect driving rhythms, creative arrangements, collaborative music-making and
- [From New Orleans - The Ohlson Family Roadshow](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/from-new-orleans-the-ohlson-family-roadshow/) - TICKETS ON THE DOOR OR ONLINE We are delighted to welcome back from New Orleans 'The Ohlson Family Roadshow' following their brilliant gig last year which received rave reviews. The Ohlson Family Roadshow are a group of 4 musicians who have been working in New Orleans over the last 10-20 years playing early jazz
- [BALLADESTE](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/balladeste/) - Enter the spellbinding soundworld of Balladeste the genre defying duo of violinist Preetha Narayanan and cellist Tara Franks. Over the course of a decade, the two have crafted a distinctive musical language that seamlessly weaves together contemporary classical, Indian classical, baroque influences and folk traditions into something utterly their own. Described as “Indo-Baroque
- [SAHRA and THEO gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sahra-gig-946/) - Back by popular demand ! We were truly wowed by Sahra and Theo last year and just had to have them back so the rest of you have a chance to witness what we did! DO NOT MISS THIS GIG! Sahra and Theo are a husband and wife duo, playing improvised and free spiritual jazz
- [Purbeck Photography Festival 3rd - 11th April 2027](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/purbeck-photography-festival-april-2027/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to be piloting an inaugural Purbeck Photography Festival from 3rd to the 11th April 2027, as a precursor to an ongoing, independent biennial festival. Dorset already holds a strong portfolio of art festivals like Dorset Art Weeks, Inside Out Dorset, B side and Arts by the Sea, but none of
- [Buzz Burrell and The Fictional Marching Band](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/buzz-burrell/) - TICKETS ON THE DOOR! START TIME MOVED TO 7.30. Starting with a short set from comic poet singer song writer: JOE GAUNTLET BUZZ BURRELL is a songwriter and guitarist living in Purbeck. His beautiful songs contain excellent melodies and interesting lyrics; altogether they are something else, and not easily pigeon holed. Do come and
- [THE YOUTHSAYERS & THE SOOTHSAYERS - LIVE!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-youthsayers-supported-by-the-soothsayers/) - TICKETS ON WEB AND ON DOOR FROM 6PM COME FEEL THE RHYTHM WITH THIS UNMISSABLE GROUP OF THE VERY BEST OF YOUNG SOUTH LONDON TALENT: THE YOUTHSAYERS, *along with a selection of THE SOOTHSAYERS!,*in A UNIQUE AND FABULOUS, HIP-SWAYING, SKA/ROOTS/REGGAE DRIVEN EXPLOSION OF RHYTHMIC, MELODIC JOY! DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY! High-quality public performances by
- [Coastline Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/coastline-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-142-387/) - The Coast offers a fantastic opportunity to play with light colour, shape and texture, especially with the jewelled colours of glass. Create your seascape with a variety of materials including small glass pieces, frits, stringers and beads in a fun and relaxing workshop. Bring a simple design or photo if you wish or work intuitively
- [Tales from the Trees - Show and Puppet Making Workshop by SquashBox Theatre](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tales-from-the-trees-show-and-puppet-making-workshop-by-squashbox-theatre/) - Sandy Hill Arts, in conjunction with Artsreach, is delighted to present ' Tales from the Trees' - a magical show for children, followed by a puppet making workshop by Squashbox Theatre. Meet Craig, the friendly forest Ranger and resident tree expert. It’s his job to make sure the woods are a peaceful and happy place,
- [Solstice Sounds 2026 presents AtticOmatic + Rufus Rees-Coshan + Wesley Bennett + Donkee](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/atticomatic/) - Brighton’s AtticOmatic headline a Solstice Day of Music at Sandy Hill Arts on Saturday 20 June supported by Rufus Rees-Coshan, Wesley Bennett and Donkee
- [Fundraising afternoon of music and art](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/fundraising-afternoon-of-music-and-art/) - The Sandy Hill Arts community are putting on an afternoon of music and art in order to raise funds for Forest Holme Hospice and Arthur Rank Hospice who cared for seven women closely linked to our community over the past year. This is our way of saying thank you and we are very grateful to
- [Youthsayers and Soothsayers Music Youth Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/youthsayers-and-soothsayers-music-youth-workshop/) - Members of the Soothsayers and Youthsayers will join forces to deliver a workshop covering the fundamental aspects and musical ingredients that have fed into the legacy of Soothsayers and nurtured the community that has resulted from their long term commitment to youth music education. Participants will learn about groove, use of melody and improvisation using afrobeat,
- [2 Day Playwriting Course : 5 & 12TH JULY](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/2-day-playwriting-course/) - Dorset Playwriting – stories, characters, and theatricality with Rohan Gotobed- a 2 day playwriting course on Sunday 5th and Sunday 12th July Many writers have taken inspiration from the sites and stories of Dorset, so how can we discover and develop new ways to portray where we live on the stage? Led by playwright and
- [Arts Award 10 week course](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/arts-award-programme/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to be offering the Arts Award accredited qualification for the first time in 2026- a wonderful opportunity for young people to explore and develop their love and knowledge of the arts. The Arts Award is a Level 1 qualification ( offering the young person an accredited and recognised qualification for their
- [Jellyfish Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/seahorse-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-872-828/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop Create your very own jellyfish picture with a variety of glass materials including coloured glass, beads, frits & stringers. Use my hand drawn template or design your own Your jellyfish will be fired after the workshop and available for collection
- [Ye Vagabonds supported by Elanor Moss](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/ye-vagabonds/) - The Mac Gloinn brothers – Brian and Diarmuid – first performed in the streets together as buskers and have since evolved into a robust collective – a sonically unique ensemble featuring layered acoustic and electric guitars, trumpet, upright bass, Moog synthesizer, harmonium, bouzouki, fiddle, and the blood harmony of the siblings’ distinctive, multi-hued voices. Having been
- [Jan Dagley exhibition 25 July-1 August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/jan-dagley-exhibition-25-july-1-august/) - Jan Dagley is a multidisciplinary artist with an MA in Fine Art and an MA in Ceramics. She has exhibited widely across the UK. For the last three years, she has been responding to smell, specifically perfume, based on the concept of synaesthesia, where one sense stimulates another sense or senses. She became interested in
- ['In Pieces' Textile exhibition 21-29 June](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/in-pieces-textile-exhibition-20-28-june/) - In Pieces, Sandy Hill Arts' Textiles Exhibition takes place 20-28 June and features work from Ceridwen Sooke, Jane Colquhoun, Charlotte Fereday and Emma McGinn
- [PAW Modal Music Concert 'CHALK: songs for the South West'](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/paw-modal-music-concert-chalk-songs-for-the-south-west/) - CHALK: SONGS FOR THE SOUTH WEST : GRACE NEWCOMBE, LIANE SADLER, COLIN HELLER Promising plenty of nostalgia with no love songs whatsoever, CHALK is a folk-classic, trad-modern, fond yet honest spotlight on the South-Western countryside. Each song links to a south west tradition, place, orfolk lyric; but anyone familiar with a similar landscape will recognise
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-august-2024-3-915-238/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 9 August
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-august-2024-3-915-238-224/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 30 August
- [Signwriting course with Terry Smith 12-16 October](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sign-writing-course-with-terry-smith-8th-12th-april-354-604/) - Terry Smith, a traditional signwriter, has been working in the traditional way, creating posters, pub and house signs, illustrations, murals, coach painting and lining for over 35 years. In a computer age, he has kept the traditional methods of signwriting alive, developing a national reputation for his craft and appearing in many publications, such as
- [Hettie Judah ' How To Enter The Art World After...'](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/hettie-judah-how-to-enter-the-artworld/) - An afternoon with writer and curator, Hettie Judah, author of How to Enter the Art World After... with four artists' talks about their work Join us on Sunday 24 May at 2pm for an afternoon with writer and curator, Hettie Judah, as we launch her new book, How to Enter the Art World After... a late start, a first career, illness,
- [Sandy Hill Arts Exhibition for PAW and DAW May 23-June 7](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sandy-hill-arts-exhibition-for-paw-may-24-june-8/) - Featured image by Jayne Cunliffe We are delighted to be holding an exhibition of works produced by our resident artists at Sandy Hill Arts. Our community of 20 artists have studios on site and work throughout the year to produce beautiful and thought provoking artworks in a wide variety of media. Work will
- [Elizabeth Brown 'Making Choices' Exhibition ( PAW/ DAW) 31 May -7 June](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/elizabeth-brown-everything-is-colour-exhibition-paw-1-9-june/) - Elizabeth Brown - 'Making Choices' Devising an imaginary schematic - Making Choices – underpins an abstract approach with a strong conceptual foundation. Using just colour to investigate the landscape liberates both it and the artist, and gives context and theory to these visual building blocks. This is the framework where Elizabeth Brown's observations and thoughts
- [Susan Cox residency and exhibition 17-29 May](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/susan-cox-residency-and-exhibition-17-29-may/) - Susan Cox at Sandy Hill Residency and PAW weeks Exhibition. Week beginning on the 17th May, one week residency in Studio Room 14, at Sandy Hill Arts. Purbeck Art Weeks, Solo Exhibition from the 23rd May until the 29th May Susan Cox will have her third residency in Studio Room 14 at Sandy Hill Arts
- [Happy Mouth](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/happy-mouth/) - Happy Mouth are Alistair Duncan (Composer, vocals, guitar) and Leigh Crowe (Lead guitar). They perform truly contemporary folk songs haunted by the spirit of the great classic acoustic artists - think Nick Drake, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, John Martyn. They believe in 'Imperfectionism', which is also the title of their superb debut album. Imperfectionism is the spark,
- [MOMOKO GILL](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/momoko-gill/) - ! T I C K E T S O N D O O R and O N L I N E ! DO NOT MISS THIS GIG! SANDY HILL ARTS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT ... Momoko Gill - a self-taught drummer, producer, songwriter, and vocalist whose collaborations with Alabaster DePlume, Matthew Herbert,
- ['The Sound of Movement' Contemporary Dance and Music PERFORMANCE 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sound-of-movement-dance-and-music-performance-883/) - Tickets still available on the door! HIGHLY ORIGINAL LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCE led by London-based contemporary jazz ensemble ‘The Sound of Movement’. Innovative jazz musicians will improvise in response to dancers to create a captivating performance. Do come along! This will be a wonderful and unusual event. A unique immersive evening of live music
- [Tony Viney Open Award Exhibition 25 April-7th May](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tony-viney-open-award-exhibition-25-april-7th-may/) - We are delighted to launch our inaugural Tony Viney Open Art Award with an exhibition and prizes later in the Spring. Tony Viney, as many of you will know, was the inspirational driving force behind much of Purbeck’s art infrastructure, and founded Sandy Hill Arts after saving the site from development. This Open Call welcomes
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-august-2024-3-915/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 26 July
- [Me and My Friends](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/me-and-my-friends/) - "Love this group!" Gilles Peterson “A sublime fusion that combines pastoral dreaminess with the heat of highlife and Afrobeat sounds” Songlines “Such interesting influences… beautiful” Cerys Matthews, 6Music Afrobeat. Folk. Jazz. Cello. Clarinet. Harmonies to melt your soul. Grooves to bounce your booty on. Me and My Friends effortlessly weave these ingredients into a sonic
- [Seahorse Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/seahorse-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-872-2/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop Create your very own Seahorse picture with a variety of glass materials including coloured glass, beads, frits & stringers. Use my hand drawn template or design your own Your Seahorses will be fired after the workshop and available for collection
- [Shannon Ribbons and Benji Lowsley-Williams Exhibition 28 Mar-11 April](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/shannon-ribbons-and-benji-lowsley-williams-exhibition-11-mar-11-april/) - This collaborative installation brings together two local artists — Benji Lowsley-Williams and Shannon Ribbons— in an exploration of form, material, and process through the interplay of natural and artistic transformation. The work merges a three-dimensional installation of sculptural organic material with two-dimensional charcoal drawings, creating a conversation between matter and mark-making, nature and gesture, permanence
- [Emily Maguire gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/emily-maguire-gig/) - With seven albums and five books to her name, British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet Emily Maguire is truly “a talent to be reckoned with” (RnR Magazine, UK). Her thought-provoking lyrics, supremely expressive voice and spellbinding live performances have won her fans across the globe. Emily Maguire has had three singles playlisted on Radio 2,
- [Eightfold- Poole Printmakers Exhibition 6-12 September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/eightfold-poole-printmakers-exhibition-6-12-september/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to welcome a group of the Poole Printmakers for their exhibition 'Eightfold'. Exhibitors are : Pauline West Anne Edwardes Leila Alford Ewa Lee Helena Dean Sue Smith Sue Spillar Mike Poczapsky: Poole Printmakers established in 1924 and founded by John Liddell has its home in Bowling Green Alley, Poole Old Town. Poole Printmakers is a “not
- ['Blackground' - an exhibition by Sharon James 10-18 October](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/blackground-an-exhibition-by-sharon-james-10-18-october/) - 'Blackground' is an exploration of legacy what is passed down, carried, and reimagined. Rooted in histories of slavery, ancestry, and identity, the work asks how we hold both pain and resilience in our bodies and our stories. As a mother, creating 'Blackground' is an act of honouring the past while shaping what my children inherit:
- ['The Sound of Movement' Contemporary Dance and Music WORKSHOP 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sound-of-movement-dance-and-music-workshop/) - Contemporary jazz ensemble, 'The Sound of Movement', specialists in merging contemporary jazz and dance, present a wonderful day workshop in which they teach performance, improvisation , composition and choreography. This will be followed by an evening performance from 7pm - 9pm in which workshop participants will be able to participate. Join this exciting one day workshop for
