Welcome to the new independent Coastal Currents Arts Festival now stretching from Eastbourne to Rye to Robertsbridge
Firstly we want to thank you, the public, for helping us crowd fund to keep this vital celebration of culture and energy of the coast alive. The White Rock Hotel has We have new partners and more supporters than ever, working together to create legacy pieces concerned with bringing art and the perfect location with culture to you, as accessible, free, immersive experiences that stunning views over award inspire, educate and enliven. This year we are starting on the road to be consciously greener, winning Hastings Pier note no laminate on the cover and impactful pieces that carry less Coastal Currents is devised and managed and the sea, a fabulous of a footprint. We have looked at introducing projects with an by Sweet & Dandy Ltd. environmental slant, from Juliet Russell’s A Pledge to the Land sweetanddandy.co.uk cafe-bar, and lovely rooms. and Sea to Felicity Truscott’s artist in residence piece with Groundwork South. Why stay anywhere else? We are truly proud to present a new phase in the life of this 21 year old festival whilst continuing to showcase the quality of this unique Situated in a prime location on Hastings area, with innovative outdoor performances, interventions and seafront, the White Rock is a great place commissions rooted in reinventing and rejuvenating unusual areas, to stay for your visit to Hastings whether venues and locations. for business or pleasure. Come spend September by the sea.
Our hotel offers modern comfortable rooms Tina Morris Director With Art Fund support and professional but friendly service. We have the security and convenience of a 24 hour reception, food and drink available all day in our stylish cafe-bar and room service at no With thanks to our supporters who helped create the 2019 independent festival: extra charge. We also have our own carpark, free WiFi and a choice of meetings rooms.
The Terrace cafe-bar’s famed sea front terraces are the ideal place to breakfast al fresco, meet friends for lunch or sip cocktails in the moonlight. Perhaps unusually for such a modern bar we are also noted for our excellent local beers and our ‘dogs welcome’ policy. Also discover our newly opened basement bar and live music nights.
To book, please call us Donate: on 01424 422240 We are now independent and rely on your donations to make this festival happen. www.thewhiterockhotel.com Help us with the 2020 festival now gofundme.com/coastal-currents-2020 [email protected] Coastal Currents 2019 is in tribute to Jay Warner, an incredible, kind, funny and big hearted, larger than life, diamond human being, who made a real impact on all who knew him in the short time he was in Hastings. We’ll miss you terribly at this year’s festival Jay. B coastalcurrents.org.uk CONTENTS
4 Street Art 5 Festival Launch Party 6 Grand Coastal Postcard Hunt 8 BT Boxes 9 Crowley Calling 10 Hastings Heart Night 11 Our Town: A Pledge to the Land and the Sea 12 Coastal Currents Workshops 13 Felicity Truscott 14 The Observer Basement 15 If Not a Wasteland 16 Pecha Kucha 17 Dance Movies - Mark French 18 Home Live Art & New Queers on the Block 19 Salty 1st Birthday Party
20 MAP
23 EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS
49 OPEN STUDIOS 49 Seaford 51 Eastbourne 53 Bexhill 56 Battle 57 St Leonards on Sea 68 Hastings 77 East of Hastings 80 Winchelsea & Rye
Thank you We are very grateful for all artists, organisers and advertisers who have contributed to CC 2019. Designed by Luke Herriott at StudioInk.co.uk. With special thanks to Mark French, Juliet Russell, Ben Urban, Rachel Irons, Rebecca Ellis, Katy Baird, Fay McConnell, Megan Donfrancesco Reddy, Molly Anne Barrett, Clare Dunham Phillips, Emma Long and Joule Arts and Events among others who helped facilitate.
Coastal Currents 2019 is devised and managed by Sweet & Dandy Ltd.
Large print versions are available on request email [email protected]
Coastal Currents 2019 3 STREET ART Curated by Sweet and Dandy COASTAL CURRENTS LAUNCH PARTY ROOF TERRACE JOIN US ON THE TOP TERRACE OF THIS 1930’S ICON STARTS 6PM, SPEECHES - 7PM
Image by Drew Copus - @droobie_art Copus Drew Image by FREE GLASS OF FIZZ - Limited Book online at dlwp.com if you want to attend though!
De La Warr Pavilion beach-side lawn Saturday 31st August 2pm – 10.30pm Free entry booking required – dlwp.com
An all-day, beach-side event celebrating independent record label culture with DJs from eight of the UK’s best record labels bringing you the fi nest soul, funk, beats, breaks and drum & bass.
Street Art
Sweet and Dandy as part of this year’s Coastal Currents has curated a number of accessible street level visual arts pieces that will add to the impact the festival has already made in recent years. With the Queens Road mural and the West Hill Shelter, Bottle Alley’s Point of Decay and Wavelength by ZEROH in 2015 & 2017 as well as Isaac Cordal’s #LittleMenofRockaNore amongst some of the better known interventions, Coastal Currents looks to continue this legacy. Watch out for pieces across the region and hashtag with #coastalcurrents when you spot them.
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BEXHILL SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 10AM HASTINGS CONTEMPORARY 1PM DE LA WARR PAVILION 3.30PM TOWNER EASTBOURNE
The Grand Coastal Postcard Hunt will take you on a magical mystery tour of the Sussex coastline giving you many opportunities to fi nd and win amazing artworks by fantastic artists. We asked a heap of the most talented artists we knew including Maslen and Mehra, Dawn Mellor, Alice Channer, Sophie Barber, Robert Ellis, Scott Robertson, Godith Hawkins, EASTBOURNE Alessandra Spranzi, Harold Off eh, Caroline Achaintre, Jack Strange, Alison Wilding, Drew Copus, Etienne Le Comte, Geraldine Swayne, Amy Sharrocks, Alexander Brattell, Tom Banks, Michelle Mildenhall, SHUBY, Sadie Hennessy, Rachel Williams, Leo Leigh, Sassy Luke, Tom Dale and many more. Follow us on social media on the day to fi nd the clues, follow the hunt and bag yourself a free piece of valuable original art. coastalcurrents.org.uk/grandcoastalpostcardhunt @coastalcurrents #coastalcurrents #grandcoastalpostcardhunt
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BT BOXES Sweet and Dandy presents:
Peter Quinnell 50.859960, 0.588942 Benjamin Phillips 50.857037, 0.590898 Nina Somers 50.857026, 0.590975 Drew Copus 50.855659, 0.579918 SHUBY 50.855201, 0.584300 ZEROH 50.855237, 0.577055 SEP
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OUR TOWN; A PLEDGE TO THE LAND AND THE SEA
Ladies Parlour, West Hill, Hastings, TN34 3RD 20 September, 6pm, FREE
You are invited to Ladies Parlour, West Hill, Hastings to watch the sunset, accompanied by beautiful live music and readings of the books. 7.15pm We will circle the Hill as custodians to this land and sea.
