Exhibition 21st – 27th July 2014 at Moyses Hall Museum and Edmunds Green, Bury St Edmunds

This was a collaboration between local coffee shops, their visitors, Moyse’s Hall Museum, St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Ceri Thomson. The artworks considered the town’s changing history, and its women, by celebrating The Widow’s Coffee House which stood adjacent to Edmunds Green in the 18th Century. Coffee shop visitors exchanged coffee tokens for admission to the museum exhibition, and were directed to participating shops and the museum by the site specific installation at Edmunds Green. This promoted the exhibition, the museum, and the coffee shops.

Click here to see a brief video of the site specific Edmunds Green installation.

Letitia Rookes’ Silver Coffee Pot and Stand, Site specific installation in The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, 2014. Pot: acrylic, plaster, wire, newspaper, plastic bin, marine ply, glue, wood, 87.5 x 94 x 65 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Letitia Rookes’ Silver Coffee Pot and Stand, Site specific installation in The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, 2014. Pot: acrylic, plaster, wire, newspaper, plastic bin, marine ply, glue, wood, 87.5 x 94 x 65 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Rookery Installation and Portraits, Moyse’s Hall Museum, 2014. Rookery: wire, used coffee bags, glue, twigs, found materials (courtesy Jane Thomas and Juliet King), 55 x 85 x 82 cm. Paintings: acrylic, glue, marine ply and found crockery, both 80 x 60 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Letitia Rookes, 2014. Acrylic, coffee cups, saucers, coffee pot, glue on marine ply, 80 x 60 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Mary Rookes, 2014. Acrylic, coffee cups, saucers, coffee pot, glue on marine ply, 80 x 60 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Detail from Rookery installation, 2014. Wire, used coffee bags, glue, twigs, found materials (courtesy Jane Thomas and Juliet King), 55 x 85 x 82 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Detail from Rookery installation, 2014. Wire, used coffee bags, glue, twigs, found materials (courtesy Jane Thomas and Juliet King), 55 x 85 x 82 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Detail from Rookery installation, 2014. Wire, used coffee bags, glue, twigs, found materials (courtesy Jane Thomas and Juliet King), 55 x 85 x 82 cm. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Coffee tokens used to direct collaboration participants to museum installation and portraits from coffee pot installation via coffee shops, Ceri Thomson, 2014. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.

Rook preparatory sketch for Rookery museum installation, 2014. Soft pastel on paper, 25 x 30 cm approx. Photograph © Ceri Thomson 2014.