IRRESISTABLE
27 November - 5 December 2004

Roll up, roll up, to see a tempting collection of irresistibility devised to excite and stimulate the senses, provided by a group of Sherborne Contemporary Arts members. Ten percent of all sales will be donated to the Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne.

FROM AN ELSEWHERE UNKNOWN
30 October - 21 November

Photographs by Sian Bonnell. Taking domesticity as her starting point, Bonnell places everyday, household items in rural contexts and photographs them within the landscape. Appearing at first quirky, whimsical and humorous, the images also allude to the domestic role of women in society and environmental abuse.

GOING MODERN, BEING BRITISH
11th September - 10th October 2004

Major British artists 1900 - 1950, from private collections in Dorset and Somerset. Over 40 artists featured, including Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, Duncan Grant, Augustus John, Gwen John, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer and Alfred Wallis.

12 MONTHS IN PROGRESS
21 August - 5 September

Abstract paintings created over a 12 month period by Suzanne Partridge, showing development of paint ideas, interests and moods, as experienced by one artist.

VISUAL CHEMISTRY
31 July - 15 August 2004

An eclectic show in which sixteen Sherborne Contemporary Arts members demonstrate the influences of the mysterious chemistries of intuition, skill and process in their Art.

EVOLVER PRIZE 2004
10 -25 July 2004

The top fifty selected works from the second annual Evolver Prize open competition.

R.A.I.S.E.
24 -27 May 2004

Examples of ongoing work selected by primery schools in sherborne and the surrounding area.

HAUNT
22 May - 20 June 2004

Painting, sculpture, installation and photography inspired by the presence of the past imprinted on a place.

THE READING ROOM
3 April - 2 May 2004

Exhibition of contemporary artists books set in an 19th Century style library.

PASSING TIME
3 April - 2 May 2004

Exhibition of artist made games and pastimes all playable by the public.

TIME PASSING
3 April - 2 May 2004

Sequential black and white photographs by Karen Hitchlock exploring the cyclic passages of light and shadow that travel in and around Sherborne House.

THINK FRINK - ELISABETH FRINK
Saturday 20 March & Sunday 21 March 2004

Opportunity to view work by Elisabeth Frink and find out more about the proposed development of Sherborne House as a regional centre for the visual arts and permanent home for Frink sculpture and archives.

TIME BEING
14 Feb - 14 March 2004
This first show in the Timeline series is the result of a collaborative project between twelve artists from two artist-led groups SCA and FAN. It explores in various ways the idea and experience of 'time'