About Somerset Art Works

Somerset Art Works is a registered charity and membership organisation.
Somerset’s only countywide agency dedicated to developing the visual arts.
Part of the Arts Council England’s National Portfolio of funded organisations for 2023-2026.
We want Somerset to be a place where people expect to engage with excellent visual art that is surprising and distinctive. To create an atmosphere of adventure and experimentation that inspires artists to produce and present new work and for all audiences to experience it firsthand.
We are committed to developing partnerships within environment, heritage and health sectors to reach wider communities and areas with low arts engagement. We work to increase public engagement, weaving together communities and raising the profile of the vibrant contemporary visual, digital and applied arts scene in Somerset.