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Artworks 2025: Meet the Artists

Artworks ‘Meet the Artist’ returns in 2025: discover more about an artist’s ideas & inspiration, media & techniques – free to attend & no booking required, just pop in any time between 10am and 4pm to ‘meet the artist’ of the day!

Each day will be different according to how the artist wishes to share & discuss their work, from creative conversations to technical demonstrations. Please note, these are not tutored workshops.

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

Saturday 13th September 2025
Lucy Perry – Artful florals (drawing & painting techniques for lively blooms)

Sunday 14th September 2025
Martin Coe – Against the landscape

Monday 15th September 2025
Terry Bryan – Eureka!

Tuesday 16th September 2025
Christine McKechnie – Collage my way

Wednesday 17th September 2025
Cathy D’Arcy – The owl and the pussycat

Thursday 18th September 2025
Lousie Chapman – Talk to me, a woman who loves to paint

Friday 19th September 2025
Elisabeth Rutt – In stitches
Lillias August – Watercolour, freedom and control

Saturday 20th September 2025:
Valerie Armstrong – Marks and mixed media: The play stage at the beginning of an acrylic layered painting

Sunday 21st September 2025
Hazel Bradshaw – Printing for fun with a manual die cut machine
Lyn Aylward – Painting an oil portrait

Monday 22nd September 2025
Christine McKechnie – Collage, my way

Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Kit Price Moss – Painting for Pleasure or Printmaking for Pain?

Wednesday 24th September 2025
Eileen Revett – The wonderful world of woodcut printing

Thursday 25th September 2025
Cathy D’Arcy – The owl and the pussycat

Friday 26th September 2025
Valerie Armstrong – Marks and mixed media: The play stage at the beginning of an acrylic layered painting

Saturday 27th September 2025
Judith Glover – Ten minute pastel portrait sessions
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Sunday 28th September 2025
Chris Gamble – Enjoying drawing

Artworks 25th Annual Exhibition
Saturday 13th to Sunday 28th September 2025
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. 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.

*We have been notified there are roadworks planned on some routes that lead to Blackthorpe Barn. For daily updates, please visit https://one.network/ and tap in IP30 9HZ.

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

Best wishes from everyone at Artworks.

Artworks 2024: Meet the Artists – Daily Art Demos

Artworks ‘Meet the Artist’ returns in 2024: discover more about an artist’s ideas & inspiration, media & techniques – free to visit, no booking required, just pop in any time between 10.30am and 4pm. Please note, these are not tutored workshops. Any updates or changes to the schedule will be published here www.artworkseast.com/blog & on our Instagram @artworkseast.

Saturday 21st September 2024: Laurie Rudling & Lucy Perry
Laurie Rudling – The wild side of printmaking
Lucy Perry – Explore expressive florals

Sunday 22nd September 2024: Lyn Aylward
Lyn Aylward – Painting portraits in oils

Monday 23rd September 2024: Judith Glover & Eileen Revett
Judith Glover – Learn how to paint in watercolours using a drypoint technique
Eileen Revett – The joy of woodcut

Tuesday 24th September 2024
Martin Coe – Objects in space – painting and drawing still life

Wednesday 25th September 2024
Valerie Armstrong – Marks and mixed media: The play stage at the beginning of an acrylic layered painting

Thursday 26th September 2024
Cathy D’Arcy – Make a happy pottery face

Friday 27th September 2024
Chris Gamble – Enjoy drawing
Terry Bryan – Look, no press!

Saturday 28th September 2024: Christine McKechnie & Valerie Armstrong
Christine McKechnie – Watercolour painted paper collage
Valerie Armstrong – Explorative techniques with a Gelli-plate

Sunday 29th September 2024: Hazel Bradshaw & Sue Caddy
Hazel Bradshaw – Printing with TetraPak
Sue Caddy – Clay sculpture

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

Entry to the Artworks Exhibition is free. Extensive free parking. 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 @artworkseast on Instagram for ARTWORKS news & other updates.

Best wishes from everyone at ARTWORKS.

Artworks 2023: Meet the Artists – Daily Art Demos

Artworks ‘Meet the Artist’ returns in 2023: discover more about an artist’s ideas & inspiration, media & techniques – free to visit, just pop in any time between 10.30am and 4pm. Any updates or changes to the daily schedule will be published here on the www.artworkseast.com/blog & on our Instagram @artworkseast. We also publish occasional updates on Twitter, aka X!

Other Artworks artists are on duty each day to welcome visitors to the exhibition, at the reception desk or in the Ivy Café – everyone on duty will be happy to answer your art-related questions.

WEEK 1

Saturday 30th September 2023: Cathy D’Arcy – Making faces for fun

Sunday 1st October 2023: 2023: Elisabeth Rutt – In stitches

Monday 2nd October 2023: Judith Glover – My creative journey

Tuesday 3rd October 2023: Valerie Armstrong – Explorative techniques & layering with a gelli plate

Wednesday 4th October 2023: Roger Gamble – The attraction of acrylics

Thursday 5th October 2023: Christine McKechnie – Collage magic

Friday 6th October 2023: Laurie Rudling – Printing an etching

Saturday 7th October 2023: Terry Bryan – Juzlikethat

Sunday 8th October 2023: Lyn Aylward – Portraits in Oils

WEEK 2

Monday 9th October 2023: Janet French – Printing on handmade leaf paper

Tuesday 10th October 2023: Valerie Armstrong – Marks & mixed media: the play stage at the start of an acrylic painting

Wednesday 11th October 2023: Nicola Coe – Mark making with nature

Thursday 12th October 2023: Martin Coe – Recording life in a sketchbook

Friday 13th October 2023: Elisabeth Rutt – In stitches

Saturday 14th October 2023: Eileen Revett – Marking time

Sunday 15th October 2023: Hazel Bradshaw – TetraPak printing

ARTWORKS 23rd Annual Exhibition
Saturday 30th September to Sunday 15th October 2023
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9HZ
Exhibition open daily 10am to 5pm.

Entry to the Artworks Exhibition is free. Extensive free parking.

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

Artworks Ivy Café open daily 10.30am to 4.30pm – serving tea, coffee & homemade cakes.

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

Best wishes from everyone at ARTWORKS.