An intriguing new course starts in the Bakehouse Attic at The Town Mill this September. Field and Community Archaeologist Chris Tripp BA (Hons) MA will be encouraging new students to join him in discovering the stories of past lives, wonderful treasures and ancient cultures. Via facial reconstruction and the material culture of the world – […]
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Great Taste, the world’s most coveted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2018. Out of over 12,600 products to be judged, local Lyme Regis charity The Town Mill Trust was awarded a 2-star Great Taste award, which means judges dubbed it above and […]
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THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS HAS NOW PASSED. The Town Mill is looking to employ a Visitor and Volunteer Coordinator. This is an exciting role playing a central part in the ongoing success of The Town Mill community. The individual will be responsible for supporting and growing the volunteer community, coordinating our volunteer rotas, focusing our […]
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Have a go, with some help from Town Mill Pottery, to make your own pot on the potter’s wheel. It takes around 15 minutes and costs £6 per person. You will be guided to throw a pot which you will be able to take home. Once it is completely dry you can decorate and colour […]
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Howard Flanagan is an emerging international artist, widely known for his individual highly detailed paintings. A finalist in the 2017 Sunday Times Watercolour Artist of the Year competition, Howard has worked this year almost exclusively with the organisers of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and the children’s charity UNICEF, to produce 12 paintings, […]
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Four artists – glass artists Celia Goodman and Kathy Collins, potter Martin Collins and watercolourist Jasper Jacob – display their varied skills in the Courtyard Gallery, inspired by the liminal spaces in landscapes and seascapes where water meets land and desert, where field and forest meet sky. They have joined forces for ‘Edge’ to demonstrate […]
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Popular local painter Julie Oldfield will be showing her latest series of paintings in the Courtyard Gallery, that focus on skyscapes rather than seascapes, which she is more known for. Having set a challenge to explore the moodiness and unpredictability of rapidly changing skies, Julie uses experimental techniques that themselves have unpredictable results, like working […]
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Colourful vistas of semi-abstracted summertime Dorset scenes are showcased is this solo Courtyard Gallery exhibition of work by Caroline Liddington. Her narrative paintings explore unexpected views through doorways and windows. Some images incorporate many smaller vistas; others focus on a single aspect producing a more abstract impression. All the work celebrates a courageous use of […]
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In the Courtyard Gallery, this is the second joint exhibition Anna Hillman and Pauline Lerry have had at the Town Mill. Both had careers in the fashion industry and share a lifelong interest in painting, drawing and printmaking. Dorset-based Anna is landscape inspired and is currently working with drypoint printmaking, continuing her experimentation with approach […]
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Valerie Barden studies at Yeovil College of Art, read Art History with the Open university and has been exhibiting professionally since 1994. Although painted in a figurative manner, Barden’s work exemplifies the qualities of abstraction and flatness specific to modern painting and their subject matter place them in a contemporary context. This series of paintings […]
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