The work of 14 artists from Dorset will be featured at an international exhibition in Venice.
Bridport-based artist Sophie Molins has curated a special exhibition of Dorset artwork which will go on display at the Venice Biennale in September and October.
The international cultural exhibition has been hosted annually since 1895, alternating each year between art and architecture.
A preview of the exhibition is currently on display at the Priority Shed studio on Priory Lane running until Sunday June 9.
Amanda Wallwork's art which will be on display at Venice Biennale (Image: Amanda Wallwork)
Sophie created her own glass works to go on display in the Italian city.
She shared her excitement for introducing local artwork to an international audience, helping to put Dorset on the map as a thriving cultural space.
Ms Molins said: “The art world is terribly skewed towards cities.
Banner by Ed Hall (Image: Sophie Molins)
“To show Dorset artists in an international context is to highlight the world-class calibre of the artists and also to meditate on how a rural county can impact the subject matter.”
Earlier this year, Bridport made an appearance at another Venetian venue as local artist Peter Dixon's selection of paintings capturing iconic sites across Dorset were on display at La Storta Gallery.
Peter Dixon's paintings of Dorset on display at La Storta Art Gallery (Image: Peter Dixon)
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The pavilion exhibition is being shown as part of Dorset Arts Weeks – a fortnight of workshops, displays and talks celebrating Dorset’s creative community.
Artforms on display will range from printmaking, painting, sculpture, drawings, ceramics, jewellery, wood, metalwork, glass and textiles.
As part of the exhibition, there will also be a screening of the 1986 film Comrades which documents the struggles of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
These were six nineteenth century farmworkers from the village who were sentenced to seven years' transportation to a penal colony in Australia for organising a union to fight back against poor pay.
It will be shown at The Chapel in the Garden in Bridport on Thursday, June 6 at 6pm, with doors opening at 5.30pm.
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