This year Broadstone Art Society will look back to 1953 when a small group of artists in Corfe Mullen agreed to meet regularly to pursue their love of art. The rest is history, as they say, and today the society has 70 members including its most longstanding member, the celebrated Dennis Hill, who joined in the 1950s!

The major event this year will be its 70th Anniversary Exhibition at the Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country Park between May 25 and June 6. The exhibition will feature a wide selection of paintings, prints, 3D work and greetings cards to view and to buy. In keeping with the occasion, some artists will be presenting work around the theme ‘Over the Decades’. Art spanning this time will be reflected by an invitation to retired members and to the winner of the new bursary for local A-level Art Students.

As seen on TV – another feature will be a painting completed by one of the society’s members during the heats of Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year shown this year!
In 2023 the Society are supporting Dorset Mind, the local mental health charity and there will be a fundraising sketching event involving visitors.

More paintings including a preview of this show can be found on the Society’s websitebroadstoneartsociety.com.