PLEASE CONTRIBUTE Nelson Antiques, 80 High St, Old Town, TN34 3EL St Mary in the Castle Cafe, 7 Pelham Place, TN34 3AF Omega Studio, 14 Grand Parade, TN37 6DN
1 - 15 September PLEASE SIGN THE BOOK AT THESE LOCATIONS As part of Coastal Currents Festival, a book will be created, pledging how we as a whole town will change part of our lifestyle to protect and preserve the environment and our impact upon it. We would love everyone in the community to come and write one sentence in the book saying how they will help the environment. The pledge will then be illustrated by local artists and housed in Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, then archived in the Fishermans Museum. We would also love schools and all community groups to add to the Towns Pledge by creating their own beautiful books. Please will you be an ambassador? We ask everyone of you to become an ambassador for the pledge project. Please take a few lined & numbered A4 pages everywhere with you and ask everyone including groups and businesses you are part of, to sign their name and a short sentence saying how they will reduce their impact on the environment. Then take your sheets to one of the addresses above by 17 September. The project has been created by Juliet Russell whose music in the landscape has been heard globally from the National Theatre roof, castles and football stadiums, to sites of the ancient Mayans. vocalexplosion.co.uk/juliet-russell
MUSICIANS: Dirk Campbell on Bagpipes - renowned multi instrumentalist (The Last King of Scotland, Harry Potter, RSC). Juliet Russell, vocalist. Vocal Explosion Choir, Hastings Gospel Soul Choir. FELL DUO, stunning accordion & violin from Joe White and Mike Simmonds (Nick Cave,The Levellers, Alice Russell).
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Coastal Currents Workshops
Workshops hosted at East Sussex College and curated by Sweet and Dandy. £10 per adult per session - coastalcurrents.org.uk/tickets Felicity Truscott (free to students from East Sussex College but must book in advance by emailing [email protected]) Hastings Borough Council, with support from the Interreg North West Europe programme, is working with Groundwork South to 23 July deliver a new sustainable straw bale Visitor Centre for Hastings Marketing/PR/Social Media by SWEET AND DANDY Country Park. Morning 10am - 1pm - Making things happen Capturing the process of the build will help to promote Afternoon 2pm - 5pm - How to make a project fl y... sustainable public buildings. This will be the fi rst straw bale building constructed in the borough 30 July of Hastings and local artist Felicity Truscott was chosen as Artist in A day with REQ - STREET ARTIST Residence for the build. With ArtFund support Morning 10am - 1pm - Beyond Graffi ti Drawing on elements of protection and shelter, Felicity will use Afternoon 2pm - 5pm - Spray paint lessons natural materials to create a suspended woven structure. The 6 August residency will focus on the building and location as a starting point, researching native birds like the Kestrel, and the inherent qualities PETER QUINNELL - ARTIST of their wings which enable them to function so eff ectively. Morning 10am - 1pm - Mixed media practice with Peter Quinnell Afternoon 2pm - 5pm - Create and make Watch out for the evolution of this piece and potentially a fi nal exhibition as part of the 2019 festival. 13 August feliclitytruscott.com STATIS BEATNIK - DJ, Producer and Film maker Morning 10am - 1pm - Engagement & media forms Afternoon 2pm - 5pm - How to brand your life
12 coastalcurrents.org.uk Coastal Currents 2019 13 EXHIBITION INTERVENTION Rachel Irons in association with Flatland Projects Curated by Ben Urban and Rachel Irons
If Not a Wasteland Ben Urban and Rachel Irons Alternative experimental therapy sessions Stade Open Space 21 September 2pm onwards
Cry Club - an alternative therapy workshop that allows you to reconnect with yourself in a shared, safe and therapeutic space. Cry Club is a collaborative design project by Goldsmiths Alumni and the mental health charity MIND. STRETCH Previous iterations have operated at Tate Britain (A Common Launch 10 - 18 September Ground), Goldsmiths, University of London, and Elephant and Opening hours see Castle Shopping Centre. sourcebmx.com Opening Event Cry Club will be running an open workshop as a part of the 10 September 3pm – 6pm events programme for ‘If Not a Wasteland’ - the participants will be encouraged to share and explore emotion in a controlled London based artist environment. Bring a feeling you want to share. Madeleine Pledge presents Observer Basement their fi rst solo exhibition in Curated by Rachel Irons Violinist George Sullivan will compose an original score in response the South East of England. Madeleine, was recently 31/1 & 7/8 September 11am-5pm to T.S Elliot’s ‘The Wasteland’ and the contextualisation of the research lead by Ben Urban and Rachel Irons as part of the included in the Towner events programme. Gallery Arts Council Rachel Irons works with the East Sussex College students to curate Collection show, ‘The a show in the basement tunnels of the iconic Observer building. George Sullivan plays base guitar in ‘Talk Show’ a South East Weather Garden’, curated Observer Building vaults, hidden from the public for over three London band represented by YALA records. by Anne Hardy. decades, opened exclusively for Coastal Currents, in a partnership Until 15 September. between East Sussex College, White Rock Neighbourhood Please join us at 12noon for a weaving workshop lead by Rachel @fl atland_projects Ventures, Sweet and Dandy and Flatland Projects. Irons, appropriate for all ages, numbers are limited.
