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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Based in Dorset, her forte is photographing people of all ages, people and their pets, whether they are cats, dogs, hamsters or Show Champion at the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show - capturing the everyday, to life's celebrations. Her images have been described as 'emotive, enlightening and fun'.
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People may recognise her work from the 'old' Blackmore Vale Magazine, and its sister publication, Stour & Avon Magazine where she was photographer for more than ten years, photographing everything from 106th birthdays to Royal visits to county events - whatever the weather. 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, Claire Myers Pilates, the West Dorset Vintage Tractor & Stationary Engine Club, and as 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 and have just wrapped up a Festive Bazaar at Jubilee Hall to raise funds or Weldmar Hospicecare. Their second exhibition is also pencilled in for May 2025 at Poundbury 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, at 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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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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* Thank you to her 'old' editor at the Blackmore Vale Magazine for allowing to showcase some of her work.
