What's On
The 2026 programme covers a wide range of media, including print, photography, 3D works and textiles. We are delighted that our renovations enable us to include a textile exhibition for the first time, as there is so much exciting contemporary work in this field.
This page lists scheduled events – you can also see artworks displayed around town at any time

From
Shangri-La
to CromerWork inspired by Derrick GreavesThe title of the show comes from James Hyman’s book, Derrick Greaves: From Kitchen Sink to Shangri-La.

Opening Act
Eve Harriss and Casey JacksonA debut exhibition of work created during the bursary artists year-long Cromer Artspace residency.

Maps
A poetry workshop by James McDermottThrough a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore the poem as a map: how poetry can help us navigate our internal and external worlds and how we can use places, numbers and grids in poetry.

Bigger Picture Art Walk
Towner collectionJoin us on guided art walks around Cromer and discover some of the 24 life-size replica artworks from Towner, Eastbourne.

The Art of Us
Volunteers showcaseCromer Artspace is fortunate in having a large team of wonderful volunteers, with a wide range of skills and expertise, who enjoy working and talking together, and creating.

This exhibition focusses on paint as a medium and the processes of painting. It includes painters working in a range of styles and for a variety of purposes from our region and beyond.

Im/permanence
Explorations of the ephemeral through photographyJoin photographic artist Rachel Wright for an artist's talk and discussion as she shares work from her winter residency at Cromer Artspace. A photographic exploration of time, liminality and the ephemeral, in the context of the ever-changing Norfolk coast.

Paint
Artists in Conversation
The Sea, The Sea
Ivy SmithOver recent years much of Ivy Smith's work has been about the seaside, encompassing painting, drawing, etching and linocut.

Everydayness
A poetry workshop by James McDermottTo coincide with printmaker and painter Ivy Smith’s exhibition exploring humorous moments in everyday life, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore everydayness in poetry: how we can use poetry to assert, celebrate, interrogate and re-see smallness, mundanity, routine and ritual.