- [Sayoko Takahata exhibition 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sayoko-takahata-exhibition-2026/) - Sayoko Takahata's exhibition showcases the artworks of the artist’s practice-based PhD research of painting at Arts University Bournemouth. The research theme is painting practice to represent sensory experiences of the Japanese cultural concept of ma (間). Ma basically means temporal and spatial gaps, intervals and emptiness between two or more things. It is examined to be represented
- [February half term Blacksmithing Workshop for children and teenagers](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391-990-505-824-715-256/) - Following the success of our autumn blacksmithing workshop, we are putting on a half term workshop for children aged 7 to 16 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discover the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety of
- [Will McNicol gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/will-mcnicol-gig/) - Sunday 17 May from 7pm, £12 ( U18 £8) Having picked up his first guitar at the age of six, Will McNicol has grown into one of the UK’s most respected contemporary acoustic guitarists. He was named Guitarist Magazine’s UK “Acoustic Guitarist of the Year” (2011), featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s “30 Great Guitarists Under
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: June/July 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-june-july-2026/) - Join us for the second of 2026's two day raku workshops that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: October/November 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-october-november-2026/) - Join us for the last (probably) of 2026's two day raku workshops that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: March/April 2026](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-march-april-2026/) - Join us for the first of 2026's two day raku workshops that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [SAM BROOKES gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sam-brookes-gig/)
- [Mindful Mandala Drawing workshop with Pia Elliot](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mindful-mandala-drawing-workshop-with-pia-elliot/) - Join pen and ink artist Pia Elliot for a morning of mindful drawing where you’ll create your own mandala and learn basic pen and ink techniques. Throughout the morning learn about Pia’s process through a series of mindful drawing stages. You will have the opportunity to create your own patterns inspired by nature and apply
- [Under the Sea Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/seahorse-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-872-2-167-248/) - Sea Life conjures up wonderful colourful images to create in glass. Choose from a Seahorse, Octopus, Jelly fish or some fish and use Jenny's hand drawn templates or design your own. You will create your sea creature from a range of glass materials including small glass pieces, stringers, beads & frits. Your glass pieces will
- [Heather Gibbons ' From the Drawing to the Painting' course](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/heather-gibbons-from-the-drawing-to-the-painting-course-257/) - Following on from her hugely popular autumn course, we are delighted to welcome Heather Gibbons back in spring 2025 for a six week 'From the Drawing to the Painting' course ( starting Thursday 19th March 10-1pm and then continuing until Thursday 23rd April). Drawing the Line New Beginnings Playing the Shapes Playing the Colours To
- ['Zartclub' - half term art for young people](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/zartclub-half-term-art-for-young-people/) - Join Zara at Sandy Hill Arts for some fun creative activities during half term! Zara is an artist, designer and educator who has worked with students of all ages and abilities to produce exciting works of art. Over two days in February half term you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of
- ['Zartclub' - half term art for young people](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/700/) - Join Zara at Sandy Hill Arts for some fun creative activities during half term! Zara is an artist, designer and educator who has worked with students of all ages and abilities to produce exciting works of art. Over two days in February half term you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of
- [Winter Wassail](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/winter-wassail/) - The festival season is nearly upon us! Join us for mulled wine, festive fare and wreaths from Trina's Feast and Flower, Christmas card printing, music and merriment - a perfect opportunity to buy Christmas gifts from Sandy Hill's artists, as well as fabulous stallholders including Hand Block Printed Textiles for your home created by Sarah
- [Sign-writing course with Terry Smith 13-17 April](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sign-writing-course-with-terry-smith-8th-12th-april-354/) - Terry Smith, a traditional signwriter, has been working in the traditional way, creating posters, pub and house signs, illustrations, murals, coach painting and lining for over 35 years. In a computer age, he has kept the traditional methods of signwriting alive, developing a national reputation for his craft and appearing in many publications, such as
- [Still Life Collage Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/still-life-collage-workshop/) - Still Life Collage Workshop Join textile artist Charlotte Fereday for a 3 hour collage workshop during which you'll experiment with different techniques to create a unique still-life piece to take home with you. All materials are included. No experience necessary. 7 March 10am-1pm £35 including refreshments
- [Rick Foot - 'Back from the Brink' gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/rick-foot-gig/) - RICK FOOT Double bassist and writer of sardonic songs. Highly original material. Very unusual, definitely worth catching! (RESCHEDULED from 7/11/25 - Rick had Covid - all well now!) As a bass player Rick's background is in jazz and abstract improvisation, and much of his current work is with acoustic singer/songwriters, most recently touring with the
- ['Loofest'](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/loofest/) - It’s the gig that Room 14 has been waiting for. At risk of flushing their musical reputations down the pan, Glenn Ross and Angharad Holloway will perform an evening of Country and Western classics to raise money for a new toilet for Sandy Hill Arts. Dress up, come and enjoy a pint of Piddle or
- [Punch Needle Christmas Bauble Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/punch-needle-christmas-bauble-workshop/) - Learn the craft of punch needle and make a decoration to adorn your tree in this festive workshop! Punch needle is a satisfying and relaxing craft that involves using a needle to pull yarn through a fabric, leaving loops in a pattern on one side. This creates a tactile and soft fabric which can then
- [Christmas Decorations Glass Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/christmas-decorations-glass-workshop-with-jenny-green-894-853/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop. Create two hanging decorations with a variety of glass materials including coloured glass, beads, frits & stringers. Your Decorations will be fired after the workshop and available for collection within one week or they can be posted for an extra
- [Coastline Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/coastline-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-2/) - The Coast offers a fantastic opportunity to play with light, colour, shape & texture, especially with the jewelled colours of glass. Create your own Seascape with a variety of materials including coloured glass, frits, stringers & beads in a fun and relaxing workshop. Bring a photo or simple design if you wish, or work intuitively
- [BETH ORTON - SAT 20th SEPTEMBER - LIVE at Sandy Hill Arts!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/beth-orton-live-at-sandy-hill-arts/) - A FEW TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE ON THE DOOR! BUT COME EARLY TO GRAB THEM IF YOU CAN .... All previous ticket holders have been notified of the NEW DATE - Saturday 20th September at 7:30 pm. Beth Orton will be playing a WONDERFUL SOLO SET at SANDY HILL ARTS! If you
- [Hopefool- a play performed by Vita Nova](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/hopefool-a-play-performed-by-vita-nova/) - Hopefool by local playwright Sharon Coyne is a play for young people and adults that promotes peace in a time of conflict. For young people especially, witnessing the horror of war from around the world, can evoke a sense of hopelessness. Hopefool is about reminding people that we do have a voice and we can
- [Seahorse Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/seahorse-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-872/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop Create your very own Seahorse picture with a variety of glass materials including coloured glass, beads, frits & stringers. Use my hand drawn template or design your own Your Seahorses will be fired after the workshop and available for collection
- [Christmas Decorations Glass Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/christmas-decorations-glass-workshop-with-jenny-green/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop. Create two hanging decorations with a variety of glass materials including coloured glass, beads, frits & stringers. Your Decorations will be fired after the workshop and available for collection within one week or they can be posted for an extra
- [Mark Rylance and George Monbiot: LIVE in Purbeck](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mark-rylance-and-george-monbiot-live-in-purbeck/) - 2.30pm Bar open, food available, artist studios, Boilerhouse Gallery and Corfe Castle Pottery open 3:30 – 5pm: The Big Conversation 5 – 7pm: Networking After-Party Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance and award winning writer and campaigner George Monbiot are coming together to host a special fundraising event for Planet Purbeck at Sandy Hill Arts - showcasing how
- [We Fear Episode V : Leviathan - INSIDE OUT Dorset Festival at Sandy Hill Arts 20 & 21 SEPT 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/we-fear-episode-v-leviathan-inside-out-dorset-festival/) - Saturday 20 September, 1.40pm and 4.15pm Sunday 21 September, 1.40pm and 4.15pm Duration: 60 minutes FREE Suitable for ages 12+ SANDY HILL ARTS IS TRULY DELIGHTED TO BE SUPPORTING AND HOSTING PART OF ACTIVATE’S 2025 INSIDE OUT DORSET PROGRAMME. THIS IS OUR FIRST COLLABORATION WITH ACTIVATE PERFORMING ARTS AND THIS EVENT WILL BE UNIQUE,
- [Shirley Smart and the Bezique Trio](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/shirley-smart-and-the-bezique-trio/) - TICKETS ON LINE AND ON THE DOOR. DELICIOUS POP UP JERK CHICKEN STALL + VEGGIE OPTIONS TOO ON SITE FROM 6PM + BAR! COME AND ENJOY THE WHOLE EVENING ON OUR MAGICAL SITE! Led by acclaimed cellist dynamo Shirley Smart, who performed at SoundCellar with her trio in 2023, this new project includes leading players
- [Robert Amesbury Brooks exhibition 23-31 August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/robert-amesbury-brooks-exhibition-23-31-august/) - Robert Amesbury Brooks studied at the Slade School of fine Arts, London the years 1983 to 1987, under the tuition of Norman Morris, Euan Uglow, Patrick George and Sir Lawrence Gowing. Corfe Castle has become Robert’s muse - his Calleope. A loyal feminine model in one of the most beautiful places in England, Dorset, The
- [Susan Cox artist residency and exhibition 4-19 August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/susan-cox-exhibition-11-19-august/) - Susan Cox is exhibiting new paintings at Room 14 at Sandy Hill Arts in Corfe from the 4- 19 August. The Private View will take place on Thursday 14 August 6-9pm. There will be an Artist talk from 7-8pm, to share elements and learning from the week long residency that takes place on the week
- [Silk banner painting workshop for children](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/silk-banner-painting-workshop-for-children/) - Join artist Susan Cox for a morning of silk banner painting, to create banners, decorated with themes from nature to hang in the marquee at Sandy Hill Arts- the perfect activity and location for a summer's day. 10.30-1pm Cost £10 All children must be accompanied by an adult. Participants may bring a picnic and enjoy
- [Woodland Clan activity trail and children's craft workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/665-461-788/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE Join the Woodland Clan in this exciting trail and workshop. The adventure starts with the Woodland Clan Trail set in the beautiful grounds of Sandy Hill. With a fun activity booklet children will take part in nature quizzes, magical spells, ribbon wishes, creative and educational activities that link to the
- [Woodland Clan activity trail and children's craft workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/665-461/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE Join the Woodland Clan in this exciting trail and workshop. The adventure starts with the Woodland Clan Trail set in the beautiful grounds of Sandy Hill. With a fun activity booklet children will take part in nature quizzes, magical spells, ribbon wishes, creative and educational activities that link to the
- [Woodland Clan activity trail and children's craft workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/665/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE Join the Woodland Clan in this exciting trail and workshop. The adventure starts with the Woodland Clan Trail set in the beautiful grounds of Sandy Hill. With a fun activity booklet children will take part in nature quizzes, magical spells, ribbon wishes, creative and educational activities that link to the
- ['Mouse Gets A Fright' - musical children's show](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/887-490/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE An adventure story set in Purbeck “Mouse is a nervous creature, and everything frightens her. When foraging for blackberries in Studland she’s nearly squashed by a Big Foot (human) Eek!! In a panic she runs off and finds to her horror that she is lost. Can the Woodland Clan find
- ['Mouse Gets A Fright' - musical children's show](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/887-490-309/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE An adventure story set in Purbeck “Mouse is a nervous creature, and everything frightens her. When foraging for blackberries in Studland she’s nearly squashed by a Big Foot (human) Eek!! In a panic she runs off and finds to her horror that she is lost. Can the Woodland Clan find
- [An evening of Purbeck inspired songs by Glenn Ross and friends, including The Ohlson Family Roadshow](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/an-evening-of-purbeck-inspired-songs-by-glenn-ross-and-friends/) - TICKETS ON THE DOOR OR ONLINE Glenn Ross is a Purbeck based songwriter and guitarist whose music has been featured on BBC Introducing, BBC Scotland and That's TV Manchester, as well as local and international radio stations. For this performance, he would like to share his poetically penned songs about the outstanding Purbeck locality, Glenn
- [POETRY WEEKEND 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/poetry-weekend-2025/) - Fantastic poetry, music and comedy with Ella Frears, Cecilia Knapp, Francesca Martinez, Alabaster DePlume and more. FREE readings, £15 workshops
- [POETRY and COMEDY with FRANCESCA MARTINEZ! with support RICK FOOT – LIVE](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/poetry-and-comedy-with-francesca-martinez/) - A UNIQUE performance by one of the UK's best loved comedians. Many of you will know that Francesca Martinez is very funny but not so many will know that she also writes poetry.
