A HISTORIC building in the heart of old Weymouth is the venue for a contemporary art exhibition this week.

Old meets new as Saturation is unveiled by young Weymouth artist Edwin Schofield at the Old Town Hall in High West Street.

Saturation features work from 11 artists including Edwin himself.

Visitors to the free show will see paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and new media.

During the evening the hall lights up as a piece of video art is projected on to the building.

Fine art graduate Edwin, 22, left the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey, last year. He was a key figure in setting up and organising of the Fruition show in London. He was also commissioned to paint 15 pictures for a film called Exhibition.

Edwin was the man behind the Seas of Stone exhibition on Portland which celebrated the island’s quarry heritage. It was the culmination of a project he worked on which was backed by the ITV Fixers scheme.

Edwin decided he wanted to curate another exhibition at the Old Town Hall featuring the work of local, and not so local, artists. He thinks the hall is a ‘fantastic’ community space ideal for such shows.

Edwin said: “The general theme to the exhibition is about how colour is used by artists to manipulate the reading of a piece of artwork.”

He added: “It’s a totally different exhibition to Seas of Stone.

“I really like the space in the old Town Hall. It’s fantastic for displaying art.”

Other artists taking part are Andrew Curtis, Alannah Barker, Jo Bradford, James Murison, Sean Weafer, Richard Jeffery, Thomas Hyland, Edi Rogers, Kirsty Filewood and Andy Sherlock.

The exhibition is the main event of the summer at the Old Town Hall which is currently undergoing restoration.

The plan is to transform it into an arts and heritage community centre.

Saturation is free and runs until Saturday. The hall is open to visitors every day from 11am 6pm.