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AATAH was a 24-month arts programme that would have been launching in September 2020. Due to Covid-19 the planning for AATAH has been put on hold.

We are now working on ASSEMBLY ONLINE, a weekly programme of free online events every Thursday at 7:30pm.

01/06/2024

Flat Earth - Open now until 24th August
The artists will be at The Assembly House from 5–7pm this evening, 1st June, for a soft launch (with paying bar).

and - Flat Earth
An exhibition of wall-based ceramics in The Noverre Corridor, The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RQ

Mark Scott-Wood and Matthew Richardson share a passion for exploring and experimenting with the unpredictability of clay as a material, producing objects that are built, slip-cast, folded, extruded, thrown, impressed, assembled or woven. The pieces in this exhibition are traces of a process but also manifest as objects of mystery that hover between the mystical and mundane, the familiar and unfamiliar and the purposeful and playful.

The exhibition provided an opportunity for the artists to explore crossovers in their practices through a shared material - clay - and also their interests around ideas connected to superstition, myth, folk, archaeology and ritual. Both artists are interested in the way objects might be re-purposed to become significant and charged with new meaning. The pieces often reference architectural or natural structures, but are ambiguous and seem to drift across time, like past or future relics. They might be timepieces or tools, plans or diagrams, talismans or signs, or objects for contemplation.

10/03/2024

This May, the ballroom of The Assembly House will once again become the Noverre Cinema after closing its doors in 1992. What films do you remember seeing at the Noverre Cinema?

The Assembly House Trust are working with the Norwich-based Reel Connections to revive one of Norwich’s long-lost cinemas for three special screenings this summer. More information on the films, dates, and times will be announced soon via and !

The Noverre Cinema
For more than 40 years, the Noverre served as a popular city cinema which screened a diverse range of films including non-commercial and arthouse releases. Located in a former ballroom at the Assembly House in Norwich, the cinema took its name from the Noverre family who taught classical dance there during the 18th Century. The Noverre is fondly remembered for its Saturday morning kids’ club, seating with plenty of leg room, showing no adverts before films and for not selling ice creams or popcorn. The most popular film it screened was Cabaret, which was shown on 11 different occasions.

Assembly House Trust
The Assembly House Trust is a registered charity established in 1945. The Trust owns The Assembly House, facilitates an arts programme, supports community events and manages the upkeep of the building. www.assemblyhousetrust.org.uk

Reel Connections
Reel Connections uses film, music and the creative arts to connect people, groups and communities across Norfolk and the South East. They deliver a range of events, screenings and activities, and believe in the many benefits arts and culture can have on both individuals and communities, as well as increasing creative participation and engagement for all. Find out more at reelconnections.co.uk

19/10/2023

Simon Newby, on until 16 Jan, open daily.

manipulates modular objects and materials to create works that play with pattern and movement within two and three-dimensional spaces. Diverse materials are altered or concealed, triggering new ambiguous surfaces and forms.
Underpinned by a haphazard linearity, his sculptures have been imagined as drawings in space. In these fleeting sketches, once functional objects and materials slip between the rational and ridiculous, in various states of completion. They begin to offer up a visually enticing logic of their own, which is awkward, unsettling and usually quite funny.

www.simonnewby.net

21/06/2023

The Assembly House Summer Open 2023 has now finished. The exhibition ran for six days in June 2023, with work from 48 artists, and over 800 visitors.

The open call offers an accessible opportunity for artists in the UK at any stage in their career to enter up to three works in any medium. There was no specific theme set for the 2023 exhibition, and artists were not charged a submission fee to enter works. Additionally, there was no commission taken on sales. I’m really pleased we could offer this artist-centred approach, it is made possible through the support of .

For the Summer Open 2023, over 350 artists from Norwich to Northern Ireland submitted a total of 1000 works. The selection panel for the Summer Open 2023 was: Flora Parrott ( ), Artist and post-doctoral researcher on Think Deep, Royal Holloway University London; Caroline Fisher ( ) , Trustee of The Assembly House Trust and Director of Caroline Fisher Projects; Henry Jackson Newcomb ( ), Visual Arts Coordinator for The Assembly House Trust.

Design by .makes
Wall system by
Photographs by

To find out about future events an opportunities, join the mailing list: https://bit.ly/trustmailinglist
You can also find information on the Instagram or the website https://www.assemblyhousetrust.org.uk

14/06/2023

The Summer Open is Open! The launch event is tonight 6-9pm, all welcome. The exhibition is open 11-5 each day until Monday.

26/03/2023

Today from 1–4PM
A Free Short Film Screening at The Assembly House

‘Haukebodde Hacoud Hacwod Aukud’ is a new film by the Norwich based artist Anna Brass. The film is 15mins and will run twice an hour at o’clock and half past.

