Artworks daily ‘Meet the Artist’ (MTA) at Artworks 26th Annual Exhibition.

Discover more about an artist’s ideas & inspiration, materials & techniques. It is free to attend & no booking required – pop into the Artworks exhibition any time between 10am and 4pm to ‘meet the artist’ of the day. Other artists are also present helping out on the reception desk and in the Artworks shop.

Each MTA day is different according to how the artist intends to share their work, from creative conversations around sketchbooks and how to start an abstract painting, to technical demonstrations in print, clay and wood-carving. Please note, these are not tutored workshops. 

Any changes to the MTA schedule will be published here www.artworkseast.com/blog and on our Instagram @artworkseast.

Saturday 12th September 2026
Julia Groves – The alchemy of paint and ink
Gail Loftus – Behind the brushstrokes

Sunday 13th September 2026
Billie Buck – To shabti, or not to shabti
Doug Patterson – Sketchbooks, not pixels

Monday 14th September 2026
Valerie Armstrong – Creating wonderful collage papers with a gelli-plate

Tuesday 15th September 2026
Terry Bryan – Before your very eyes

Wednesday 16th September 2026
Hazel Bradshaw – Printing for fun

Thursday 17th September 2026
Stephen Kirin – Wood carving in situ demonstration

Friday 18th September 2026
Sue Caddy – Sculptural work in clay

Saturday 19th September 2026
Gillian Crossley-Holland – See your name in print: gelli-printing and alphabet letters
Liz Waugh McManus – Waxing lyrical


Sunday 20th September 2026

Angela Hall – Talking about oil and cold wax and how I use it
Christine McKechnie – Collage my way

Monday 21st September 2026
Eileen Revett – Peaceful woodcut printing

Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Elisabeth Rutt – In stitches

Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Judith Glover – Sit for a five minute pencil portrait to take home with you!

Thursday 24th September 2026
Sarah Abercrombie – Transferring ink, from drawing to print

Friday 25th September 2026
Valerie Armstrong – The process of beginning an abstract painting

Saturday 26th September 2026
Cathy D’Arcy – The owl and the pussycat, making faces in clay

Judith Glover – Sit for a five minute pencil portrait to take home with you!

Sunday 27th September 2026
Lucy Perry – Expressive florals in mixed media: paint, pattern and print

Doug Patterson – Sketchbooks, not pixels

Artworks 26th Annual Exhibition
Saturday 12th to Sunday 27th September 2026
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9HZ
Exhibition open daily 10am to 4pm.

Two weeks and three weekends of Contemporary East Anglian Art.

Entry to the Artworks Exhibition is free. Extensive free parking at Blackthorpe barn. Visit the Roots Café on the Rougham Estate for all day refreshments (café open 9am to 4pm).

Artworks shop: greetings cards & artworks that you can purchase & take away on the day. Wooden browsers (racks) throughout the exhibition display original drawings, prints & paintings.

Contact us via artworkseast.com/contact with any queries or follow @artworkseast on Instagram for exhibition news & other updates.

Best wishes from everyone at Artworks.