Arts Diary
‘The Holy Rebel’ exhibition at Stella Dore Gallery continues until 20th July. Read the result of our interview with the artist, Rugman. Read the HIP's review here. ‘Sixty Feet of Water Between Life and Imaginative Obsession’ is a new exhibition…
Time Spins: Christian Gode and Elisabeth Sonneck
Two artists from the little town of Bochum in Western Germany will be returning to Electro Studios Project Space in St. Leonards this July for their exhibition ‘Time Spins’, a site-specific intervention. Christian Gode’s current show entitled Stripes and Pebbles…
Blue Moon
Alan Rankle visits A Wave of Dreams Arts Lab as it marks the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landings While she is known primarily for the lucidly evocative, large-scale but minimalist paintings launched at her 2018 exhibitions in Milan and…
Archy And Polyamory?
Merlin Betts previews two productions from Theatre Nation Last week I met up with Tom Daldry and Patrick Kealey, founders of Theatre Nation, an innovative Hastings-based theatre company that works to keep young people engaged with the arts. Patrick acts…
Perspectives
The Hastings Fringe comes to St. Leonards on Sunday 14 July with Perspectives, an evening of readings in the wonderful Bookkeeper bookshop in Kings Road. Local authors Steve Amos and Bronwen Griffiths will be exploring male and female perspectives on…
“Dead”
Mia L considers local artist Ian Probert's recent show at the Arts Forum Ian Probert's debut show is something of a sombre affair, as its succinct title suggests. Probert uses watercolour, to immortalise a plethora of counter culture icons, each…
“Fiesta” A Night Of Passion
Hastings Sinfonia tell us about their upcoming presentation Conductor – Derek Carden Artistic Director – Polo Piatti Leader - Peter Fields This exciting programme, mainly from Spain and Latin America, is full of depth and…
Good Times by The Sea
By Ade Peachment Of all the festival experiences I’ve enjoyed, one truly stands out. Picture the scene, an overcast deer park in Herefordshire and the final day of the Big Chill Festival. We’re heading to the stage, whilst The Politician…
ARTS DIARY
Hastings Furniture Service has been asked to make use of an empty building in Western Road, Bexhill, while the owner looks for a long-term tenant. They are interested in co-operating with local creatives to maintain a varied project space. Open…
100 Years Of Bauhaus And The De La Warr Pavilion
Merlin Betts considers the De La Warr’s 2019 summer exhibitions programme From now until September the DLWP will be holding two Bauhaus-inspired exhibitions in their ample showspaces on the ground and first floors of the Pavilion. ‘How Chicago! Imagists 1960s…