Rook Lane Blog

August 8, 2012

It’s taken me a good couple of weeks to put my experiences of the last month into words.  July is the busiest month in the calender for most people in the town of Frome and Rook Lane is […]

January 16, 2012

As today is supposedly Blue Monday – and I’m Annie – I thought I’d post a video of Helen Barrett’s performance of Blues for Annie at Rook Lane back in October: Blues for Annie (Though, it must be […]

November 16, 2011

The current exhibition, Tom Lomax: A Week of Angels, will close tomorrow. It has been quite a momentous journey from the conception of the exhibition – to the opening – and right through to the end. Tom arrived […]

October 13, 2011

Break 3, the current exhibition/ installation at Rook Lane, kicked off yesterday and has already been explored by over 100 excitable children. The aim of the project is to bring the fun back into maths – by using […]

July 8, 2011

Last night the Rook Lane Chapel was buzzing with festival energy. Luke Concannon (Nizlopi) was wandering around the Rook Lane garden – barefoot – with a meditative gaze, strumming his acoustic guitar in preparation for an incredible acoustic set, whilst Benji […]

June 17, 2011

Last night the chapel was buzzing with a calm but eccentric folky crowd – there to hear Martha Tilston. Support act Morales/Watts kicked off proceedings with a quirky and romantic set – Watts finger-picking guitar with the speed […]

May 11, 2011

The current exhibition at Rook Lane – Myrtle Pizzey and Brian Dix: Reflecting – is a large body of work by two contrasting artists. Myrtle is inspired by Somerset landscapes and practises relief print making – creating linocuts […]