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Artworks 25th Annual Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn

Artworks celebrates twenty five years at its spiritual home (where it all began!) at Blackthorpe Barn, with the opening of Artworks 25th Annual Exhibition in September 2025.

Artworks 25th Annual Exhibition
13th to 28th September 2025
Blackthorpe Barn at Rougham Estate
Rougham, Nr Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP30 9HZ

An established annual event in the East Anglian art scene, Artworks welcome thousands of visitors to its annual exhibition, where elected Artworks members and guest artists showcase new & recent work. This is a wonderful opportunity to see fresh, contemporary art in the form of paintings, prints, textile art and sculpture by 28 East Anglian artists all under one roof.

Over 300 new & original artworks
Daily opportunities to meet the artists
Mini Artworks Prize Draw in support of EACH
Refreshments at Roots Café, open 9am – 4pm
Free entry, free parking
Nature trails on the Rougham Estate

Artworks Shop: greetings cards & smaller artworks that you can purchase & take away on the day. Wooden browsers (racks) throughout the exhibition display original drawings, prints & paintings, all at unframed prices – art for every budget.

Exhibiting artists: Valerie Armstrong, Lillias August, Lyn Aylward, Hazel Bradshaw, Terry Bryan (shop only), Sue Caddy, Louise Chapman, Martin Coe, Nicola Coe, Gillian Crossley-Holland, Cathy D’Arcy, Nicci Dedman, Janet French, Chris Gamble, Judith Glover, Jazz Green, Julia Groves, Simon Kimmins, Lucy Lutyens, Christine McKechnie, Kit Price Moss, Joe Pattison, Lucy Perry, Eileen Revett, Elisabeth Rutt, Rick Tomasi.

Artworks 25th Annual Exhibition
Saturday 13th to Sunday 28th September 2025
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9HZ.

TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKENDS.

Exhibition open daily from 10am to 4pm* (please note earlier closing time, in line with other businesses on the Rougham estate).

How to find us: Tap IP30 9HZ into your SatNav or follow the signs from Junction 45, east of Bury St Edmunds on the A14. Look out for the entrance gates at the ‘White House’ T junction, and the tree-lined avenue that leads up to Blackthorpe Barn with visitor parking signposted on the right-hand side.

Visit the Rougham Estate website for more information on the location, including the café & garden shop, crafts fair, local public transport & other amenities.

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

Artworks 24th Annual Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn

Artworks 24th Annual Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn
Saturday 21st September to Sunday 29th September 2024
Open daily 10am – 5pm FOR ONE WEEK ONLY

Artworks at Blackthorpe Barn

A highlight of the East Anglian art scene, Artworks members and guest artists will be showcasing their latest works.

This is a great opportunity to see contemporary paintings, prints, textiles, ceramics and sculptures by some of East Anglia’s established and popular artists.

The setting for the Artworks exhibition is the spectacular thatched, late medieval Blackthorpe Barn in the heart of rural Suffolk, part of the Rougham Estate with its newly opened and welcoming Roots Café.

Daily opportunities to meet the artists
Win one of our Mini Artworks
Artworks shop selling cards and smaller items
Free admission & parking, exhibition open 10am to 5pm
Refreshments available at Roots Café

Links to the exhibiting artists:

Artworks 24th Annual Exhibition
Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th September 2024
Blackthorpe Barn on the Rougham Estate, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9HZ
Exhibition open daily 10am to 5pm.

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Entry to the Artworks Exhibition is free. Extensive free parking on site. Visit the nearby 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 us @artworkseast on Instagram for regular exhibition news & updates.

LAST CHANCE TO VISIT… the final weekend of ARTWORKS 2017

It is the final weekend of ARTWORKS 18th Annual Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn! Thank you to everyone who has supported Artworks in 2017. If you have not yet visited, we invite you to see the Artworks 2017 exhibition before it closes on Sunday 1st October 2017.

For returning visitors, the last weekend is often a quieter occasion to discover many smaller works of art not easily seen at the bustling, crowded Private View evening (click link to see photos).

It is also an opportunity to discover some unique art-related gifts by established East Anglian artists, either in the Artworks Shop area or in the many browsers of prints and paintings by the wall displays. Every sale from the exhibition, from a postcard to a large painting or sculpture, will support the creative work of our group of artists.

Saturday at ARTWORKS
On Saturday 30th September, one of this year’s guest artists, Hazel Bradshaw, will be demonstrating ‘Impractical Pots’, which will be intriguing – pop in to watch some ‘art in action’ – there is no need to book a place and entry is free.

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‘Coastal’ by Hazel Bradshaw

At 3pm on Saturday, the Artworks Prize Draw takes place, hosted by Lucy Lutyens. Always a thrilling occasion, this is a chance to win one of thirty original artworks, all generously donated by the artists in Artworks. The prize draw tickets are £2 each. Monies raised from the Artworks Prize Draw will fund next year’s Artists in Schools workshops, and we also donate a proportion of funds raised to a charity – this year we voted to support Teenage Cancer Trust.

Sunday at ARTWORKS
If you plan to visit ARTWORKS on Sunday (the last day), arrive before 2pm to allow plenty of time to see the whole exhibition. From 3pm on the last day of Artworks, Blackthorpe Barn can get busy as art buyers begin to arrive to collect their purchased artworks. You will probably meet some of the exhibiting artists at this time as we prepare to take down the exhibition.

Also on Sunday, Ruth McCabe is the day’s demonstration artist, sharing her distinctive painting processes & techniques with watercolour, all at the demonstration table in the thatched barn, from 10.30am to 4pm. The image below is of Ruth’s new series of watercolours in this year’s exhibition.

Lastly, the Artworks Ivy Café is open on Saturday and Sunday for scrumptious homemade cakes, scones and shortbread, pots of tea and brewed coffee. For the more health-conscious, we also have herbal teas and fresh fruit on offer.

It is a relaxing space, a little café situated at the end of the long thatched barn, a place to meet up with friends or read through the Artworks catalogue. The Artworks Ivy Café also has a selection of small paintings for sale on the walls.

Entry to the Artworks exhibition is free, and our colour exhibition catalogue is also free!

Do not miss this last chance to view our annual art exhibition – we believe it’s our best year yet, and from the feedback we have received so far, many visitors agree!

ARTWORKS 18th Annual Exhibition
Saturday 9th September to Sunday 1st October 2017
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP30 9HZ

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Open 10am to 5pm, free entry, complimentary full-colour catalogue. Blackthorpe Barn is on ground level with easy access, free parking.

All work in the exhibition is for sale. Payment can be made by cash, cheque, or any of the major credit/debit cards.