INSPIRED BY BENTON END
In 2024 a movement 'Inspired by Benton End' a collaboration with other Suffolk based contemporary artists, including Dominica Yannaghas, Talitha Hart, Lynne Campen, Annabel Ridley, Sarah Figlio, Judith Glover, ceramicist Caroline Fish, and Rebecca Moss Guyver who gather to create work inspired by the history of Benton End, Hadleigh the former home of artists Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines, visiting the site, drawing, painting, and exchanging ideas, all while celebrating the legacy. This artistic movement held a series of exhibitions celebrating the legacy of Benton End and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing founded by Morris and Lett-Haines and the movement involves artists who draw inspiration from the environment, the artists who lived and worked there, and the unique atmosphere of Benton End. Exhibitions are held in Hadleigh, often coinciding with the reopening of Benton End's gardens to the public in 2025 at Hadleigh Old School. The group includes established professionals, regularly exhibiting at 'Heart of Suffolk', Art Society shows, and Suffolk Open Studios, alongside emerging talent. All are based in the Stour and Brett Valleys of East Anglia