Friendly Society of Artistic Labourers 2026 – Everywhere all at onceKingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset
Wednesday 18 March, 6-9pm.
This year’s theme, Everywhere All at Once, explores entanglement in artistic practice, highlighting the interconnectedness of human, nonhuman, ecological, and technological systems. Through materials, imagery, and processes, students from Coastland College (formerly Weymouth College) investigate how actions, systems, and beings are linked across space and time. Works explore the ethical, temporal, and relational dimensions of entanglement, showing how individual choices ripple outward to affect broader networks. Art becomes a tool to perceive, feel, and reflect on these connections, encouraging viewers to reconsider their place within them.
FSAL was established in 2019 by Simon Lee Dicker and Sam Jukes, inspired by the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the origins of the trade union movement in Dorset. Approached as a form of radical work experience –students make work collective and collaborative wor over a period of two weeks – leading to an evening of exhibitions and events. Thanks to all the staff and visiting artists for supporting this years activities (2026 visiting artists included Jo Lathwood, Melanie Jackson, Jon England, Laura Eldret)