Rook Lane Blog

September 17, 2025

John Birkett-Smith lived in Frome for over 35 years; architect, artist, award-winning model railway enthusiast, independent bookshop owner, town councillor and mayor.  John cared deeply for Frome and in his latter years made a series of watercolour paintings of his favourite doors around the town.  Fifteen paintings make up this exhibition to be sold in aid of Amyloidosis, an extremely rare condition which John endured for many years.

September 28, 2020

A multi media exhibition of psychedelic art not to be missed.

March 11, 2019

40 incredible artists, three stunning venues, one weekend. Frome Art Fair gives artists a platform to showcase their work to a new, engaged audience, and offers visitors the chance to meet a wide range of artists and purchase their original work.

September 25, 2018

International Cat Care, which has partnered with SOFA to organise the exhibition, is one of the world’s most respected feline charities and works for owned and unowned cats globally. It is also the charity’s 60th anniversary and the SOFA artists have generously committed 25% of the takings to the charity

November 6, 2017

An Exhibition of Eight Mixed Media Artworks by Matthew West. “I live and work in Glastonbury and have a great sense of the land around me. I aim to represent the environment as it is, not overly romanticised […]

June 7, 2017

Into the Forest- paintings and drawings of magical creatures and sacred trees. For Those in Peril- a series of small paintings inspired by images of migration past and present. Private View Saturday 8th 18:00 – 21:00 Open Daily […]

June 20, 2016

Julia Oborne’s paintings combine dreamlike colour and strange composition with solid, tangible objects, and have the aim of creating surreal scenes which do not quite ‘work’ whether this be because of an ill-fitting form or an unbalanced composition.

March 10, 2016

Frome Art Fair returns to Rook Lane showcasing some fantastic local artists. Visitors will have the chance to revisit artists whose work they liked last time and also discover new artists whose work they may not otherwise have seen.

March 8, 2016

Contemporary Quilters South West exhibition Unfolding Stories 2 includes meditative hand stitching on indigo dyed pieces and on cream fabrics, abstract and brightly coloured dyed, printed, painted, pieced and appliqued work, figurative work featuring scenes from Frome and both abstract and figurative pieces inspired by walks at the seaside.

January 27, 2016

‘Industrious: Drawings of workspace in London & Somerset’, will build on Rogers’ longstanding interest in industrial spaces as engines of urban communities, frequently now under threat from controversial redevelopment.