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Jinny Jehu has completed her MA in Fine Art at AUB, culminating with her MA Fine Art Postgraduate Show this August. Congratulations Jinny.

WESCA Exhibitions in 2023

“Attic” - A Wesca Exhibition 2 West Walks, Dorchester, The show will be open weekends through most of October from 10.30am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays  - 7th and 8th,  14th and 15th,   21st and 22nd  28th and 29th October. ( See News for more infromation)

“What on Earth” A Wesca Exhibition AD44 Artspace, Bath. 25th-30th April

“Breathless" A Wesca Exhibition Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Shaftesbury. 1st - 14th March

14 Wesca (Wessex Contemporary Arts) artists are exhibiting a wide range of responses to this title at 44AD artspace in Bath for one week only.  Some pieces are political, some are about the Earth, or planet and some are just very surprising!  Wesca artists are well known for the rich variety of their work, and this show is well worth a visit.

Unfortunately the URBAN SPACES exhibition (below) had to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

URBAN SPACES

An Easter exhibition by 11 members of Wessex Contemporary Art (Wesca) at 2 West Walks in Dorchester

Eleven original and inventive artists respond to a theme of Urban Spaces using different and sometimes surprising materials. The variety of our sculptures, paintings and photographs makes for a stimulating exhibition.

The theme of Urban Spaces was inspired by my own pleasure at exploring the public roads and spaces in Dorchester when we first moved into the centre just over four years ago.

The town is a place where people can gather to enjoy the freedom of open squares and parks or allotments. Some of us respond to the historic nature of our setting. We have ‘rats’ in the living room and a giant water tap spewing out a stream of plastic bottles on the stairs.

We also show a formal garden and an area where young men demonstrate their skill on a skateboard against a background of graffiti.

At 2 West Walks is a private Georgian townhouse overlooking the Borough Gardens in. It has high ceilings and more space for the show than many a commercial gallery. It was formerly known as the Labour Hall. We decided to use it for this show because Dorchester is short of affordable spaces for such an exhibition.

Elaine Mills

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