Current Exhibition

Gray Rose — Blessed Bloom

19 — 26 August, Open daily 11.00am— 4.00pm

(Closed Sunday)

Gray Rose is a Norwich-based artist with a focus mainly on the celebration of florals and the world around us. 

'Blessed Bloom' is a rich amalgamation of religion and flora. Each piece in this collection reflects the compositional principles within Renaissance devotional art. Florals now occupy the positions once held by figures in the original pieces. Petals take on gestures, stems hold posture, and bloom becomes body. Humanity traced through the language of flowers. These works explore transformation as a shared condition: to grow, to change, to wither, to return. An unbroken cycle of growth, decay and spiritual renewal.

In Christian art, the body has long functioned as a vessel for suffering, transcendence, and devotion. By removing the body, the sacred is not lost but displaced - embedded instead in the rhythms of the natural world. Where the human body is finite, the natural world persists through continual transformation - temporal, yet unending. An unbroken cycle of  growth, decay and spiritual renewal.

Upcoming exhibitions September

Norwich School: Art and Design GCSE showcase

This exhibition presents a diverse collection of work created by our U5 GCSE pupils across Fine Art, Printmaking, Graphics, Photography, Textiles & Fashion, and 3D Design. It is a celebration of the talent, creativity, and hard work of the 2025-26 cohort, reflecting their personal journeys and artistic development.

Visitors will gain an insight into the breadth of creative opportunities available at Norwich School, where pupils are encouraged to explore a wide variety of styles, processes, and specialist endorsements.

Opening:

• Sat 5 Sept — 12:00-17:00 Exhibition open

• Sun 6 Sept Gallery closed

• Mon 7 Sept — Fri 11 Sept 12:00-17:00 Exhibition open

• Sat 12 Sept — 09:00-13:00 Exhibition open (Open Morning)

For GCSE, pupils are encouraged to respond in a more individual, engaged and extensive way. They can opt for one or more of the following from the GCSE AQA A&D specification: 2D Digital Design specialising in Graphic Communication, Branding, Animation, Game Design, Photography & Fashion Advertising; or 3D Design where pupils specialise in Product Design, Furniture, Jewellery, Architecture, or Textiles specialising in Fashion illustration, Surface Design/Digital Textiles and Constructed Textile; or from the WJEC Eduqas A&D Specification: Fine Art where they can specialise in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking.