The corner of Gainsborough Street and Weavers Lane in Sudbury is becoming quite a little Bohemia!
In addition to Gainsborough’s House, a new art venue, Gallery 47, has opened above the Niche Cafe and its first show started yesterday. The Gallery, which can be hired, is an excellent space with lots of natural light and with a lovely view into the garden at Gainsborough’s House. Well known artist, Belinda King, is among the four painters displaying their works in the first exhibition and it is well worth a look. The Gallery is shown to the left. It would be great if Sudbury could build on this development and become even more of a centre for art. It would mean more visitors to the town and more prosperity for the town centre shops.
The opening of Gallery 47 coincided with the annual May Fair at Gainsborough’s House which was as good as ever. I managed to get rid of more second hand books than I purchased (just!), and also found a lovely present for a friend on a stall selling beautiful hand blown glass. The walled garden kept out the rather chill wind that was blowing yesterday, and I managed to find a very unusual auricula on the plant stall with genuinely brown petals. I am looking forward to adding it to my growing collection of primulas of unusual colour.
Gainsborough look-alikes were much in evidence. Pictured below is Nick Winch, who is the House’s Fund raising officer.
The current exhibition at the house of photographs of agricultural scenes by Justin Partyka is well worth a visit. Don’t forget that entry to the House is free on Tuesday afternoons
