Curated Events Open studios
Common Mormon has 8 artists studios, a residency/project space, and Blacklands ceramic studio. The building will be open to visitors over the two weekends of Coastal Currents, with works for sale from studio artists and ceramic members.
If you are between the ages of 18 and 25 register for a place at two special Open Mic Nights to showcase your talent and
win a prize. Come along and watch, support and even spot talent for your next event!
We are looking for nominations for 4 young people (under 30) who have gone above and beyond for culture locally.
We want you to nominate and give us a short reason why.
NOMINATE A BAND OR MUSICIAN FOR A STUDIO SESSION.
WE COVER ALL THE COSTS TO CREATE A LIVE ONE TAKE VIDEO AND EVEN PROMOTE IT.
An agreement to work with Audiotrope to be able to sustain decent wages and treatment of musicians. The purpose of this is to ensure we can support our music economy locally, whilst also providing a joined-up network of venues that can help build greater footfall for all.
TAKE PART IN OUR SURVEY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY LOCALLY. THE MORE RESPONSES WE GET THE BETTER AS WE CAN USE THIS INFORMATION TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE.
Haunted landscapes, revenants and spectral visions. An exhibition of works by artist Jo Israel.
Join TrashDollys and an amazing community cast as they illuminate West Street in a whirlwind of dance, music, and absurdity.
2 exhibitions coming up at 5th floor studios, ESCG Hastings, celebrating local talent and hosting a wide variety of works.
I’m a painter, mostly in oils on canvas, creating loose, textured still lifes and landscapes. I often work in watercolour and ink to capture French village streets and café culture.
A celebration of WEST STREET with: Two days of creativity, art and a west street style saloon.
Paintings, drawings, prints and cards by Claire Fletcher, collages, assemblages, prints and cards by Peter Quinnell.
Bob and Claire welcome you to our studio: New creations and old favourites; The Doors Building returns; textile works; films in the Underground Cinema; conversation and fun. Level access via All Saints St.
Paintings, drawings and prints of exploded architecture and landscape, inspired by visits to nuclear test sites and intentional communities. Plus bespoke architectural portrait service.
Working with handmade charcoal and also pencil and pastel, Dominic has a passion for wildlife, wild landscapes and seascapes. He is inspired by the variety of marks that can be made with nothing more than a piece of burnt wood.
Steve Betts – Working in 2D and 3D as a marine artist with a passion for boats and the sea. Having developed a unique and individual style, exploring seascapes through narrative, storytelling, man’s preservation against the elements, the shifting of time and tides.
A return to digital technology for CC2024. “The Art Market” Works created and inspired by technology. ‘For the love of cats’ and other stories. Prints, drawings and mixed media.
Featuring 3 very different artists; Chris Milton, Danny Mooney and Tobit Roche. Artworks vary from highly detailed landscapes to expressive and colourful works within various degrees of abstraction.
The Two Ians have been artists-in-residence at St Andrew’s Mews since last summer. They curated the ‘dramatic and thought-provoking’ iFound exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery there. The two artists continue to explore work made from found, repurposed and reclaimed materials.
Visit five artists at our loft space off the Queens Road. Annie Lawson, Elaine Mullings, Cath Tajima-Powell, Mary Hooper, Chris Embury. Textiles, Prints, Ceramics, Sculpture and Jewellery.
Linocuts, woodcuts, etchings, sketches, cards, ceramics, prints and portraits of people and animals by commission. Workshops on both Sundays (12noon till 4pm) Watercolour on the 1 September and Linocut/Reduction on 8 September,
Call to book asap as limited spaces.
The DEPO is a creative hub for those interested in wasting less, hosting popups and workshops with a sustainable theme. MAKU UK are on a mission to make useful, beautiful things from leather industry discards, with limited edition products, handmade from sheepskin and leather offcuts, available to purchase.
Since 2019, Oli has drawn the same thing every day: A bar of soap on a soap dish. Over the last 1500-ish days, he has recorded the minute day to day changes as the soaps have got smaller until all gone. Then he begins with a different soap, on a different soap dish and so on.
A bit like Baruchello meets Alfred Wallis – paintings, sculpture and digital installation.
Featuring Debbie Quargnolo of Tala Home and Living’s reconditioned mid century furniture and lampshades, the Radicale Dog’s handmade dog clothing and accessories, work by multi-disciplinary artist Charlotte CHW and woven textiles made by Kirsty McDougall Woven Textiles and ReWeave.
An exhibition of contemporary automata from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre’s collection in our new home the Mechanical Making Space. Come and make your own mechanical portrait to take home & visit our shop with automata making kits, books & prints.