- [Alabaster DePlume](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/alabaster-deplume/) - TICKETS ON LINE AND ON THE DOOR ! ALABASTER DE PLUME cannot be pigeon-holed. His beautiful, elegant, wild and tremulous saxophone style has been haunting and transfixing audiences across the world. Currently on world tour, his performance at Sandy Hill Arts coincides with the release of his new album A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole – a foray across
- [Kimberley Day exhibition 25 July- 1 August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/kimberley-day-exhibition-25-july-1-august/) - Kimberley Day lives on the Isle of Purbeck on the south coast of England, Dorset. Her abstracted landscapes are a response to her local environment which she regularly walks, cycles and swims through. These ever-changing emotional landscapes are described through her application of paint and charcoal in an attempt to capture both the literal place
- [iyatraQuartet  performance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/iyatraquartet-811/) - TICKETS ONLINE OR ON THE DOOR We're delighted that iyatraQuartet will be playing again at Sandy Hill Arts after their stunning performance last year Described as ‘one of the most exciting new music groups around at the moment’, iyatraQuartet are multi-instrumentalists who create original, boundary-bending and joyful music. Their distinct vocal harmonies emerge from a
- [Woodland Clan activity trail 1 August-1 September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/665-461-796/) - Join the Woodland Clan in this exciting trail The adventure starts with the Woodland Clan Trail set in the beautiful grounds of Sandy Hill. With a fun activity booklet, children will take part in nature quizzes, magical spells, ribbon wishes, creative and educational activities that link to the story world, characters and nature. The trail
- [‘Portraiture - A route to character and likeness’- a weekend course with artist Toby Wiggins 5-6 July](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/portraiture-a-route-to-character-and-likeness-a-weekend-course-with-artist-toby-wiggins-5-6-july/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to offer a two day portraiture course with acclaimed artist Toby Wiggins who has outlined the course below: Working from life, we will start drawing to explore our sitter and develop greater visual understanding. We will then progress to ‘alla prima’ studies in oil and finally bring all together in
- [SAHRA gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sahra-gig/) - TICKETS on the DOOR and on-line! SAHRA is a Berlin-born, London-based, singer/song-writer and arranger accumulating a range of enviable career highlights working with the likes of; Orphy Robinson, Dele Sosimi, Cleveland Watkiss MBE and Ashley Henry, performing at; London Jazz Festival, Jazz re:freshed, BBC Radio 2 Piano Sessions, Dimensions, WOMAD, BBC Introducing Festival and We
- [SOUNDS BY THE CASTLE](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sounds-by-the-castle/) - Sandy Hill Arts are excited to announce a new outdoor music event coming to Dorset this summer! When: Saturday 21st June 2025, 4:30-9:30PM Where: Sandy Hill Arts, Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5JF Cost: £15 (general) / £10 (student) Your ticket goes directly to supporting a local arts charity and artists, thank you. To book
- [Songs of Sea and Stone](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/songs-of-sea-and-stone-434/) - An atmospheric show with film, live words and music Songs of Sea and Stone (1.5 hour programme with break and artist Q+A) Quarry Paths + Distant Voices (30 mins approx) is a new show developed in residency at Sandy Hill Arts and as a site response to the Purbeck stone landscape and stories weaving layers
- [Songs of Sea and Stone](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/songs-of-sea-and-stone/) - An atmospheric show with film, live words and music Songs of Sea and Stone (1.5 hour programme with break and artist Q+A) Quarry Paths + Distant Voices (30 mins approx) is a new show developed in residency at Sandy Hill Arts and as a site response to the Purbeck stone landscape and stories weaving layers
- [Charlotte Mann 'Drawing lab' workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/charlotte-mann-drawing-lab-workshop/) - “Truth is veiled but may be approached by means of observation, discussion and reasoning, where mistakes are always possible” – Carlo Rovelli Drawing Lab is for experienced artists and complete beginners alike; indeed the best classes are often ones with massive variation in terms of participants, across all measures of diversity. The studio becomes a
- [Messy Art family workshop with Jo Burlington](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/messy-art-family-workshop-with-jo-burlington/) - WE ARE PAINTING - MESSY ART WORKSHOP As part of the 2025 Artsreach summer programme of creative activities for children, we are thrilled to offer children and their adults the chance to get really hands on and explore paint together! Take part in this fun session, where you'll make your own paint brushes, experiment with
- ['Jump' a performance for clarinet and insect and amphibian sounds](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/jump-a-performance-for-clarinet-and-insect-and-amphibian-sounds/) - Once upon a time in a meadow far away...the joint was jumping with life. Insects were calling, frogs croaking, the sounds of summer. But this symphony of small voices is rapidly being silenced. A celebration of nature and a call to arms, in JUMP, field recordings of insects and amphibians become part of an exciting
- [Summer Tea Dance with Dylan Ross](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/summer-tea-dance-with-dylan-ross/) - Come and join us for our Summer Tea Dance at Sandy Hill - fizz, fun and fabulous music guaranteed in our idyllic setting. Dylan Ross will be providing the music for an afternoon of dancing, drinking and daydreaming in our marquee. Get those glad rags on and come ready to swing and sway. Ticket price
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-august-2024-3/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 27 July
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops August 2024 Copy](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-august-2024-2/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 4 August Sunday 11 August Monday 19
- [Indigo Workshops](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/indigo-workshops/) - Experience the slow process of natural indigo dyeing in a beautiful Dorset setting at Sandy Hill Arts with resident artist Emma McGinn. Saturday 24 May 12-2.30pm Thursday 29 May 10.30-1pm Saturday 31 May 10.30-4pm For more information go to www.emmamcginn.com/ workshops
- [Simon Polkinghorn 'The Spell' Exhibition  (PAW) 24-31 May](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/simon-polkinghorn-the-spell-exhibition-paw-24-31-may/) - "Painting and drawing have been important to me from an early age. My particular interest has been the human form and the balance between observation and expression. I often use intense, contrasting colours, using a variety of media, including oils, acrylic, pastels, and sometimes combinations of mixed media, which have on occasion included nuts and
- [Terry Smith signwriting course 20-24th October 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/terry-smith-signwriting-course-14-18th-october-2024-173/) - Back due to popular demand ! Terry Smith, a traditional signwriter, has been working in the traditional way, creating posters, pub and house signs, illustrations, murals, coach painting and lining for over 35 years. In a computer age, he has kept the traditional methods of signwriting alive, developing a national reputation for his craft and
- [Stitches - a monthly sewing evening](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/stitches-a-monthly-sewing-evening/) - Join us once a month for an evening of stitching together. Bring an existing project to work on or get inspiration for something new. 7.00-9.00pm The cottage classroom £3 per session ( pay on arrival cash or card) Wed 30 April All ages welcome but children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
- [Saied Silbak and Fred Thomas gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/saied-silbak-and-fred-thomas-gig/) - Extraordinarily talented classically trained musicians Saied Silbak ( Oud) and Fred Thomas ( double bass and keyboard) combining in a rare collaboration, playing music from the Turkish, Arabic, Indian to Western traditions. Unique and not to be missed. Saied Silbak is a Palestinian composer and oud player born in Shafaa`mr, a city located in the
- [A Sound and Wellness Day with artist Mark Mitchell- postponed](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/a-sound-and-wellness-day-with-artist-mark-mitchell/) - We are rescheduling our sound and wellness day to later this summer. If you are interested in booking onto the workshop, please email info@sandyhillarts.co.uk Welcome to a transformative journey through art, nature and healing. Connect with nature using the senses, explore your creativity and connection through activities such as drawing with charcoal and creating installations
- [Free Field Recording Workshop for young adults and adults](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/free-field-recording-workshop-for-young-adults-and-adults-924/) - Field Recording & Sound Design With Ezra Gray & Giles W Bennett This workshop will explore the acts of listening and recording our environment. We encourage the participant to carefully select and record a palette of sounds to then be mixed into a composition. We will explore recording equipment and methodologies related to field recording
- [Free Field Recording Workshop for young adults and adults](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/free-field-recording-workshop-for-young-adults-and-adults/) - Field Recording & Sound Design With Ezra Gray & Giles W Bennett This workshop will explore the acts of listening and recording our environment. We encourage the participant to carefully select and record a palette of sounds to then be mixed into a composition. We will explore recording equipment and methodologies related to field recording
- [Dorset Songs of Stone](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/dorset-songs-of-stone/) - Do you have any connections, memories or stories about local quarrying and stone to share? Sarah Acton is a writer making a new spoken word show for the summer with live music and a film by Common Ground. Dorset Songs of Stone Quarry Paths + Distant Voices explores Purbeck's industrial and natural landscape and people
- [En Plein Air Art Opportunity with Susan Cox](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/en-plein-air-art-opportunity-with-susan-cox/) - There will be a Plein Air opportunity (drawing and painting studies made outside) in the environment of Sandy Hill, Come and draw and paint outside on the beautiful Sandy Hill Arts site, nestled under Corfe Castle and Challow Hill, with a stream and woodland- the perfect setting for some en plein air art. Tuesday 5
- [Timeless Coloured an Exhibition by David Perkins 17-22 May](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/timeless-coloured-an-exhibition-by-david-perkins-17-22-may/) - TIMELESS COLOURED – The language of lines This anniversary exhibition shows part of the remarkable journey David took after being diagnosed with Young Onset Alzheimer’s. David took up painting in November 2015 and painted with dedication and passion till June 2018, developing a style where lines and curves seem to float or dance over the
- [Bloomsday 2025 - a celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/bloomsday-2025-a-celebration-of-james-joyces-ulysses/) - BLOOMSDAY 2025 16th June Join us to celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysses All welcome, whether you’re a lifelong fan or just curious to know what all the fuss is about Ulysses is simultaneously a realistic novel set on a single day in Dublin, and a vast epic that radically recreates both Homer’s Odyssey and English language itself. Banned on its
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: October 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-june-july-24-719-2/) - Join us for the third of 2025's two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [Thokozile and the Bossa Definitiva Trio](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/thokozile-gig-336/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE An evening of world music featuring THOKOZILE plus THE BOSSA DEFINITIVA TRIO THOKOZILE play joyous, world jazz sounds heavily influenced by South and West Africa, as well as the London acid jazz scene. Formed on the back of a British Council music exchange with South Africa, they have kept the
- [Sign-writing course with Terry Smith 14-17 April](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sign-writing-course-with-terry-smith-8th-12th-april/) - Terry Smith, a traditional signwriter, has been working in the traditional way, creating posters, pub and house signs, illustrations, murals, coach painting and lining for over 35 years. In a computer age, he has kept the traditional methods of signwriting alive, developing a national reputation for his craft and appearing in many publications, such as
- [Coastline Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/coastline-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-142/) - The Coast offers a fantastic opportunity to play with light colour, shape and texture, especially with the jewelled colours of glass. Create your seascape with a variety of materials including small glass pieces, frits, stringers and beads in a fun and relaxing workshop. Bring a simple design or photo if you wish or work intuitively
- [Coastline Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/coastline-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green/) - The Coast offers a fantastic opportunity to play with light colour, shape and texture, especially with the jewelled colours of glass. Create your seascape with a variety of materials including small glass pieces, frits, stringers and beads in a fun and relaxing workshop. Bring a simple design or photo if you wish or work intuitively
- [Birds and Flowers Glass Fusion workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/birds-and-flowers-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green/) - Birds and Flowers Window Decorations Glass Fusion Workshop for Beginners Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop. Decorate two glass shapes with a variety of colourful glass materials including frits stringers and beads. Your pieces will be fired after the workshop and will be available for collection
- [Sarah Peters Wet Felting workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sarah-peters-wet-felting-workshop/) - Wet Felting - An Introduction Learn to use this age old technique in a painterly and expressive way to create an exciting textile. Felting is the oldest form of creating fabric. Learn about this age old, natural process from Sarah. Find out about different natural fibres and the felting process to create your own piece
- [Medieval Tile Making Workshop with Diana Hall](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tile-making-workshop-959-317/) - Join Diana Hall for a workshop on how to make your very own embossed pattern 2" tiles, ready to take home. You’ll start the session with a sheet of clay and with the support of our potters and oodles of inspiration you’ll end the session having made a totally unique set of tiles. As we
- [Beside the Seaside Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/beside-the-seaside-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green-952/) - Seascapes offer a fantastic opportunity to play with light, colour, shape and texture. You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create your design with a variety of glass materials including small pieces of colourful glass, beads, stringers and frits. Your piece will be fired after the workshop and ready for
- [Punch needle workshop for beginners with Clara Mosley](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/punch-needle-workshop-for-beginners-with-clara-mosley/) - Come along and learn a new creative skill! Join Clara (@paintedsoul and @rose_tintedrobin) to learn the slow but rewarding craft of punch needle to create your very own tufted ‘mug rug’. Punch needle is a fun and easy to pick up craft. The needle feeds yarn through the fabric, leaving a loop which is held
- [Zara Saganic exhibition 'Penned'  12-20 July](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/zara-saganic-exhibition-penned-12-20-july/) - The thematic core of Zara Saganic's practice is time, loss, control and the relentless pursuit of perfection (Kodawari); Time is measured through activity and manifests through a range of activities with outcomes as documents of time, Control explores a discourse with links to repeated acts in a Sisyphean pursuit of perfection. This initially stemmed from
- [The Well gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-well-gig/) - The Well are a trio of creative spirits with very different artistic and cultural backgrounds who have formed an enthusiastic and sympathetic friendship making music they describe as alt-folk. Initially put together for a single event, through recommendation and word of mouth they continue to play together and have been organically building their sound and
- [Easter Blacksmithing Workshop for children and teenagers](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391-990-505-824-715/) - Following the success of our February blacksmithing workshop, we are putting on an Easter workshop for children aged 7 to 16 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discover the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety of tools
- [An outdoor, immersive sound and light  performance exploring the Purbeck coast and its relationship with stone.](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/an-outdoor-immersive-sound-and-light-performance-exploring-the-purbeck-coast-and-its-relationship-with-stone/) - The Isle of Purbeck and its inhabitants are shaped by stone. Its buildings, coastline, people and activities are built from this unique material. This installation will explore the relationship between people and stone, asking us to reflect on what it means to be living surrounded by this ancient rock. Join Ezra Gray and Giles W Bennett as they
- [Papermaking course with artist Ginny Carvisiglia (4 week course)](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/papermaking-course-with-artist-ginny-carvisiglia-4-week-course/) - Enjoy a practical, interesting, and hands-on introduction to papermaking. Learn about the basic techniques and processes of papermaking during this four week course. This course is suitable for beginners and is an introduction to making handmade paper without specialist equipment, using recycled paper and natural objects and dyes. You will learn the basics of this ancient craft, learning
- [Spring Arty Bazaar 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/autumn-arty-bazaar-655/) - Join us on Saturday 12th April between 12 and 4pm for our Spring Arty Bazaar at the Boilerhouse Gallery at Sandy Hill Arts. There’s something for everyone at an Arty Bazaar and each one is just a bit different from the last one. And it's totally free to come along. Follow the sounds of live music
- [Draw my drink workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/draw-my-drink-workshop/) - Join Isabelle Henstridge, Hannah Wilkinson, and Emma Pierson, three artists who graduated from Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, in 2024 for a free 'Draw my drink' workshop. Come along and draw your drink- a glass of wine, a cup of tea or hot chocolate, a glass of water or squash. This
- [Mindful Calligraphy workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mindful-calligraphy-workshop-219/) - Come and join Clara from Painted Soul Studio as she holds a calm space combined with learning the basics of dip pen calligraphy. Clara specialises in custom calligraphy for weddings alongside pen and ink architectural illustrations and watercolour floral artwork. You will be provided with all required materials and will be taken through basic calligraphy
- [February  Half-term Blacksmithing Workshop for Children](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391-990-505-824/) - Following the success of our autumn blacksmithing workshop, we are putting on a February workshop for children aged 7 to 12 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discover the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety of tools
- [Children's Puppet Theatre Workshop- postponed until the Easter holidays](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/childrens-puppet-theatre-workshop/) - "Join us for a magical Paper Theatre Workshop! On February 18th, children will bring a beloved storybook to life by creating their own mini paper theatre. Through art, storytelling, and imagination, they'll design characters, craft scenes, and act out their own versions of the tale. A fun and creative way to explore stories in a hands-on way!"
