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Rollington Barn Exhibition

Set in a beautiful rural location, Rollington Barn is the hub of the PAW Festival and hosts an eclectic exhibition showcasing a fantastic range of creative talent. Paintings and prints rub shoulders with ceramics, photography, 3D works and greetings cards.

Rollington Barn provides a taste of what can be discovered by visiting our Open Studios, many of which provide a unique opportunity to meet our artists. It is an excellent place to start planning your art trail. On the barn door, a large PAW map will help you find your way around the Open Studios and concerts and talks venues.

Love Cake’s courtyard café offers a selection of delicious homemade cakes, light lunches, hot and cold drinks. Adjacent to the café, is our Pop-Up Studio where PAW artists will be conducting demonstrations, workshops and talks about their work every day between 11am and 3.30pm.

The PYA Exhibition in the Byre is one of Rollington’s highlights; a diverse display of artistic creativity and imagination by students (our Purbeck Young Artists) from local schools that will provide inspiration to all.

At the other end of The Byre you will find this year’s Rollington Installation, a kinetic sculpture by Emma Browning that invites audience participation. Entitled Scrolling, it is a freestanding kinetic sculpture that explores humanity’s evolving relationship with the acquisition, generation, and dissemination of knowledge.