Dorset Buttons 2022 Exhibition at Shaftesbury Arts Centre 13 Bell Street SP7 8AR We are looking for artists who are prepared to share your interpretation of the Dorset Button industry at an exhibition from 13 July to 19 July 2022 to celebrate the birth of this local cottage industry 400 years ago. Full details and […]

An exhibition of contemporary art inspired by Dorset Buttons, its history, the people and the villages, towns and countryside are one of a number of events planned to celebrate 400 years. The Dorset Button industry was a major part of many people’s lives in east Dorset for 200 years. Abraham Case stated making buttons in […]