- [Puppet Theatre Workshop for Teenagers- postponed until the Easter holidays](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/puppet-theatre-workshop-for-teenagers/) - Mahtab Grimshaw is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in drama, puppetry, puppet making and sculpting with clay, textiles and found objects. She is passionate about storytelling through art and is interested in transforming recycled materials and everyday objects into works of art. On February 18th, a group of young people will create their own paper theatre. Through
- [Historical forging day to make medieval keys](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/historical-forging-day-to-make-medieval-keys/) - Join Alistair Butcher from ABforgeworks, our resident blacksmith, forging historical, archaeological items based on our area's local history. Forge your own Anglo Saxon / early medieval keys linked to Corfe Castle and the cultural links in Dorset using traditional methods of blacksmithing to recreate ancient history. Make an early medieval key to a design based
- [Tile Making Family Workshop with Diana Hall - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tile-making-workshop/) - Join experimental archaeologists Diana Hall and John Winterbottom for a family-friendly workshop on how to make your very own embossed pattern 2" tiles, ready to take home. You’ll start the session with a sheet of clay and with the support of our potters and oodles of inspiration you’ll end the session having made totally unique
- [Beside the Seaside Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/beside-the-seaside-glass-fusion-workshop-with-jenny-green/) - Seascapes offer a fantastic opportunity to play with light, colour, shape and texture. You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create your design with a variety of glass materials including small pieces of colourful glass, beads, stringers and frits. Your piece will be fired after the workshop and ready for
- [Drawing /Printmaking  for everyone course with Fine Artist Clare Winterbottom](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drawing-for-everyone-course-with-fine-artist-clare-winterbottom-304/) - “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up” Pablo Picasso We are incredibly fortunate to have a superb printmaking press in the teaching area at Sandy Hill. This is a rare opportunity to experience a professional printers press in the spacious teaching studio and develop our
- [Emma Pierson, Isabelle Henstridge and Hannah Wilkinson Exhibition 22-30 March](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/emma-pierson-isabelle-henstridge-and-hannah-wilkinson-exhibition-9-15-may/) - Our group is comprised of Isabelle Henstridge, Hannah Wilkinson, and Emma Pierson, three artists who graduated from Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, in 2024. Along with three other artist friends currently based around the world, we dubbed our collective "Flushing Gallery." Now based in Purbeck, we are drawn together by a
- [Emily Maguire in concert](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/emily-maguire-in-concert/) - Sold Out! We have started a waiting list in case of cancellations - email us at info@sandyhillarts.co.uk With seven albums and five books to her name, British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet Emily Maguire is truly “a talent to be reckoned with” (RnR Magazine, UK). Her thought-provoking lyrics, supremely expressive voice and spellbinding live performances
- [Attila The Stockbroker - Sunday 2nd March 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/attila-the-stockbroker-sunday-2nd-march-2025/) - NB - tickets almost sold out already. We have changed the room layout to safely get a few more seats in - unlikely to be tickets on the door. Please email us to get on our waiting list if you have left it too late! info@sandyhillarts.co.uk Punk poet, dub ranter, singer-songwriter, early music punk pioneer,
- [February half term  Blacksmithing Course for Teenagers](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391-990-901/) - Following the success of our autumn workshops, we are delighted to offer a spring blacksmithing course for young people aged 12-18 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discovering the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety of tools
- [Emma Denton Exhibition 9-15 May](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/emma-denton-exhibition-9-15-may/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to present an exhibition of the colourful, vibrant and beautiful work of local artist Emma Denton. Emma regularly sells her work at our Arty Bazaars and has been a longstanding supporter of Sandy Hill . This year she will host a solo exhibition in Room 14, with a private view
- [Suncatcher Glass Fusion Workshop for Beginners with Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/suncatcher-glass-fusion-workshop-for-beginners-with-jenny-green/) - Explore the beautiful colours of glass in a fun and relaxing workshop. Create your Suncatcher from a range of colours and decorate with beads, frits and stringers. You will learn how to cut glass and the basic techniques of fusing. Your pieces will be fired afterwards and available for collection within one week or they
- [Medieval tile making - a demonstration and discussion with Diana Hall](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/medieval-tile-making-a-demonstration-and-discussion-with-diana-hall/) - Diana Hall first started working with clay in 1979, when she established a hand-printed ceramic tile business in Sussex with Peggy Angus using designs from medieval tapestries. She was taught the fundamentals by Peggy Angus and a local potter, Chris Stevens, at the weekends; the weeks being taken up by her four children. A series
- [Mica Sinclair weaves a tapestry of story, song and melody](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mica-sinclair-weaves-a-tapestry-of-story-song-and-melody/) - Join spider-woman For a journey of unravelling As she reaches the end of her wits webs And so beings to follow the hum of her heart All the way to lands beyond lands Where everything is not what it seems. Is anything ever what it seems? A journey of self discovery Remembering what is lost
- [Blacksmithing Workshops with Alistair Butcher (all year)](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/blacksmithing-workshops-with-alistair-butcher/) - Our resident blacksmith runs small group and 1:1 workshops throughout the year, usually on dates agreed with students rather than published in advance. Please contact Alistair directly for more details.
- [Sketch and Stitch workshop with Charlotte Fereday](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/sketch-and-stitch-workshop-with-charlotte-fereday/) - Join local artist Charlotte Fereday for a stitched figure workshop. The session lasts 2.5 hours, split between sketching and stitching. No experience of drawing or sewing is necessary, and Charlotte will give pointers for both. January 18th 10-12.30pm All materials will be provided, although you’re welcome to bring your own drawing supplies if you prefer.
- [Geoff Robb- The Music of Trees](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/geoff-robb-the-music-of-trees/) - Join Geoff Robb on the 17th June at Sandy Hill Arts in Corfe, winner of the Brighton Fringe Live Music Award, for an evening of magical storytelling and virtuoso guitar that promises to transport you out into the woods. If you love nature and enjoy beautiful acoustic guitar music then this is the show
- [Heather Gibbons ' From the Drawing to the Painting' course](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/heather-gibbons-from-the-drawing-to-the-painting-course/) - Following on from her hugely popular spring course, we are delighted to welcome Heather Gibbons back in spring 2025 for a six week 'From the Drawing to the Painting' course ( starting Thursday 6th March 10-1pm and then continuing until Thursday 10th April). Drawing the Line New Beginnings Playing the Shapes Playing the Colours To
- [Glass Fusion Hearts and Flowers workshop for beginners with Jenny Green - Saturday 15 February](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/glass-fusion-workshops-for-beginners-with-jenny-green-thur-5-sept-sat-12-oct-303-830/) - Saturday 15th February 10-12.30pm Hearts and Flowers Window decoration Glass Fusion Workshop for Beginners Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop Decorate a glass heart and flower with a variety of colourful glass materials including frits stringers and beads Your pieces will be fired after the
- [Welcome in the New Year at Sandy Hill with the Dylan Ross Jazz Collective](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/welcome-in-the-new-year-at-sandy-hill-with-the-dylan-ross-jazz-collective/) - Join us for a night of fabulous music and dancing in our magical setting - the perfect excuse to put on your glad rags and welcome in 2025! Dylan Ross, fronting a world class duo, delivers a sparkling cabaret to celebrate the year ahead at Sandy Hill Arts - the home of the arts
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: April/May 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-april-may-2025/) - Join us for the first of 2025's two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: June/July 2025](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-june-july-2025/) - Join us for the second of 2025's two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [Christmas Bauble 'Calligraphy' Workshop- cancelled](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/christmas-bauble-calligraphy-workshop/) - Enjoy a warming hot chocolate (with all the trimmings!) or a mulled wine and welcome in the festive season by making these unique hand lettered baubles! Perfect for making gifts for the family - perhaps lettering a loved one's name, children's names, a significant year and date or maybe a loved pet's name and print.
- [Christmas Tree Glass Fusion workshops-  Friday 8th November](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/christmas-tree-glass-fusion-workshops-friday-8th-november-and-saturday-16th-november/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of colourful Glass Fusing. Make your own tree/window decorations in a fun and relaxing workshop You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create two designs with a variety of glass materials Your pieces will be fired after the workshop and available to be collected
- [An evening of music with 'Blue Doves'](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/an-evening-of-music-with-blue-doves/) - An evening of Songs and Improvised Music with 'BLUE DOVES' featuring Rob Mills, Pili Lopez, Rick Foot and Rob Howes. Four of our finest and most experienced musicians conjuring music from thin air and delighting with a selection of songs from a variety of traditions. Pili Lopez says she started singing before being born from
- [Autumn Blacksmithing Course for Teenagers](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391-990/) - Following the success of our summer workshops, we are delighted to offer an autumn one day blacksmithing course for young people aged 12-18 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discover the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety
- [Macrame Christmas Tree workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/macrame-christmas-tree-workshop/) - Join us for a festive workshop and learn how to make a stunning macrame Christmas Tree to bring a little handmade charm to your home. At this workshop you'll learn how to tie decorative macrame knots and create something truly unique. Suitable for complete beginners, your talented instructor, Jackie, from Bonnie Lass Create, will guide you
- [Halloween Paint Pour Pumpkin Workshop for Children- cancelled](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/halloween-paint-pour-pumpkin-workshop-for-children/) - Many apologies, we have had to cancel this activity but hope to put it on again next autumn. Join Clara Mosley to create beautiful paint pour decorated ceramic pumpkins. A fun and safe (carving free!) activity, perfect for half term. Saturday 26 October — 10-12pm Suitable for children aged 4 +. Children should be
- [Christmas Tree Glass Fusion workshops - Tuesday 3rd December](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/christmas-tree-glass-fusion-workshops-friday-8th-november-and-saturday-16th-november-762-2/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of colourful Glass Fusing. Make your own tree/window decorations in a fun and relaxing workshop You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create two designs with a variety of glass materials Your pieces will be fired after the workshop and available to be collected
- [Exhibition and Talk by Sayoko Takahata](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/exhibition-and-talk-by-sayoko-takahata/) - Join Sayoko Takahata, an artist studying painting in a practice based PhD at AUB, for an exhibition of the work produced during her recent residency at Sandy Hill and a talk about the Japanese concept of ‘Ma’ which informs her practice and focuses on the importance of the gap, negative space and in-between emptiness. Wed
- [Children's World Music Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/childrens-world-music-workshop/) - Come and enjoy this free workshop on musical instruments from around the world. Find out about a wonderful array of instruments from countries around the globe. Enjoy the chance to hear them and play them. Create your own musical instrument out of craft items. 10.30-12pm Wednesday 30 October. Suitable for children of all ages. Children
- [An evening of music with Saxophonist Jon Lloyd and guitarist Rob Palmer](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/an-evening-of-music-with-saxophonist-jon-lloyd-and-guitarist-rob-palmer/) - Presented in collaboration with SoundCellar: an evening of music with saxophonist Jon Lloyd and guitarist Rob Palmer Saxophonist JON LLOYD makes his Sandy Hill Arts debut with guitarist ROB PALMER. The duo will perform pieces from Jon’s acclaimed quartet album ‘Earth Songs’ alongside improvisations that the two musicians have developed during a 30 year collaboration.