14 coastalcurrents.org.uk Coastal Currents 2019 15 Dance Movies Kino-Teatr, 43-49 Norman Rd, St Leonards, TN38 0EG 27 September, 7.30pm £12 book kino-teatr.co.uk
Exspira Machina/Kwaidan AI Yumino Seki/Mark French/Afrit Nebula A ghost in the machine trapped by a scanner, unable to escape her own memory.
Live performance by Yumino Seki and Afrit Nebula.
Experiments with a Danse Macabre Nichola Bruce/Patricia Langa/Daniel Day-Gordon Confi ned within ever decreasing walls and a world of projected images, dancer Patricia Langa can fi nd no visible means of escape.
Klipperty Klopp 2 Andrew Kotting/Yumino Seki Split-screen installation re-creating Kotting’s original fi lm on the earthworks of Winchcombe Common.
I Am Weather Rebecca Marshall/Nichola Bruce/Clare Whistler Triptych projection fi lmed at The Library of Water, Stykkishulmur, Iceland. Dancer Clare Whistler is viewed through a lighthouse lens and falling water. kino-teatr.co.uk
Coastal Currents 2019 17 PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE Curated by Home Live Art Curated by Home Live Art
Home Live Art and New Queers on the Block present Adam Frost and Marikiscrycrycry Performance Double Bill
1st Floor, The Printworks, 14 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE 20 September, 7pm – 8.30pm Tickets: £5/£4 concs
SEND x43 by Adam Frost Fusing together text, costume and music SEND x43 attempts to question the inner workings of our mind through a series of out-of-body experiences. Sometimes you can’t stop. Overthinking.
He’s Dead by Marikiscrycrycry This new work from prolifi c nonbinary choreographer and dancer Marikiscrycrycry uses diff erent dance and choreographic techniques, as well as live action, and song to ask the question, ‘Was Tupac depressed?’ We will never know for sure because of his untimely death. So what are we left with? Gender neutral toilets. Contact [email protected] for accessibility details.
Home Live Art Present Salty 1st Birthday Party Ground Floor, The Printworks, 14 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE 20 September, 9pm - 2am Tickets in advance: £8/£6 concs or £10 on the door
Home Live Art are hosting an epic birthday party to celebrate the fi rst year of Salty, their infamous performance parties held JOINT TICKET OFFER at the Printworks. Book a ticket for Salty and the Performance Double Bill Featuring DJs, dancing and a unique programme of radical together for the special price cabaret performance Salty is an inclusive space for LGBTQ+ of just £10/£8 folk and their allies to come together and celebrate queerness (only available online at in all its forms. homeliveart.com). Gender neutral toilets.
Image - Marikiscrycrycry by Uemura Tadayuki Uemura by Image - Marikiscrycrycry Contact [email protected] for accessibility details. Denny Alice Gloop by Image - Oozing
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MAP LOCATIONS ARE VERY APPROXIMATE. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILED LOCATIONS. A259
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20 coastalcurrents.org.uk Coastal Currents 2019 21 EVENTS AND Be first in line for future gigs with DLWP Membership. EXHIBITIONS 31 August - 30 September
In this section you will find workshops, performances, films and exhibitions in shops, • Priority booking on the seafront, on the streets as well as in galleries, museums, art venues and cinemas. On pages 20 and 21 you will find a map that will help guide you to all the events and • 10% Café Bar and shop discount exhibitions happening during the Festival.
• Exclusive event invites The following pages contain community listings that are not funded or organised by Coastal Currents. We cannot be held responsible for accident or injury at events and activities organised by external individuals • Private Members’ Gig Bar and groups during Coastal Currents.
facebook.com/CoastalCurrents @coastalcurrents Members had priority booking on coastalcurrentsfestival these events: WWW coastalcurrents.org.uk
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All My Best Ideas Ever The Art of the Seaside The Imperial, Postcard plus Dennis Lucas, AVERAGE WHITE BAND OMD 119 Queens Road, Hastings Potter Hastings, The Burton Gallery, Thursday 26 September Sunday 17 November TN34 1RL 5 Marine Court, Throughout the Festival St Leonards on Sea, Private View: 29 Aug TN38 0DX ADAM ANT EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY All My Best Ideas Ever - an Throughout the Festival illustration exhibition of hand painted originals Weekends 11am - 4pm and Tuesday 3 December Tuesday 11 February by local Hastings illustrator Nathan James Page, by appointment hosted by The Imperial (passionate purveyors The Art of the Seaside Postcard Featuring of beer and pizza). All work will be for sale and examples of the original artwork for saucy available framed or unframed. postcards from the early/mid twentieth century, Pop in for playful pictures, pints and pizza! including the work of Donald McGill. Very politically incorrect. Plus Dennis Lucas, Hastings #bepartofourstory [email protected] Potter A selection of the work of Dennis Lucas, nathanjamespage.co.uk who set up the Hastings Pottery in 1956 and 07899 986362 continued producing his hand-made pieces there until 1995. Level access. [email protected] burtongallery.co.uk 01424 719817
