The Cromer Artspace Programming Team were pleased to be joined by Craig Barber from Norwich University of the Arts and Amanda Geitner, from East Anglian Art Fund, for the selection of shows for the 2026 programme.
The 2026 programme covers a wide range of media, including print, photography, 3D works and textiles. We are delighted that our renovations enable us to include a textile exhibition for the first time, as there is so much exciting contemporary work in this field.
We present individual artists from our region, Chris Kirby, Gordon Senior and Ivy Smith as well as a group celebrating the legacy of Derek Greaves and in early August, artists from Barrington Farm.
Later in August we have a Postcard Sale, appropriate for a seaside town, and showcasing a very wide range of artists. There will definitely be something for everyone.
Cromer Open 2026 in October will include nationally and internationally recognised artists as well as emerging practitioners.
In November we will end the season with a collaborative exhibition by the four COMPASS artists from Manchester and Norfolk who have been working together in both places through the year.
Poetry Workshop – The Coast
James McDermottfrom 8th Jun 2026 4:30 pm
To coincide with printmaker and painter Ivy Smith’s exhibition exploring the seaside, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore coast in our poetry: how we write about the coast, coasting and drifting.
Poetry Day: Rewriting
James McDermottfrom 13th Jul 2026 10:00 am
In this day-long poetry retreat at Cromer Artspace, bring along poems in progress and learn tools and techniques to help you re-see and redraft your writing. The day will consist of group discussions of poems, writing exercises and there will be opportunities to read aloud your work and receive both peer and tutor feedback.
Poetry Workshop – Imagery
James McDermottfrom 7th Sep 2026 4:30 pm
To coincide with a photography exhibition, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore imagery, metaphors and showing not telling in our poetry.
Poetry Workshop – Tactility
James McDermottfrom 5th Oct 2026 4:30 pm
To coincide with an exhibition of textiles, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore tactility in poems: how we write the sense of touch, how we write about what touches us, how we touch and move a reader.Poetry Workshop – The City
James McDermottfrom 2nd Nov 2026 4:30 pm
To coincide with an exhibition linked to Manchester, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore how we write about the city: how we can reflect its scale, energy and diversity in the poems we write about it.Poetry Workshop – Family
James McDermottfrom 7th Dec 2026 4:30 pm
To coincide with the festive season, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore poetry about the family and festivities.