- [Winter Wassail](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/winter-wassail-30-11-2024/) - Following the success of our inaugural Winter Wassail at Sandy Hill, we are delighted to bring you another opportunity to enjoy festive music, mulled wine, art, craft,food and great company. We will be decking the site with lights and garlands and providing a warm welcome . Join us for an informal afternoon of
- [Autumn Half-term Blacksmithing Workshop for Children](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391-990-505/) - Following the success of our summer workshops for teenagers, we are delighted to offer a blacksmithing workshop for children aged 7 to 12 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discover the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety
- [Terry Smith signwriting course 14-18th October 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/terry-smith-signwriting-course-14-18th-october-2024/) - Terry Smith, a traditional signwriter, has been working in the traditional way, creating posters, pub and house signs, illustrations, murals, coach painting and lining for over 35 years. In a computer age, he has kept the traditional methods of signwriting alive, developing a national reputation for his craft and appearing in many publications, such as
- [An evening of acoustic folk song with Jo Philby and Anne-Louise Richards](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/an-evening-of-acoustic-folk-song-with-jo-philby-and-anne-louise-richards/) - “Both artists are of a rare breed whose voices have the ability to charm in isolation. An evening in their company will never disappoint” – Clare, St Leonards Church, Sherfield English Don’t miss this special intimate performance at Sandy Hill Arts this autumn from a new collaboration in acoustic folk song with Jo Philby (Orkney based)
- [Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado performance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/alice-zawadzki-fred-thomas-misha-mullov-abbado-performance/) - NEWS FLASH – debut album ‘Za Górami’ will be released the day before this gig – on 13th September on ECM Records Sandy Hill Arts and SoundCellar are very excited to be working in partnership to co-present three of the leading musicians on the UK’s contemporary music scene: ALICE ZAWADZKI, FRED THOMAS and MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO We at Sandy Hill
- [Autumn Arty Bazaar](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/autumn-arty-bazaar/) - Join us on Saturday 28th September between 12 and 4pm for our Autumn Arty Bazaar at the Boilerhouse Gallery at Sandy Hill Arts. There’s something for everyone at an Arty Bazaar and each one is just a bit different from the last one. And it's totally free to come along. Follow the sounds of live
- [Glass Fusion workshops for beginners with Jenny Green - Saturday 12 Oct.](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/glass-fusion-workshops-for-beginners-with-jenny-green-thur-5-sept-sat-12-oct-303/) - Saturday 12th October 10-1pm Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create your seascape or landscape with a variety of glass materials. You are welcome to bring a simple design, photo, drawing etc if you wish
- [Glass Fusion workshops for beginners with Jenny Green - Thursday 5 Sept](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/glass-fusion-workshops-for-beginners-with-jenny-green-thur-5-sept-sat-12-oct/) - Thursday 5th September 10-1pm Come and explore the beautiful art of Glass Fusing in a fun and relaxing workshop You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create your seascape or landscape with a variety of glass materials. You are welcome to bring a simple design, photo, drawing etc if you
- [Christmas Tree Glass Fusion workshops - Saturday 16th November](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/christmas-tree-glass-fusion-workshops-friday-8th-november-and-saturday-16th-november-762/) - Come and explore the beautiful art of colourful Glass Fusing. Make your own tree/window decorations in a fun and relaxing workshop You will learn the basic techniques of cutting and layering glass and create two designs with a variety of glass materials Your pieces will be fired after the workshop and available to be collected
- [POETRY WEEKEND + COMEDY WITH LUKE WRIGHT, ELVIS MCGONAGALL, ESTHER MORGAN, CAROLINE BIRD AND MANY MORE](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/poetry-weekend/) - A fabulous weekend of poetry workshops, readings and performances at Sandy Hill Arts featuring Luke Wright, Elvis McGonagall, Caroline Bird and Esther Morgan.
- [Voiceless Isolation - an exhibition of Poetry and Drawing by Anne Murphy and Tony Kerins 24 Aug-4 Sept.](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/voiceless-isolation-an-exhibition-of-poetry-and-drawing-by-anne-murphy-and-tony-kerins/) - SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 11:30 “VOICELESS ISOLATION” exhibition, reading and Q&A This exhibition takes its title from a book of poems by Anne Murphy which documents Anne’s response to her own grief at the loss of family members, in particular her mother. Anne’s brother, local artist Tony Kerins, drew their mother in her last days and
- [Mindful Calligraphy workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mindful-calligraphy-workshop/) - Come and join Clara from Painted Soul Studio as she holds a calm space combined with learning the basics of dip pen calligraphy. Clara specialises in custom calligraphy for weddings alongside pen and ink architectural illustrations and watercolour floral artwork. You will be provided with all required materials and will be taken through basic calligraphy
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops August 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-august-2024/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 4 August Sunday 11 August Monday 19
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-2024-280/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 4 August Sunday 11 August Monday 19
- [Mollie and the Unicorn- a musical fantasy for children](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mollie-and-the-unicorn-a-musical-for-children/) - When Mother Nature needs a hand, she calls, and a unicorn is born. Join Mollie and the Unicorn as they travel the world, befriending wildlife and learning what nature is all about. Produced by Raising Levels Theatre Company and composed by Purbeck folk musician, Glenn Ross, this piece employs theatre and music, song and dance,
- [Marvellous Moths summer workshops 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/marvellous-moths-summer-workshops-2024/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! Throughout the summer Martin Warren will be offering people the chance to discover more about the wonderful world of moths. Sessions : 9.30-11.00 am Free Sunday 28th July Sunday 4 August Sunday 11 August
- [Thokozile gig](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/thokozile-gig/) - TICKETS ON DOOR OR ONLINE Presented in conjunction with SoundCellar, Thokozile bring their vibrant African influenced jazz to Sandy Hill Arts. Thokozile were formed on the back of a British Council music exchange back to South Africa in 2010. They recently performed a sold out gig at The Lighthouse Poole to celebrate the release of
- [Painting Weekend on the Isle of Purbeck with Tony Kerins  9-11th August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/painting-weekend-on-the-isle-of-purbeck-with-tony-kerins-9-11th-august/) - The course offers an opportunity to draw and paint outdoors in a striking and varied landscape. You will be encouraged to look afresh at what you see and advised on the choice and uses of materials. There will be studio time to refine or re-imagine your images. We learn from each other, and our experience
- [Blacksmithing course for Teenagers - 10th or 11th  August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/391/) - A one day blacksmithing course for young people aged 12-18 to learn the basics of blacksmithing - discover the basic techniques of tapering, cutting, forging and forming to make some items such as necklaces, rings, small hanging sculptures using a wide variety of tools such as the forge, anvil, hammers, tongs, chisels. Alistair Butcher, who
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: June/July 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-june-july-24/) - Join us for the second of 2024's two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [Bijou Bud and Bloom Bazaar](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/bijou-bud-and-bloom-bazaar/) - Sandy Hill Arts invites you to our Bijou Bud and Bloom Bazaar, featuring a fantastic range of local growers and producers :Purbeck Blooms, Dorset Dried Flowers, Greengage Community Garden, Beemine, Feast & Flower, Garden Groove and Gill's Jams and Chutneys. A wonderful event for all those who love plants, flowers and home produce, 'Purbeck Blooms'
- [Jim Hunter - Private View and Artist Talk with Anne Hitchcock](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/jim-hunter-private-view-and-artist-talk-with-anne-hitchcock/) - Please join us for a mid-exhibition opening event and artist talk this Saturday 6th July at 6pm. Jim Hunter will be in conversation with Anne Hitchcock of the Gillingham Slade Centre, talking about his work and his practice. Do come along, have a glass of wine and enjoy the work and hearing about how the
- [Summer Solstice Festival of Music and Art 21-23 June](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/summer-solstice-gathering-21-23-june/) - Join us for a magical weekend of music, art, storytelling, qigong, meditation, performance and improvisation. Featuring Europa String Choir, Arda Wei and so very much more. Proceeds from the weekend will contribute to the event and to the Jay Goulding Memorial Fund which supports creative residencies at Sandy Hill Arts. Jay inspired this event. Weekend
- [Children's Summer Workshop - 'Peter and the Wolf' with Sarah Butterworth](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/childrens-summer-workshop-peter-and-the-wolf-with-sarah-butterworth/) - A wonderful opportunity for children to create a shadow puppet theatre group and then present ‘Peter and the Wolf’. Working with card, split pins and scissors we will create shadow animals and shadow scenery. Parents and older siblings are welcome to come and help. This workshop will take place in the marquee at Sandy Hill
- [MA painting course at AUB exhibition 20-27th June](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/ma-painting-course-at-aub-exhibition-20-27th-june/) - The MA Painting course at Arts University Bournemouth is a focused painting programme, one of the few at this level within the UK, offering both full-time and part-time study. Staffed by leading artists in the field ,it develops an awareness within the students of the creative concerns within 21st Century Painting and focuses on how
- [The John Martyn Project](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-john-martyn-project/) - Ear Trumpet Presents: The John Martyn Project Six artists come together to celebrate the music of John Martyn. Each brings their own story and connection to John’s music adding to the fabric of the project. This diversity of different musical paths of the musicians recreate the many different aspects and eras of Martyn’s music and
- [Susan Cox exhibition 18-24th August](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/susan-cox-exhibition-18-24th-august/) - Susan Cox studied Fine Art at Birmingham School of Art. Her love of figure drawing has always been her central obsession, along with her ability to allow unconscious narrative compositions to develop. She uses acrylic paint and more recently returned to oils, also experimenting with mixed media, particularly collage on canvas. She has a consistent
- [Butterfly making workshop for children by artist Susan Cox](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/butterfly-making-workshop-for-children-by-artist-susan-cox/) - Join artist Susan Cox for a butterfly making workshop for children. Suitable for children aged 4 upwards. Children will need to be accompanied but accompanying adults can create butterflies too ! All materials, squash and biscuits covered in the ticket price. Family ticket £10 Child ticket £4
- [Drawing for Everyone course with Fine Artist Clare Winterbottom](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drawing-for-everyone-course-with-fine-artist-clare-winterbottom/) - A six week hands on course that will develop your creative confidence through exploring a wide range of approaches to drawing with artist/ educator Clare Winterbottom who specialises in drawing in a multi media practice. This course is designed for anyone of any age or ability who would like to draw or expand on their
- [Annie Campbell Exhibition - PAWF 24](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/annie-campbell-exhibition/) - Annie trained in Fine Art painting at Watford and Leicester colleges of art, and Illustration and Printmaking at Bournemouth; going on to co-run a busy textile printing business. She also studied music and is a Licentiate of Trinity college London. She divides her time between her family, painting, teaching Art and Music, and making music both home and
- [Mark Rylance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/mark-rylance/) - A wonderful chance to hear hugely talented, multi award winning actor and playwright, Mark Rylance, talk about his creative process, the stuff of life and more in a freewheeling conversational meander with Melissa Viney. Mark Rylance is an actor, director, and playwright, winning an Academy Award, three BAFTAs, two Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards
- [Allsort'd performance with Rob Mills](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/allsortd-performance-with-rob-mills/) - Please join us for the first public performance of new music created by the members of Allsort’d , in collaboration with celebrated musician Rob Mills. Allsort'd have worked with Rob on a short Arts Council England funded project, developing new and experimental musical ideas in our Room 14 exhibition and rehearsal space. Using a variety
- [John Hegley presents ' What is the difference between Chalk and Cheese?'](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/john-hegley-presents-what-is-the-difference-between-chalk-and-cheese/) - Part of POETRY In PURBECK: What is the Difference between Chalk and Cheese?* Celebrated poet, comic and songster, brought up in chalky Chilterns turns his bespectacled attention South Westerly with these wordplay and drawing exercises for anyone over eight-years-old, or so. Children to be accompanied, solo adults welcome. No poetry experience needed although some will
- ['Bird Theatre' Diorama workshop with Lisa Berkshire](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/bird-theatre-diorama-workshop-with-lisa-berkshire/) - ‘Bird Theatre’ Diorama Workshop with Lisa Berkshire This hands-on session is tailored for those eager to delve into the world of collaged 3-D diorama artworks using hand-printing techniques and found textures. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, join me for an enjoyable journey of creativity and self-expression. Price : £45 including all materials
