A new arts and heritage project, The Place I Love, which will culminate in an interpretive map of the village will launch in Broadwindsor this month.

Work by village artists, much of it inspired by the local area, will be on show and for sale at The Comrades Hall on Saturday, October 16 from 10am to 4pm. The WI has kindly offered to provide refreshments throughout the day.

Organsied by a local art group, the event will feature work by Maggi Ouin, Gill and Pete Coates, Mandy Selhurst, Izzy Masey, Carolyne Kardia, Victoria Saines, Donna Heys, Dave Shaw, Norma Roberts, Liz Ridley, Bev Gillard, John Iveson an Libby Jukes.

Each artist will have their own table and there will be a central display on specially created boards, kindly made for the occasion by resident Malcolm Heaver, which will be donated to the hall for future art-related events.

Work by pupils from Broadwindsor Primary School will also be on display.

Entry to the exhibition is free. There are no card payment facilities, so take cash, your cheque book or make an arrangement to pay the artist by bank transfer.

During the day, Margery Hookings, a writer who lives in the village, is leading The Place I Love project on behalf of Windrose Rural Media Trust, and will be inviting locals to tell her what they love about Broadwindsor.

Her Windrose colleague, James Harrison, will be filming the launch to include in a short video. As the project progresses, singer Amanda Boyd will eb collecting local folk songs. Her most recent work with Windrose involved combining archive film and folk songs at memory cafes for people with dementia.

Research into field names and land use now and in the past is another strand of the project. Material gathered will be lodged with Dorset History Centre.

The interpretive map of the village is being designed by artist Megan Edwards, whose family live in the village, and will incorporate points of interest highlighted during the course of the project. It will be unveiled in the village in February 2022.

The Place I Love project is funded by Dorset Council, Dorset AONB and Broadwindsor Group Parish Council and is supported by volunteers in the community.

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