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PAW 2026

  • 16 Days: Sat 23 May – Sun 7 Jun
  • 34 Open Studio Artists
  • 69 Rollington Artists
  • 13 Pop-Up Studio Artists
  • 9 Castle View Artists
  • 15 Concerts & Other Events
  • PYA in record number of schools – theme: Birds
  • Love Cake Cafe at Rollington
  • Exhibition Fees:
    • £100 – Open Studio
    • £120 – Group Exhibition
    • £140 – Gallery/Business Open Studio
    • £70 – Additional or Guest Artist
    • £100 – Rollington Artist (+25% commission)
    • 50% Student Discount on exhibition fees to students under 30 in full time education or within 2 years of graduation
  • Brochure & Programme Cover Image: Anne Easterbrooke
  • Chair: Charlotte Heath
  • Festival President: Philip Jackson CVO DL MA FRBS
  • Musical Director: Hannah Ely

Concerts & Other Events

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Opening Night Concert: I Fagiolini, Anniversary Concert – ‘We’re not Dead Yet
Concert 2: Parnassus Ensemble with artist Jérémie Queyras, 3in1 – A Triadic Reflection
Afternoon Workshop: Jérémie Queyras, painting live music
Talk: Dr Gill Clarke, Guest Curator Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, Creative Relationships: Artists in Purbeck 1900-1950
Children’s Workshop (aged 4 – 8 yrs): Nick Jubber, Adventures with Flying Beasties

Mini-Festival Weekend
Concert 3: Grace Newcombe with Liane Sadler & Colin Heller, CHALK: Songs for the South West
Singing Workshop: Grace Newcombe with Liane Sadler & Colin Heller, Medieval Vocal Workshop
Concert 4: Lizzie Ball & Miloš Milivojević, A Musical Portrait of Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Concert 5: Fieri Consort, Freeing the Muse
Concert 6: Toby Carr, solo lute, Softest Thunder (Album Launch)
Concert 7: Grace Newcombe & Elizabeth Sommers, Alysoun: Songs from the people of thirteenth-century Britain

Poetry: Purbeck Poets Performing
Concert 8: Jeremy Avis, Sam Stadlen, Rebecca Askew, Suntou Susso, Simo Lagnawi and Timothy Dickinson with the Purbeck Arts Choir and students from Stoborough and Swanage Primary Schools,
The Whispering Dome
Concert 9: Guy Cutting, Sophia Prodanova, Olwen Foulkes & Nathaniel Mander, Waft her, angels, through the skies: Handel arias with Guy Cutting
Concert 10: Young Purbeck Musicians

PYA 2026

PAW’s core mission is to make art accessible to as many young people as possible within the Purbeck area. Each year, we collaborate with talented local artists who bring a wealth of expertise to deliver fantastic school workshops across Purbeck schools. Over the years we have built strong ties with local schools to champion and encourage creativity, reaching around 500 Purbeck Young Artists participating in creative activities each year. This year marks a record involvement from schools, partnering with seven artists on a diverse range of workshops, including: glass art, puppet making, painting banners, clay making and 3D art using recycled materials and interactive art. The workshops and artwork are centred on the festival theme, which this year is ‘Birds’ and a couple of schools used their PYA workshops to be creative around the nightingale theme of The Whispering Dome community event. We invite you to view the inspiring results on display in The Byre at Rollington Barn’.

