Contemporary British Art, Furniture & Craft Gallery.
Licensed Café. Live Evening Events.
Sladers Yard is a private art gallery dedicated to exhibiting and selling contemporary British art, handmade furniture designed by Petter Southall and designer craft by leading artists, designers and makers. The gallery presents a high quality changing programme of selling exhibitions throughout the year. We sell work directly from the artist so customers know when they buy from us that the artwork is genuine and that the money they spend supports and provides a living for some of the most talented artists and makers working today. Between exhibitions we represent artists, often holding their paintings in stock and where appropriate we take and orchestrate commissions.
Screen Desk by Petter Southall See more here.
Paul Wearing Cylinder 8 See more here
The changing exhibitions are accompanied by an ongoing and continuously renewed exhibitions of craft and accessories including ceramics, sculpture, jewellery, glassware, leather and textiles by leading British designer craftspeople. Housed in an historic Georgian rope warehouse, with pillared galleries and flower-filled courtyard, it is five minutes walk from the beach and harbour in West Bay, Dorset.
The award-winning Sladers Yard Licensed Café is open serving delicious food every day throughout the year. View the menus and wine list.
Regular and varied live evening events with dinners are a highlight. The venue is also available for catered private parties, weddings and celebrations. Upcoming Events.
Showing now at Sladers Yard:
Martyn Brewster
Coastal Light: recent paintings and drawings
Peter Hayes ceramic sculpture
Paul Wearing ceramics
Petter Southall furniture
9 September to 29 October 2017
Read more and follow links to view artworks…
Martyn Brewster To the Sea 120 x 120 cm
‘Visit this wonderful place.’ Financial Times HTSI 2012 Read more…
Peter Hayes Raku Bows with Discs 5 and 4
See more of Peter Hayes’ work showing now at Sladers Yard.
‘Sladers Yard in Bridport, a gallery increasingly celebrated for its spirited showing of contemporary British art, furniture and craft…’ Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator 2014
night and light and the half light 4 November – 21 January More…
‘This artist-owned gallery, situated in an 18th century warehouse near the harbour, has become a focal point for the county’s creatives since it opened in 2006.’ FT 2011
‘An idyllic gallery in West Bay… Everything looks exciting in the sunlight that floods in, especially [Petter Southall’s] pieces whose generous curves seem to have come straight out of the boat yard.’ Paul Atterbury (Antiques Roadshow) in BBC Homes & Antiques ‘Antiques of the Future’
‘Bridport and West Bay, the place that probably set the whole Dorset art-scene off back in the Noughties… The place that has set the pace here is Sladers Yard. Their series of immaculately curated solo shows by the region’s leading artists and crafts people are held almost all the year round, and complemented by regular top-notch jazz concerts, poetry events and a terrific restaurant.’ Nicholas Usherwood, Galleries Magazine July 2015
Sladers Yard’s Licensed Café is open every day 10am – 4.30pm serving sensational coffees, lunches, teas, cakes and cream teas as well as drinks and nibbles.
View menus for daytime Café. Please phone 01308 459511 to book a table.
To see upcoming evening events usually ticketed with optional dinner.
‘There is a growing and loyal following for Sladers’ inventive, exciting and uplifting presentation of exceptional art and craft in a space that is in tune with, and celebrates, its environment.’ Coast magazine 2015
The first floor gallery at Sladers Yard with Petter Southall’s furniture
See more furniture by Petter Southall
‘This splendid gallery… Its unreconstructed corn-scented timber interior makes an elegant setting…’ The Week
‘Simple and beautiful’ Mary Miers, Country Life
David Inshaw solo show with Petter Southall furniture
The Southall family in Petter’s Oselvar Faering off Burton Bradstock.
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Thank you for a super light lunch today. Esp the service given by the two young staff members present. Mike loved his ‘special’ chocolate drink.
The mosey round the gallery was the usual pleasure.
Have visited three years ago and am looking forward to seeing what will be on show this autumn.
Last Saturday was very special. My favourite violin duo, Retorica, performing at Slader’s Yard, another favourite, coinciding with fantastic exhibition of works by Frances Hatch. What a Hat Trick! Thank you.
It was marvellous, wasn’t it. And so great that you were able to be there too Joanna.
Thank you for a quite fabulous lunch today with an inspiring hour and a half of jazz from the Ian Smith Trio and Vimala Rowe. I particularly appreciated Ian’s personal memories of Harold Pinter and learnt more about him than I ever hoped to know. Lunch was delicious and the welcome genuine. Thank you to all and to the Bridport Literary Festival.
Thank you for your comment. We were proud to host such a special and high-quality event. Ian Smith and Vimala will be back at Sladers early summer next year!
Superb exhibition of Philip Sutton’s work in a loverly setting with an excellent lunch. What more could you ask?
Thanks. You can come again!
Pls send info on Pfilip Sutton exhibition Thank yuo
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3 of us visited last Monday on our way from a dance weekend in Torquay and were very impressed with Petter’s furniture and also the artwork. The soup was great and I brought some delicious homemade Apple cake home with me.
I will treat myself to a mirror or something as I have just moved to a new modern house near the sea. I will definitely pay you a visit in Spring if possible.
Thankyou for your hospitality.
Thanks so much. We’ll look forward to seeing you again in the Spring! All best wishes from all at Sladers
Your drop-down list of artists goes off the bottom of my screen, otherwise I think that it is a nice site with interesting artists.
Thanks for your comment and praise for the website. I am sorry you have had trouble seeing all the artists in the drop-down list. If you cannot scroll with any kind of wheel or scrolling device, you should be able to rest your cursor on Artists and move down with the arrow keys. WordPress websites should fit all kinds of screens so I am interested to know if this isn’t the case on your screen. Thanks, Anna
Ian Smith Trio superb on Sunday, accessible poetry and creamy jazz. More of the same. Well done! Do you have contact details for them?
So glad you enjoyed it! I’m happy to pass on praise and good comments if you would like to send them to us at the gallery. Best wishes, Anna
Visited Sladers Yard recently. Petter Southall”s furniture absolutely amazing – the design and craftmanship. Seen nothing so inspiring since the John Makepeace exhibition.
Thanks so much for your encouraging message.