Gallery

Great Print 10

From Friday 4 April to Sunday 29 June

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rheged’s Great Print Exhibition! Discover over 1,000 stunning contemporary artworks from UK artists, showcasing screenprint, etching, lino block, and collagraph.

Immerse yourself in the magic of printmaking through film, as you watch the intricate processes unfold and see the final prints displayed alongside the plates and blocks that created them.

This year, we spotlight the timeless art of letterpress, featuring iconic tools, authentic typefaces, and bold new works. See how today’s printmakers are reinventing this classic technique with bold, contemporary designs.

Specially curated areas showcase Cumbrian printmakers, Sarah Cemmick and her British Wildlife prints and Sue Rowland’s latest project, that tells the fascinating stories of two forward thinking female Victorian explorers.   

Don’t miss this celebration of modern printmaking.

Free Entry

Upcoming & Past Exhibitions

Libby Edmondson’s Pop-Up Print Shop

Now open near our Gallery, visit our pop-up print shop dedicated to the vibrant work of Libby Edmondson with over 20 prints to choose from as well as a range of her Hare and Cheetah Sculptures.

All the artwork is available to take away on the day of your visit. You simply fill in the order form and take it the Gallery Desk where the team will be delighted to help.

Open daily 10am-5pm

Community Gallery

Cultivating Good Mental Health

Open now till Sun 29 June | Free to see

Monday 12th to Sunday 18th May is Mental Health Awareness Week and, for 2025, the theme is Community. The importance of strong connections and supportive communities for better mental health is something which Growing Well has always championed.

Growing Well is a Cumbrian charity which supports people experiencing poor mental health to activate their own recovery and live a healthier life.

Kendal-based artist Bethan Thorsby was commissioned by Growing Well to create a mural to communicate people’s journey with Growing Well and shares some of the powerful testimonies from people the charity has supported over recent years. This wonderfully vibrant artwork is on display at Rheged.

Bethan’s work also conveys ways we can all support our own mental health and well-being.

Founded in 2004, Growing Well provides safe and encouraging environments where people undertake horticultural activity in their market gardens. This helps them unearth new confidence, skills and purpose, and recover on their own terms, in their own community.

Growing Well has three sites in Cumbria: Kendal in the South Lakes, Egremont in West Cumbria, and at Tebay Services.

Growing Well at Tebay Services is a major mental health and horticulture project which helps people in Eden and North Cumbria.

Thanks to a partnership and funding support from Westmorland Family, Growing Well have created a market garden that supplies fresh vegetables to the kitchens and farm shops at Tebay Services, Rheged and the Westmorland Hotel.

Each year, the Tebay Services site supports over 100 people to recover from their mental health difficulties and working in a commercial growing enterprise helps beneficiaries establish and maintain a sense of moving forward.

Through learning transferable, practical and vocational skills during their time at Growing Well, people have a record of achievement which can help regaining confidence and support moving into or returning to employment.

To find out more about Growing Well, please visit: www.growingwell.co.uk

All images © Bethan Thorsby / Sporadic Illustration 2025

Creative Classes

Spinner Ring Workshop with Gail Coxon
11 Jan
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£85
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Make a Pendant Taster Session with Gail Coxon
27 Jun
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£85
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Make a Pendant Taster Session with Gail Coxon
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£85
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Stacking Ring Workshop with Gail Coxon
01 Nov
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£85
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Stacking Ring Workshop with Gail Coxon
15 Nov
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£85
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Sea Glass Jewellery Workshop with Gail Coxon
28 Jun
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£85
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Sea Glass Jewellery Workshop with Gail Coxon
10 Jan
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£85
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Sea Glass Jewellery Workshop with Gail Coxon
02 Nov
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£85
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Become a Weaver with Jan Beadle | 2 Day Course
20 Sep
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£160
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29 Nov
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£160
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£160
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£80
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Colour Texture and Pattern Weaving with Jan Beadle
22 Nov
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£80
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Tartan Weaving with Jan Beadle
08 Nov
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£80
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Jigsaw Lino Printing with Liz Jones
28 Mar
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£90
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Jigsaw Lino Printing with Liz Jones
18 Oct
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£90
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Introduction to Two Colour Reduction Lino Printing with Liz Jones
14 Mar
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£90
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Introduction to Two Colour Reduction Lino Printing with Liz Jones
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£90
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Contemporary Gilding Workshop with Amelia Bedson
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Kintsugi Craft Workshop for Beginners
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Kintsugi Craft Workshop for Beginners
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Fused Glass Christmas Decorations with Roxanne Denny
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£70
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Portrait in Oils with Catherine Macdiarmid
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Spinner Ring Workshop with Gail Coxon
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£80
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£80
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£80
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£110
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£85
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£75
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