Art Weeks Festival 2024
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Somerset Art Weeks
Find out more about Somerset Art Weeks. The event alternates between the bi-ennial Open Studios and the Exhibitions + Events year, which includes major SAW commissions and projects.
Education & Learning
Somerset Art Works aim to embed learning throughout a wide range of activities as well developing learning programmes, providing opportunities for professional artists to work with schools, colleges and communities.
Community & Commissions
Since 2002 SAW has worked with a wide range of partners providing opportunities for artists via research, residencies and commissions, developing new visual arts new audiences and engaging with local communities who may have little contact with the arts.
Artist Support & Development
SAW’s vision is for Somerset to be a place where people expect to engage with excellent visual art that is surprising and distinctive. We encourage artists to experiment, produce and present new work, and for audiences to experience it first hand.
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We are Somerset’s only countywide agency dedicated to developing the visual arts and are part of the Arts Council England’s National Portfolio of funded organisations for 2018-2022.
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