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
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION: 23 April to October 2023MORE ABOUT EAST TO EASTEAST TO EAST will have 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 by Contemporary & Country, at BallroomArts, Aldeburgh
Photography © Andrew Smith
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GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
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: Smaller Than The Sky
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. -
Spotlight: Victoria Fenn
New table top sculpture for 2023 February 12, 2023Sculptor Victoria Fenn's practice involves materials such as brass, copper and gilding metal juxtaposed against the dark hues of Fenland bog oak which dates from 3000 BC. Sometimes she will bury her work in soil from her fathers land to achieve a patination on the metal. -
Gallery visit: BIG WOMEN
Firstsite: 20+ women artists curated by Sarah Lucas February 11, 2023Inspired by conversations with friends and fellow artists, Firstsite's BIG WOMEN curated by artist Sarah Lucas, explores the questions and themes relating to womanhood, of societal expectations surrounding age, beauty, fashion and identity; celebrating women’s myriad achievements in the arts. -
Spotlight: Linda Jamieson
New paintings for Spring 2023 January 31, 2023Linda Jamieson's latest body of work spans the worlds between representation and imagination. The colour pallet has come from her years working as a textile designer. She works with a variety of media including oil and acrylic.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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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 giude 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... -
Escape into Art
1 June 2020Thanks 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... -
Eastern Promise: contemporary art in Norfolk
31 May 2019Thanks to the Guardian Travel section for coverage of Festival 2019 – our latest pop-up in the Stables at Houghton Hall. We were contacted by journalist Kate Simon who wanted...
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C&C'S INSTAGRAM FEED
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Ruth Howes is an artist who creates playful, engaging studies which explore line, mass, human and environmental connections. Her intricate... -
We are collecting in the final paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints and other handmade objects in time for our next exhibition... -
Karen Bek has been weaving willow for 15 years and started making baskets six years ago. She combines traditional and... -
Jane Hindmarch is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Lincolnshire. She specialises in painting, drawing and metal sculpture inspired by... -
Gallery Visit: Lucie Rie at Kettles Yard, Cambridge. We made a visit to Cambridge this week and popped into @kettlesyard...
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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
