The Dorset Open
When? 18 Oct 2025 to 30 Nov 2025
Where? Dorset Museum & Art Gallery - Dorchester
Dorset Visual Arts (DVA), in proud partnership with Dorset Museum & Art Gallery (DMAG), is delighted to launch a brand-new major open art competition – marking a landmark first collaboration between these two leading cultural institutions. The exhibition is being hosted by DMAG, produced by DVA with support from Dorchester Arts, Arts in Hospital and Evolver Magazine.
Selected finalists will have their work exhibited in a professionally curated show at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester running 18 October until 30 November 2025.
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Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA
Tel: 01305 756827
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