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Rook Lane Arts Exhibitions for 2013 – could this be your year?
February 6, 2013
Rook Lane is a versatile, multi – use venue, transforming from day to night, from art gallery to concert hall to lecture theatre. Perhaps best renowned for its historical use as a place for speaking and singing, the […]
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 […]
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
January 24, 2012
Very much looking forward to seeing David Hockney’s A Bigger picture exhibition at the Royal Academy. See here for more info.
Virtual Art and the Death of Culture
October 19, 2011
When Google Maps was invented, journey-planning was instantly simplified. You could whack a postcode in the search bar, wait less than a second and your destination was then miraculously plotted on a map that you could zoom in […]
Friday Artist: Michael Craig-Martin
October 14, 2011
LOVE Michael Craig-Martin. The colours…
Silk Mill Studios and Gallery
July 13, 2011
Strolling into the Silk Mill Studios, Frome, I felt like I was entering a derelict site – with the charmingly antiquated exterior of the building, and the dusty path leading to the entrance – but one that inspires […]
Ford and Father
July 6, 2011
Giles Ford began transferring a collection of both voluminous and miniature paintings from his studio to Rook Lane Chapel yesterday. I’d seen images of his work – but hadn’t yet seen any in the flesh – and they […]
Fear of the unknown
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 […]
Art is in the air
April 7, 2011
The air is buzzing with the energy of the 23 exhibitors who are filling Rook Lane with their art. Artists 303 are a Somerset-based art collective who have been practising and exhibiting for 45 years – with old […]
