• Pulling Prints Exhibition at Mill Tye Gallery, Great Cornard

    Mill Tye Gallery 3 Cornard Mills, Mill Tye, Great Cornard, Sudbury

    A vibrant exhibition of original printmaking by artists aged 18–25, developed through a free creative programme led by Gainsborough’s House and supported by Mill Tye Gallery.   Discover bold, experimental work from participants who explored traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques in a series of artist-led workshops. This final exhibition brings together fresh ideas, strong voices,...

  • Life Drawing with Sue Marsdon – 14 March 2026

    Join Sue Marsdon with the life drawing group on the first Saturday of every month. Enjoy a full day of life drawing at Gainsborough's House with lots of different poses throughout the day. While Sue will suggest some poses and techniques, this session is untutored, and therefore best suited to those with some drawing experience....

  • The Gainsborough Quartet live at Gainsborough’s House

    The Gainsborough Quartet is a celebrated ensemble known for its warm, expressive, and vibrant performances. With a repertoire of timeless classical music, they bring each piece vividly to life, captivating audiences with nuance and artistry. Set in the elegant Gainsborough Gallery, this special evening offers the perfect environment to immerse yourself in music. Surrounded by...

  • Tom’s Tuesday: Back to Gainsborough! – 31 March

    Get ready for a fun-filled creative adventure! Join us as we explore the Gainsborough Gallery, uncover stories about the life and art of Thomas Gainsborough, and spark our imaginations along the way. After our gallery tour, it’s time to get hands-on! We’ll head into the landscape gallery to create our very own masterpieces inspired by...

  • Life Drawing with Sue Marsdon – 11 April 2026

    Join Sue Marsdon with the life drawing group on the first Saturday of every month. Enjoy a full day of life drawing at Gainsborough's House with lots of different poses throughout the day. While Sue will suggest some poses and techniques, this session is untutored, and therefore best suited to those with some drawing experience....

  • 2–day Oil Portrait Painting Workshop

    with Ione Hunter-Gordon Due to popular demand, Ione is back to deliver another two-day workshop. Immerse yourself in the art of portraiture with the rich, expressive medium of oil paint. This workshop is perfect whether you’re just starting out and want to learn the fundamentals, or you’re an experienced artist looking to hone your technique....

  • Gainsborough, Turner & Constable: Inventing Landscape

    Gainsborough's House 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, United Kingdom

    2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Suffolk-born artist John Constable (1776–1837). To celebrate, this exhibition explores the emergence of the tradition of landscape painting in Britain through three of its greatest exponents. Key works include Gainsborough’s idyllic scene, Landscape with Cattle, a Young Man Courting a Milkmaid (early 1770s), which has...

  • Land, Sky, Light: New Landscapes by David Dawson

    Land, Sky, Light features fifteen of David Dawson’s (b. 1960) recent large-scale paintings of his native countryside in Montgomeryshire, Wales, painted en plein air. Painted outdoors during each season of the year, the artist then continues to work on them in his London studio before completing them back in the Welsh countryside, taking several years...

  • Kate Giles: Remember Tomorrow

    Gainsborough's House 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, United Kingdom

    Suffolk-born and Norfolk residing artist Kate Giles (b. 1962) creates expressive work rooted in her native landscape, specifically drawing on the legacy of John Constable.  This exhibition primarily showcases new paintings and drawings, several of which explicitly refer to Constable’s six-footer of the Suffolk landscape, The Leaping Horse, which will be on display as part...

  • Life Drawing with Sue Marsdon – 2 May 2026

    Join Sue Marsdon with the life drawing group on the first Saturday of every month. Enjoy a full day of life drawing at Gainsborough's House with lots of different poses throughout the day. While Sue will suggest some poses and techniques, this session is untutored, and therefore best suited to those with some drawing experience....

  • Gainsborough, Turner & Constable Breakfast Tour – 14 May 2026

    Join us on Thomas Gainsborough's birthday to discover the story behind our exhibition, Gainsborough, Turner & Constable: Inventing Landscape in celebration of Constable 250 in 2026. Led by our Keeper of Art and Place, Emma Boyd, this special Breakfast Tour will introduce you to three of Britain's greatest landscape painters. The exhibition features key works like Gainsborough’s idyllic...

  • Polymer Photogravure Masterclass with Theadora Ballantyne-Way

    Theadora creates surreal, dystopian worlds where dreams and reality quietly collide. Using photomontage, painting, and printmaking, she allows familiar objects to shift into new, often celestial identities. Join Theadora Ballantyne-Way in this two-day Masterclass on polymer photogravure and relief – delve into this fascinating process as you produce incredible original prints showing both depth and richness. Experience printing...