JANE NORMAN
photography
Jane Norman, BA (Hons), MA, is a photojournalist who has worked in the Far East and the UK, after studying photography at West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham.
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People may recognise her work from the 'old' north Dorset-based Blackmore Vale Magazine, and its sister publication, Stour & Avon Magazine where she was photographer for more than ten years, photographing the everyday to life's celebrations, and everything in between. Sadly, the publications folded in 2020 due to covid.
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Some of her recent (and continuing) work includes projects with The Society of Dorset Men, Dorchester Community Church Food Share project, the West Dorset Vintage Tractor & Stationary Engine Club, and was a contributor with Art in Poundbury - photographing artists behind the scenes, exhibition set-ups and events, as well as creating the group's exhibition posters.
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More recently she's one of four art friends who have set up Dorset Art Girls - where they plan to exhibit their very different work together, inspired by and created in Dorset - bringing in other seasoned and new-to-the-scene artists to show their work too. They held their first group exhibition in May 2024, which was very successful, followed by an equally busy Festive Bazaar at Jubilee Hall to raise funds or Weldmar Hospicecare. Their second exhibition was in May 2025 at Poundbury Garden Centre, with a third at The Butterfly House at Sherborne Garden Centre.
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Exhibitions, 2024:
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18th - 29th May: Dorset Art Girls at Poundbury Garden Centre
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1st - 9th June: Dorset Art Weeks, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury
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20th - 28th July: Sherborne Open Art Exhibition 2024, Digby Hall, Sherborne.​
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October - November: Poster design work to accompany Art in the Sunflowers at Dorset County Hospital, part of Arts in Hospitals
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November: Art at The Duchess, Queen Mother Square, Poundbury
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16th - 17th November: Dorset Art Girls Festive Bazaar, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury
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23rd November - 1st December: Art in Poundbury's Winter Exhibition
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3rd December - 3rd January: Showcase of work at Crossroads, Poundbury
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2025:
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8th January - 1st February: Welcome 25 Exhibition, Shaftesbury Gallery, Shaftesbury
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5th - 22nd February: The Spring Open, Shaftesbury Gallery, Shaftesbury
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3rd - 11th May: Dorset Art Girls Exhibition at Poundbury Garden Centre - Year 2
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28th June - 6th July: Dorset Art Girls at The Butterfly House, Sherborne Garden Centre
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16th - 22nd July: "Into The Blue" at The Gallery, Shaftesbury Arts Centre - exhibiting with painter Christine Rogers
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19th - 27th July: Sherborne Open Art Exhibition 2025, Digby Hall, Sherborne
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26th - 27th July: Pop-Up Exhibition at Martinstown Village Hall, with Sarah Jefferies & Christine Rogers
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1st - 5th August: Dorset Arts & Crafts Association, Wareham
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* Thank you to her 'old' editor at the Blackmore Vale Magazine for allowing to showcase some of her work.