Project Art Works will be open to the public for Coastal Currents with an exhibition and tours of our studio. Project Art Works is a collective of neurodiverse artists and activists. From our studio base in Hastings and in off-site projects, we facilitate personalised creative pathways for artists and makers.
Blacklands has 9 artist studios, including a residency/project space. The building will be open over the two weekends of the festival with work for sale by studio artists. If the weather is nice then spend some time in our private courtyard enjoying the sun!
I make colourful ceramics, both thrown domestic ware and larger hand built vessels. I welcome commissions for the satisfaction of making something for a specific person or place. Previously: sleeping mermaids, a garden totem for a
jazz loving globe trotter and other celebration and commemorative ceramics.
Visit artists and makers: Rachel Pearson, Ed Boxall, Rebecca E Marshall, Anna Atkinson & Dear Future Films as they showcase books, prints, drawings, jewellery and provide some fun free filmmaking and storytelling sessions!
Acrylic paintings, prints and cards inspired by the weather and the sea of the East Sussex coastline. Wide range of sizes from 14x14cm to 120x100cm.
Sussex based fine art photographer specialising in landscapes, nature and Heritage, Kirsten’s work is inspired by her deep love for the wonders of nature and wildlife;
ENTER THE DRAGON by Ania Goszczynska goszcz.com Ania was born in Warsaw, Poland, and studied at the Academy of Arts
there, gaining an MA in Design. However, with time, her focus shifted to visual art and illustration. She moved to Hastings in 2016, and lives in the Old Town with her partner David and their 3 cats.
Exhibition: Locus curated by artist/filmmaker Richard Butchins and writer/curator Manick Govinda.
Tongue in Cheek and Rachel Moller Illustration. A unique collaboration between Jason King, creator of ‘Tongue in Cheek’ and Rachel Moller of ‘Rachel Moller Illustrations’. Bask in the beauty of fine hats and glorious floral murals at this gorgeous venue.
This will be Kate Delany’s largest collection of work in one place to date. Her mixed media collage & paintings are based on everyday objects & locations that satisfy her architectural obsession, extruded from their reality & abstracted back into hers for you to enjoy.
An experimental conceptual project consisting of a non-geo-fixed micro green space that questions how urban space is
used and can be repurposed to improve the wellbeing landscape.
Razzmatazz’- a group show; painting, ceramics and photography at Barnabys Lounge; jazz themed bistro & cocktail bar. All welcome.
MSL wants your stories of the coast!
We are lead regional partner and creative agency for Beach of Dreams activity along the 30 mile stretch of our coast in the national arts festival, led nationally by Kinetika, taking place in May 2025.
Alfie Field Presents:
A unique audio/visual experience in collaboration with local artist Charlie Hawley. Uniting dance music & ambient soundscapes with reactive visual programming; AtmosTherapy aims to move its audience in more ways than one!
A Summer HAF members open exhibition with a ‘salon hang’. A diverse and multi-disciplinary collection of 2D and 3D work is guaranteed.
New artist Kathy Foley is primarily an abstract painter who also crosses over into different disciplines and mediums using her distinctive and colourful artistic voice within her expressionistic style.
COLLAPSE is a sideways glance at a postcollapse world that might only be a few steps away. This exhibition emerges as
a poignant testament to a natural world under pressure and a deteriorating material world.
Taking inspiration from John Logie Baird’s experiments in Hastings which led to the invention of television, young people have worked with sound artist Isobel Anderson, animator Isabel Garrett and the team at OBX to create a striking video installation about future innovations they’d like to see.
The Beacon is a family home and business hidden on the West Hill, with an eatery and a licensed bar, large, secluded gardens, and a sizeable allotment (fondly known as the Wilderness)… all just a short walk from Hastings Old Town.
Commoning the Programme One is developed with young people from Hastings, who have commissioned a new work by a local artist for this festival. The work is about the future of Hastings, 2024 – 2124 and what it means to be alive, past, future present. The young programmers have been guided by prominent local organisations including Project Art Works and Trans Pride Hastings.
Group of artists: Phillip Cosham, Tim Riddihough, Siobhan Tanner, Jackie Attwood, Lisa Green, Sarah Marzaioli plus Invited artists.
Visit Hastings Contemporary to celebrate the end of our summer season with FREE ENTRY to all our exhibitions on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September. Explore the work of Elias Sime, Quentin Blake and a special pop-up group show.
A celebration of creative radio and sonic storytelling where audio makers from many disciplines come to inspire, create and share
their work through workshops, installations and performances on Saturday as part of the Sono Electro festival and an In The Dark listening event on Sunday.
