Open Sessions give you a rare glimpse into the creative process – where ideas spark, new directions unfold, and the future of music and performance takes shape.
Part of the Britten Pears Arts Residencies, these sessions invite you to experience exciting work-in-progress from this year’s artists.
Snape Maltings Farmers’ Market showcases Suffolk’s finest produce—cheese, chocolates, gin, juices, fruit, and artisan bakes. Explore nature walks, relax at MALT or River View Café, and browse open shops. Markets run monthly, 10am–2pm, with special Christmas editions in December.
David Hockney at 87 is a national treasure, but can he be considered as part of the great British landscape tradition alongside Turner and Constable? Hockney is a prolific portrait artist. Is he in the same street as Reynolds & Hogarth? Bill Crow will be exploring nearly 150 works by these artists suggesting some thought provoking conclusions.
Five talented artists from the Halesworth area come together to showcase a vibrant mix of styles and mediums, including oils, watercolours, prints, pottery and embroidery. Dee, Hettie, Kate, Nancy and Sara draw inspiration from the natural world, celebrating colour and texture in their works.
Craig Brown will talk about the hazards of biography. He was awarded the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for “One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time” and the James Tait Black Prize for “Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret”. His most recent biography, “A Voyage Around the Queen”, acclaimed by the Sunday Telegraph as “a very unusual masterpiece” was a top ten bestseller. He is currently working on a book about Sigmund Freud.
