OSC: Building your Artist Website, with Tom Wishart 💻
Learn how to build an artist website that showcases your work and brings in the right audiences, regardless of your technical experience.
Thursday 21 May, 5.30pm-7pm at TOSH
Tickets: £5 donation
Tom will cover:
- Structuring your site effectively
- Reflecting your artistic style through design
- Choosing the right platform depending on your confidence level
- Handling images so that artwork looks sharp, without slowing the site down
There will also be 1–to–1s available to book for more tailored support after attending this intro session.
Limited spaces remaining!
Book now via the link in our bio, or here: /e/osc-building-your-artist-website-tickets-1988196774072?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
OSC: Lucky Draw Winner @dhanrazart 📣
Dhanraz is a classically trained local artist specialising in oil portraiture, charcoal works, life drawing, landscapes, and animal portraits.
Our OSC £500 fund has allowed Dhan to purchase classical casts for both himself and for his students, to practise portraiture and anatomy.
“For many centuries famous sculptures have been used to train artists, removing the need for a live model which can be expensive and trickier to draw/paint. It was an essential part of my training at Sarum…”
Using sight-size techniques in observations and drawing allows Dhanraz’s art students to eventually progress on to live portraits.
Keen to meet Dhanraz for some creative guidance and feedback?
Come along to our next Crit Night on Thursday 28th May, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Find out more & book here: /e/osc-creative-crit-night-hosted-by-dhanraz-ramdharry-tickets-1986897584160?aff=oddtdtcreator
Apply for our Summer £500 draw via the link in our bio…
Thanks to everyone that came to LANDED last week. It is the first group exhibition by members of @haviland_studio in Boscombe.
LANDED is open Thursdays - Sundays, 11am - 6pm at Boscombe Arts Depot
17 April - 3 May 2026
Featuring work by: Light-1, Jeff Baggott, Eleanor Ball, Carmel De’Lisser, Sally Eyre, Shayna Fonseka, Emilie Giles, David Hall, Jeff Hunter, Frida Korang, Claudia Lilly, Ben Stewart and Times New Roadman
Stop by and see their work! Some artworks are available to buy and there is also a shop selling prints and smaller items.
OSC: "Show & Tell" Crit Night with local artist Dhanraz Ramdharry
Interested in sharing your creative work with others? Our informal crit nights offer a relaxed space to share work for peer feedback and connect with likeminded creatives.
Thurs 28th May, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Tickets: £4 donation
May host Dhanraz is a local artist specialising in oil portraiture and landscape, as well as charcoal works, life drawing, and animal portraits. From his studio in Southbourne, he also works on commissions and offers guided tuition.
Find out more & book via the link in our bio, or here: toshspace.co.uk/events
Artist Spotlight ⭐️
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Our last artist to introduce before the exhibition preview this thursday 6-8pm is Light-1 👋
Light-1 tries to explore and channel the abstract and implicit nature of space and the natural world through the lens of the body, science, philosophy and consciousness
He also likes painting black squares and red dots….
@light_1_luke
👀 LANDED Opening Preview Thurs 16 April, 6 - 8 pm at BAD 👀
✂️ E-textile workshop with Emilie Giles from 6.30pm
🎧 DJ set from Frida Korang 7pm
LANDED Exhibition continues
17 April - 3 May 2026, open Thursdays - Sundays, 11am - 6pm
Image - Exhibition preview from Unseen at TOSH, with Light-1’s painting in the background.
OSC: Summer £500 Lucky Draw 💥 Applications Open
Need a bit of financial support to push your creative practice forward?
Open School Creative is offering a £500 fund every three months, chosen at random, for artists and creatives living in BH postcodes.
Apply now for the Summer 2026 draw!
Deadline: 25 May 2026 ⏳
Full details and application link in bio (or: tinyurl.com/bdhc55wn)
Artist Spotlight 👀
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Claudia Lilly 😊
Recent BA Fine Art and MA Painting graduate and Postgraduate Prize Winner, Claudia is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist currently focusing on contemporary painting. She is originally from Cardiff, now based in Bournemouth with hopes to use art to support others. Her practice works to quietly address themes of complex trauma and instability, and the extreme difficulty of healing whilst trapped in a system that is hastily falling apart.