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Exhibiting Visual Artists

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Open Studio Artists: Rollington Artists:
1. Robin Mackenzie, Katy Harrald and Heather Gibbons
2. Elizabeth Read Wilson
3. Kitty Wass
4. Cathy Veale
5. Eleanor Spalding, Laura Butt, Kasia Zagloba
6. Diane Roberts
7. Jo Porter
8. Studio South
9. Samantha Woodford
10. Gillian at Bonfields Glass
11. Mon Hawley & Jenny Ellis
12. Moira Purver, Pip O’Neill and Sinead O’Neill
13. Richard Brayshaw
14. Sophie Orde-MccGwire
15. Janine Drayson
16. Angelika Seik Sculpture Studio
17. Nell Race
18. Seasons Green Gift Shop & Gallery
19. Sandy Hill Arts with Susan Cox
20. Andy Farrer Landscape Photography
21. Dorset Dried Flowers
22. Artisans at the Cottage Studio Norden with Phil Hill, Clarke & Burns Creations, Stan Davis, David Hyde, Luca Ciaramella
23. Wendy Jeavons @ Furzebrook Studios
24. Andrew Thomas SWAc
25. Jane Elmer-Smith & Aline Johnson
26. The Phoenix Group (we rise up and come together every year!) with Annie Lovelass, Gilly Loveless, Adjoua Designs, Caroline – Kezmee Studio, Matthew Barnes, Pia Elliot, Sophie Weld-Davies, Freddie Miller, The recycled woodturner, Burnt Blossom, Artwork by Jan, Denise White, Lynne Dinmore, Thea Vollering
27. Coombe Keynes Collective with Kimberly Day, Claire Tozer, Alix Harwood, Sarah Mazdon
28. Rushton Studios – Anne & Jonathan Easterbrooke
29. Fiona Kelly Pots
30. Grange Gallery with Cameron Furniture & Esme James
31. Purbeck Artisan Yard
32. Pottery Corner
33. Galiani Glass Art
34. David Hyde Blacksmith and Metal Sculptor		 Yvonne Adams
Alan’s Glass
Cenk Albayrak-Touye
Alice Painted Wonderland
Roy Aplin
Christian Azolan
Harry Beaves
Dawn Bellin
Elizabeth Brown
Maria Burns
Eddie Burrows
Maggie Caudell
Wendy’s Clay Men
Deborah Clarke
Coastal Ceramics
Richard Coleman
Glenn Couling
Linda Courtney
Brigit Cree
Toni Dade
Pia Elliot
suzy ely wright
Charlotte Fereday
Jenny Frankland
Galiani Glass Art
Erin Gwillim Illustration
Clive Hannay
Jo Harkness
Kitty Hartnell
Daniela Hatfield
Ciara Hegarty
Roisin Hegarty
Julie Hixson
Caroline Hussey
David Hyde
Sophie Jenkins
Nancy Jones
Paula Kerr
Roger Lockey
Catherine Malcolm
Ed Marriott
Jill Marsden
Sebastian McEwen
Alan Morris
Siân O’Neill
Simon Parvin
Jon Phillips
Angie Phillips
Rebekah Rose Creations
Reid Ceramics
Tim Rose
Mark Singleton
Brooke Snell
Snowgoosey Textile Art
Ben Spurling
Natalie Spurling-Holt
Kim Steeden
Nicola Stockley
Thoughtprints Jo Tatchell
Lucy Tidbury
Cliff Towler
Unbound Dorchester
Becky Walker Jewellery
Linda Wallis
Estella Walton
Kim Wessely
Juliet West
Nichole Wilkinson-White
Gill Williams

Castle View Artists:

Annie Campbell
John Challis
Toni Dade
Anne Easterbrooke
Pia Elliot
Jane Elmer-Smith
Heather Gibbons
Siân O’Neill
Andrew Thomas SWAc

Pop-Up Studio Artists:

The Pop-Up Studio is a marquee at Rollington Barn where artists demonstrate their work and you can often have a go yourself. There is a different artist every day from 11am.

Cathy Malcolm
Deborah Clarke
Jo Harkness
Gillian Appleton
Dorset Dried Flowers
Jennifer Ellis
Pia Elliot
Studio South
Toni Dade
Linda Courtney
Kitty Hartnell
Julie Hixon
Emma-Louise Grinsted

PAW Team Members

Festival President: Philip Jackson CVO DL MA FRBS

Trustees:

Chair: Charlotte Heath
Deputy Chair: Ian Godfrey
Treasurer: Joan Ingarfield
Secretary: Joanna Colville
Trustees: Emma Ormond, Emma-Louise Grinsted, Nick Salt, Debbie Evans (resigned April 2026),  Sheila Marsh (resigned July 2026) and Hannah Ely (joined April 2026)

Admin & Finance: 

Administrator: Joanna Colville
Grants Coordinator: Anne Easterbrooke
Finance: Sheila Marsh

Events:

Director of Music: Hannah Ely
Events Coordinator: Emma Ormond
Event Ticketing: Emma Ormond
Friends Coordinator: Emma Ormond

Visual Arts:

Membership Secretary: Emma-Louise Grinsted
Exhibition & Membership Applications: Emma-Louise Grinsted
Members & Event Sketching: Penny Barker
PYA Coordinator: Sophie Jenkins
Rollington Set-Up: Seb McEwen
Rollington Manager: Seb McEwen
Rollington Labelling: Emma-Louise Grinsted
Daily Rollington Sales Report to Artists: Emma-Louise Grinsted

