Grand Designs
The Awe-Inspiring Work of Neil Adam Mackay St Leonards-based artist, Neil Adam Mackay, is truly a talent to behold, one with seemingly limitless skill and creative innovation. Woefully unaware of his work prior to this feature, it was a mutual…
POSTPONED Malcolm Glover
By Gareth Stevens Lockdown has meant the cessation of so many social events that, pre-pandemic, we had all taken for granted. It has made us all reflect on just how much we need to interact and commune with each other.…
Ignition at Hastings Contemporary
Whilst Hastings Contemporary remains closed to the public, the Project Art Works collective of neurodiverse artists is holding a collaborative residency of workshops in the Contemporary’s Foreshore Gallery from 22nd March to 2nd May, as we enter Spring and emerge…
Hastings Digital Museum Celebrates Alexandra Park
To celebrate the arrival of spring, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery has teamed up with local artist and ethical taxidermist, Jazmine Miles-Long, to create a virtual walk through Hastings’ Alexandra Park. The team are welcoming submissions of images, videos, artwork…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Capitalism and the Sea By Liam Campling & Alejandro ColásPublished by Verso, 2021 Review by Tim Barton As long ago as the Iron Age, Britain was exchanging goods for profit across Europe. Traded goods from Hibernia, such as finely wrought…
Nonsense Automata
By Lisa Finch With museums closed, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre has been reaching out to its audiences online, running automata-making workshops with people from across the world. But closer to home, they have been collaborating with A Town Explores A Book…
Join the Opera and Help to Create ‘A Town that Sings’
In HIP Issue 169 Fiona McGarry wrote about the background and development of Barefoot Opera’s ambitious Bloom Britannia project. Now, with Lockdown easing, she looks at how their Bloom … with us campaign is gearing up for rehearsals which restart…
Generations: Hastings Fishing Families
By Gareth Stevens It is always admirable when a creative person puts their craft at the service of people in the community - when they not only strive for aesthetic excellence, but also try to raise awareness of an issue…
Arts Diary
Dates announced for England’s Creative Coast The landmark project, England’s Creative Coast, is shared between seven arts organisations – Cement Fields, Creative Folkestone, De La Warr Pavilion, Hastings Contemporary, Metal, Towner Eastbourne and Turner Contemporary. It aims to create a…
AltPitch: Experiencing Art in a Different Space
You may have read the calls for entries for the AltPitch festival – but you may not be clear exactly what the festival involves or how you can watch this year’s entries online. So, what exactly is AltPitch? The organisers…