BEAF

Boscombe Beyond Your Eyes
2026-03-20 11:00 - 2026-04-04 17:00 (Europe/London) | B.A.D. Boscombe Arts Depot, 616-622 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Dorset, BH1 4SX, United Kingdom
Boscombe Beyond Your Eyes by Adilson Naueji
“Boscombe: Beyond Your Eyes’ is more than an art exhibition; it is a dedicated light shone upon the hidden corners and resilient spirits of our community. This collection comprising paintings, drawings, and raw sketches is, a direct, visceral response to the powerful human narratives that unfold daily along our pavements. Through the layered richness of oil and acrylic, and the tactile honesty of pastels and charcoal, I seek to translate the unspoken energy of Boscombe into a visual language that everyone can speak.” Adilson Naueji
Adilson Naueji
Adilson Naueji is a self-taught Angolan painter based in Bournemouth, England, celebrated for his powerful, socially relevant art. Drawing from his Ovimbundu and Tchokwé African heritage, he is passionate about documenting and sharing histories, often incorporating research into African rituals, masks, and traditions to engage and empower the Black community.
Naueji’s unique style employs a realist approach focusing on human features to explore the relationship between individuals and their environment. Through acrylic and oil paintings, he documents daily urban life and amplifies genuine narratives, making him a valuable cultural contributor.
Despite being an emerging artist, his talent has quickly gained recognition. Highlights include his first solo exhibition, BH5 Boscombe Beyond Your Eyes, addressing marginalisation and resilience; co-founding the Boscombe Radicle Artist Collective (BRAC); participation in the BEAF Art Festival 2023; and winning the first Lighthouse Poole Open Call 2024.
outsidein.org.uk/galleries/adilson-naueji@adilson_naueji

20 March – 4 April 2026, open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
11am – 5pm | B.A.D. Gallery
FREE, OPEN TO ALL

Selling Art Today
2026-04-08 18:00 - 20:00 | The Old School House, Gladstone Mews Gladstone Rd, Bournemouth, BH7 6BG, United Kingdom
OSC: Selling Art Today – Galleries, Clients, and Digital Platforms
Join Jackie Sarafopoulos, Freelance Art Consultant, Founder of Jackie Sarafopoulos, and Owner/Director of Modern Contemporary Art – a gallery developed to buy and sell artwork – for an insightful talk at TOSH to explore different ways of selling your artwork.
Throughout the talk Jackie will share her industry knowledge and experience of the current art market, and what to expect from it as an artist. The talk will focus on working with different galleries and clients, as well as sharing useful platforms to showcase and sell your work. This talk is open to visual artists at any stage of their career, with a particular interest in selling your artwork or a curiosity to do so. There will be time for questions and discussions towards the end of the session.
About Jackie Sarafopoulos

Jackie Sarafopoulos is a Freelance Art Consultant and Founder of Jackie Sarafopoulos, and Owner/Director of Modern Contemporary Art Gallery. With more than 30 years’ experience across the visual arts sector, she has worked extensively in curation, exhibitions, collections management, and cultural strategy. Her specialist expertise includes working with trusts and foundations, arts education, curatorial practice, interpretation, and promotion. She brings significant project and operations management experience, collaborating with charitable, educational, voluntary, community, commercial, and cultural organisations. Jackie is passionate about developing innovative, audience-focused projects in partnership with cultural organisations. Her remit includes securing funding from government bodies, private donors, community groups, and charitable funders to deliver collaborative, multi-disciplinary and site-specific commissions with local, national, and international artists. These projects are designed to engage new audiences and encourage meaningful participation. She represents artists and artists’ estates, develops strategic approaches for community stakeholders, and regularly mentors artists while supporting undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Jackie maintains strong links across both the commercial art market and the not-for-profit sector. She currently serves on the Collections and Exhibitions Advisory Committee at Pallant House Gallery.
About Modern Contemporary Art Gallery
Modern Contemporary Art is a UK-based online gallery and art advisory founded in 2021 by Jackie Sarafopoulos. The platform is dedicated to the sourcing, presentation, and sale of modern and contemporary artworks, with a particular emphasis on works on paper. Its carefully curated collection spans a diverse range of media, including lithographs, screenprints, etchings, linocuts, monoprints, and woodcuts, alongside drawings, watercolours, and a select group of original paintings and sculpture. The gallery works closely with artist estates, established galleries, collectors, and charitable trusts, fostering relationships built on transparency, ethical practice, and rigorous scholarship. By bridging historical and contemporary practices, Modern Contemporary Art showcases works by a wide range of artists — from 19th- and 20th-century masters to significant figures in post-war and modern British art. Beyond sales, the gallery offers personalised advisory services to private collectors, institutions, and corporate clients. These include collection management, acquisition strategy, provenance research, and guidance on authentication, conservation, and framing. It also supports new collectors, providing advice on building cohesive and meaningful collections over time. While primarily operating online, the gallery maintains an active presence at public exhibitions, art fairs, and print-focused events across the UK, including the Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair. Through this hybrid model, Modern Contemporary Art aims to make high-quality, collectible works more accessible to a wider audience, combining traditional connoisseurship with a modern, digital-first approach.
Ticketed events at BEAF
All profits from our ticket sales go back into supporting our work with artists and community groups. A limited number of community tickets are available at every event for those with low income, outsider artists, asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants. Please email us at hello@gotbeaf.co.uk if you would like a free ticket.