She has a growing interest in the narrative behind folds and creases in fabrics – and how they conceptually link to both literal and metaphorical concepts of comfort and discomfort, disturbance and truths that lie within the folds. Through this, she aims to document the story of her own personal journey, whilst continuing to advocate for others going through similar experiences.
See more of Claudia’s work at @studiocha0s
Artist Spotlight 👀
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Frida Korang 👋🏾
Frida is an interdisciplinary artist, DJ and currently a Fine Arts student at Arts Bournemouth University, exploring identity, memory, and emotion through film photography, screen printing, and tactile materials like clay, wood, and metal which are rooted in her African heritage.
Born and raised in Italy, she cherishes memories and a sense of belonging. Through her experiences in some west African countries and western societies—she reflects on the complexity of everyday life, the weight of memory and the strength of underrepresented voices.
Guided by imagination and emotion rather than rigid plans, she create art that honours vulnerability, challenges norms, and embraces imperfection.
Her practice is a space for truth, transformation, and connection—where memory and material come together to tell stories that are often unseen but deeply felt.
See more of Frida’s work at @fridakorang and fridakorang.com
Image one - Frida in her studio. Images 2-3 recent works by Frida Korang
LANDED - a group exhibition by @haviland_studio at B.A.D.
Join us for the preview of LANDED at B.A.D. (Boscombe Arts Depot), showcasing the work of Haviland Studio artists in this group exhibition.
Opening Preview: 16th April, 6pm
Exhibition continues: 17th April - 3rd May 2026, Thurs - Sun, 11am - 6pm
FREE, OPEN TO ALL
Find out more & RSVP to the opening preview: gotbeaf.co.uk/events/
Exhibiting Artists:
Jeff Baggott
Eleanor Ball
Carmel De'Lisser
Sally Eyre
Shayna Fonseka
Niall Gallagher
Emilie Giles
David Hall
Jeff Hunter
Frida Korang
Claudia Lilly
Ben Stewart
Light-1
Artist Spotlight 😁
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Jeff Baggott 👋
Jeff Baggott is an Emeritus Professor of cinematics (Arts University Bournemouth) and a visual artist who works across a range of disciples (film, sculpture, painting). He is currently making paintings about recollected spaces and the everyday, glimpsed and rendered in a manner somewhere between realism and abstraction.
See more of Jeff’s work at @jeffbaggott_art@haviland_studio
Image one - Jeff at exhibition preview. Image two - three oil on canvas (details) paintings by Jeff Baggott, Attic and Groundworks 1.
Artist Spotlight 😁
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Ben Stewart 👋
Ben is an internationally exhibited and award-winning contemporary artist working predominantly in collage and mixed media. His work plays with space, time, scale and form, often pointing to ideas around consciousness as the primary reality.
Visit benjcstewart.com and @benjcstewart_art to see more of Ben’s work.
Artworks by Ben Stewart. Image one - Navel Gazer (A View of the Mountain From Above) 2024 (detail). Image two - Astral Vacation, 2026. Image three - Theme Park (Superposition Land 2) 2025
👀 Don’t forget to book your ticket for ‘Selling Art Today - working with Galleries, Clients, and Digital Platforms’ with Jackie Sarafopoulos, Owner & Director of @moderncontemporary.art
Weds 8 April 6pm at TOSH
By the end of the talk we will have explored useful tips on how to sell your artwork and learnt more about:
🎨 The Art Market today
💸 Galleries and Pricing
💎 Understanding Contemporary Collectors
📸 Digital Platforms and Marketing your work
This talk is open to visual artists at any stage of their career, with a particular interest in selling your artwork or a curiosity to do so. There will be time for questions and discussions towards the end of the session. 🔗 Ticket link in bio. #sellingart #artmarket #osc #galleries #dorsetarts