- [An exhibition celebrating the life and work of Tony Viney 17th -20th May](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/an-exhibition-celebrating-the-life-and-work-of-tony-viney-17th-20th-may/) - Tony Viney, a huge presence in the Dorset arts and music scene, was responsible for setting up and running many of the local arts organisations and projects that have become fixtures of the local arts world. He was one of the original members of the Boilerhouse Gallery and the reason Sandy Hill Arts exists. Sandy
- [A celebration of the life and work of Tony Viney](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-work-of-tony-viney/) - Tony Viney, a huge presence in the Dorset arts and music scene, was responsible for setting up and running many of the local arts organisations and projects that have become fixtures of the local arts world. He was one of the original members of the Boilerhouse Gallery and the reason Sandy Hill Arts exists. Please
- [Local History and Community Day at Sandy Hill, Corfe Castle](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/local-history-and-community-day-at-sandy-hill-corfe-castle/) - Sunday, July 21st, 2-5pm We invite you for a cuppa and piece of cake, and to enjoy an afternoon of Community History. It''s a chance to share memories, and to learn about how Sandy Hill was linked to the life of Corfe Castle, and to the farms and villages beyond. For decades, Sandy Hill was
- [Fran and Flora](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/fran-and-flora/) - Guardian Folk Album of the month ! Tickets available on the door . Multi-award-nominated experimental/folk duo Fran & Flora captivate audiences with their reinventions of traditional Eastern European melodies and songs. Francesca Ter-Berg (cello/vox) and Flora Curzon (violin/vox) draw inspiration from archival recordings, recovered manuscripts and studying with traditional masters, infusing source material with drones,
- [A Dawn Chorus Celebration](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/dawn-chorus-celebration/) - Sandy Hill Arts will be celebrating the dawn chorus with a morning of creative activities focusing on the beauty of birdsong and birds. Come and experience the magic of the dawn chorus on our site, from 5 am. Our wet woodland site will resound to the spring calls of a wide array of birds and
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: September/October 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-june-july-24-719/) - Join us for the third of 2024's two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute
- [Glass painting workshop with Sculptor Rebecca Newnham](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/glass-painting-workshop-with-sculptor-rebecca-newnham/) - Learn to paint onto glass with glass enamels with experienced sculptor, Rebecca Newnham. During the morning, you can try glass cutting, painting, simple glass engraving, simple edge polishing and plant printing. Create 3 glass postcard sized works, or 4 coasters or a combination. Your work will need to be fired afterwards so Rebecca will take
- [MUSIC GIG: Top musicians improvise together at Sandy Hill Arts!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/improv/) - Tickets on web and door An evening of improvised music that will be unusual, creative and magical. A wonderful opportunity to hear talented musicians improvise and to experience something unique and memorable. Featured artists : Pili Lopez ( vocals), Rob Mills ( sax), Rick Foot ( double bass ), Rob Palmer ( guitar ) and Véronique
- [Talk by Sculptor Rebecca Newnham](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/talk-by-sculptor-rebecca-newnham/) - Sandy Hill Arts is delighted to welcome internationally acclaimed sculptor, Rebecca Newnham . This 45-minute talk is about Rebecca's work in progress and her current interest in where the aquatic meets the higher ground, especially riverbanks, springs, wells, ponds, salt marshes, and beaches. Rebecca's work celebrates the natural world, champions characteristics of plants, and our
- [Linocut printmaking and drawing - full course or one off sessions with Zara Saganic](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/printmaking-course-with-zara-saganic/) - In these sessions, participants will be able to experience a range of techniques, media and processes to build their own artistic tool kit of skills that will enable a variety of individual works of art to develop, enabling leaners to find their artistic voice. The course is bespoke to the individuals attending and may include the
- [Notating Birdsong - spontaneous mark making with Suna Imrie](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/notating-birdsong-through-art/) - A magical workshop capturing the beauty of birdsong through spontaneous brush-based mark making with acclaimed artist Suna Imrie, who says of her practice, "Capturing birdsong through mark making early each morning has become my meditation. It’s liberating to be so spontaneous and free with my ink brush and it brings me right into the present
- [Drawing and Painting workshop with Artist Heather Gibbons - Nov 23](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/painting-course-with-artist-heather-gibbons-752/) - Pushing the aesthetic boundaries: A one-day Workshop with artist Heather Gibbons Join us for a day of creative exploration with talented Purbeck-based artist, Heather Gibbons, as she guides you through this unique workshop, giving you the opportunity to dive into the realm of imagination, embracing uncertainty, and discovering the beauty of experimentation. Heather will be
- [Drawing & Painting Course with Artist Heather Gibbons March 24](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/painting-course-with-artist-heather-gibbons/) - Another way of “looking at it”: Embark on an artistic journey with artist Heather Gibbons Don't miss this incredible opportunity to take your art to new heights with Heather Gibbons' expert guidance. Unleash your creativity with a six-week drawing and painting course led by the talented artist, Heather Gibbons. This course will challenge your perception
- [Debbie Lee and Bonnie Brown exhibition 3rd-9th March](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/debbie-lee-and-bonnie-brown-exhibition/) - Two contemporary female artists, Debbie Lee and Bonnie Brown exhibit their latest works ' My work encompasses drawing, painting, print and animation. It explores themes of multi-generational storytelling, childhood memories and play. Ideas are developed as I move between different media. Storytelling has formed a continuous thread in my artwork. I believe in the power
- [Sandy Hill Arts presents DYLAN MORAN - 2 September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/dylan-moran-2/) - We are hugely excited to announce that award winning stand-up comedian, writer and actor, Dylan Moran is coming to Sandy Hill Arts. Get ready to buckle up for an unforgettable evening of comedic brilliance. Recently back from touring his "We Got This" show across Europe, Australia and New Zealand, we are very lucky to have Dylan
- [Jim Hunter Exhibition 29th June-14th July](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/jim-hunter-exhibition/) - An exhibition of recent watercolour paintings made around the landscape of the Isle of Purbeck by acclaimed local painter, Jim Hunter, Emeritus Professor of Painting at AUB and member of the Royal Watercolour Society. Jim Hunter was born and grew up in Co Durham and first attended art school at the then Teesside College of
- [Cathy Veale Exhibition - DAW](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/cathy-veale-exhibition-daw/) - Cathy Veale is a well-known artist who specialises in large coastal paintings in an unmistakable style rich in luminosity and colour. Her paintings depict a unique sense of texture, concentrating on the effects of light and colour on water. Cathy has regularly shown her paintings with Britain’s leading watercolour artists in London with the Royal
- [Anne Reynolds and Alison Shelton Brown Exhibition - DAW 24](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/anne-reynolds-and-alison-shelton-brown-exhibition/) - Two Dorset artists join us for a new joint exhibition during Purbeck and Dorset Art Weeks. This is the first time Anne has shown with us - Alison on the other hand has a long history with the Sandy Hill site... Alison Shelton Brown "My art practice circles around responses to place, nature, and
- [Collaged Relief Workshop with Lisa Berkshire](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/collaged-relief-workshop-with-lisa-berkshire/) - This hands-on session is tailored for enthusiasts eager to delve into the world of collaged relief artworks using hand-printing techniques and found textures. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, join us for a journey of creativity and self-expression. No prior experience is needed—just bring your enthusiasm and a desire to explore the world
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: April/May 2024](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-april-may-24/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners,
- [Neurospicy Creativity Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/neurospicy-creativity-workshop/) - A neurospicy Creativity Workshop with Jane Woods, accredited ADHD and wellbeing coach, cancer coach and forager. Time to be your true self, with your tribe within the beautiful haven and creative hub of Sandy Hill Arts. We’ll explore together what it means to have a neurospicy brain, the struggles and the successes. Learn tools and
- [Life drawing course with artist Toby Wiggins (6 weeks)](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/life-drawing-course-with-artist-toby-wiggins/) - ‘The working drawing- draw to discover’ Join this unique life drawing course with Toby Wiggins, winner of the Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture 2023. The act of drawing changes our way of seeing. Working with an experienced life model, you will learn new ways to think about the human form, how to capture the essence of
- [Five & Five x Two Women Artists Talk](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/five-five-x-two-women-artists-talk/) - An art discussion between two contemporary female artists, one working within abstraction and the other in a figurative manner , about their work and the work of five chosen women artists (each working within a similar historical chronological time period) that have influenced them. During the talk and discussion, Bonnie Brown and Debbie Lee will
- [Arty Bazaar: Boilerhouse Gallery at Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/arty-bazaar-april-2023/) - Join us on Saturday April 6th between 12 and 4pm for our first Arty Bazaar of the year at the Boilerhouse Gallery at Sandy Hill Arts. There’s something for everyone at an Arty Bazaar and each one is just a bit different from the last one. And it's totally free to come along. Follow the sounds
- [Jurassic Express Trail Run](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/jurassic-express-trail-run/) - Come and join our Jurassic Express Trail Run finishers at Sandy Hill Arts. Take the opportunity to visit the artists' studios, Boilerhouse gallery and enjoy refreshments on offer from Sprout and Bean
- [Volunteer welcome event](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/volunteer-welcome-event/) - Our volunteers are an essential part of Sandy Hill Arts charity. They help us to put on events, maintain the site, steward exhibitions, publicise our work and keep Sandy Hill Arts a thriving arts community in the heart of Purbeck. We are keen to welcome new members to the team and will be offering those
- [Macrame weave workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/macrame-weave-workshop/) - Learn to create your very own handmade macrame weave wall-hanging. Join us for an exciting Macrame Weave Workshop at Sandy Hill Arts. Discover the art of macrame and learn how to create stunning woven designs using various knotting and weaving techniques. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this hands-on half day workshop is
- [Reconnect Wellbeing Workshop with Jane Woods](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/reconnect-wellbeing-workshop-with-jane-woods/) - What are your intentions, goals, hopes, dreams and aspirations for 2024? How will this year be different for you? What are your unique strengths and talents that will get you there? What will you be celebrating this time next year? How will your values guide you towards your goal? What can nature teach us
- [Project:Project](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/projectproject/) - Another public performance for this developing collaboration between local artist Sharon James and musician Rob Mills. Sharon's digital painting is projected onto the back wall of Room14, responding and interacting in real time with Rob's saxophone-led improvised soundscapes. Every performance is an improvisation of colour, pattern and sound, every performance is different... Sharon James is
- [Soothsayers](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/soothsayers/) - Formed in South London over 20 years ago, fusing Dub, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz, Soothsayers’ sound is deep, hypnotic and uplifting. Mixed with politically conscious lyrics and biting social commentary their heavy, joyful, dance inducing grooves are a much needed balm for these turbulent times. With 11 albums under their belt and literally hundreds of
- [iyatraQuartet - Saturday 30th September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/iyatraquartet/) - We're delighted iyatraQuartet will be playing at Sandy Hill Arts on Saturday 30 September (please ignore typo on some flyers), performance starts at 7:30pm. There will be a bar. This event will be held under our new marquee, with seating. Please note it will be a cool Autumn evening so dress accordingly. We have some
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: September 2023](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-10-2022-559-781-114-486/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners,
- [Planet Purbeck Festival](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/planet-purbeck-festival/) - Planet Purbeck Festival 2023! Delighted to be part of this third annual festival of arts and the environment. We have once again a large Arty Bazaar - 15 new artists, craftspeople and environmental organisations with stalls dotted around the site, including in our new marquee (thank you, Arts Council England!), live music throughout the day
- ['Seed' - a 15 Days in Clay exhibition](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/seed-a-15-days-in-clay-exhibition/) - You might have caught this longstanding ceramic project's very powerful exhibition at Durlston Castle's Fine Foundation Gallery early in the year. We are very pleased to welcome the work to Room 14 too. ‘Seed’, 20 years of growth “Seed” is an exhibition celebrating our 20 year journey. Initially inspired by a single seed sown by
- [Bug Hunt! A Planet Purbeck Family Activity](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/bug-hunt-a-planet-purbeck-family-activity/) - Join local expert Chris and artist Lizzie to delve into the undergrowth of our little green oasis on the side of Corfe Castle village to see what interesting little critters you can find.. Chris will tell you all about what you find, and Lizzie will help you make your own drawings to take away. Suitable
- [Glass Needle - Exhibition in Room 14](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/glass-needle-exhibition-in-room-14/) - An exhibition in Room 14 by two recent graduates of Goldsmiths with a local connection. From the invention of the Hydrogen Bomb to First Landing on the Moon, ‘Glass Needle’ observes/ interlaces post war occurrences + developments with a spider’s thread. Utilising found objects and sculpture, artists iolo Walker and Eve Jefferies invent their own
