Latest News From The Gallery
Integration and Development Plan - The "One Gallery" Project
The Trustees are pressing ahead with a plan to greatly improve the Stormont Studio and then to integrate it - through an extension and glass link - to the Easton Rooms. After a good deal of planning resulting in the granting of all the necessary Local Authority permissions, work started in January 2007 and is expected to continue into 2010. There are 12 sub projects in three phases.
Recent Visitors Comments
The following remarks have been entered recently in the visitors' book in the Stormont Studio:
"wonderful wall with Pipers, Sutherland and Burra" Birmingham
"Interesting" Helsinki
"I like Turpin Louis" Peru
"Very original - one of the nicest galleries we have visited" Wokingham
"Beautiful" Cape Town
"Lovely art gallery and work" Tasmania
"Very inspirational" London
"It is nice to see places like this; not so many left now!" Hampshire
Terry Warren Chair
We are delighted to have received a new chair of the Easton Rooms, which was commissioned from Terry Warren. The cost was kindly donated by a Friend. This will now provide a welcome resting place in the Gallery.
Strategy
STRATEGIC PLAN
Introduction and Background
1. Rye Art Gallery (RAG) is one of Rye’s principal cultural attractions. It is an independent gallery, open to the public, free of admission charges, registered both as a charity and with the Museums Libraries and Archives (MLA),
The Stormont Trust
Funding
The Trustees are delighted that their August bid for funding from Rye Town and Rother District Councils has been successful. Some £30K has been allocated to enable the key parts of the development project to be completed. However, more funds would be welcome to provide some additional future improvements, such as new lighting, exhibition hanging and access improvements. All these aspirations remain in the standing strategic plan (available from the Chair Trustees). We welcome further donations from any source.
New Sunday Opening Hours
Please note that Sunday opening hours have changed; both the Easton Rooms and the Stormont (when an exhibition is mounted)will be open between 12pm and 4pm(continuously) only.
