The Atkinson Gallery

The Atkinson Gallery Public Gallery in Street, Somerset, based on the grounds of Millfield School.

Established in 1992, the Atkinson Gallery is nationally recognised and holds major contemporary art exhibitions which are open to the general public. The Atkinson Gallery aims to support young, aspiring artists and bring high calibre, international art to the South West region. Millfield’s stimulating arts landscape is also enhanced by a unique sculpture collection within our extensive parkland th

at features large scale permanent works from artists such as Glynn Williams and Peter Randall-Page. Some past exhibitors include:

Andy Warhol, Albert Irvin OBE, Sir Anthony Caro, Lynn Chadwick CBE, Gillian Ayres, Don McCullin, Graham Crowley, Marc Quinn, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Sophie Ryder, Peter Randall-Page, Doug Cocker, Glynn Williams, Anthony Green, Tom Wood, Basil Beattie, Clyde Hopkins and Terry Frost.

Introducing Gemma Girvan, the third member of our guest selection panel. Gemma is the gallery Manager and Curator at The...
16/06/2026

Introducing Gemma Girvan, the third member of our guest selection panel. Gemma is the gallery Manager and Curator at The Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Devon, where she hosts contemporary art and craft exhibitions with a focus on themes such as climate emergency and growing youth engagement.
We are very much looking forward to Gemma joining us on the 22nd June to help select the finalists for our open call Conceal/Reveal exhibition.

There is still time to enter!
Submissions for our forthcoming open call exhibition are still open!
Submissions close this Friday at midday.

You can find details of the the exhibition theme on our Atkinson Gallery website.

We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be joined by three guest panellists on 22 June to help select the artworks for ou...
11/06/2026

We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be joined by three guest panellists on 22 June to help select the artworks for our Open Call Exhibition this September.

One of our guest panellists is Joby Carter, one of the world’s leading experts in signwriting, fancy lettering and fairground art. Joby teaches traditional signwriting and other heritage crafts, including fairground art and coach lining, from his workshop in Street.

We’re looking forward to working with Joby and welcoming the creativity, expertise and playful energy he will bring to the selection process.

SUBMISSIONS ARE STILL OPEN!

Each entrant can submit up to three works.

Submitting a work does not guarantee selection.

Each submission costs £10 (£5 for students and under 25s). This is non-refundable and is put towards prizes: Panel’s Choice and Audience Choice.

Each submission must be accompanied by a completed application form and a digital image of the piece.

The pieces included in the exhibition will be chosen by a selection panel.

All pieces on paper (prints, photographs, drawings, some paintings) must be professionally framed before delivery; pieces on canvas must be stretched so that mirror plates can be attached.

Selection will l take place by Thursday 25 June.

Selected pieces should be delivered to the Atkinson Gallery on a day specified.

Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their own work.

Work can be for sale.

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTSWe’re inviting artists to submit work for our upcoming exhibition: CONCEAL / REVEALWhat do we hide?...
15/05/2026

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS

We’re inviting artists to submit work for our upcoming exhibition: CONCEAL / REVEAL

What do we hide?
What do we choose to show?
What exists beneath the surface?

This exhibition explores duality, secrecy, vulnerability, transformation, illusion, identity, and the tension between what is seen and unseen.

All mediums welcome.

Submit your work and be part of a collective exploration of hidden narratives and unveiled truths.

📍 Atkinson Gallery
📅 Submission Deadline: 19th June

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

OPEN CALL EXHIBITIONCONCEAL/REVEALWe are very pleased to have received two submissions to our open call from talented So...
08/05/2026

OPEN CALL EXHIBITION
CONCEAL/REVEAL

We are very pleased to have received two submissions to our open call from talented Somerset artist Sian Martin.
The textile work pictured is titled 'Process'. Here are some words that Sian has written about this work, 'Repetitive and rhythmical stitching to celebrate a single stage that reveals a vital stage in the process of making a tailored garment. The temporary tailor’s tacking stitch was devised to accurately mark lines through two or more layers of fabric: an important stage in making a sculpted fabric surface.'

Follow to see more of her fantastic work.

