Contemporary and Country (C&C) present contemporary art and handmade objects by established artists and makers based in the east of England in pop-up exhibitions at non-gallery spaces, that celebrate our rural surroundings.
The artists and makers we display live and work in rural locations, often including the natural world in their subject matter or production process. Together they bring about a closer understanding of the countryside and the people that live there. They look creatively beyond the passing trend and encourage greater consideration for nature, as its appreciation and preservation becomes ever more prescient to our time.
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AVANT GARDENERS
Celebrating the horticultural and cultivated landscape behind and beyond the garden wall
Avant Gardeners will be in the Stables at Houghton Hall from 1 May to 25 September 2022. The exhibition will celebrate the horticultural and cultivated landscape behind and beyond the garden wall. While we cannot reflect the full diversity of East Anglia’s horticultural heritage, the art and objects encompassed by it will show how artists and makers take their ideas from the garden, the seasonal cycle, plants, harnessing natural processes that encourage decomposition or conservation and exploring how nature can be ‘improved upon’.
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Avant Gardeners and The Vasseur Baltic Artists' Award 2022
Supporting International Arts CommissionsThe VASSEUR BALTIC ARTISTS’ AWARD was established in April 2022, in memory of the late Isabel Vasseur (1942-2021), a remarkable champion for commissioning contemporary art for the public realm. Isabel was a lecturer as well as a public art consultant inspiring a generation of curators and many artists. She encouraged artists to produce their best work for public spaces, the built environment, gardens and green spaces. Early in her career Isabel set the creative direction of two of the National Garden Festivals, Glasgow 1988 and then Gateshead in 1990, that spearheaded the cultural regeneration of these two former industrial areas. She commissioned local and internationally acclaimed artists to create installations along the banks of the River Clyde and Tyne, attracting huge numbers of visitors. It is therefore appropriate that the Avant Gardeners exhibition honours the memory of this influential and dynamic advocate for the arts by directing financial contributions to the award this year.
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It's All Happening Here
THE GRANARY GALLERY, NORWICH 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023C&C are working in partnership with Jarrold department store in central Norwich to establish The Granary Gallery. Our spring exhibition "It's All Happening Here" is the first of a series of seasonal installations for 2022.
While locally sourced, the assembled artworks have been selected by C&C to complement the contemporary soft furnishings and furniture by international brands, for sale at The Granary. You can meet with us in store on designated days or by appointment.
A programme of seasonal exhibitions will showcase paintings, prints, photography and sculpture from artists in Norwich and across East Anglia. For a select number of days throughout the season, the first being 8-10 April. We will also feature handmade glass, ceramic and other more bespoke items – all unique and beautifully handcrafted.IT’S ALL HAPPENING HERE, 2022. By Linda Jamieson
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From a series Welcome to My World by North Norfolk based artist, Linda Jamieson who says:"Although my paintings are described as landscapes, that is not the subject of the work. The subject is myself and my investigation into my experience of the world and what that world is" -
RIVER'S EDGE
An exhibition in two parts at BallroomArts, Aldeburgh, 7 to 19 June 2022There will be new paintings by Kate Giles exploring the Nar and Bure River valleys in the first floor Ballroom. Complementing these new landscapes will be new sculpture by Jack Wheeler and Beth Groom and sculpture by the late Emily Mayer. The second component on the ground floor Courtyard Gallery, will be a group exhibition of artists and makers with a strong connection to East Anglia and its coastal landscape. Their work encompasses the coastal environment and creative use of natural materials in the art and handmade objects they make.
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GATEPOST
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Flowers into Art
Our fundraising initiatives for 2022 15 May, 2022 We have produced a nujmber of limited edition posters ( 100 of each) in celebrating the 300th anniversary of Houghton Hall. We are selling them to raise funds for to very worthwhile causes in 2022 -
Additions to the Houghton Hall Contemporary Art Collection
New additions make a visit to Houghton even more memorable for 2022 5 May, 2022 Houghton celebrates it's 300th year in 2022 and has re-opened the house for visitors. There are several new sculptures added to the contemporary art collection this year too. There are new sculptures by internationally acclaimed artists Ryan Gander, Claudio Parmiggiani and recent paintings by John Virtue. -
River's Edge exhibition in Aldeburgh, Suffolk
BallroomArts 7 to 19 June 2022 18 April, 2022 Running alongside the Aldeburgh Festival this exhibition will show new paintings by Kate Giles exploring the Nar and Bure river valleys with sculpture by Jack Wheeler, Beth Groom and Emily Mayer. Joined by artists and makers with strong connections to East Anglia and its coastal landscape. The Ballroom / Courtyard Gallery, Aldeburgh Suffolk: 7 to 19 June 2022 -
New International Art Award Launched
The Vasseur BALTIC Artists' Award 10 April 2022 We will be fundraising for this new Artist' Award named after a great friend and supporter of Contemporary and Country, Isabel Vasseur (1942-2021). Created in recognition of her long association in promoting international art commissions and her connections with the North East and work with the Baltic as a trustee. -
The Granary Gallery: C&C celebrate art and the handmade
Open Weekend 8-10 April 4 April, 2022 We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Open Weekend event in The Granary Gallery, Bedford Street, Norwich this coming weekend. The 14 artists and makers taking part in our Spring installation "It's All Happening Here" are presenting a capsule collection for visitors on 8th-10th April (10.30am to 4.30pm):
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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KL Magazine
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OUTSIDE IN
Thank you to the team at Outside In who have helped publicise the inclusion of artist James Gladwell's textile work in Avant Gardeners 3 May 2022 MORE WORK BY JAMES GLADWELL -
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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Art in Norwich
10 February 2022 We begin our 2022 season with ssome announcements of pop-up events at Houghton Hall this coming summer. We are also happy to confirm a two week exhibition showing new paintings... -
Pop, Rock, Paper Scissors
19 June 2021 A 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... -
Escape into Art
1 June 2020 Thanks to Dominic Castle, Editor of Norfolk magazine. It's June edition, just published, features Contemporary and Country on pp52 and 53 - take a look when you get your copy... -
Arty Facts – North Norfolk Living
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Eastern Promise: contemporary art on the Norfolk Coast
31 May 2019 Thanks to theguardian travel section for coverage of Festival2019 – our latest popup in the stables at Houghton Hall. We were contacted by journalist Kate Simon who wanted our help... -
Focus on Norfolk
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How to Spend it
8 October 2017 How To Spend It has been part of the Financial Times for more than 40 years and from 1994 has been published as a large-format glossy magazine. Widely regarded as... -
How Norfolk became the ideal weekend break for art lovers
4 August 2017 'With work this beautiful, you might just return to London with more than you bargained for.' Ravneet Ahluwalia (London Evening Standard) . > More details on this article -
What women really want for Christmas
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