PhotoHastings Festival Season 2023
PhotoHastings is an artist-led group that aims to inspire an appreciation of contemporary
photographic art through an annual festival programme with regular talks, exhibitions, workshops
and mentoring. Producing the festival is a collaborative effort organising and funding each exhibition
ourselves supporting one another and our photographic practices. Whether you visit our exhibitions
in person or online, we encourage new thinking about the role of the photographic image and
believe that photography matters and the stories it tells should be accessible to everyone, no matter
what your level of interest or ability.
Every year the festival takes on a different form and in 2023 we are presenting an expanded festival
throughout September, October and into early November, which means we are delighted to be
taking part in this year’s Coastal Currents.
September & October at St Andrews Mews, Hastings
Gallery 1 will be open Thursday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm
St Andrews Mews, Waldegrave St. (off Queens Road), Hastings, TN34 1SP
5 mins walk from Hastings station, Alexandra Park, and the seafront
PhotoHastings will be in Gallery One, up the iron staircase in The Mews with 8 independent rooms
for showing our members and friends work, we will be changing exhibitions every 2 weeks with an
open evening to celebrate each new installation. This gives our exhibitors a unique opportunity to
show complete projects, as such there will be 19 solo shows and 3 group shows during our
residency.
There will be a small shop with photographic cards and books, as well as hung work for sale
throughout the gallery. There will also be a wide range of refreshments available from the amazing
vendors in The Mews, as well as lots of other arts events happening simultaneously within The
Mews.
Mews 1
September 7-10 and 14-17 – Open Evening Saturday 9 September 6-8pm
Tracy Jones, Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones, Tim White, Richard Butchins, Joe Charrington, Louise Whitham
and Patricia Webb.
Mews 2
September 21-24 and 28-1 (Oct) – Open Evening Saturday 23 September 6-8pm
Sophie de Roe, Agnieszka Szuba, Alison Beetles, Richard Butchins, Justine Devenney, Frank Francis
and Sinéid Codd.
+ PAGAN a group show responding to divine and ancestral energies in the landscape and the
sensations of living in our everyday world: Sinéid Codd, Jude Montague, Alison Bettles, Tracy Jones,
Ian M. Land and Clare Land.
Mews 3
October 5-8 and 12-15 – Open Evening Saturday 7 October 6-8pm
HERE, NOT THERE – Group show throughout all the galleries: Dan Percy, Neale Willis, Gary
Willis, Imogen Bloor and Derek Cottrell.
Mews 4
October 19-22 and 26-29 – Open Evening Saturday 21 October 6-8pm
Jude Montague, Ian Land, Lauris Morgan-Griffiths, Alex Brattell, Amanda Thomas, Caoimhe
McDonnell and Toby Shaw.
+ BETWEEN STATES – curated by Alison Bettles – presenting a new perspective on two- and three-
dimensional space, exploring the tensions and transformative qualities that are created between the
flatness of the photograph and the volume of the sculptural.
September at The Electric Palace
PhotoHastings: The Light Will Shine through Them
11am Sunday 10 September – book your ticket through the Electric Palace website :
https://www.electricpalacecinema.com/whats-on/photohastings
Photographers explore moving from still images into moving pictures. Developed and selected by
Jude Montague and Matt Armstrong with an open remit, these moving pictures explore new themes
and look back at recent years of activity revisiting some of the diverse projects created by
photographers and filmmakers associated with the Hastings area. Plus, a session to discuss the work
with the makers.
September at Electro Studios Project Space (ESPS), St Leonards on Sea
Galleries will be open Thursday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm
Seaside Road, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0AL
ESPS 1
September 28-1 (Oct) and 5-8 (Oct) – Open Evening tbc.
Landing Gallery – SMALL STORIES – Andrew Moran and David Fowler create a single mixed media
art piece of 50 parts, using still life painting and photography.
October Continues..
Our photo season continues into October with 4 weeks at Electro Studios Project Space, 4 weeks at
Hastings Arts Forum, with 5 Monday Photology talks at The Pig, online galleries and more.
To see our full programme for this autumn please visit our website at : https://photohastings.org
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