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Aground: Foundered Bachene /Birch / The South Coast, Harman / Paines Unannounced and uninvited Studio 49, at various beach locations 49 Brittany Road, Throughout the Festival St Leonards on Sea, 24/7 TN38 0RD To be haunted by the 31 August/1 September and drowned cries of a child, 7/8 September 11am-6pm carried on the threatening gale, beneath the Four mixed media artists. Different styles from surge and shifting shingle, is to abjure the line drawing to surreal incorporating vibrant undying romance of the surrounding sea. colours and textures. Anna Bachene, collage Yet I cleave to the shore, and heave to the artist - Insta: @collectableicons. Maureen rope, tethering the distant sounding buoy. Harman: landscape to abstract - Insta: @ It will not break, will not succumb to the vast mharman.mosart. Anthony Birch: architectural and silencing waters. drawings - birchart.co.uk. Dawn Paines: textured [email protected] landscape - [email protected]. brianmander.co.uk [email protected] 01424 422447 or 07774 044901
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Crab Hands Danny Pockets Eel & Bear, Houses Of The Holy 28 Waldegrave Street, Solaris, Hastings, 76 Norman Road, TN34 1SJ St Leonards on Sea, Throughout the Festival TN38 0EJ Tue - Thu 12noon - 8pm Throughout the Festival ALIVE Fri - Sat 12noon - 9pm Tue - Fri 1pm - 6pm Sun 12noon - 5pm Sat 10am - 6pm Closed Mon Opening night: 7 Sep 6pm - 8pm A rare opportunity to peer at the proprietors’ An exhibition of Danny Pocket’s Limited Edition artistic endeavours, Eel & Bear presents a Prints. Proceeds from sales in aid of St Michael’s tiny little exhibition of Sussex landscape Hospice. Exhibition runs until Saturday 5 October. Towner photographs and curious abstract oil paintings by Mary Redmond and Nick Richards. [email protected] solarisprint.co.uk Eastbourne [email protected] 01424 427392 eelandbear.com 01424 602055
www.townereastbourne.org.uk @ townergallery #EastbourneAlive
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Artists & makers trails across 7 8 Lewes, Newhaven, Seaford Days of The Lake Humanity Station Elisabeth Bauer Zuzushii Art Laboratory, and the surrounding villages Contemporary Art, 26 White Rock, 55 George Street, Hastings, Hastings, TN34 1JY TN34 3EE Throughout the Festival Throughout the Festival Wed - Sun 10am - 5pm Thu - Sun 11am - 4pm Fumico Azuma (Japan), Days of The Lake is an exhibition of the most Tim Can (UK). Found objects and a conscience recent paintings and drawings by artist Victoria feed two and three dimensional constructions, Kiff . To include large scale fi gure landscapes illustrations from the box of humanity. and abstracts in oils alongside Kiff ’s drawings Utilitarian, provoking and open to interpretation. on cotton rag in pastel and ink. These are highly Poignant and darkly comical. Together with worked canvases that convey water-like depths short fi lms and photography, ZUZUSHIIMONKEY with dramatic precision. is the audio and performance platform. Level access. Sound collage, eclectic analogue. victoriakiff @elisabethbauer.co.uk Level access. elisabethbauer.co.uk [email protected] 07869 146417 zuzushiiartlaboratory.com 07788 283364
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INDIA Malcolm Glover Molly Anne Barrett and A Wave of Dreams Megan Donfrancesco Reddy Arts Lab, The Crown Pub 48 Kings Road, All Saint’s Street, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, TN37 6DY TN34 3BN Throughout the Festival Throughout the Festival Thu - Sun 12noon - 6pm Mon - Sat 11am - 11pm (By appointment outside these hours, Sun 11am - 10am please call to arrange) An exhibition of two local artists and their World premiere of international photographic contrasting work. Molly’s paintings move artist Malcolm Glover’s video installation, between the microscopic and macroscopic ‘Breathe’: portraits of Indian glass factory creating abstract forms and landscapes that workers within the chaotic environment of their challenge our sense of place. A mix of form workplace. Plus, an exhibition of Glover’s super- exploration and personal study Megan’s large-scale digital panoramic photographic sculptures look at ways to tell a relatable story. works depicting India’s idiosyncratic relationship Using boobs she fi nds a way to make the world with water and the railways. This powerful seem less complicated. work celebrates what it is to be human; the [email protected] 17 August - 1 September challenges and comedy of everyday life. mollyannebarrett.co.uk Level access. mmrdr.com Pick up a free guide artwavefestival.org [email protected] 07964 553276 awaveofdreams.com or plan your visit online @artwavefestival 07778 901228
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Art to love…” Plastication Imagination Reasons to be Cheerful Hastings and St Leonards Pass Muster, Seafront Promenade, 41 Kings Rd, New Textiles and Acrylic Between Rock-a-Nore TN37 6DX prints plus Maggie’s and Grosvenor Gardens, Throughout the Festival TN34-38 signature nuno felted Weds - Sat 10am - 5.30pm Throughout the Festival Sun 10am - 4pm scarves. Daylight Closed Mon & Tue Plastication Imagination returns to the seafront Textile pieces that celebrate small things with a second exhibition of images to inspire that bring happiness in the mad world
scott textiles love, care and celebration of our beautiful seas, that we inhabit. beaches and fellow beings. Between Rock-a- [email protected] Nore and Grosvenor Gardens. Exact location will 07986 874928 be posted on the website nearer the time. [email protected] conscious-arts.co.uk 07913 528773 www.maggiescottonline.com or http://coastalcurrents.org.uk 1 for more details and venue.
