Visible Women: Lucy Sewill in conversation with Juliet Stevenson

To mark International Women’s Day (8th March), photographer Lucy Sewill will be joined by the acclaimed actor Juliet Stevenson for a special in-conversation event celebrating women’s voices in the arts.

Drawing on their own creative journeys, they will explore how stories are shaped, who gets seen and heard, and why representation continues to matter so deeply across cultural spaces. Together, they will reflect on creativity, visibility, and the lived experiences of women working in the arts, considering both the challenges and the possibilities of making work today.

The conversation will be rooted in the ideas at the heart of the Visible Women project – a powerful body of photographic work by Lucy Sewill on view in the Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Community Space at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery 7 March – 28 April 2026.

6:30pm | Drinks and Visible Women Exhibition View in Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Community Space
7:30pm | Talk in Artists’ Dorset Gallery

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Visible Women Photographic Exhibition

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Poetry and Writing Workshop

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The Human Story of the Jurassic Coast | Steve Wallis

Strata | Jeremy Gardiner

Guardians of Deep Time: Celebrating the Outstanding Universal Value of Geological World Heritage | Dr Anjana Khatwa

Hardy’s Dorchester Tour

Thomas Hardy Birthday Lecture: Comedy in Hardy | Mark Damon Chutter

Thomas Hardy, Clothing and the Natural World | Professor Emerita Rachel Worth