Best Art Galleries Portsmouth Near Me

4worldlovers:
Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery is now open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am – 5.30pm (last admission 5pm).

Here you can take a walk through Portsmouth’s heritage, discover the world of Sherlock Holmes, see fascinating works of art, trace the history of Portsmouth FC and a whole load more besides.

The second floor of the museum, including The Collections Workshop; Decorative Arts and Portsmouth Football Club galleries, closes at 4.30pm.

4worldlovers: Perhaps like many of us you started the New Year with a resolution to ‘improve’ yourself, learn a new skill or just spend a bit more quality time with yourself? Perhaps you used to make art and allowed life to take over and now want to brush up rusty skills and regain some lost confidence? Perhaps you know a budding artist who needs a nudge to get making? Omega Art School was set up by artist/illustrator KEVIN DEAN to bring fledgling and experienced art lovers together to offer an outlet for creativity and learn new techniques and skills from practising artists including JACQUI MAIR, CHRIS WOOD, DEBORAH DODSWORTH and RACHEL JOHNSTON in an art community hub open to all!


During the Omega Art School residency at the Gallery there will be an exhibition of work made by both the students and teachers as well as FREE TASTER SESSIONS to give you an idea of what the school has to offer. A list of the Omega Art School Academy exhibitors can be see by clicking here.

On Saturday 25th March here at the Gallery there’s an opportunity to meet the tutors in an informal get together to find out more. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK THE FREE TASTER WORKSHOPS CALL Deb Dodsworth on 07920 114831

Kevin Dean talks about the background to The Omega Art School and reigniting creativity.

‘So many people have told me how their interest in art and creativity was discouraged when they were young, often by their parents, or even teachers. However that sense of wanting to create doesn’t disappear, and it can be reignited at any time in our lives, perhaps in mid-career, on retiring, or once our children are older. There are of course many advantages in taking up art as adults, for instance, our attention span is better than when we were young, we probably have less distractions and can be more focused. It was with is in mind that I began the Omega Art School for adults, after years of teaching part-time or as a visiting lecturer in various art colleges in the Uk and aboard.

I wanted to give our students an art school experience, with a good variety of different media and techniques, so I teamed up with some great artists who also have teaching experience, we each have our particular speciality, Debs Dodsworth for example is a brilliant printmaker, Chris Wood paints beautiful acrylics, Jacqui Mair is very well known for her collage work, my son Mataio Austin Dean a graduate from the Slade, also teaches acrylics and etching. Rachel Johnstone has also begun teaching textiles, while I teach drawing and watercolour.

The students meet once a week for half a day, or in the evening over a 10 week term. Most classes begin with a presentation and often a demonstration. The classes are small, so people get lots of help from the tutor - plus we have one to one tutorials at the end of each term. We like to encourage people to work in their own time, so there is also homework available, if people want to do it.

The exhibition at The jack House Gallery is a culmination of a lot of hard work by our students and tutors. Virtually all of the students have at least one piece of work on show, while most of the framed pieces are by people who joined the school when we first began, about 2 years ago. I hope the show will encourage all those people who have an interest in art and possibly a long held ambition to reignite their creativity to join us.’

We are offering a couple of free taster sessions at the gallery, I’ll be taking a drawing class on Sunday 26th March 1-4pm, while Jacqui Mair will be introducing people to the art of collage on Saturday 1st April 1-4pm. Or you can come and meet the tutors on Saturday 25th March 12 - 2pm.

4worldlovers:
Created by the community for the community, discover more about the borough and its past at Gosport Museum.


Discover a bright and welcoming exhibition space located in the historic former assembly hall of Gosport Grammar School.

4worldlovers: Make Yolk Day is curated by artist and maker Kim Batterbury to show art takes many forms and can be fun. It combines the classical gallery exhibition with a craft fair, creating something for everyone and is jampacked with art works by local artists and crafters.

And the many ways of expressing their beauty through art by the following artists.

Garry Moore - Daniel Williams - Kim Batterbury - Simon Stocker - Gilli Gregory - Gill Bowditch - Chris Jenkins - Chris Robson - Carrie Swinburne - Rich Oakes - Jenny Wornham - Amber Barratt - Tanya Graham - Wendy Whitaker - Becks Porter - Jill Poole - Doug Davis - Ric Robinson - John Davies - Sam Harries - Bruce Thomas - Zena Sowalsky - Paul Best - Catherine Lawrence - Rachel Alexander - Rachel Davis - Helen Murchie - Elaine Reed - Denise Journeaux - Sue Wells

To take part in Flower Power please download the entry form by clicking the link below.

Videos of other exhibitions and events can be found at our Videos Page via the link below.

“Fantastic gallery in Gosport showing a range of contemporary art. The exhibitions are changed regularly and I’m always excited to see what comes next! “