On the Fly
Elisabeth Sonneck and Christian Gode at Electro Studio Project Space Two German artists are coming to St Leonards in July to create a new, site-specific installation at the Electro Studio Project Space, which will be on display from 21st July…
Collect
SoCo artists respond to Hastings Museum’s eclectic collection for a new show “The artist’s eye can see the familiar through a new and alternative lens,” writes Catherine Harvey, Keeper of Art and World Cultures, in the catalogue for the new…
Songs in Unexpected Places
On Sunday 13th May a small group gathered on the corner of Magdalen Road and St Margaret’s Road. They were met by musician Bev Lee Harling and taken to what until that point had been a secret location for a…
Solaris Print – Right Place, Right Time
Artist and fine art printer Alexandra Drawbridge has been operating Solaris Print from a shop on Norman Road since last August, and her accompanying exhibition space has brought the town some real gems from some of our finest artists. As…
New Chair for Hastings and Rother Cultural Leaders Group
Liz Gilmore, director of Jerwood Gallery has taken up the post of chair of the Hastings and Rother Cultural Leaders group. Paul Barnett, Liz Gilmore, Cllr Kim Forward, Cllr Peter Chowney Gilmore said “Hastings and Rother house a vibrant arts…
Jerwood To Take Part in Nationwide PROCESSION
This June a major, nationwide, mass-participation artwork will celebrate 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, and Hastings and St Leonards will be represented. The Jerwood Gallery is one of 100 arts organisations taking part in PROCESSIONS,…
Danny Pockets and Shuby at the St Leonards
Celebrated artists Danny Pockets and Shuby have worked together at the Artist Led Collective Compendium Studios in St Leonards for six years. A new exhibition at The St Leonards on London Road shows previously unseen work from both of these…
Oska Lappin’s Scary Vision of America
The American Scream By Oska Lappin If you visited Oska Lappin’s open studio during Coastal Currents last September, you will be familiar with the splashy and expressive red white and blue mixed media woodcuts which make up her Scary Amerika…
Fever of the Light
blackShed Gallery, 17th February – 31st March HIP talks to filmmaker and Electric Palace cinema owner, Rebecca E Marshall, as she prepares to unveil her latest project, Fever of the Light, which opens at the blackShed Gallery on 17th February.…
Festivals
You can’t throw a pebble in Hastings and St Leonards without hitting a festival – in fact most articles in this supplement contain details on at least one. Here is a quick round up of those which don’t fit neatly…