ArtWorks East Exhibition 2025
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13th - 28th Sep
10:00 - 17:00
Where:
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
SatNav: IP30 9HZ
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25th Anniversary Exhibition of Artworks
With its reputation for high standards of fresh and contemporary work, Artworks East seeks to interest and inspire in a wide range of media created by 30 of East Anglia’s leading artists and has been doing so for 25 years now.
A highlight of the East Anglian art scene, this is a great opportunity to see contemporary 2D and 3D work by 30 of East Anglia’s established and popular artists. All the exhibits are new to the Artworks each year and are for sale.
A great favourite of the exhibition is the Mini Artworks Prize Draw; thirty mini artworks created by the Artworks artists will be on display during the main exhibition and the proceeds benefit their Schools Programme and a chosen East Anglian charity, which this year is East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
There are also daily opportunities to meet the artists at the exhibition, who will be demonstrating how they create their work.
You can sign-up for tickets to be invited to the Private Viewing for this 25th Anniversary show on 12th September, by going to the Artworks East website.
The setting for the exhibition is the spectacular thatched, late medieval Blackthorpe Barn, part of the Rougham Estate.
Important information
There is plenty of free parking at Blackthorpe Barn.
Accessible parking is near the café/shop.
More parking is available slightly further down the avenue.
Please be aware that this is a rural location and paths can be muddy depending on the weather conditions.
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25th Anniversary in 2025
This September Artworks will be celebrating its 25th annual exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate near Bury St Edmunds.
The initial idea for Artworks was the inspiration of friends Katie Millard and Graham Portlock. They stood together in the beautiful 15th Century thatched barn, looked around and decided as one it was the perfect setting for an art exhibition. Then they set to, phoned artist friends and colleagues and the first exhibition was soon underway proving such a success that there was a resounding vote to exhibit the next year and so it has continued.
“We still have original members in the group and none of us ever dreamt, when we took part in the first exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn in 1999, that we would still be going strong 25 years later. It’s a very exciting time and shows that people in East Anglia have a real interest and appreciation for high quality art from professional artists.
As a group, we have always encouraged the addition of new guest artists and this approach has worked well over the years. It means in addition to the new work of familiar artists there are always surprises. For our 25th exhibition though, we have invited back 3 previous members whose inspiring work we’ve continued to admire; Lillias August, Louise Chapman and Lucy Lutyens.”
Gillian Crossley-Holland, Chair and one of the founder members of Artworks
Over the years Artworks has also established strong ties with local schools, providing free workshops and inviting school visits which are often as surprising to the artists as to the children.
As has been the practice for 25 years all the work exhibited is new to Artworks and ranges from colourful abstract art to exquisite botanical illustrations, dramatic landscape paintings to insightful portraiture, robust ceramics to delicate figurative work, elegant bronze sculptures to surreal constructions.
At the exhibition there will be opportunities to meet the artists and take part in the popular ‘Mini Artworks Prize draw’ which raises money for this year’s charity, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and the Artworks Schools Programme.
Where to find us
Plenty of free parking on site
Please keep to the 5mph limit
Disabled access available
This is a rural location and paths can be muddy
Blackthorpe Barn is situated just south of Junction 45 of the A14, three miles east of Bury St Edmunds, in the village of Rougham.
Look out for the entrance gates to a long tree-lined avenue at the White House junction, with the Barn on the right of the avenue.
Blackthorpe Barn’s black and white signs direct visitors from local roads.
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Yes! The sunflower field will be open from Friday 15 August 2025🌻🙌
🌻The sunflowers have had a hard time this year; they are waist-to-chest height and are beginning to pop open, with more opening each day and many still in bud. These pictures were taken at the field this Monday (11th).
⏰Open daily from Friday 15th, 9am-5pm
🎟️ Free parking and free entrance
👦Plenty of room for children to run and play with sandpits, pedal tractors, bale pyramids and a new football area.
👩🎨Face painting provided by @faceitfaceart (not every day)
🥤Coffee and small snacks available from Roots Café
🧺Bring a picnic with you and enjoy time in the gorgeous Suffolk countryside
🐶Well behaved dogs are welcome on a short lead; there is a small trail through the sunflowers for dogs, but dogs are not allowed in the main maze (due to the clean-up required in previous years)
🌻Sunflowers sold by the stem
🍴Sundowner Supper on 29 August - more details to come
👋We look forward to seeing you soon!
🌻More info from our website: roughamestate.com/welcome
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Our Sandwich Special is Feta with Mozzarella, Sundried Tomatoes, Spinach and Red Onion in Toasted Sourdough.
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Our Sandwich Special is Feta with Mozzarella, Sundried Tomatoes, Spinach and Red Onion in Toasted Sourdough.
Our Brunch Special is a Breakfast Burrito with Chorizo, Scrambled Egg, Avocado, Mozzarella with a Hash Brown.
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If you are in need of accessories or even a BBQ itself, we have the @kadaiuk range in The Garden Room Shop.
Such a treat!
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They will be with us in the courtyard garden again. But please note, they will be here on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th - 10-4pm.
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The buds are getting bigger, which is perfect but we won’t be opening this coming weekend.
We’ve now pencilled in the 15th of August to open and we’re watching the blooms closely.🔍🌻
As soon as we know more we’ll get the news out; you can always check the latest by going to roughamestate.com/welcome
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Well… the sunflowers are green (better than brown🙌😃), but they certainly aren’t golden yellow yet.
The buds are getting bigger, which is perfect but we won’t be opening this coming weekend.
We’ve now pencilled in the 15th of August to open and we’re watching the blooms closely.🔍🌻
As soon as we know more we’ll get the news out; you can always check the latest by going to roughamestate.com/welcome
We can’t wait to see you, but these sunflowers are making us exercise patience this year, which apparently is a virtue…🤔😆🤞🌻
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Weekly Specials at Roots Cafe…
Pop into Roots Cafe this week to indulge in our delicious specials, crafted just for you!
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Weekly Specials at Roots Cafe…
Pop into Roots Cafe this week to indulge in our delicious specials, crafted just for you!
Brunch Special: Enjoy a buttery croissant filled with Swiss cheese, bacon, scrambled eggs, and a sprinkle of chives. A perfect morning delight!
Sandwich Special: Savour our Apricot & Stuffing Roast Pork sandwich with salsa verde, sundried tomatoes, Emmental cheese, and fresh rocket, all nestled in a fresh ciabatta. Part of the 2 for £20 deal, Monday to Thursday.
These specials are available for a limited time, so come on down and treat yourself to something scrumptious!
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Look no further for somewhere to take the children this weekend. Our children’s menu will suit young appetites alongside a range of Roots specials to suit yours.
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