Rook Lane Blog
Category Archives: Event Previews
Summer documentaries to make you think (and smile)
April 18, 2013
It’s finally looking like summer outside, which means the new season is nearly upon us. We have a host of new and interesting events this summer at Rook Lane, in particular two events from documentary film production team, […]
Learning at Rook Lane this week…
April 15, 2013
This week we’ll be welcoming Sacha Abercorn to the Chapel, for the latest in the Celebrating the Imagination series of talks. Sacha Abercorn is the founder of The Pushkin Trust – an organisation which works in support of […]
Celebrating the Imagination – a new festival of ideas for Frome…
January 28, 2013
“The imagination is an instrument of liberation, one to which we all have access and which serves to celebrate and enlarge our common humanity” Lindsay Clarke Starting in March this year and continuing throughout April and May, Rook […]
Get your classical fix this Spring!
January 14, 2013
With the first Coffee Concert of the season sold out and the subsequent two set to follow shortly, there is no doubt that Rook Lane Chapel remains a prime location for classical musicians and fans alike. Frome Concert […]
Steve Clarkson – Metaphysica
December 13, 2012
Steve Clarkson and Richard Falle are exhibiting together at Rook Lane Chapel next spring in a self-curated exhibition entitled Metaphysica. Both artists work with technology to produce two and three dimensional prints. Their work shares a hyper-real, absurd […]
RPS Exhibition Profiles: Richard Learoyd
November 9, 2012
Richard Learoyd is an internationally renowned photographer who will be coming to Rook Lane on Saturday 1st of December as part of our Photographers Day where he will be giving a talk about his practice from 6pm. Richard […]
RPS Exhibition Profiles: FOTONOW
November 2, 2012
I caught up with directors of Fotonow, Matt and Jon to talk about their Camper Obscura project – a mobile camera obscura in a 1986 VW transporter. The Camper Obscura came about after several different experiences and interactions […]
RPS Exhibition Profiles: Aliceson Carter
October 25, 2012
Aliceson Carter is a contemporary artist based in London. She graduated from Goldsmiths College in 2009 with a degree in Fine Art. She has exhibited all over the country and taken up a number of residencies. I caught […]
RPS Exhibition Profiles: Ian Beesley
October 17, 2012
When discussing the selection of photographs for the RPS 155th International Print exhibition, Ian who shoots almost exclusively on film, says: “It is encouraging in this digital/inkjet age, that photographers still acknowledge the importance of the print as […]
Retrospective – a life in art together….
October 16, 2012
This week at Rook Lane Chapel we have exhibited a collection of work by two artists which spans more than five decades. Bruce Barnden and Elizabeth Feltham met at art college in Hereford in the 1950s, and exhibited […]