Creative Writing Workshops - Mondays
2026-04-13 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-04-20 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-04-27 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-05-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-05-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-05-18 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-05-25 11:00 - 12:30 | The Old School House, Gladstone Mews Gladstone Rd, Bournemouth, BH7 6BG, United Kingdom
The Outsiders Project Creative Writing Workshops – Mondays
We run weekly creative writing workshops throughout the year with marginalised communities in Boscombe. They help to develop skills, confidence and self-belief.
All weekly workshops are run by trained outsider artists and are free to attend for people that meet our criteria of people that have been sidelined from society. These workshops are free for people that have been sidelined from society and whose voices have not been heard. The project is open to any person over 18 who previously was or is currently experiencing challenges in any of the following areas: physical limitations; addiction; low income; domestic or sexual abuse; homeless/vulnerably housed; leaver of care; leaver of prison; institutional abuse; refugees/displaced people and those seeking asylum; long term users of mental health services.
Our Monday workshops run throughout the year during term times 11am-12.30pm at TOSH. We also run a creative writing workshop on Tuesdays 6-8pm and a LGBT+ creative writing group on Wednesdays 5-7pm.
For more information and to register your interest in attending please contact Caroline at caroline.bjohnson@recreatedorset.co.uk

Creative Writing Workshops - Tuesdays
2026-04-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-28 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-26 18:00 - 20:00 | The Old School House, Gladstone Mews Gladstone Rd, Bournemouth, BH7 6BG, United Kingdom
The Outsiders Project Creative Writing Workshops – Tuesdays
We run weekly creative writing workshops throughout the year with marginalised communities in Boscombe. They help to develop skills, confidence and self-belief.
All weekly workshops are run by trained outsider artists and are free to attend for people that meet our criteria of people that have been sidelined from society.
These workshops are free for people that have been sidelined from society and whose voices have not been heard. The project is open to any person over 18 who previously was or is currently experiencing challenges in any of the following areas: physical limitations; addiction; low income; domestic or sexual abuse; homeless/vulnerably housed; leaver of care; leaver of prison; institutional abuse; refugees/displaced people and those seeking asylum; long term users of mental health services.
Our Tuesday workshops run throughout the year during term times 6-8pm at TOSH. We also run a creative writing workshop on Mondays 11am-12.30pm and a LGBT+ creative writing group on Wednesdays 5-7pm.
For more information and to register your interest in attending please contact Caroline at caroline.bjohnson@recreatedorset.co.uk

LGBT+ Creative Writing Workshops - Wednesdays
2026-04-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-04-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-04-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-06 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-13 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-20 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-27 17:00 - 19:00 | The Old School House, Gladstone Mews Gladstone Rd, Bournemouth, BH7 6BG, United Kingdom
We run weekly creative writing workshops throughout the year with marginalised communities in Boscombe. They help to develop skills, confidence and self-belief.
All weekly workshops are run by trained outsider artists and are free to attend for people that meet our criteria of people that have been sidelined from society.
These workshops are free for people that have been sidelined from society and whose voices have not been heard. The project is open to any person over 18 who previously was or is currently experiencing challenges in any of the following areas: physical limitations; addiction; low income; domestic or sexual abuse; homeless/vulnerably housed; leaver of care; leaver of prison; institutional abuse; refugees/displaced people and those seeking asylum; long term users of mental health services.
For more information and to register your interest in attending please contact Caroline at community@gotbeaf.co.uk

Thursday Threads
2026-04-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-23 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-30 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-07 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-21 11:00 - 13:00 | The Old School House, Gladstone Mews Gladstone Rd, Bournemouth, BH7 6BG, United Kingdom
Thursday Threads
Seeking Refuge workshops are on going projects that give people seeking asylum, refugees and vulnerable migrants a space to come together and work creatively, as well as meeting new people. Workshops can take the from of photography, textiles and visual arts that work with locally commissioned artists.
Currently, we run free women’s workshops, called ‘Thursday Threads’, which meet every Thursday, at TOSH, the Old School House, Boscombe. Providing a supportive space, friendship and creative activities to enjoy over a cup of tea.
Thursday Threads gratefully acknowledge the support from Dorset Community Foundation, Valentine Trust, the Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Trust and the People’s Health Trust.
Contact Caroline for more info if you or if you know someone that would like to join one of our workshops caroline.bjohnson@recreatedorset.co.uk

Landed
2026-04-17 11:00 - 2026-05-03 18:00 | B.A.D. Boscombe Arts Depot, 616-622 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Dorset, BH1 4SX, United Kingdom
Landed
Join us for the preview at Boscombe Arts Depot showcasing the work of Haviland Studio artists in this group exhibition.
Opening Preview: Thurs 16 April, 6 – 8 pm at BAD
Exhibiting Artists:
Jeff Baggott, Eleanor Ball, Carmel De’Lisser, Sally Eyre, Shayna Fonseka, Niall Gallagher, Emilie Giles, David Hall, Jeff Hunter, Frida Korang, Claudia Lilly, Mark Perry, Ben Stewart and Light-1.
LANDED Exhibition continues
17 April – 3 May 2026, open Thursdays – Sundays
11am – 6pm | B.A.D. Gallery
FREE, OPEN TO ALL
Please RSVP to attend the Opening Preview of the exhibition.
The exhibition will then continue 3 May and no ticket is required
