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This exhibition of artworks by Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy MBE, is inspired by and a direct response to the Charles Partridge Collection, on show in Ipswich Museum.

Charles Partridge was an Edwardian Suffolk Colonial Officer in Nigeria and his collection of the Ibibio is close to her own traditional cultural heritage as an Igbo. Chinwe has taken particular inspiration from one of the Ekpo masks Partidge collected from the Ibibio people to explore the theme of masks and 'masking'.

Through her new paintings, drawings and 3D work Chinwe invites the audience to contemplate the notions of disguise and façade. Devices through which people have sought to articulate the complexities of everyday life, the African Colonial experience, and the contemporary conflicts over cultural identity that face the African diaspora.

Also exhibiting at the moment is 'Return to The Ipswich Art School' by graphic artist Gareth Bayliss.

Bayliss is a compulsive graphic artist with a broad interest in ritual display in contemporary youth culture, entertainment and social activity. He presents workings and ephemera from his commercial publication and packaging design for musical artists and record labels (including Mo'Wax, Dizzee Rascal, Honest Jon's), alongside his prolific personal outputs - drawings, print and zines.

His drawing-based work has evolved a signatory visual and conceptual repertoire "sampled" and "mixed" from a passion for the world of record collecting. Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afro-Beat, Folk, Country, Rock, Hip Hop, Electronic Dance and Urban music provide an eclectic resource for his meticulous, handcrafted (drawn and digested) compositions. Work results as "visual trademarks" and logotypes, recurring insignia and surface patterns, graphic language familiar in global branding but used here to communicate more intimate "tribal" association.

Also exhibiting at the moment is 'Behind the Mask' by Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy MBE.

To find out what else is happening at Ipswich Art School and our six other venues, visit www.cimuseums.org.uk.

Come and discover the stories of Ipswich legend Margaret Catchpole and the Cobbold family at this new historical display provided by the Cobbold Family History Trust.

The display, which includes hundreds of illustrations, looks at:

• Margaret Catchpole's life (2012 is the 250th anniversary of her birth);
• The Cobbold family's involvement in the brewery and Ipswich Town Football Club;
• Felix Thornley Cobbold, who gave Christchurch Mansion to the Borough and whose centenary was celebrated in 2009.

Opening times:
The Reg Driver Visitor Centre is open to the public from 10.00 until 16.00, seven days a week all year round, except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. In the summer months, from 1st May until 31st August, the Centre is open until 19.00, in line with the later closing times for the park.