This exhibition is supported by British Waterways but is not confined to pictures of the canals. Water has always been a fascinating subject for artists - for musicians and writers as well as those practicing the visual arts. Rivers, lakes, ponds, the sea, waves and waterfalls, present so much to inspire. In this exhibition inspiration comes, firstly, from very near home - the River Stort Navigation. This mill was powered by the water of the Stort for over nine centuries. Colourful paintings by Alan Burgess capture the river's varying seasons and weathers.

Subjects from farther afield have also been chosen for the exhibition. Paintings of waves on the cliffs of Cornwall and frozen fjords in Norway are included, as well as photographs of coastline in Scotland and Wales.

Glass and water have an affinity. Artists working in glass, one of the most attractive materials for artwork, explore reflections on still water, melting ice and the movement of tumbling waterfalls. Karen Murphy exhibits a glass mural panel featured in the first of the new series of Property Ladder on Channel 4.

Sculptures involving water will be displayed on the "island" in front of the Gallery and it is hoped that steel waterlilies will float on the millrace!

This will be an interesting, varied and attractive exhibition which it is hoped will co-incide with the completion of another arts project in collaboration with British Waterways. Artists at Parndon Mill were asked to submit proposals for a raised walkway over the adjacent 26 metres long weir which is being widened to allow wheelchair access. The design which has been accepted and is now going into production is by Alan Freeman who works in steel and Karen Murphy, glass artist. The organic forms of the new structure are designed to harmonise with the river and the countryside. It is hoped that the opening of the widened towpath and the new bridge will occur during the run of the Waterworks exhibition and will be celebrated in The Gallery.