Contemporary and Country (C&C) present contemporary and applied art by artists and makers from East Anglia. C&C's Pop-Up exhibitions frequently forego the art gallery setting, opting for architecturally interesting non-gallery spaces that encourage visitors to engage with original handmade objects and works of art. The artists and makers C&C work with celebrate their surroundings, and bring about a closer consideration for nature, as its appreciation and preservation becomes ever more prescient to our time.
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GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
Gallery Visit: Wolterton Park
Sea State features work by Maggi Hambling, Ro Robertson and Nessie Stonebridge 23 June, 2025This inaugural exhibition, ‘Sea State’, features new work by Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson and is co-curated by Simon Oldfield and Gemma Rolls-Bentley.. 'Responding to humanity’s enduring, complex, and increasingly... -
Viewing Room at Woolmarket House
Take a closer look from July onwards 17 June, 2025Our 2024 season is underway and we are pleased to confirm our move to King's Lynn, North West Norfolk. From July, 2025 onwards we will be launching a regular monthly... -
Kathryn Hearn
Farewell to an inspiring talented friend 16 June, 2025Today, we are remembering her beautiful spirit that lit up any room she entered. Her wit and acuity always accompanied her humanity and passion for ceramics, the subject she excelled... -
Gallery Visit: Concrete and Salt Water
A solo exhibition at North House Gallery by painter and prntmaker Peter Wylie 19 May, 2025 -
New Exhibition - One Self: The Creative Life of Colin Self
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery - 29 March to 21 September 2025 Mar 3, 2025The Castle Museum and Art Gallery's capsule retrospective exhibition titled One Self, by the artist Colin Self has been long awaited. Although he has been generous enough to show small... -
Mary Blue's Call Out For Art in Conversation
Art in Conversation at the Suffield Arms 19 March 2025 29 January, 2025Inspired by Gertrude Stein and celebrating 150 years after her birth, Mary Blue - an artist we a re thrilled to have supported for may years, is inviting all art... -
Gallery Visit: Bruce McLean, I Want My Crown
Modern One, Edinburgh, 29 June 2024 to 23 November 2025 Jan 3, 2025Bruce Mclean has had a long and productive career, the exhibition coincides with his 80th birthday. His work has helped re-define the role of the artist, and how an artist... -
Gallery Visit: Martin Battye, Beer Mat Paintings
Original Projects, at PrimeYarc, Great Yarmouth Dec 2, 2024Original Projects, overseen by curators and cultural producers Kaavous Clayton and Julia Devonshire, opened their latest exhibition by Martin Battye on November 22nd. Martin has had a long career as... -
Go Rosie!
Rosie Phillips - Contestant in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2024 Nov 20, 2024Norfolk-based portrait artist Rosie Phillips featured in last night's episode of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year. Rosie triumphed and reached the semi finals - huge congratulations to her. Stephen... -
Landscape in the tradition of the unconventional
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Leading the way into the Lay of The Land
Seven painters who explore the East Anglian region Oct 11, 2024The show includes some well-known as well as some less experienced landscape painters who treat the coastal reaches of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex as an uplifting experience, and not as... -
Ceramic sculptors and makers in Lay of The Land
Breaking down the boundaries between contemporary and applied art Oct 2, 2024One of the key components for C&C’s latest exhibition Lay of the Land and the reason so many visitors have praised the quality of the work in the exhibition is... -
Gallery Visit: Jayne Ivimey and Andrew Watkinson, The Sands of Time
A response to 200 years of coastal change 11 to 22 July 2024 at Cromer Artspace Jul 23, 2024Post lockdown Jayne Ivimey and Andrew Watkinson have been working together, following in the footsteps of nineteenth-century landscape artist James Stark*, who accessed hard to reach places along the Norfolk... -
Gallery Visit: Roger Ackling, Sunlight
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery June 1, 2024I attended the public launch of the Roger Ackling exhibition Sunlight, at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery on Friday. Ackling is known among artists as the guy who... -
Gallery Visit: Issam Kourbaj, Urgent Archive
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge 2 March to 26 May 2024 April 15, 2024Issam Koubaj is an example of an artist from another culture, in this case Syria, taking a long, hard look at their own country. This moving installation Urgent Archive at... -
Gallery Visit: Frank Auerbach, The Charcoal Heads
The Courtauld Institute, London 9 Feb to 27 May Mar 24, 2024We visited The Courtauld Institute on a recent trip to London to see The Charcoal Heads exhibition by Frank Auerbach, at Somerset House. The exhibition has been heavily trailed on...
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North Norfolk Living
What's on, What's Good & Where to Go! 3 October 2024Our latest exhibition 'Lay of the Land: East Anglian Landscape Now' is featured in the new edition of North Norfolk Living. We are grateful; to editor, Amanda Loose and her... -
Lay of the Land on ArtRabbit
As featured on the country's leading art directory 25 September 2024Our latest exhibition 'Lay of the Land: East Anglian Landscape Now' was featured on the UK's leading Art Directory ArtRabbit on 25 September as we opened the galleries in King's... -
KL Magazine - North Norfolk
Lay of the Land: The East Anglian Landscape Now 25 September 2024We are grateful to the KL Magazine team for this article that was published in the September edition of this popular local magazine. In it they encouraged readers to explore... -
Life & Times in Norfolk October 2024
Celebrating a Unique East Anglian Landscape 20 September 2024Huge thanks to Emma Lee and her team at Norfolk Magazine for their feature in the 'Life & Times' section - p157 of the newly published October edition of Norfolk... -
Art & Culture in Norwich and Norfolk
New Exhibitions across the region 6 September 2024As the 2024 season of arts events comes to the end of 2024 we are delighted to be featured in the latest edition of Art in Norwich and Norfolk produced... -
Eastern Daily Press
An art exhibition celebrating the East Anglian landscapes set to open in King's Lynn 22 August 2024 -
Country Life - Heads & Tails makes it as an Unmissable Event
Unmissable Events 11 October 2023We are grateful to the editorial team at Country Life for giving us a mention in the 'Unmissable Events' section on p47 of this week's edition. -
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...
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