Curated Events Open studios
In this section you will find workshops, performances, films and exhibitions in shops, on the seafront, on the streets as well as in galleries, museums, art venues and cinemas.
Please use our map to help guide you to all the events and exhibitions happening during the Festival.
The following posts 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 and groups during Coastal Currents.
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!
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.
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.
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.
A call out for local children (up to 16 years old) to take part in free, fun workshops with artist Leigh Dyer and guest creatives.
Daria will bring her unique style of her project Selsyn Flow to a live outdoor event on West Street as part of our creative weekender.
Haunted landscapes, revenants and spectral visions. An exhibition of works by artist Jo Israel.
Artist Navine G. Dossos has been conducting workshops with residents of Eastbourne’s Devonshire Ward to create Riviera: a communal-and-community-designed textile pattern made from stencils relating to the neighbourhood.
Taking inspiration from black and white photos from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, from across Hastings and St Leonards, Nick Hill has adapted using his usual psychedelic and idiosyncratic style bringing new work to this exhibition.
Bexhill Highwoods (Grid Ref: TQ 716096) Peartree Lane TN39 4RA 31 August to 2 November Follow this free art trail in Bexhill Highwoods exploring the woods to find sculptural pieces that illustrate the history of the …
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!
Razzmatazz’- a group show; painting, ceramics and photography at Barnabys Lounge; jazz themed bistro & cocktail bar. All welcome.
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.
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.
On view is an exhibition of interesting pieces from the Age of Plastic, together with work from gallery artists G. Calvert, Brian Deighton and Joan Roche.
2 exhibitions coming up at 5th floor studios, ESCG Hastings, celebrating local talent and hosting a wide variety of works.
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.
Group show featuring works by Emma Oak, Eleanor Carter, Georgie Wheeler, Jamie Atherton, Jazmine Miles Long, Judith Douglas, Keren Luchtenstein, Kirsten Dahlerup, Lesley Greening Lasso, Madeleine Smith, Mark Shepherd, Rose Long & Vic Fowle.
Come relax at our beach front cafe in the middle of Bottle Alley, Lower Promenade, serving from our
Hatch. Wholesome food & Artisan Coffee. Live performances on good weather days throughout September.
Keep an eye on our social media for more information.
Exhibition: Locus curated by artist/filmmaker Richard Butchins and writer/curator Manick Govinda.
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.
Old Hope is the studio name under which local artist Darren Pilcher sets about realising an ’unspoken local vernacular’ of Romney and the Weald. Using woodblock printing and wax stencils he strives to share his view of the local landscape.
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;
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.
Defence Of The Realm.
After eighteen months prowling around brutalist sea defences of Dymchurch, this exhibition is an oblique testament to the
foolhardy human desire to control and dominate natural forces rather than respect and work with them.
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.
Group of artists: Phillip Cosham, Tim Riddihough, Siobhan Tanner, Jackie Attwood, Lisa Green, Sarah Marzaioli plus Invited artists.
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.
Doggerland, the country that joined the UK to mainland Europe until flooded at the end of the ice age. Absurd, funny, thought provoking & inventive. An immersive solo performance with actual fossils.
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.
A solo exhibition of mixed media drawings, paintings and thread and metal sculptures.
Electro Studios 5 Seaside Road St Leonards on Sea TN38 0AL 22 September 3pm Thanks to Sono Electro and Electro Studios Project Space 12 – 25 year olds FREE, sign up here tinyurl.com/audiotropestylophone Stylophones are miniature …
Local people are invited to sit for an abstract Polaroid portrait at Louise’s NoToPhoto Booth on Saturday 21 September 11am – 4pm at St Leonards Church. See your hand finished Polaroid there a month later on 19th October.
Sono-Electro is a 10-day festival dedicated to sound art, where artists and the public explore place and belonging. Utilising sound and ecological themes, artists re-imagine belonging through performances, talks, broadcasting, workshops, and installations.
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.
The GLAM OR HORROR exhibition will showcase a new collection of gothic inspired fetish prints by latex artist Michelle Mildenhall, alongside a brand spanking new latex piece created especially for the show. Michelle’s art is thrilling, provocative and tantalising. Her new works feature some very famous gothic icons immortalised in her distinctive pop art style.
St Leonards Ceramic Studio will be opening the studio for the sale of ceramics made by the students, members and teachers, celebrating their third anniversary.
A celebration of WEST STREET with: Two days of creativity, art and a west street style saloon.
