Somerset Art Weeks

Somerset Art Weeks features group exhibitions, community projects and events. The event showcases a diverse range of visual arts from pottery and painting to new media and installations. Over 450 artists/makers will showcase their work in 98 venues across Somerset. For full details of artists, venues and dates visit our website: www.somersetartworks.org.uk

This year's event features a wide range of exhibitions and art projects, including 'Border', an art project that takes place at various venues across the Blackdown Hills Somerset/Devon border; 'Cream' the West Somerset signpost show, and 'Transform' at Strode Theatre, which is a multi-media exhibition created by the art group at Shepton Mallet Prison. There will be venues throughout Somerset including galleries, art venues, village halls, schools, historic buildings, public spaces, hospitals, artist studios, gardens, local shops, pubs and cafes. Somerset Art Weeks will bring Art to Everyone!

Art Week is the largest visual arts event in Somerset. Open studios, special events and exhibitions are held throughout the county to provide a unique opportunity for people to meet artists and see their work.

Somerset Art Weeks (SAW) exists to promote the visual arts and create opportunities for visual artists and makers by advocacy, promotion and development.

Brochures are available from libraries and tourist information centres across the county nearer the time.