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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RIVER'S EDGE
Current exhibition at BallroomArts, Aldeburgh, 7 to 19 June 2022There are new paintings by Kate Giles exploring the Nar and Bure River valleys in the first floor Ballroom. Complementing these new landscapes are new sculpture by Jack Wheeler and Beth Groom and a selection of bird sculptures by the late Emily Mayer. The second component on the ground floor Courtyard Gallery, is 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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New paintings available by Kate Giles
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AVANT GARDENERS
Celebrating the horticultural and cultivated landscape behind and beyond the garden wall
Avant Gardeners is at the Stables at Houghton Hall from 1 May to 25 September 2022. The exhibition celebrates 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 shows how artists and makers take their ideas from the garden, the seasonal cycle, plants, harnessing natural processes that encourage decomposition or conservation and explores 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.
Our programme of seasonal exhibitions showcases paintings, prints, photography and sculpture from artists in Norwich and across East Anglia. For a select number of days throughout the season. Watch out for more dates via our regular mailings.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" -
GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
Printmakers of East Anglia
Landscapes that leave you with the right impression 17 June, 2022 As we enter into the final days of "River's Edge" in Aldeburgh, Suffolk we still have some wonderful prints, both framed and mounted, available to buy. These include a range of artists using a number of techniques from screen printing, linocut prints, mezzotints and collographs, monoprints to photographic and drypioint. Take a look at our collection of prints in browsers, at BallroomArts, Aldeburgh or check out some of these fantstic artists online. -
We're into our second week of River's Edge
Showing makers and artists from across East Anglia 14 June, 2022 We are moving into our second week of our exhibition "River's Edge" located in the remodelled Peter Pears Gallery - now BallroomArts - at 152A High Street Aldeburgh. Come and visit us when taking in the lovely beach and High Street with all its charm. -
River's Edge: Shoreline Finds
New sculpture by Jack Wheeler and Beth Groom 9 June, 2022 Jack Wheeler and Beth Groom are sculptors who met at Norwich Art School (NUA) while they were undergraduates, who have carved out their separate careers as a Carpenter specialising in hand-built timber buildings and as an Art Therapist working in a care facility for people with learning difficulties, while working together as artists on their creative projects. -
Exhibition opening of River's Edge
At BallroomArts, Aldeburgh Suffolk 8 June, 2022 Huge thank you to Ben and his team at Fishers Gin and Claire and her team at Aldeburgh Outside Catering who made our private View BallroomArts last night. Being held during the Aldeburgh Festival in Snape and across this beautiful part of Suffolk. -
River's Edge: Bird Sculptures
A tribute to the life and work of Emily Mayer (November 1960 – April 2022) 3 June, 2022 Emily Mayer worked as a taxidermist, an artist and sculptor for many years using techniques as diverse as construction in wood, mechanical components, plastic, and of course her pioneering interest in taxidermy. We would like to thank the artist, John Locker, her husband for following through on Emily's initial commitment to the exhibition and allowing us access to her archive, to display a small selection of bird sculptures.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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KL Magazine
A celebration of 300 years of Houghton Hall and the growing activities of C&C May and June 2022 -
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
7 December 2017 > More about this article
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