Contemporary and Country (C&C) present contemporary art and handmade craft by established artists and makers based in East Anglia in pop-up exhibitions that celebrate our rural surroundings. C&C's artists and makers live and work in the towns and villages throughout the east of England. Most live in rural areas. They bring about a closer understanding of the countryside, encouraging greater consideration for nature, as its appreciation and preservation becomes ever more prescient to our time.
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EAST TO EAST: Art and Craft with an Asian Influence
23 April to 1 October 2023MORE ABOUT EAST TO EASTEAST TO EAST has 30+ leading artists and makers from East Anglia. They show how Chinese and Japanese art and craft has influenced their approach to the look and techniques employed in making their work. Our latest exhibition at the Stables accompanies the solo exhibition of sculpture and paintings Smaller Than The Sky by internationally acclaimed artist Sean Scully in the house, garden and parkland at Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
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River's Edge exhibition installation by C&C,
The Courtyard, Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh
Photography © Andrew Smith
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GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
Urban Frame: Mutiny in Colour
Street art comes to West Suffolk 2 June, 2023We set off this past Thursday for the launch of an exhibition of street art organised by West Suffolk cultural organisations who have joined forces to curate and host Urban Frame: Mutiny in Colour. -
Sean Scully: Smaller Than The Sky
Exhibition of Sculpture and Painting at Houghton Hall, Norfolk 2 May, 2023Sean Scully's solo exhibition of sculpture and painting Smaller Than The Sky is dispersed throughout the house and grounds of Houghton Hall, from 23 Apil to 29 October. It is the latest in Houghton Hall's series of world-class exhibitions by international contemporary sculptors. -
Off the blocks with East to East
Art and Craft with an Asian Influence 14 April, 2023 -
Gallery Visit: Lucie Rie, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
The Adventure of Pottery: 4 March - 25 June, 2023 27 March, 2023The Lucie Rie exhibition at Kettle's Yard House and Gallery, Cambridge is a memorable exhibition and a rare opportunity to compare different periods of her production, made over a long career. The exhibition is free and if you are interested in mid-twentieth-century ceramics, it is breathtaking. It opened 4 March, and runs until 25 June 2023 -
Spotlight: Nessie Stonebridge
Capturing Raw Nature 20 March, 2023Nessie Stonebridge's paintings depict the explosive energy of rural Norfolk's avian splendor, where her studio is based. A flash of light, feathers, beaks; a vortex of vitality, blood, life and death. Nessie paints birds of the wetlands and hinterlands: magisterial swans, herons and raptors. Nessie’s paintings take on something of their subject's activity. -
Gallery Visit: Amanda Edgcombe at The Cut, Halesworth
LOOP: An Exhibition of Paintings and Prints 6 March, 2023Amanda Edgcombe's current exhibition Loop presents new carborundum prints and gesso paintings where a closer relationship between painting and print making has been developed. Loop has been curated for The Cut, Halesworth by the artist and writer and critic Celia Lyttleton. Printmaking has been made possible with the the continued support of Monica Petzal at The Printroom Studios, Sweffling, Suffolk. -
Sean Scully Exhibition Coming Soon
Opens 23 Apil – 29 October, 2023 6 March, 2023The exhibition will showcase Sean Scully’s outdoor sculptures alongside works in other media. Scully's powerful paintings will be displayed among the ornate interiors of the house, with a selection of work on paper and key works that reference earlier stages in his career, hung in the North Colonade and Contemporary Gallery at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. -
Spotlight: Liz McGowan
Absence: Norfolk Chalk Reef 2 March, 2023Liz McGowan works with natural and found materials, creating responses to particular environments through installation, sculpture, drawing and conversation. She exhibits her work nationally and carries out creative interventions in the environment at locations throughout Norfolk.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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Sean Scully and East to East at Houghton Hall
27 March 2023We are thankful to Dominic Castle and his team at Norfolk Magazine for covering the build up to the opening of Sean Scully - smaller than the sky and our... -
An Arty Weekend in North Norfolk
23 March 2023We were delighted to get a mention in the Guardian on 23 March for 'EAST TO EAST' This year promises to be a wonderful opportunity to see lots of art... -
Art & Culture in Norwich and Norfolk
13 March 2023The new brochure promoting art and culture in Norfolk and Norwichhas been published outlingin all the events and activities for residents and visitors across Norfolk including the City of Norwich.... -
Arty Facts - North Norfolk Living
1 March 2023Big Thankyou to Amanda and her team at one of our favourite publications for giving our forthcoming exhibition 'East to East' in the stables at Houghton Hall, North Norfolk. Take... -
Compendia - A new guide to Norwich and Norfolk
4 November 2022A local guide to the best independent places to eat, drink, play, shop, party, sleep and heal in Norwich and Norfolk. Including us on page 366-367 There is a high... -
KL Magazine
A celebration of 300 years of Houghton Hall and the growing activities of C&C May and June 2022 -
About Suffolk
River's Edge opens 7 June April - June 2022MORE ABOUT THIS ARTICLEWe re delighted to be festured in Issue 1 of the newly published About Suffolk pubpished by About Media.See p32 and p51.
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Pop, Rock, Paper Scissors
19 June 2021A big thank you to Rowan Mantell of the EDP for an enthusiastic article highlighting the work of Norwich-based pop artist Colin Self. He is one of the most celebrated...
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Paul Barratt and Paul Vater, preparing C&C's pop-up exhibition
at The Granary Gallery, Jarrold, Norwich 2022
Photography © Andrew Smith