- [Cathy Veale - 26th August to 2nd September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/cathy-veale-26th-august-to-2nd-september/) - We are delighted to have acclaimed Purbeck artist Cathy Veale exhibiting in Room 14. Cathy is attracting increasing acclaim with her stunning coastal scenes. Renowned for her large watercolour seascapes, she takes inspiration from the beautiful Dorset coastline and from being a keen sailor. Her paintings depict a unique sense of texture, concentrating on the
- [Greenwood carving workshop with Tim Graham](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/introduction-to-greenwood-carving-with-tim-graham-307/) - You're out in the woods. A saw and a couple of knives are in your bag and the day is stretching out before you. What can you make with what's around you? This short lesson is designed for everyone to experience and enjoy the process of carving freshly cut wood with no big axe work,
- [Bowie and Elvis night](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/bowie-and-elvis-night/) - Bowie and Elvis are back after last year's sold out show! We've got a lively, fun-filled evening of poetry and music ready for you with Elvis McGonagall and Paul Anthony’s Pop Up Bowie. We'll have a bar too, performance from 7:30pm. We're delighted that Pop-up Bowie, aka Paul Antony, who wowed us last year, will
- [Tile Making Family Workshop with Diana Hall](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tile-making-workshop-959/) - They're back for more tile-making fun! Join experimental archaeologists Diana Hall and John Winterbottom for a family-friendly workshop on how to make your very own embossed pattern 2" tiles, ready to take home. You’ll start the session with a sheet of clay and with the support of our potters and oodles of inspiration you’ll end
- [Bird House Willow Workshop with Laura Wilcox](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/birdhouse-willow-workshop-with-laura-wilcox/) - What could be more idyllic than learning to weave a willow bird house while listening to the birds chirping? During this workshop you'll learn how to create this charming birdhouse using home grown willow and foraged materials in this 3 hour workshop. We will be weaving up from a base made of English Ash. You
- [Marvellous Moths!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/discover-the-wonderful-world-of-moths-sandy-hill-arts-280-119-182/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! We will be opening a moth light-trap that has been run the night before to see what beautiful and spectacular moths have been caught. If you have never been to a moth trapping event before, it is a fun and
- [Meadow Meadow](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/meadow-meadow/) - Meadow Meadow is a collaboration between vocals and nylon-string guitar recordings, housed within a strange, electronic world. They incorporate elements of field recordings and synthesised textures to give the songs depth to create a psychedelic wonderland filled with life-affirming warmth. Switching seamlessly between campfire-cosiness and a more expansive joy, their music is bursting with a
- [HopeFool - with Vita Nova's 'Celeste' drama group](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/hopefool-with-vita-novas-celeste-drama-group/) - Vita Nova’s drama group ‘Celeste’ Celeste is an integrated and intergenerational drama group made up of mentors from Vita Nova and people with English as a second language, including refugees and asylum seekers who have overcome real struggles. Hopefool by Sharon Coyne Hopefool is a play for young people and adults that promotes peace in a time
- [Big Byrd & The Good Beast](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/big-byrd-the-good-beast/) - Get ready to witness an unforgettable afternoon of musical genius, as these two bands take the stage and unleash their unique sounds. The Good Beast is a six-piece whirlpool of crunching psychedelic rock that will blow your aura to next Wednesday. They have worked in various formations for a decade and now come together as The
- [Stone, Paper, Thread: Carrie Mason Residency and Exhibition - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/stone-paper-thread-exhibition/) - Explore drawing and line in two and three dimensions through the materials of stone, paper, and thread. Taking inspiration from Richard Serra’s Verb List (1967-68), materials are repeatedly bound, folded, impressed, dropped, pierced, paired and knotted. Carrie will be making on site during the exhibition and visitors will be able to participate in making a
- [John Hegley - Drawing Workshop - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/john-hegley-drawing-workshop-paw/) - Join John Hegley for a workshop to get those creative juices flowing. Along with a mandolin, John brings to the table the experience performing to the mixed crowds of street entertainment and Glastonbury Poetry Tent alongside the rarefied atmosphere of the South Bank and stages in New Zealand, Columbia and Rotherham Central Library. John's workshop will have
- [The Enchanted Cinema: Interactive workshop with live musicians & film](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-enchanted-cinema-workshop-and-film-screening/) - Join us for an enchanted evening where you'll be part of an immersive arts experience like no other - where the boundaries between film and live music blur. Come and listen to classically trained musicians improvise to the background of Studio Ghibli's stunning film animation 'The Red Turtle'. And that's not all... you'll be a part of the
- [Drawing Workshop with Charlotte Mann - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drawing-workshop-with-charlotte-mann-pawf/) - As part of Purbeck Art Weeks Festival (PAWF) we're excited to welcome British artist and educator Charlotte Mann to Sandy Hill Arts for a one-off pop up Drawing Lab. In this workshop participants will gather to work hard: to observe, discuss, reason and make mistakes at Sandy Hill Arts Room 14 teaching space, transformed into
- [Drawing and painting course with Tony Kerins](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/tony-kerins-drawing-course/) - We're very excited to announce that artist Tony Kerins will be running a taster course which includes a series of three, two-hour long sessions centered around drawing and painting. The intention is for individuals to understand techniques and ideas that they will develop in their own way, whatever their ability. Some materials will be provided for
- [Cyanotype Workshop with Jane Woods - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/jane-cyanotype-workshop-231-414/) - We're excited to invite you to a Cyanotype Workshop, led by Jane Woods, on Sunday 4th June 11am to 1pm. You'll forage for natural botanical finds and create these beautiful blue and white cyanotype prints. This simple early photographic process involves exposing pre-treated Indian rag roll paper to sunlight and washing off the iron salts
- [The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-two-man-travelling-medicine-show-evening-performance/) - We are delighted to announce a very exciting evening with a special festival performance by The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show - a band as unique in sound as they are in their name. Dorset finest Americana/Country/Punk band, with talent in instrumentals, vocals, and lyrics, they're a group unlike any other. Formed in the small village
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: June 2023](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-10-2022-559-781-114/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun and relaxed workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners,
- [Summer Life Drawing Sessions (May - August)](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/life-drawing-sessions/) - We're delighted to have Artist and Arts Educator Clare Winterbottom with us running a series of life drawing sessions throughout the summer. These sessions are appropriate for beginners to experienced artists... and anywhere in between! Held on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 - 8:00pm, these sessions offer you the opportunity to enjoy the long summer evenings in the beautiful
- ['About Drawing' Talk & Q&A with artist Tony Kerins](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/about-drawing-talk-tony-kerins/) - We are delighted that artist Tony Kerins will be giving an illustrated talk on 3 May. "Drawing is a tool and a skill; it's a means of recording and a means of expression. Drawing is a way of visualising an idea". Tony will show examples of his work and give a short demonstration of technique,
- [Drop-In Bonfire Ceramics demonstration with John Winterbottom - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/john-bonfire-ceramics/) - Join experimental archaeologist John Winterbottom and Diana Hall for a free, live demonstration on how to turn clay into ceramic using a ‘bonfire’ kiln. This process is the oldest method of turning clay into ceramic - a practice that is still used widely today. Please note that it will be held outside and weather dependent. This demonstration
- [Introduction to greenwood carving with Tim Graham](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/introduction-to-greenwood-carving-with-tim-graham/) - You're out in the woods. A saw and a couple of knives are in your bag and the day is stretching out before you. What can you make with what's around you? This short lesson is designed for everyone to experience and enjoy the process of carving freshly cut wood with no big axe work,
- [Charlotte Mann and Students Exhibition - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/charlotte-mann-exhibition-pawf/) - We're excited to be hosting an exhibition with Charlotte Mann and students. This exhibition will showcase artwork produced during one-off pop up Drawing Lab held at Sandy Hill Arts where participants will gather to work hard and observe, discuss, and reason during an all day workshop. There will be an opening event for the exhibition
- [Drop-In Embossing Sessions with Carrie Mason - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drop-in-embossing-sessions-with-carrie-mason-pawf/) - Try your hand at embossing paper with Carrie Mason on Saturday 10th June 2023. Carrie will be running two drop-in sessions at 10 - 11am and 3- 4pm. You'll get to use a mini press and hand burnishing techniques - Carrie will have some plants and other nature-related objects collected from the site and also some wooden letters
- [Abstract painting with Lizzie Brown - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/abstract-painting-1/) - A chance to free yourself from the tyranny of small brushes and tiny pieces of paper... Join Sandy Hill artist Lizzie Brown during Purbeck Art Weeks Festival (PAW) to have fun painting huge colourful abstract paintings to brighten up our elderly chicken shed. Oh - and that's painting with big mops! Suitable for adults and
- [Cyanotype Family Drop-in with Jane Woods - PAWF](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drop-in-cyanotype-workshop-231/) - Create your own beautiful blue and white images with this easy photographic process. There’s lots of family fun to be had with these botanical prints. The whole process takes around 30-40 minutes so why not take a little nature walk around the site while you’re waiting for your prints to dry? You’ll be able to
- [Wendy Lalla Wharam - A Wild Patience](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/wendy-lalla-wharam-a-wild-patience/) - A Wild Patience • Paintings and Collage by Purbeck Artist, Wendy Lalla Wharam 1933 – 2022 This selection of paintings and other works by Swanage-based artist, Wendy Wharam, reflect her always playful and determined creative spirit as well as her intellectual curiosity for contemporary and traditional artforms. Creative expression was at the heart of everything
- [Swanage School Community Heroes](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/swanage-school-community-heroes/) - Swanage School's exhibition of Year 7's 'Community Heroes' project is at Sandy Hill Arts (Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle) until 17th August. Please pop along if you get the chance, you might spot someone you know among the heroes!
- [Fran Quinlan Shifting Edges Exhibition - Panel Discussion](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/shifting-edges-exhibition-panel-discussion/) - A Panel discussion with Fran Quinlan, artist, and Simón Granell and Tim Edgar based on Fran's Shifting Edges exhibition that runs in Sandy Hill Art's new exhibition space from 12th - 19th March: exploring the work, the practice - and whatever transpires... The afternoon discussion is free.
- [Heather Gibbons - This Living Land Exhibition](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/530/) - This Living Land showcases images reflecting the diversity of Colour, Mood and Atmosphere inspired by Purbeck Places. Heather will be working on site most days during this exhibition which precedes a new painting course with dates still to be confirmed. Please contact us for details, join our mailing list (see foot of page) or ask
- [Heather Gibbons - Artist Discussion](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/heather-gibbons-artist-discussion/) - Join artist Heather Gibbons and Sandy Hill Arts Trustee Melissa Viney in a discussion of Heather's work as part of her exhibition at Sandy Hill Arts, and before her new six week painting course on site. Donation Bar. Please arrive in time for an 18.30 start...
- [Fran Quinlan - Shifting Edges Exhibition](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/fran-quinlan-shifting-edges/) - Shifting Edges - exploring perception and impermanance through drawing. An exhibition of exciting new work by Purbeck based artist Fran Quinlan "I am a visual artist, based in Dorset, whose work encompasses drawing, print, performance, sculpture, and installation. I have an intensely embodied process driven drawing practice, with a quiet ritualised character, exploring materiality and
- [The Jurassic Express Half Marathon - Finish Line](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-jurassic-express-half-marathon-finish/) - It's a bit unusual for us - a visual arts organisation - but we have agreed to host the finishing line of this year's Jurassic Express Half Marathon which starts from Swanage. The organisers - UK Running Events - say 'This is not just an amazing Jurassic Coast Trail run but an experience you will
- [Six Days of Being - Frances Hatch and Sue Lansbury](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/five-days-of-being-frances-hatch-and-sue-lansbury/) - A Sandy Hill Arts Residency - 30th January-5th February 2023 Frances Hatch and Sue Lansbury will spend six days, between dawn and dusk, at Sandy Hill Arts to encounter whatever arises alongside a waxing moon and slowly lengthening daylight. They come with no assumptions about outcome, medium or methodologies. Their primary concern is to attend
- [My Scented Home Workshops (all year)](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/my-scented-home-workshops/) - Resident artist Cath Nix runs a variety of workshops on site throughout the year - please see her website for details and bookings. She can often organise a private bespoke course for small groups...