maggie or call /text Maggie on 07939011492
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SUB/MISSION The art of a natural home 16 - 18 London Road, Reste, St Leonards on Sea, 58 High Street, TN37 6AN Hastings, Throughout the Festival TN34 3EN Wed - Sat 5pm -11pm Throughout the Festival Sun 5pm - 9pm Homeware and lifestyle Opening night 7 Sep store, Reste, is exploring the 7pm -11pm creative connection between the natural world The SUB/MISSION exhibition will showcase the and our homes. Contact with nature has been work of Michelle Mildenhall who has thrilled, linked to reduced stress levels; bringing the shocked and tantalised the art world with her natural world into our living space can enhance provocative and subversive latex art works. wellbeing. Through a collaboration with Her art boldly explores sexual taboos and diff erent artists Reste is celebrating how clay, BDSM themes, examining both empowerment wood, textiles and paint can be brought into and vulnerability, often fetishising iconic our homes to create a sense of tranquility. personalities in her distinctive pop art [email protected] style portraits. reste.co.uk Level access. [email protected] michellemildenhall.com
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The Dirty Old Gallery Schools Project 31a West Street, Bexhill Museum, Hastings, Egerton Road, TN34 3AN Bexhill on Sea, Throughout the Festival TN39 3HL Sat - Sun 12noon - 5pm(ish) Sep dates TBC Showing together for the Mon 11am - 5pm first time, the artists behind Tue - Fri 10am - 5pm The Dirty Old Gallery will be presenting a mixed Sat - Sun 11am - 5pm media exhibition around the concept of ‘Family’. Working with artist James Byford schools in With Megan Donfrancesco Reddy showcasing Bexhill from primary through to the college, her grotesque sculptures, Adam Dando and have held a series of workshops to consider his paintings of personal wonder alongside the the issues raised by plastics and create the audiovisual work of Joseph Fawcett - this show unique flock of bird to grace the skies of Bexhill is not one to miss. Museum. Working to recycle single use plastics [email protected] the final piece will question how plastics are thedirtyoldgallery.com impacting our environment. 01424 257838 [email protected] hraen.co.uk 01424 222058
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Love on The Lawn in association with Yaram presents Coastal Currents 2019 Launch Event The Lawn, De La Warr Pavilion, St Leonards on Sea, Marina, TN38 0HH KANDA The King of Soukous Bexhill, 18 - 31 Aug & 1, 7 & 8 Sep Sun 29th September 3pm - 6pm TN40 1DP 11am - 5pm BONGO 31 Aug 6pm - 10.30pm Bernard McGuigan’s solo Come and enjoy an unforgettable, Speeches and Fizz - 7pm sculpture exhibition of sunshine experience Free - booking required – dlwp.com selected figurative pieces in this beautiful MAN garden square. Philanthropist Sir Christopher Join us on the top terrace of this 1930’s icon as we launch coastal currents 2019 - free glass Ondaatje said “I have been a collector and Kanda Bongo Man, one of the biggest stars in of fizz (till we run out). An all-day, beach-side admirer of McGuigan’s work for many years”. African music, revolutionised Congolese music by event celebrating independent record label Bernard’s studio at The Beacon, Hastings, introducing mesmerizing guitar solos that gave birth culture with DJs from eight of the UK’s best will be open too. to the famous” KWASA KWASA” DANCE. With his record labels bringing you the finest soul, funk, [email protected] incredible seven-piece band, Kanda’s music is driven beats, breaks and drum & bass. bernard_mcguigan.co.uk by optimism, happiness and exhilarating performance, 07984 959973 which is deeply rooted in Congolese tradition. dlwp.com An event the whole family will enjoy! 01424 229111
Venue: St Mary in the Castle. 7 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, United Kingdom TN34 3AF Visit www.afrikaba.co.uk for more information or call Ebou on +44 (0) 787 629 018
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Unspoken Look-Think-Make Crypt Gallery, De La Warr Pavilion St Mary in the Castle, Marina, 7 Pelham Crescent, Bexhill, Hastings, TN40 1DP TN34 3AF 1 Sep 2pm - 4pm 31 Aug - 8 Sep Drop-in family friendly Mon - Fri 11am - 5pm creative activities inspired Sat - Sun 10am - 6pm by the exhibition programme, with support Preview: 30 Aug 6pm - 8pm from DLWP team and volunteers. Walk & Talk event with the artists dlwp.com 8 Sep 3pm - 5pm 01424 229 111 Now we are 7, an established group of artists present a diverse mix of works exploring the concept of the unspoken. The exhibition includes, installation, sculpture, painting and photography. The works evoke real and imagined themes, uncovering the often hidden and overlooked aspects of the human experience. Level access. [email protected] nowweare7.com @Nowweare7artists 07789 937032
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Susan Elliott Mosaics Life On The Borders Caroline Morris Millinery The Cake Room, and Art, 30 Robertson Street, 59 Kings Rd, Hastings, St Leonards on Sea, TN34 1HT TN37 6DY 1 - 20 Sep 10am - 5pm 1 - 15 Sep Closed Tue Thu - Sun 11am - 4pm Opening night: 1 Sep An exhibition of recycled and reassembled Featuring themed cocktail menu & music ceramic, mosaic artefacts by Susan Elliott, as An exhibition of collage art by Vanessa Farinha guest artist with Caroline Morris. Using resin & photographic works by Georgina Cook. skulls, candlesticks and wall pieces, Susan As well as life on the physical & metaphorical envelops them in ceramic hedgerows filled fringes, the works explore liminal spaces, with birds and flora and fauna. Each piece is migration & the multiplicitous identity. crammed full of many individual fragments from A curated programme of short films by selected an extensive selection of Susan’s compulsively artists will be screened in the basement. collected treasures. Level access. Level access. [email protected] [email protected] facebook.com/cakeroomhastings carolinemorrismillinery.com 01424 444499 01424 444410
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Rising Talent Zoom Arts presents Nick Hasings Arts Forum, Hill at Oscar’s 36 Marina, Lower Promenade, St Leonards on Sea, Opp. Warrior Square, TN38 0BU Grand Parade, 3 - 15 Sep St Leonards on Sea Tue - Sun 11am - 5pm TN37 6FA Hastings Arts Forum is 4 - 30 Sep delighted to host its annual Rising Talent Wed - Sun 12noon exhibition showcasing a range of work by Private View: 4 Sep 6pm - 8pm selected young and emerging artists. Live music with Sister Suzie Enjoy fresh and stimulating work from the This solo show by Nick Hill is a selection of new generation of south coast artists and take mainly recent paintings. advantage of your chance to vote for His style is as ever colourful, psychedelic and at the ‘People’s Choice’ artwork. times darkly surreal. Nick has been painting for [email protected] ten years now. Profi ts from his sales will go to hastingsartsforum.co.uk the charity MIND. 01424 201636 [email protected] 07548 529107 [email protected] 07984 732716
