Dr Julian Day

An appeal for donations of artworks from artists, friends and supporters of Rye Art Gallery In 2025 we celebrated sixty years since the first exhibition was staged at the gallery, featuring at that time the paintings of our founder Mary and her husband Howard Stormont. As a key part of our continued fundraising approach we are in the process of organising a celebratory auction. The aim is to offer for sale 60 selected works. All money raised from this auction sale will go directly to our...

Natasha’s oil paintings stem from her fascination with the landscape surrounding her home in Weald, Kent. There is a bond we form seemingly subconsciously through small moments that connect us to the land that surrounds us. Whether it be through memory, seasonal rituals, or other inhabitants, these connections are special and only possible through getting to know the language of the landscape, spending time with it. It is this deep connection and sensitivity towards Natasha’s home that she...

A Lossenham Residency A Film by Kit Warren A Confluence of Elements Opening at Rye Art Gallery Saturday May 9th 2026 'A theatre of uncanny presence and distant whisperings of people long gone. The slow moving waters of their times now far out to sea' - Russell Burden / Lossenham Rye Art Gallery is proud to be showing the creative works undertaken as part of the Lossenham Project . Featuring Art , Music, Film & History drawn from the materials inspired and found in the Lossenham Landscape....