Curated Events Open studios
Large scale photographic work capturing texture of materials and patterns of refracted light and shadow. The work strikes a balance between curation and chance, and is marked by impermanence.
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.
Visit the studio of artist Samuel Peacock whose work is dedicated to exploring the effects of chemicals and oils on steel. Demonstrations throughout the weekend
Bus Stop Studios is a creative hub in St Leonards-on-Sea, offering stationery & haberdashery art supplies, workshops, and a gallery space.
AURA QUE celebrates all things handmade. Visit our design studio and shop to discover how our products are crafted, explore our collaborative design process, and find out about the artisans in Nepal with whom we’ve worked for over 15 years.
A smorgasbord of paintings that I’ve done. Inspired by folk and outsider art with a little bit of fun and modern weariness thrown in too.
A collections of new ceramics sculptures and paintings, expanding from INHABITANT, a year long project noticing the creatures and sensations presented from within.
Visual narratives infused with research into rites, traditions, medicine, folklore, belief systems. Lorraine Clarke’s mixed media work merges fact and fiction, art and science.
The Wonder Room is full of amazing things. It is a collaboration between Mark Pulsford and Leslie Moran. Come inside to see amazing small work that puts on show their rich imaginings and techniques.
Artists April Yasamee & Jane Higginbottom focus on the hand-made: April with hand-made papers & Jane with weavings of hand spun naturally dyed yarns.
I work outdoors in watercolour using a variety of papers and laying on techniques. The Lawn is an inspiring safe space to work and exhibit in. Weather permitting.
Oil paintings and mixed media of gardens and nature by Catherine Farr; dreamy, surreal and jewel-like pieces by Morokoth Fournier; abstract sea- and landscapes in oil and watercolour by Khadija Khan and jewellery, textiles and prints by Erica Smith.
Give your wall a sea view! Hundreds of waves in all moods, shapes and sizes from tiny prints and cards to large paintings on canvas. Always something new to discover over tea and cake on the way to the beach.
Producing vibrant landscape paintings, working with the spaces and edges where land and sea or rivers meet. Using materials found in the landscape and the idea of natural weathering, responding to the essence, atmosphere and materiality of place.
Stoneware ceramic collaged and printed wallpieces, sculpture and vessels. Combinations of clay, metal, tideline findings and salvaged scrap.
Mixed Media Textiles using reclaimed materials such as vintage cloth and paper, found metal fragments and textile surplus, to create low relief wall hung pieces.
Liz Emtage impresses flowers and textures into porcelain creating translucent lighting, tiles & pieces for the home.
Victoria is a contemporary painter, mainly working in oil, who captures plein air urban and landscape scenes from around Sussex. Her most recent collection is focused on views of and through windows.
A rare opportunity to view drawings, prints, paintings and photographs both abstract and figurative by the late well known imaginative, multi talented artist who died in 2016. All work at affordable prices! Some free parking.
Alexandra Richardson is a British artist, born in Cornwall, spending most of her teenage years in Virginia U.S.A. With an unusual bohemian upbringing, Alex has been influenced by the magical fairy-tale estate gardens of Trevarno, travelling and living in Eco villages around Europe and spending her teenage years in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
5 diverse artists in a very Curious House: Mark Bean – painting/3D Printed sculpture, Hilderic the Valkyrie – mixed media/installation, Zander Clayton – Illustrator, Helen Bryant – Painter, Patrick Bean – laser printed art. Inc collaborative performance.
Hand built ceramics, paintings and prints exploring emotional strength. Join me at my studio to chat and to see my work. Free hand building ceramic workshop each day at 11am
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.
Richard Platt creates intricate and colourful stained-glass. Some of these quirky, original painted and fused panels incorporate sound and animation. Glass, cards and prints for sale.
It’s not just carrots! Why not discover the many talented artists of Marina Allotments.
Through the medium of watercolour and mixed media Penny Nice explore the diversity and colours of the local coastline, communities and surrounding countryside.
Enjoy the colourful garden and studio of Artist Julie Willard, BA and Photographer Cliff Willard.
12 resident mixed media artists display their work in and outside the building with more work in the 1960’s converted rail carriage Cafe.
The studio is displaying a variety of work. Oil paintings, prints and drawings of dancers, bright landscapes,sculptures from Robin.
A rare chance to visit the Print Room of wallpaper maker Deborah Bowness as she celebrates 25 years of wallpaper making.
Take a plunge into sacred imagery that has come to us through time from the sixth century.
Join us upstairs at 5 North Street to see work by Sally Adams, Roz Cran, David Fowler and Joanna Kerr including paintings, collages, prints, ceramics, book arts and jewellery.
Screenprint artist, creating vibrant monoprints inspired by seaside architecture, St Leonards and the changing colours of the ocean. Recent work includes still life and portraits.
A diverse collection of urban landscapes, beachscapes and botanical acrylics, digital prints, textiles, surface pattern design, ufos and uaps.
Unzipped is a working sewing studio and café.Showing handmade items by Ness Newman and others.