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CRAFT SHOW 255 266 De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea PEOPLE AND PLACE - Grand Coastal 19 - 20 Oct - 10.00 - 5.00 a creative response to Postcard Hunt the Observer Building’s Starts at, evolution Rock-a-Nore Rd, The Observer Building, Hastings, 53 Cambridge Road, TN34 3DW Hastings, 7 Sep TN34 1DT 10am outside Hastings 6 - 8 Sep 12noon - 5pm Contemporary The Observer Building (OB) is an iconic, Or 1pm De La Warr Pavilion much-loved building in Hastings with rich Or 3.30pm Towner Gallery heritage and surprising spaces. During its 34 The Grand Coastal Postcard Hunt will take years of dereliction, it remained neglected you on a magical mystery tour of the Sussex and unproductive. coastline giving you many opportunities to win Admission: This exhibition blends diverse local artists’ amazing artworks by amazing artists. adults £3.00, students and responses to the OB’s resuscitation – the Follow us on social media on the day to fi nd children free people, spaces, challenges and value it creates. the clues and follow the hunt. 64 Norman Rd, St LeOnards-on-sea TN38 0EJ The artists’ varied perspectives give a rich Insta: @coastalcurrentsfestival picture of the building’s ongoing evolution. twitter: @coastalcurrents [email protected] #coastalcurrents De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, theob.org.uk #grandcoastalpostcardhunt Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex TN40 1DP www.stelladorestore.com @stelladore_gallery 01424 718460 [email protected] 01424 230222 www.thesussexguild.co.uk
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Exhibition Tour The Alley Pocket De La Warr Pavilion Garden Picnic Marina, The Alley, Bexhill, Entrance beside Printworks, TN40 1DP 14 Claremont, 7 Sep 3pm TN34 1DT FREE. Join a member of 7 Sep 11am - 3pm the De La Warr Pavilion Join us for a Grand Picnic team plus special guests as they share their preview of The Alley and Harper’s Caves as perspective on How Chicago! Imagists 1960s we turn this space into a pocket park and arts & 70s and Lauren Godfrey: Group Hat. space. Help us dig or plant, throw in ideas, see dlwp.com the new gates, peer into caves and buy a picnic 01424 229111 lunch on site. Hosted by The Alley Association, MSL Projects and White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures. Photo: Alex Brattell [email protected] alleyassociation.org.uk 01424 234000
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PAISLEY AND FRIENDS Hope in the Absurd Madeleine Pledge - Stretch A Workshop Flatland Projects, Earl Street Creative Space, Source BMX, 37 Earl Street, White Rock, Hastings, Hastings, TN34 1SG TN34 1JA 7 Sep 11am - 5pm 10 - 18 Sep This experiential arts Opening hours see workshop will take you on a journey into the sourcebmx.com world of the Czech writer Franz Kafka. Together Opening Event 10 Sep 3pm - 6pm we will explore ‘hope in the absurd’ through the London based artist Madeleine Pledge 64-66 All Saints Street lens of literature and philosophy. We will use a Hastings presents their fi rst solo exhibition in the variety of media to create installations, prints south east of England. TN34 3BN and poems. All equipment provided. £25 per person. Booking essential. fl [email protected] Not suitable for children. @fl atland_ projects CARDS GIFTS DECOR 01424 465 100 07972 871134 [email protected] [email protected] www.paisleyandfriends.co.uk transpersonalartscounselling.com @crownhastings 07702 813144 56 KINGS ROAD ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA
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Objects from the id XIV W.Ave ARTS FESTIVAL Rock-a-Nore Art Gallery, Wickham Avenue, 23 Rock-a-Nore Road, Bexhill, Hastings, TN39 3EP TN34 3DW You’ll fi nd an unamed alley way on Wickham Avenue 7 - 15 Sep Sat - Sun 11am - 5pm 8 Sep 11am - 5pm Mon - Fri 1pm - 5pm Come join us @W.Ave street Group of artists; Phillip Cosham, Nigel Plumb, art festival, where you can enjoy and Tim Riddihough, Steve Rutter, Siobhan Tanner, purchase local artists work, listen to Anna Thomson plus invited artists. This diverse some music and relax. group return in 2019 with even more fi ndings 07961 072100 from their seemingly limitless imaginations to bring you Objects from the id XIV. Work includes painting, print, ceramics, photography, fi lm and sculpture. In addition the work of Peter Edwards. Level access, accessible toilet. [email protected] phillipcosham.co.uk 01424 444314
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TIME TO STAND Hastings HeART Night AND STARE Hastings Museum Start - Hastings Pier, and Art Gallery, White Rock, John’s Place, Hastings, Bohemia Rd, TN34 1JY Hastings, 8 Sep 10am TN34 1ET Join RUNWAY artists 10 Sep 7pm Roz Cran + Sharon Haward for their 10th art Are you looking for love? intervention. The art walk will start at Hastings This extra special dating event is especially Pier and end on the roof terrace of the De La for all those creative types out there seeking Warr Pavilion. We will take time to stand and a new fun way to meet like-minded arty types stare along the way and photos will be taken. in a good old fashioned face to face futuristic Meet at Hastings Pier at 10am, please wear manner... courting, games, fun, interactions, black and bring a £5 note donation for the local fl irting... oh so much fl irting... women’s refuge. Uneven terrain and uphill. Hosted by Sadie Hennessy, Lily Kim [email protected] and Marie Louise-Miller. facebook - RUNWAY artists without studios coastalcurrents.org.uk/tickets 07958 615413
