Art and Nature

Students studying on the Foundation Diploma and Creative (un)BLOCK courses with Artpocket will present new work in response to the theme of Environment. Students will explore their relationship to their culture, heritage and their local surroundings.

Third session of 'Writing outside', a new six week nature writing course led by local poet and creative writing teacher Jonathan Ward. Each week will include a walk and the opportunity to write outside in a different location within and around the Cley to Salthouse Living Landscape. Time will also be spent in the education centre looking at and creating poems and prose inspi...

An exhibition of prints, collages and drawings by artist Julia McKenzie. The urban wildlife, natural objects and manmade fragments that are found in Julia's suburban garden are often the inspiration behind her work. Julia also uses what she discovers on her travels to the British coastline including Cornwall, Kent and North Norfolk.

Inspiration for this workshop comes from the beautiful drawings of Vincent Van Gogh who used reeds found in his natural environment to create his distinctive mark making techniques. He used tools from nature to create rhythmic textures and patterns; his drawings are a direct link between his experiences of the natural world to us. This will be an observational ink drawing...

Fourth session of 'Writing outside', a new six week nature writing course led by local poet and creative writing teacher Jonathan Ward. Each week will include a walk and the opportunity to write outside in a different location within and around the Cley to Salthouse Living Landscape. Time will also be spent in the education centre looking at and creating poems and prose insp...

Fifth session of 'Writing outside', a new six week nature writing course led by local poet and creative writing teacher Jonathan Ward. Each week will include a walk and the opportunity to write outside in a different location within and around the Cley to Salthouse Living Landscape. Time will also be spent in the education centre looking at and creating poems and prose inspi...

The everyday sights and sounds of crashing waves and birds on the wing. Norfolk's natural coastline is unique for its abundance of wildlife and varied landscape. Sarah Weston is a keen photographer and can always be found out and about with a camera in hand watching the local wildlife or just getting windswept and wet feet on the beaches.

Final session of 'Writing outside', a new six week nature writing course led by local poet and creative writing teacher Jonathan Ward. Each week will include a walk and the opportunity to write outside in a different location within and around the Cley to Salthouse Living Landscape. Time will also be spent in the education centre looking at and creating poems and prose inspi...

An exhibition by Caroline Richmond  The combination of beach, sea and sky seem to captivate our spirit making us return again and again to our favourite place in all seasons and ever changing weather, working a magical hold on our senses, enticing us to go down to the sea again to create happy and enduring memories of endless days on glorious beaches. This exhibition f...

As part of National Marine Week we will be searching through the strandline for natural treasures washed in by the sea. Using natural materials on the beach we'll create beach art inspired by the coast.