Beside the Seaside Glass Fusion Workshop with Jenny Green Sold Out

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 […] ...

Emma Pierson, Isabelle Henstridge and Hannah Wilkinson Exhibition 22-30 March

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 […] ...

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 […] ...

Medieval Tile Making Workshop with Diana Hall

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 […] ...

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 […] ...

Spring Arty Bazaar 2025

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 […] ...

Sign-writing course with Terry Smith 14-17 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 […] ...

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 […] ...

Easter Blacksmithing Workshop for children and teenagers

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.

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 […] ...

Raku Workshop – 2 Day Make Glaze & Fire: April/May 2025 Sold Out

  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 […] ...

Drawing /Printmaking for everyone course with Fine Artist Clare Winterbottom

“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 […] ...