38 coastalcurrents.org.uk Coastal Currents 2019 39 Events HASTINGS ARTS FORUM SHOWS & EVENTS 355 366 ROLAND JARVIS - ART Jungle Jam STUDIO 7, Crowleys, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2019 7 Priory Avenue, 56-57 Havelock Road, TN34 1UQ Hastings, 13 - 15 Sep 11am - 4pm TN34 1BE Exhibition and sale of 13 - 15 Sep Fri - Sat 2pm - 2am RISING TALENT - Young and emerging artists 3 - 15 September drawings, prints and paintings by the late Roland Sun 2pm -10pm PHILLIP CHITTY & MONIKA VERIPOLUS 17 - 29 September Jarvis, superb artist who died aged 90 in 2016. Step into a neon jungle, and immerse yourself in MARTIN BRADSHAW & FRANCES BRISTOW 1 - 13 October A multi talented and well known Old Town an alien world. Artists Kate Bruce, Drew Copus and character. His work is now being displayed in & Jodie Dean are teaming up to transform ROBIN THOMPSON & MARGARET ROBERTS 1 - 13 October the new STUDIO 7! This will continue to host the upstairs of Crowleys bar. With interactive and celebrate his extraordinary creativity in installations, UV costumes, live music and SALLY HEMMING 15 - 18 October different dimensions and varied subject matter! performances over 3 days, this is a party not THE BIG DRAW WEEKEND 19/20 October [email protected] to be missed. Check our Facebook page for rolandjarvis.com more information. Open Tuesday to Sunday 11am - 5pm [email protected] facebook.com/junglejamhastings 36 Marina, St Leonards on Sea, TN38 0BU 01424 257620 01424 201636 07523 719784 [email protected] www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk
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CONFLUX Drawing Northeye The Observer Building, Meet in the car park 53 Cambridge Road, of The Star Inn, Hastings, Sluice Lane, TN34 1DT Normans Bay, 14 - 28 Sep Pevensey, selected days only TBA BN24 6QG “Conflux”- a collaboration 14 Sep between sculptors Sean Cronin & Pat Seaman. 1.30pm - 4.30pm Whilst setting the world to rights over a few A guided walk and drawing event exploring golden beers one night, Sean & Pat realised they the ‘lost’ medieval village of Northeye. A rare shared a profound interest in Congolese Fetish chance to help document this protected space sculpture as vessels of protection, vengeance using experimental creative drawing techniques. & magic. “Conflux” is a clash of wood & metal, The finished works will be added to Bexhill the fantastic & the prosaic, the local yet Museum’s Northeye research collection. otherworldly. The guided walk to the protected site crosses [email protected] uneven ground and stiles. Dogs are not [email protected] permitted access. werewolfoflondon.net [email protected] sc-sculpture.co.uk bit.ly/drawnorth 07834 549689 01424 222058 07957 140546
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Thinking Through Darning Sofar Sounds “A truly original art house hotel and De La Warr Pavilion Secret Location Marina, 18 Sept Bexhill, the most inspirational place I TN40 1DP Sofar Sounds has come to Hastings! Sofar Sounds 15 Sep 1pm was created to reimagine have ever stayed” FREE, or pay what you the live event experience can. Bring an item of through curated, intimate clothing that needs mending and share stories performances in 437 cities around the world. about how our everyday habits, routines and To apply for a ticket to our upcoming gig rituals leave their imprints on our garments. check out: sofarsounds.com/hastings Trip Advisor 2019 Thinking Through Darning is part of THINKING THROUGH…, a series of events and workshops taking place in the fi rst fl oor gallery throughout the summer. All events are open to all and pay-what-you-can. dlwp.com 01424 229111
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The Reekie Collection Open Studios Caroline Morris Rye Creative Centre, Millinery and Art New Road, 59 Kings Road, Rye, St Leonards on Sea, TN31 7LS TN37 6DY 20 Sep 5pm - 8pm 19 Sep - 2 Nov 21 Sep 11am - 4.30pm Thu - Sun 11am - 4pm Over one evening and one In this collection of intriguing paintings, day New Road Artists open their studios at Katherine Reekie explores our fascination with Rye Creative Centre. This is your annual nature’s curiosities – unfamiliar organic forms opportunity to view & buy a huge range of work have been preserved and presented for us directly from all the artists & makers. There’ll be WWW.RUBYSROOMS.COM to gaze upon. Inspired by genuine Victorian a bar on Friday, a cafe on Saturday & exhibition specimens, the works have an air of authenticity in the gallery which continues 11am-7.30pm and importance. However, the creatures are weekdays until 11 October. imagined - just like the form and depth are in Level access on the ground fl oor only, the picture itself. accessible toilet. accommodation . work space . experiences Level access. [email protected] [email protected] ryecreativecentre.co.uk carolinemorrismillinery.com 01797 229797 01424 444410
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Sustainability on The Room is the Limit - Sea festival Amanda Kyritsopoulou Various, across Hastings Flatland Projects SOURDOUGH PIZZAS | 12 INCH and Rother The Source Park, 21 - 29 Sep White Rock, Hastings, MARGHERITA Pepperoni The Sustainability on Sea TN34 1JA (SOS) festival presents a rich and varied programme 21 Sep - 6 Oct ARTICHOKE Mon - Fri 3pm - 9pm NAPOLI & ROAST SQUASH of activities and events culminating with an all- day Big Green Fair at the Stade on Sept 29. Sat 12noon - 9pm SPECIALS THIS WEEK.. The theme this year is “What we can do” Sun 12noon - 5pm FOR SPECIALS THIS WEEK CHECK OUT THE BOARD showcasing the meaningful things we can all Athens born Amanda Kyritsopoulou will present do to live more sustainably. their fi rst solo exhibition at Flatland Projects inside the Source BMX Park, Hastings. SMALL KIDS DRINKS [email protected] PLATES MEALS sustainabilityonsea.org.uk @fl atland_projects fl [email protected] 07972 871134
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Analogue Objects Amplifi ed Edition The Hive, The Printworks, 41 St Leonards Road, The America Ground, Bexhill on Sea, 14 Claremont, TN40 1HS Hastings, TN34 1HA 21 Sep Times to be confi rmed, 26 Sep 7.30pm please check website £10/£8 concs One day event exploring visual music using Award winning H2DANCE brings their electronic systems. Two dimensional animated celebrated performance work to Hastings for sound objects, which you can see and hear. the fi rst time with this fascinating exploration Images are created by synthesising signal of hierarchy, power relationships and co- shapes. These technologies have many dependency. Exploring contemporary notions variations of visual and sound outcomes which of the illogical, Amplifi ed Edition is a live will be used to integrate with the participants performance rooted in movement and uses non- to imagine together within the art system. conventional ways of interacting with their daily environment of the black box theatre. [email protected] elliottart.co.uk [email protected] 07963 686969 theprintworkshastings.com ticketsignite.com 01424 425532