- [Raku Workshop - November 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-10-2022-559/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners, or for those
- [Skylla/Ruth Goller & Pete Wareham + DJ](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/skylla-ruth-goller/) - TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR FROM 6.... Our Planet Purbeck ticketed evening presents two different acts who have also collaborated in the past. Starts from 7pm, bar open all afternoon and evening. Tickets £15/£12 concession - see side bar or end of post. Ruth Goller is a highly acclaimed punk/jazz bassist and composer (Melt Yourself
- [Planet Purbeck - Saturday 17th September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/planet-purbeck-arts-and-environment-festival/) - Join us at the Planet Purbeck Arts & Environment Festival on Saturday 17th September. Lots to see and do for all the family with music, food and drinks. FREE
- [Planet Purbeck Cyanotype Workshop - 17th September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/drop-in-cyanotype-workshop/) - Last minute addition… Join Jane Woods for a drop-in cyanotype workshop between 11am and 2pm on Saturday 17th September . Suitable for accompanied children or adults – no need to book. £5 per print, cash please on the day. Cyanotype is a fun introduction to cameraless photography – it’s safe, easy and creates impressive prints
- [Marvellous Moths for Planet Purbeck!](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/discover-the-wonderful-world-of-moths-sandy-hill-arts-280-119/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts with Martin Warren! We will be opening a moth light-trap that has been run the night before to see what beautiful and spectacular moths have been caught. If you have never been to a moth trapping event before, it is a fun and
- [Planet Purbeck - Sunday 18th September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/planet-purbeck-sunday-18th-september/) - Our second day for 2022's Planet Purbeck Arts and Environment Festival is an afternoon of free live music, leading up to a return of Project:Project - Rob Mills and Sharon James' live improvisation of music and painting. The Sprout & Bean pop up cafe and our bar will still be running, helping make this into
- [Planet Purbeck Arty Bug Hunt - 11am Saturday 17th September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/discover-the-wonderful-world-of-moths-sandy-hill-arts-280-119-395/) - Join us in an Arty Bug Hunt for Planet Purbeck! Join Chris Spilling in searching through the undergrowth for bugs and critters and whatever else might be lurking there... damp corners and old rotten logs are ideal :-). Ideal for accompanied children.... Chris will identify and explain what you find, and one of Sandy Hill
- [Planet Purbeck Arty Bug Hunt - 1pm Saturday 17th September](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/discover-the-wonderful-world-of-moths-sandy-hill-arts-280-119-395-899/) - Join us in an Arty Bug Hunt for Planet Purbeck! Join Chris Spilling in searching through the undergrowth for bugs and critters and whatever else might be lurking there... damp corners and old rotten logs are ideal :-). Ideal for accompanied children.... Chris will identify and explain what you find, and one of Sandy Hill
- [Raku Workshop - September 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-09-2022/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners, or for those
- [Raku Workshop - October 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire-10-2022/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners, or for those
- [Rob Mills & Eliza Alder - #sandyhillsaturdays](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/rob-mills-eliza-alder-sandyhillsaturdays/) - Has Purbeck Valley Folk Festival given you your taste for live music back? Here's some more - a free double bill of Rob Mills and Eliza Alder. Fresh to the Purbeck music scene and new to Sandy Hill Arts, Eliza captivates audiences with her smooth, expressive voice and charming personality. She plays and sings a
- [Rob Mills & Eliza Alder - #sandyhillsaturdays](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/rob-mills-eliza-alder-sandyhillsaturdays-209/) - Here's some more free live music - a double bill of Rob Mills and Eliza Alder. Fresh to the Purbeck music scene and new to Sandy Hill Arts, Eliza captivates audiences with her smooth, expressive voice and charming personality. She plays and sings a combination of stripped-back acoustic hits and her own melodic originals. Taking
- [Discover the wonderful world of moths @ Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/discover-the-wonderful-world-of-moths-sandy-hill-arts-280/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts! We will be opening a moth light-trap that has been run the night before to see what beautiful and spectacular moths have been caught. If you have never been to a moth trapping event before, it is a fun and leisurely event where
- [Discover the wonderful world of moths @ Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/discover-the-wonderful-world-of-moths-sandy-hill-arts/) - Come and discover the wonderful world of moths at Sandy Hill Arts! We will be opening a moth light-trap that has been run the night before to see what beautiful and spectacular moths have been caught. If you have never been to a moth trapping event before, it is a fun and leisurely event where
- [Saturday Hill Saturdays - Rob Mills](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/saturday-hill-saturdays-13th-august/) - Our day of free music starts with Rob Mills and the Trackside Cooptimists playing their regular slot from 12 to 3. Sprout and Bean serving food as usual, and this time a bar, from 12, which is very much not usual :-). Pimms, anyone? It's hot enough. [Other beverages available] Rob finishes in time for
- [The Fantasy Orchestra](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/the-fantasy-orchestra/) - Enjoy a musical extravaganza with The Fantasy Orchestra at Sandy Hill Arts on Saturday 13th August 2022. FREE
- [Cyanotype Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/cyanotype-workshop/) - Sandy Hill arts is delighted to present a range of workshops to get our summer’s education programme started. Our first workshops explore the Cyanotype - a Victorian camera-less photographic process that creates stunning, life size blue prints of plants and other objects. These three hour beginner workshops are run for Sandy Hill Arts by local
- [Raku Workshop - 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/raku-workshop-2-day-make-glaze-fire/) - Join us in another of our two day raku workshop that uses a variety of hand building techniques to take you from raw clay to finished, fired, glazed work ready for you to take home. This fun workshop, led by local ceramicists Richard Jeffery and Jayne Cunliffe, is suitable for absolute beginners, or for those
- [Sandy Hill Saturday](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/planet-purbeck-arts-and-environment-festival-898/) - Join us at the Planet Purbeck Festival Launch Event on Saturday 17th September at Sandy Hill Arts. FREE
- [Swanage Repair Café](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/events/swanage-repair-cafe/) - Come along to the Swanage Repair Café at Sandy Hill Arts on 9th July where our experienced team will help you fix all the things you still love.

## Portfolios

- [Andy Farrer](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/andy-farrer/) - Andy Farrer is an award-winning landscape photographer, tutor and fine art printer based on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset.
- [Dominic Shepherd](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/dominic-shepherd/) - VIEW →
- [Jan Dagley](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/jan-dagley/) - VIEW →
- [Elizabeth Brown](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/lizzie-brown/) - Lizzie Brown is an artist using oil paints to create a strident blend of colours, texture and space in a wide range of work including still life and landscapes.
- [Alistair Butcher](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/alistair-butcher/) - Alistair Butcher - AB Forgeworks - works in steel and copper, crafting tools, historical replicas, sculptures & artistic pieces on a small, hand-forged scale.
- [Frances Pollard](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/frances-pollard/) - Frances Pollard set up Corfe Castle Pottery on site in 1999 and visitors are able to view and purchase a range of her work in the showroom above her workshop.
- [Julie Winsor](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/julie-winsor/) - Julie Winsor is in Studio 6 at Sandy Hill Arts where she makes work that covers a variety of disciplines: balancing sculptures, mobiles, paintings, collages.
- [Sue Lansbury](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/sue-lansbury/) - Artist Sue Lansbury mixes the scales in which she works to create large paintings and small sculptures to develop a sense of presence and vulnerability.
- [Richard Jeffery](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/richard-jeffery/) - Richard Jeffery creates unique raku and smoke-fired ceramics inspired by tin toys and ancient artefacts, each piece featuring distinct textures and mixed media.
- [Rachel Huggett](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/rachel-huggett/) - Rachel Huggett is a visual artist specializing in sculpture, blending traditional and experimental methods with over 20 years of collaborative experience.
- [Janet O'Kane](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/janet-o-kane/) - Janet O’Kane creates quirky ceramics, from bud vases to large vessels, featuring slip and sgraffito designs, plus unique ceramic inks and watercolours.
- [Tony Kerins](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/tony-kerins/) - Tony Kerins creates expressive paintings inspired by observation and memory, blending drawing, watercolour, and oils to capture moments and stories.
- [Jane Colquhoun](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/jane-colquhoun/) - Jane Colquhoun is a multi- disciplinary artist, mainly working in textiles, imagery drawn from Landscape and folk art.
- [Simon Polkinghorn](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/simon-polkinghorn/) - Simon Polkinghorn creates vibrant art inspired by nature and the human form, using bold colours and diverse styles to capture the world’s energy and subtlety.
- [Emma McGinn](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/emma-mcginn/) - Emma McGinn creates unique textile art using natural dyes, print, and stitch. Explore workshops, commissions, and her process-driven approach at Studio 28.
- [Heather Gibbons](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/heather-gibbons/) - Heather Gibbons explores creativity through playful transformation of shapes and lines, creating expressive oil paintings that evolve with anticipation and intrigue.
- [KImberley Day](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/kimberley-day/) - Kimberley Day creates abstract landscapes inspired by Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck, capturing nature’s energy and light with paint, charcoal, and pastels.
- [Jenny Green](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/jenny-green/) - Discover unique fused glass art inspired by nature and the Isle of Purbeck. Visit Jenny Green Glass for workshops, jewellery, bowls, and more.
- [Paul Tony Longland](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/paul-tony-longland/) - VIEW →
- [Jayne Cunliffe](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist/jayne-cunliffe/) - VIEW →

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- [refugee](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/refugee/)
- [vita nova](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/vita-nova/)
- [DEED](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/deed/)
- [multi-cultural](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/multi-cultural/)
- [Poetry](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/poetry/)
- [Sandy Hill Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/sandy-hill-arts/)
- [Tony Viney](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/tony-viney/)
- [Art Award](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/art-award/)
- [Open Call](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/open-call/)
- [Tony Viney Open Art Award](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/tony-viney-open-art-award/)
- [Artists](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/artists/)
- [Activate Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/activate-arts/)
- [Arts Council England](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/arts-council-england/)
- [Grassroots Music](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/grassroots-music/)
- [Culture](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/culture/)
- [Arts Development Company](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/arts-development-company/)
- [Culture in Dorset](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/culture-in-dorset/)
- [Dorset Council Community and Culture Fund 8](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/dorset-council-community-and-culture-fund-8/)
- [Fran and Flora](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/fran-and-flora/)
- [Guardian Top Ten](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/guardian-top-ten/)
- [Alice Zawadski](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/alice-zawadski/)
- [Comedy](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/comedy/)
- [Old Possum’s Practical Trust](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/old-possums-practical-trust/)
- [Mark Rylance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/mark-rylance/)
- [Fund for Culture](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/fund-for-culture/)
- [Sayoko Takahata](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/sayoko-takahata/)
- [photography](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/photography/)
- [Purbeck](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/tag/purbeck/)

## Categories

- [Event](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/event/)
- [Exhibition](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/exhibition/)
- [Workshop](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/workshop/)
- [Live Music](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/live-music/)
- [Social](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/social/)
- [Festival](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/festival/)
- [Family Friendly](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/family-friendly/)
- [Environment](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/environment/)
- [Free](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/free/)
- [sandyhillsaturdays](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/sandyhillsaturdays/)
- [jazz](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/jazz/)
- [improvisation](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/improvisation/)
- [folk](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/folk/)
- [Visual Arts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/visual-arts/)
- [Photography](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/photography/)
- [Cameraless Photography](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/cameraless-photography/)
- [Drawing](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/drawing/)
- [Residency](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/residency/)
- [Spoken Word](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/spoken-word/)
- [Poetry](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/poetry/)
- [Ceramics](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/ceramics/)
- [Raku](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/raku/)
- [Painting](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/painting/)
- [Artist Talk](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/artist-talk/)
- [Private View](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/private-view/)
- [Green Woodworking](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/green-woodworking/)
- [Blacksmithing](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/blacksmithing/)
- [metal work](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/metal-work/)
- [Flower Arranging](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/flower-arranging/)
- [running](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/running/)
- [Singing](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/singing/)
- [Film](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/film/)
- [Book](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/book/)
- [drop-in](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/drop-in/)
- [Purbeck Art Weeks Festival](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/purbeck-art-weeks-festival/)
- [performance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/performance/)
- [School Project](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/school-project/)
- [weekend](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/weekend/)
- [Donation](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/donation/)
- [Celtic singing](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/celtic-singing/)
- [Craft](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/craft/)
- [willow](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/willow/)
- [Room 14](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/room-14/)
- [Sandy Hill Shorts](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/sandy-hill-shorts/)
- [textile](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/textile/)
- [Selling Exhibition](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/selling-exhibition/)
- [family summer](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/family-summer/)
- [Theatre](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/theatre/)
- [Arty Bazaar](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/arty-bazaar/)
- [Planet Purbeck](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/planet-purbeck/)
- [sculpture](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/sculpture/)
- [music](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/music/)
- [outdoor](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/outdoor/)
- [collage](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/collage/)
- [Glass](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/glass/)
- [Dorset Art Weeks](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/dorset-art-weeks/)
- [Cottage Classroom](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/cottage-classroom/)
- [workshop tenant](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/workshop-tenant/)
- [course](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/course/)
- [dance](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/dance/)
- [talk](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/talk/)
- [Health & Wellbeing](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/health-wellbeing/)
- [Plays](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/plays/)
- [Young People](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/young-people/)
- [Competition](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/competition/)
- [Project](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/project/)
- [DJ](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/dj/)
- [Food Stand](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/mec-category/food-stand/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Artist](https://sandyhillarts.co.uk/artist-category/artist/)