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We are a diverse, creative community rooted in Boscombe, located on the South Coast of England.

Bournemouth Emerging Arts is an open-access, multi-art form festival and year round arts programme based on the south coast, uk. It acts as a platform for creatives and organisations to become part of a huge series of exciting events, packed into a diverse programme.

28/07/2026

Looking for an art studio?

We are on the lookout for artists that would like to develop their practice in a supporting environment.

If you have an interest in engaging and contributing to the artistic community in Boscombe and a commitment to your professional practice we would love to hear from you!

Medium spaces (6.5m² - 7.2m²) currently available at Haviland Rd
Head to our website for more info and to fill out the application form.
https://gotbeaf.co.uk/our-work/artist-studios/

14/07/2026

Want to show your artwork at TOSH?
Just a few more days left to apply for the Access BEAF Network Exhibition open call for global majority, disabled and neurodivergent artists within the network.

2-3 artists will be selected for a group exhibition in September
Each selected artist will receive a £250 bursary
Deadline to apply Fri 17 July 5pm

https://gotbeaf.co.uk/opportunities/

Image - Unseen exhibition opening at TOSH

03/07/2026

Highlighting some exhibitions to explore this summer from artists from our Access BEAF Network 😁💖🫶🏽

⭐️ Shayna Fonseka
Shayna is in a group ‘Edition 001: Fragments’ by Hypha Curates. Open until 27th July 2026 at the Atrium at Hypha Gallery South Bank, London

⭐️ Carrie Mason
Carrie’s solo exhibition ‘Short Ends’ is a result of her recent residency. Open until 16 July at Bridport Museum

⭐️ Adilson Naueji
Adilson is in a group exhibition ‘TOUCH GRASS’ as part of Creative Debuts. Open until December at Laundry Studios, London

⭐️ Emma McGinn
Emma’s group exhibition ‘In Pieces’ has just finished - hopefully you got a chance to see her textile pieces at Sandy Hill Arts, Wareham

More amazing work from the Access Network coming soon.

09/06/2026

👀 Launching The Access BEAF Exhibition Open Call ⭐️

The Access BEAF Exhibition Open Call is a paid opportunity for artists within the Access BEAF Network* to showcase their work at TOSH in a small group exhibition in September 2026.

This is a pilot opportunity responding to the needs of our community and BEAF’s commitment to support visual artists living and working within Dorset and Hampshire. The selected artists will receive a £250 bursary to support their practice further, with additional mentoring support from the BEAF team.

👉 Deadline to apply - Friday 17 July 5pm
For more info and how to apply visit our website - https://gotbeaf.co.uk/

*The Access BEAF Network is a creative supportive group for Neurodivergent, Disabled and Global Majority Artists* in Dorset and Hampshire.
If you are interested in joining the network please get in touch with us.

Images - Unseen Exhibition at TOSH

19/05/2026

After the success of ‘You’re Not Alone: Women in Art 2025’ BEAF are excited to announce an exhibition presenting the work of Yvonne Mabs Francis whose work was in the 2025 exhibition before she sadly passed away.

Breakdown at Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix gallery will be the first solo exhibition in London of the work of artist Yvonne Mabs Francis (1945 – 2025, Oxford, UK, lived and worked in Bicester, UK), featuring paintings from her Breakdown series alongside a body of related drawings.

‘Breakdown’ is curated by Carol Maund, Director BEAF, and is part of the London Gallery Weekend, 5-7 June 2026.
Exhibition Open: 5 June – 6 August 2026

https://gotbeaf.co.uk/news/yvonne-mabs-francis-exhibition-in-london/

Image – Yvonne Mabs Francis, The Impossibility of Being in the Brain of Someone Living, Circa 2010, oil on canvas.

23/04/2026

Thanks to everyone that came to LANDED last week. It is the first group exhibition by members of Haviland Studios in Boscombe.

LANDED is open Thursdays - Sundays, 11am - 6pm at Boscombe Arts Depot
17 April - 3 May 2026

Featuring work by: Light-1, Jeff Baggott, Eleanor Ball, Carmel De’Lisser, Sally Eyre, Shayna Fonseka, Emilie Giles, David Hall, Jeff Hunter, Frida Korang, Claudia Lilly, Ben Stewart and Times New Roadman

Stop by and see their work! Some artworks are available to buy and there is also a shop selling prints and smaller items.

15/04/2026

Artist Spotlight ⭐️
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Our last artist to introduce before the exhibition preview this thursday 6-8pm is Light-1 👋

Light-1 tries to explore and channel the abstract and implicit nature of space and the natural world through the lens of the body, science, philosophy and consciousness

He also likes painting black squares and red dots….

👀 LANDED Opening Preview Thurs 16 April, 6 - 8 pm at BAD 👀
✂️ E-textile workshop with Emilie Giles from 6.30pm
🎧 DJ set from Frida Korang 7pm

LANDED Exhibition continues
17 April - 3 May 2026, open Thursdays - Sundays, 11am - 6pm

Image - Exhibition preview from Unseen at TOSH, with Light-1’s painting in the background.

13/04/2026

Artist Spotlight 👀
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Claudia Lilly 😊

Recent BA Fine Art and MA Painting graduate and Postgraduate Prize Winner, Claudia is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist currently focusing on contemporary painting. She is originally from Cardiff, now based in Bournemouth with hopes to use art to support others. Her practice works to quietly address themes of complex trauma and instability, and the extreme difficulty of healing whilst trapped in a system that is hastily falling apart.

She has a growing interest in the narrative behind folds and creases in fabrics – and how they conceptually link to both literal and metaphorical concepts of comfort and discomfort, disturbance and truths that lie within the folds. Through this, she aims to document the story of her own personal journey, whilst continuing to advocate for others going through similar experiences.

See more of Claudia’s work at

09/04/2026

Artist Spotlight 👀
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Frida Korang 👋🏾

Frida is an interdisciplinary artist, DJ and currently a Fine Arts student at Arts Bournemouth University, exploring identity, memory, and emotion through film photography, screen printing, and tactile materials like clay, wood, and metal which are rooted in her African heritage.

Born and raised in Italy, she cherishes memories and a sense of belonging. Through her experiences in some west African countries and western societies—she reflects on the complexity of everyday life, the weight of memory and the strength of underrepresented voices.

Guided by imagination and emotion rather than rigid plans, she create art that honours vulnerability, challenges norms, and embraces imperfection.
Her practice is a space for truth, transformation, and connection—where memory and material come together to tell stories that are often unseen but deeply felt.

See more of Frida’s work at and fridakorang.com

Image one - Frida in her studio. Images 2-3 recent works by Frida Korang

07/04/2026

Artist Spotlight 😁
In the lead up to the exhibition LANDED by Haviland Studios opening 17 April at BAD, we will be introducing each artist and a little bit about their work. Next up is Jeff Baggott 👋

Jeff Baggott is an Emeritus Professor of cinematics (Arts University Bournemouth) and a visual artist who works across a range of disciples (film, sculpture, painting). He is currently making paintings about recollected spaces and the everyday, glimpsed and rendered in a manner somewhere between realism and abstraction.

See more of Jeff’s work at

Image one - Jeff at exhibition preview. Image two - three oil on canvas (details) paintings by Jeff Baggott, Attic and Groundworks 1.

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The Old School House, Boscombe
Bournemouth
BH76BJ

Website

https://linktr.ee/gotbeaf, http://beaf.org.uk/

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