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Renee So Mikhail Karikis De La Warr Pavilion De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Marina, Bexhill, Bexhill, TN40 1DP TN40 1DP 28 Sep - 12 Jan 28 Sep - 19 Jan An exhibition of new A major new moving ceramic and textile works image commission by by Renee So, created during a residency at artist Mikhail Karikis will explore the power of West Dean College, responding to an invitation nonverbal communication, made in conversation to mark the Bauhaus centenary, So’s new series with neurodiverse artists from Project Art Works of works demonstrate how traditional crafts and their caregivers. Part of Project Art Works continue to influence contemporary practice. EXPLORERS 2019 co-commission programme. dlwp.com dlwp.com 01424 229111 01424 229111 WE’VE GOT THE IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE TO DESIGN AND DIRECT ALL YOUR PUBLISHING, COMMUNICATIONS, BRANDING AND MARKETING PROJECTS FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION. www.studioink.co.uk
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David Nash: 200 Seasons Afrikaba 2019 Towner, St Marys In the Castle, Devonshire Park, 7 Pelham Crescent, College Road, Hastings, Eastbourne, TN34 3AF BN21 4JJ 29 Sep 28 Sep - 2 Feb KANDA BONGOMAN Tue - Sun 10am - 5pm - King of Soukous. One of the largest and most ambitious One of the biggest stars in world music, Kanda exhibitions of David Nash’s work presented revolutionised Soukous with mesmerizing in England. The exhibition is a major survey guitar solos. Driven by optimism and happiness, HEROES OF of Nash’s career from the late 1960s to the Kanda’s performances are exhilarating, present day, exploring his unique contribution energetic and rooted in Congolese tradition. HASTINGS to British sculpture and the international Land In Hastings one night with joyous music/dance Heroes of Hastings is a project Art movement. of central Africa for the whole family to enjoy. that will celebrate 30 years of townereastbourne.org.uk Afro-Caribbean food on sale. Hastings Voluntary Action. @townergallery Level access. Get involved and celebrate our 01323 434670 [email protected] 30th birthday by sending us your To book tickets go to afrikaba.co.uk photos and stories for a chance to Image: Courtesy David Nash be featured in a giant photo mosaic
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46 coastalcurrents.org.uk Coastal Currents 2019 47 Retro Flower from the Arthouse Retro House Wallpaper Collection OPEN STUDIOS Your choice for 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September
Open Studios is the lifeblood of the festival with over 300 artists involved across the region. Over the two weekends you can follow the artists’ trail, explore the local area, talk paint and wallpaper to artists in their studio, make a purchase, commission a piece or just browse and relax.
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Gallery 27 3 West Terrace, off Gildredge Road, Eastbourne [email protected] gallery27.co.uk 07976 438328 Clive Jarman, photographer and Fenya Sharkey, visual artist, have collaborated to explore liminality. Black and white images of land, sea and sky capture alchemical transititions with responses unlocking narratives and dialogues. Level access. Opening Hours: 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September 11am-5pm
24 Mayfi eld Place 4 24 Mayfi eld Place, Eastbourne, BN22 8XJ [email protected] lucycalcott.com 07913 178495 We are both writers and visual artists and interested in a feminine response to mythology and landscape. We met on a kibbutz in Israel in 1981 and have shared our creative lives ever since. Vincenza principally makes collage and Lucy, painting with mixed media. Opening Hours: 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September 11am-5pm
The Printmaker’s Art 5 Merryweather’s Farm, Chilsham Lane, Herstmonceux, BN27 4QH [email protected] ianohalloran.co.uk 07884 293417 From his studio at Merryweather’s Farm, Artist & Printmaker Ian O’Halloran presents an exhibition of his work and that of fellow printmaker Charlotte Matthews, exploring the mystery of the landscape & the natural world represented through the medium of printmaking. Opening Hours: 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September 11am-4pm
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52 coastalcurrents.org.uk Coastal Currents 2019 53 Jess Levine 7 Flat 5 Elva Court, 51 Ninfi eld Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 5BA [email protected] jesslevineartist.com 07734 541892 My mixed media work includes abstract collage, painting and monoprint techniques. I like to emphasise an experimental, expressive and painterly Part of approach, with strong colour and richly decorated surfaces. Opening Hours: 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September 11am-6pm
www.signtek.co.uk Chris Eastwood & Geraldine Franklin Studios 8 15 Stonehaven Court, Knole Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 1LW [email protected] geraldinefranklin.wordpress.com 07759 110072 Canvases telling the story of the changing sea, beach and sky. Aff ordable art in acrylic, mixed media, and batik. Contemporary, abstract, dynamic, screen prints and paintings with colour as the subject matter. Reminiscent of ESTATE AGENT BOARDS Matisse’s collages. 813mm x 610mm correx T boards £6+ vat per board Opening Hours: 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September 11am-5pm Yellow Garden Studio 9 66 Pebsham Lane, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 2RA [email protected] artyjulie.wordpress.com 07549 276426 ESTATE AGENT SLIPS Julie Willard, Cliff Willard & Sue Stacey. Welcome for the 2nd year at the yellow SINGLE SIDED MINIMUM ORDER X20 garden studio. On show will be Julie’s kiln formed glass, garden sculptures and £2+ vat per slip jewellery, Cliff ’s photography, some on glass. Joining this year will be Sue’s original paintings and prints. Drinks/Cake available. Level access. Side entrance. Opening Hours: 31 August/1 September and 7/8 September 11am-6pm
NO 10 EVENT BOARDS Lionel Road Art Studio 813MM X 610MM CORREX 2A Lionel Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 1NS ADDITIONAL [email protected] lionelart2A.wixsite.com/mysite SINGLE SIDED MINIMUM ORDER X10 £5+ vat per board Two local artists are pleased to present original and expressive works COLOUR in oil and acrylic covering many styles and subjects. This home studio is located just off the seafront in Bexhill towards Galley Hill. All works exhibited in the Studio room and in the sheltered courtyard CHARGE garden (weather permitting) are available for sale at aff ordable prices. EVENT BOARDS Come take a look and perhaps enjoy a tea or coff ee and slice of cake 1830MM X 915MM CORREX in the garden. We look forward to welcoming you. SINGLE SIDED £40+ vat per board Level access to studio, accessible toilet.
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