Set in late medieval Italy and Essex, Anna Brass’ short film explores earthly bodies and celestial realms. Brass draws on a diverse array of imagery to depict a world populated with strange objects: an oversized pilgrim badge, talking maiolica pots, and a dazzle camouflaged cathedral. Shot on 16mm with a cast of non-actors, the film presents a rich series of tableaux dense with the artist’s sculptures, backdrops and makeshift constructions. ‘Haukebodde Hacoud Hacwod Aukud’ is supported by .

20/03/2023

Film Screening
Sunday 26 March, 1–4PM, Free
Anna Brass - ‘Haukebodde Hacoud Hacwod Aukud’
The film is 15mins and will run twice an hour at o’clock and half past
It will be screening in The Pierce Room, on the first floor but fully accesible

Set in late medieval Italy and Essex, Anna Brass’ short film explores earthly bodies and celestial realms. Brass draws on a diverse array of imagery to depict a world populated with strange objects: an oversized pilgrim badge, talking maiolica pots, and a dazzle camouflaged cathedral. Shot on 16mm with a cast of non-actors, the film presents a rich series of tableaux dense with the artist’s sculptures, backdrops and makeshift constructions. ‘Haukebodde Hacoud Hacwod Aukud’ is supported by .

29/09/2022

Tonight we’ll be hosting a discussion on the theme of extraction with the artists and others involved from the current exhibition at in Kings Lynn. Join on YouTube via the link in the comments and post questions in the chat to join in the conversation.

This is a free online event starting at 7:30pm, the images above are from the artists included in the discussion.

The residency artists:
Sara Grisewood
Kathryn Maguire
Anthony Powis
Aindreas Scholz
Frankie Turk

Will be in conversation with:
Onya McCausland
Veronica Sekules

07/09/2022

Of & By: Philippa Snow
Thursday 22 September, 7.30pm
Free entry; tickets must be reserved - link in bio
snow will read from her debut book Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment (Repeater, 2022) and join Jonathan P. Watts in conversation.

Philippa Snow is a critic and essayist. Her work has appeared in publications including Artforum, The Los Angeles Review of Books, ArtReview, Frieze, The White Review, Vogue, The Nation, The New Statesman, and The New Republic. She was shortlisted for the 2020 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, and Which As You Know Means Violence is her first book.

Of & By is a series of artist talks, screenings and discussions organised by the contemporary art critic .

The Pierce Room, 1st Floor, The Assembly House, Norwich, NR2 1RQ
Limited capacity, please only reserve tickets if you can definitely attend the event.  If you realise you are unable to attend, please send an email and we can reallocate your tickets.  This event is made possible through the support of .
www.assemblyhousetrust.org.uk

11/05/2022

Case Studies
A collection of alternative and transformative portraits made by students at Norwich University of the Arts in response to Dr Hills’ nineteenth century Norfolk County Asylum casebooks.

Case Studies is a collaboration between Norwich University of the Arts and the Change Minds project, accessing material from Norfolk Record Office’s archive. NUA’s Case Studies project contributes to Change Minds’ work to improve the wellbeing of people with mental health problems, through interaction with historical archives and creativity.

Pierce Room, Assembly House, Norwich
Open Thurs 19–Fri 20 May 10am–4pm
Opening event Thurs 19 May 4pm–5pm

www.nua.ac.uk
www.changeminds.org.uk

07/04/2022

‘UNDISCLOSED’

Tonight, 7:30pm, online only, free
Join in with the conversation live via YouTube, link in bio.

This event will be an open conversation with the curators and some of the artists from the ‘Undisclosed’ exhibition currently on at The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral that seeks to expose Modern Slavery. It is a way of engaging people and communities in a conversation about an issue in the face of injustice.
The exhibition is free to visit and is on till 18th April 2022.

The exhibiting artists who will be speaking on the Assembly Online event are & , .rolf and , they will be joined by the curators .hockley and .

The space between the art world and Modern Slavery is a challenging one to negotiate; integrity is key. Being confronted with ethical issues and seeking to do justice to this hidden world required a depth of sensitivity, knowledge and determination. The artists traversed this space by creating artworks which highlight the power of Art, connecting our emotions and intelligence.

Images:
Install Shot
Install Shot
Judith Stewart & James Quinn, 'Bradenham Road Stills'
Melissa Pierce Murray, 'Capture' ©denisailie
Vanessa Rolf, 'Hidden' ©denisailie
Vanessa Rolf, 'Notebook' ©denisailie

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The Assembly House
Norwich
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http://www.assemblyhousetrust.org.uk/

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