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 […]

June 8, 2012

One of the brilliant things about Rook Lane is that you don’t have to do very much to the gallery to make it look good.  Light pours in romantically through the coloured glass, and the stone columns rise […]

March 9, 2012

After a busy day of ladder-climbing, scalpel-wielding, frame-hanging and plinth-painting – The Secret Staircase exhibition was hung, arranged, laid out and ready for the opening night. Artist Caroline Isgar and author Michele Roberts initially displayed The Secret Staircase […]

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 […]

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 […]

June 15, 2011

Rook Lane Arts is a multi-displinary arts space; it is not confined to one specific art form. It is defined as a community arts centre, which this indicates the audience – but not necessarily the programme. I love […]

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 […]