At Fermyn Woods and Sudborough Green Lodge

Lots of things are happening again in the woods this year! Below is an outline of the main activities so far – these will be regularly updated.

The Sudborough Green Lodge cottages are currently been renovated by the Forestry Commission for our partnership projects with them. Based at these cottages will be an exciting programme bringing professional artists to Fermyn Woods to create new works, undertake research, explore new ideas, and lead on education projects. The cottages will create accommodation and working space once they have been restored by this summer.

Fermynwoods Contemporary Art’s interest in the environment (both rural and urban), engagement with the community and contemporary practice will develop in our new venue.

To date an inspiring schedule of artists has been drawn up, including Richard Woods who covers buildings in daring retro designs, and who will be wrapping the cottages and Jacques Nimki, who researches plant life and will be investigating the most wonderful array of weeds currently inhabiting the cottage gardens and the SSI wild flower meadow. He will also be working with children from Woodnewton School in Corby.

Also German artist, Laurenz Theinert, will be in residency this Spring and delivering events involving light, performance and sound.- Look at our ‘Courses and Events’ page

Each project and residency programme will involve artists running educational activities.

The projects aim to provide opportunities for a wide range of groups, from schools and students in higher education to those who are disadvantaged and socially excluded, local communities and visitors to the county. Anyone who would like to be involved, please do contact us

For further details about the events and workshops please look at our Courses & Events page on this website or contact us.

Last year 2007:

From 25 June until 15 July five artists, Sam McGeever, Nick Horrigan, Chrystel Lebas, Jo Coupe, and Oliver Bancroft made installations in the woods at Fermyn Woods for a project aimed at school visits. There were also two family walk days -see images at bottom of this page
This is funded by RNRP.

For further information about the artists click the names below:
Sam McGeever, Nick Horrigan, Chrystel Lebas, Jo Coupe, and Oliver Bancroft.

The Northamptonshire artist, John Harper did a years research in Fermyn Woods which will come together as our first exhibition and publication in 2008 at the Water Tower. This funded by Arts Council England.

Laurenz Theinert from Stuttgart, Germany was awarded a three month residency based at Fermyn Woods through
Fermynwoods Contemporary Art. This is part of the International artist programme funded by the Arts Council, England. He will do a couple of events in early 2008.

We also organised an Art Treasure Hunt on the 9th September 2007:

April 2008
Rescheduled Light Night
Laurenz Theinert’s LIGHT NIGHT on the evening of 29 March had to be cancelled at the last minute due to very strong winds. We apologies for the inconvenience caused by this – especially to those we did not manage to contact before you set out to come to the event.
However we are pleased to announce that Laurenz is keen to try again and he will come over from Germany on the rescheduled date of 13 September.

July 2008
Another Audio Walk
We will be doing another audio walk project this summer from July onwards. It will be from the Water tower to Sudborough Green Lodge cottages up behind Fermyn Woods. This is part of our launch of our new venue at the cottages as a centre for residencies and specialized education activities. From the end of June the cottages will be clad by artist Richard Woods and this give us inspiration for the theme of the walk to be Hanzel and Gretel.

More details under EXHIBITIONS and COURSES & EVENTS page or ring the gallery on 01536 373469