Publicity:

Publicity Group Chair: Ian Godfrey
Strategic Director of Communication: Laurel Hart
Signage Coordinator: Jonathan Easterbrooke
Publicity Distribution: Joanna Colville & Will Everett Acoustic Distribution
Brochure & Programme Design: Louise Leffler www.louiseleffler.co.uk
Website Design: Emma-Louise Grinsted www.pyewacketdesign.co.uk
Social Media: Clara Moseley

PAW Volunteers: Pili Araujolopez, Tim Arnold, Gail Boothman, Ginette Boyd, Richard and Sandra Brown, Jay Buckle, Peter Buckle, Nick Burden, Margaret Burdett, Annie Campbell, Jan Chapman,  Mike and Rhiannon Eland, Pia Elliot, Dianne Ely, John and Sabine Fairhall, Heather Gibbons, Peter and Debbie Handy, Jack Haworth, Mary Haysom, Sue Haysom, Richard Jeffery, Sue O’Brien, Robin and Jessica Sutcliffe, Andrew Thomas, Maurice Turner, Douglas Tweddle, Pete Whitmarsh

Named Friends of Purbeck Art Weeks (some wished to remain anonymous): Susan Adams, John Allcock, Geoff and Sue Allen, Andrew and Sue Allner, Stuart Archer, Mrs Andrew Bailey, Rex Bale, Marie Betts, Richard and Susie Bond, Ginette and Andy Boyd, Richard and Sandra Brown, Charles and Jay Buckle, Margaret Burdett, Claire and Ted Carroll, Drs Paul and Linda Cartwright, John Challis, Neil ChapmanBlench, Christopher Clarke, Hugh and Lucy Cocke, Richard Coleman, Kate Cotton, John and Gillie Coverdale, Shelley Cranshaw, Simon and Frances Dinnick, Paul and Sarah Docx, Stephen Dru-Drury, Anne and Jonathan Easterbrooke, Mike and Rhiannon Eland, Dianne Ely, Barbara Esam, Debbie and Jonathan Evans, John and Sabine Fairhall, James Farnham, Daryl Fielding and Roderick Watt, Michael and Debbie Foster, Miranda Fulleylove, James and Arabella Gaggero, Mark and Claire Gearing, Richard and Rosemary Gledhill, Jane Glyn Davies, Peter Golob, Neil and Angie Harbury, Sue Haysom, Norman Hayward and Jacky, Charlotte Heath, Roger Higgins, Rosemary and Tim Hill, Steve and Sue Hutchings, Sue Inge, Peter Jackson, Rachel James, Aline and James Johnson, Chris Johnson, Cathy and Paul Kafka, John and Diana Kinder, Mari Larthe de Langladure, Rachel Lawton, Laura Leach, Barbara Lloyd, Virginia Lynch, Jim and Margaret McAllister, Janet Morris, Joanna Morris, Peter and Sue Morrison-Wells, Mary V Mullin, Angela Myerscough, Sue and Gerry O’Brien, Emma Ormond and Douglas Tweddle, Simon and Meriel Parvin, the Peaches, Joanna Penley, Joanna Percy, Steve and Gabrielle Peskin, Nicholas and Christylle Phillips, Lynn Power and Ian Clowes, James and Elizabeth Proudman, Bill and Moira Purver, Shona and Chris Radford, Douglas and Sarah Ryder, Jan Sayers, Susannah and Bruce Selby Bennett, Alan Shrimpton, Adam and Carol Shutkever, Gill Sibthorp, Steve Smith, Tony Smith, Brooke and Caroline Snell, Tom and Ceridwen Sooke, Adam and Amanda Spielman, Eric and Virginia Stobart, Giles and Sandra Sturdy, Jessica and Robin Sutcliffe, Howard and Lindsay Swanton, Sally Tattersall, Howard and Dilys Thomas, Martin and Lisa Tuckey, Graham and Geraldine van Tuyl, Andrew and Beth White, Sue White, David and Linda Whitehouse, Andrew Wright, Anne and Les Wright, Charles Wynn-Evans and Alex McColl, Sarah Yeung

If you have anything that you would be able to add to this page, please let us know by emailing info@purbeckartweeks.co.uk, thank you!