CLOCK HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION
The Clock House Artists Association was founded in 1982 from Clock House Studios and ran bi-annual shows for a number of years along with arts council funded residencies, regular talks, events and parties. The Association was later taken over by Laurence Thomas Edwards and supports his work and in early 2003 the community of artists moved to Butley, setting up a bronze foundry, establishing a home for the group and encouraging new artists to get involved. At Butley Mills Studios which is run by the Clock House Arts Association, a registered charity (Charity No: 293804) to provide affordable rent for artists and an interface with the public for cultural and artistic education. The studios are located in the depths of rural Suffolk, at the head of Butley Creek, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The original site was an old grain store that has been converted into 16 studios for multidisciplinary artists to rent, with a working bronze foundry central to its activities. Studio members include bronze sculptors, a stone carver, steel sculptor, painters and ceramicists, making it a diverse and vibrant centre. An annual Open Weekend for the public to visit is hugely popular and some of the artists run regular workshops. The Clock House Arts Association is renowned for encouraging students and artists to visit, learn about bronze casting, do work experience, or join residencies at Butley Mills Studios. One of the missions of the charity is encouraging emerging artists, past successes include Laurence Edwards, who has now moved on to found his own studios and is extremely well-known. Other Suffolk artists associated with Clock House include Johanne Frances Humphreys, Mona Jupp, Geoffrey King, Julie Noad, Ann Oakley, Audrey Elizabeth Pilkington and Verity Anne Wookey.