Pacey’s mixed media sculptures explore Women’s issues, medicine and religious practices through the medium of textiles, clothing and related objects. Braithwaite creates ephemeral objects using natural and sustainable materials, exploring the folk/plant lore of Sussex.
James Hartley is showing his Sculptures along with work by Poet Celeste Hartley and paintings by Brian Ayling, Susan Diamond and a collection of other artists. Pop in and see us in this beautiful space.
Leathercraft in locally sourced natural veg tanned leather. Bags, wallets, belts, cardholders, small leather goods. Bespoke commissions hand-stitched by Mike Hitchings.
Alternative gallery experience curators, The Two Ians transform the Hastings History House. This new exhibition, Walls Have Eyes, presents selected artists who interpret aspects of the town’s fascinating past via a range of creative responses.
Another exciting mix of textile works, rugs and costumes; films in the underground cinema; fun & conversation…and surprises!
Art and illustration: originals, prints, cards, badges, etc. at studio prices.
Five artists on four floors. Sculpture in copper and brass by Adaesi Ukairo, paintings and prints by Stephanie Fawbert, photography by Rod Morris, paintings, drawings and prints by Fi Brown and paintings, drawings and objects by Lorna Crabbe.
New makings and markings from Old Hope. Wood block prints available framed and unframed.
A creative, community, wellbeing hub in the heart of Hastings Old Town, opens it’s doors for an open studio, pop-up art fair supporting local artists.
Robin William Easterby – landscape painter inspired by the natural world working in mixed media, with a focus on ancient woodlands, dramatic seascapes & bright maximalist floral subjects.
Annie Soudain uses images in her head or in her immediate surroundings as inspiration for linoprints, paintings, and collages.
Coastal Paintings, Calendar and Greeting Cards inspired by the huts and hounds of Hastings, Fairlight and Rye Harbour. Three steps to entrance.
Shapesplay: A journey in laser cutting. James Mayall designs unique art, cut by laser and assembled by hand.
Collages of memory and mistakes, SORRY I’M NOT SORRY brings together new work and old wounds.
This year, Blacklands Studio will have 11 artists in the building! Our studio artists will be opening their spaces, and some of our residency artists from last year will be showing work around the building.
Inspired by the countryside and shoreline of East Sussex as well as her collectionof ‘stuff’, Sara works in oils, pastels and charcoal. Sara has exhibited in the HAF new members exhibition 25.
Chris Sherman Fine Art. Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Painter & Sculptor. Paintings Nude & Portrait Figures;- History & Mythology(from life models).
Linocuts, woodcuts, etchings, sketches, ceramics, cards, prints and portraits of people and animals by commission. Workshops on both Sundays (12noon-4pm). Watercolour: Sunday the 31 Aug & Linocut/Reduction Linocut: 7 Sep.
Westminster University BA Honours ceramics mixed media graduate, my main inspiration is my childhood; I use found objects to complement my settings. The sculptures are made out of clay and sometimes papier-mâché and nicrome wire.
Visit 5 Artists at our loft space off the Queens Road. Annie Lawson, Claire Land, Cath Tajima-Powell, Mary Hooper, Chris Embury. Cartoons, Textiles, Prints, Ceramics, Sculpture and Jewellery.
AURA QUE celebrates all things handmade. Visit our design studio and shop to discover how our products are crafted, explore our collaborative design process, and find out about the artisans in Nepal with whom we’ve worked for over 15 years.
Project Art Works collaborates with people with complex support needs, families and circles of support. Open to the public with an exhibition of artwork available for purchase alongside a programme of film screenings.
Turn handles, push buttons & see automata move! Join us to celebrate 40 years of exhibitions. See mechanical marvels from CMT’s world-renowned collection including the epic Gormenghast Castle by artist Keith Newstead. You can also buy kits, books and handmade automata.
The Beacon is a quirky family home and business nestled on the west hill, with a cosy eatery and licensed bar, hidden gardens and artist studios. OPENING HOURS 11 – 5PM
Printmaker Tessa Holmes recently relocated from her London studio to a large warehouse in Rye Harbour. Working with traditional and contemporary techniques, her images are inspired by the coastal and rural landscape of East Sussex. Framed/unframed prints available.
Demolished in 1993, the famed St Leonards Bathing Pool is a much cherished memory for many in our community.
Theresa Hodge: Shop curator, crafter and disabled activist Penny Pepper: Author, poet, speaker, disabled activist Theresa Hodge is delighted to open up Crafting Connections,
All are welcome to our open studios event at Silverhill Studios (by ASDA). Confirmed artists Studio IMO and Via Ceramics Studio, more artist TBC. Paintings and ceramics available to buy.
A community response to the Sea Pollution crisis, drop by to see the work or sign up to make your creative response: tinyurl.com/stinkswim
Ella Guru, an American painter based in Hastings and a founder of the Stuckist movement, blends Old Master influences with vivid subcultural themes from nightlife and performance.