You don't have to be an established artist to submit work to our September Open Call Exhibition. We are accepting submissions up until the 19th June 2026. We are happy to receive work of all media; 2D, 3D, sculpture, ceramics, stone work, metal work.

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

We look forward to hearing from you!

We have been enjoying your submissions for our Conceal/Reveal Open Call exhibition.Dorset based Landscape Painter and Ar...
30/04/2026

We have been enjoying your submissions for our Conceal/Reveal Open Call exhibition.

Dorset based Landscape Painter and Artist, Jessica Gale has submitted this beautiful oil painting inspired by the ebb and flow of the River Thames.

''The shifting tide becomes a quiet framework for concealment and revelation, alternately exposing and obscuring the riverbed and what lies beneath. Intricate patterns in the mud, shaped by the movement of water, hold a strange beauty - despite the knowledge that they are laced with pollution and debris.''

Follow .gale.art to see more examples of her beautiful work.

We are accepting submissions for our September exhibition up until the 19th June 2026. We are happy to receive work of all media; 2D, 3D, sculpture, ceramics, stone work, metal work.

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

We look forward to hearing from you!

There are just under two months left to get your artist submissions entered in to our open call.The theme is Conceal/Rev...
24/04/2026

There are just under two months left to get your artist submissions entered in to our open call.

The theme is Conceal/Reveal, make of it what you will and get creative!

This unique opportunity allows you to showcase your work in a critically acclaimed space, with selected pieces on display from 11th September 2026.

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

We look forward to hearing from you!

Conceal: to hide; to not allow something to be seen or known; to keep secret; to place out of sight.Reveal: to make know...
20/04/2026

Conceal: to hide; to not allow something to be seen or known; to keep secret; to place out of sight.

Reveal: to make known or show something that was previously hidden;
to allow something that was previously unseen to be seen.

The theme for our Open Call Exhibition is deliberately general, and could lead in many directions. Some of these might explore ideas of light and dark, illumination and shadow, reflections and refractions, transformations and inversions and the interplay between these ideas. You might be interested by viewpoints and perspectives, the visible and the invisible or by how different media and materials exploit, highlight, layer or erase. The theme
might also suggest relationships between objects or people, truth, honesty, deception and half truth and the blurred areas in between; what is known and/or unknown, what is seen and/or unseen, what is expressed/unexpressed.

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

We are keen to accept creative responses in a range of media including but not limited to painting, textiles, drawing, ceramics, photography, illustration, printing,
metalwork, assemblage, woodwork, mixed media.

This unique opportunity allows you to showcase your work in a critically acclaimed space, with selected pieces on display from 11th September 2026.

Are you an emerging talent or an established creator?We are pleased to share that the Atkinson Gallery will be holding a...
02/04/2026

Are you an emerging talent or an established creator?

We are pleased to share that the Atkinson Gallery will be holding an Open Exhibition in September 2026. The theme is ‘Conceal/Reveal’
The exhibition will be open to the public and will coincide with the Somerset Arts Weeks Festival.

We welcome submissions from all artistic backgrounds and mediums to be included in this exhibition.

This unique opportunity allows you to showcase your work in a critically acclaimed space, with selected pieces on display from 11th September 2026.

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

Good luck!

CONCEAL/REVEALDear Local Artists and Creatives,We are pleased to share that the Atkinson Gallery will be holding an Open...
27/03/2026

CONCEAL/REVEAL

Dear Local Artists and Creatives,

We are pleased to share that the Atkinson Gallery will be holding an Open Exhibition in September 2026. The theme is ‘Conceal/Reveal’
The exhibition will be open to the public and will coincide with the Somerset Arts Weeks Festival. We invite artists working in any medium to submit work for consideration to be included in this
exhibition.

Whether you're an emerging talent or an established creator, we welcome submissions from all artistic backgrounds and mediums.

This unique opportunity allows you to showcase your work in a critically acclaimed space, with selected pieces on display from 11th September 2026.

For more details and submission forms please head to our website.

https://www.millfieldschool.com/atkinson-gallery/future-exhibitions/concealreveal

Good luck!

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Friday 9:30am - 5pm
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