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ARTS DIARY
The Kino Teatr in Norman Road St Leonards reopened with a short season of Oscar nominated or winning films including Nomadland. In June there’s a Coffee Concert: A Garden of…
Arts on the Horizon
When we finally get out of lockdown, there’s bound to be huge excitement and enthusiasm for the Arts – the same Arts that we took for granted until 2020. But…
Arts Diary
Hastings Contemporary has re-opened after Lockdown2 with two hugely anticipatedexhibitions – Lakwena Maciver’s Homeplace and Stephen Chambers’ The Court of Redonda. Lakwena Maciver, one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary…
Victor Pasmore: Line & Space
By Gareth Stevens I am an atheist, but still cherish visiting temples and churches and the feeling of contemplation that descends on me when I enter old religious spaces. Similarly,…
Paying The Piper
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced funding awards totalling £257 million for 1,385 venues, theatres, museums and cultural organisations across the ; The awards are administered by ACE on behalf…
“Keep on drawing – right now, it’s more important than ever!”
An interview with Thom Kofoed Hastings born-and-bred; Thom Kofoed has lived here all his life. HIP Wellbeing editor, Caf Fean reached out to him after hearing about some mindfulness exercises…
Does England’s Creative Coast Care About Racism?
The answer turned out to be an interesting balance of possibly and, well, no, not very much. I picked the organisation known as “England’s Creative Coast” as a sample rather…
Drawing Life’s No-tech Solution to the Covid-19 Lockdown
Drawing Life, the Hastings-based charity, brings art to people living with dementia and other age-related conditions. Now they are releasing a lockdown-proof sketchbook so that their artists can continue drawing.…
Quentin Blake: We Live in Worrying Times
The Hastings Contemporary Review by Mia L Sir Quentin Blake’s new exhibition We Live in Worrying Times, currently on show at the Hastings Contemporary, is a marked departure from his…
Quentin Blake
We Live in Worrying Times The Artist returns to Hastings Contemporary with an exhibition of drawings, paintings and a 30ft long mural described as ‘his Guernica’. Opening 7th May 2020.…
Hastings Contemporary Robot-Assisted Gallery Tours and AltPitch 2021
Merlin Betts considers the news that a robot is propping up our contemporary arts centre. Doors Closed, Exhibitions Open As part of its efforts to reduce the spread of Coronavirus,…
Enjoy Your Own Studio-on-Sea
Hastings Contemporary is trialing a new, potentially regular, workshop day, Studio-on-Sea, giving participants a chance to immerse themselves in the gallery’s latest exhibitions whilst developing new artistic skills and ;…
Brand Sprint Workshop
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Drawing Life In The Boatyard Café
Hastings ContemporaryUntil 22nd March 2020Proceeds from the sale of work go to the Drawing Life charity. By Julia Mortimer The Drawing Life project has grown, almost beyond recognition. Long-term readers…
Victor Willing: ‘Visions’
Mia L considers a new exhibition of Victor Willing paintings and sculptures at the Hastings Contemporary Visions is the first major retrospective of artist Victor Willing since his death in…
Relaunch of The Hastings Contemporary
By Mia LThe newly revised gallery space, formerly known as The Jerwood, reopened its doors on Saturday 6th July 2019. I was eager to see how The Hastings Contemporary would…
Hastings Contemporary Reaches Out To The Community
Rod Webb talks to John Murray (Learning Manager) and Esther Mclaughlin, (Head of Development and Communications) about Hastings Contemporary gallery’s plans to bring art to the ; The Hastings Contemporary…
First Time Knotty Festival Sells Out
The inaugural Knotty Festival of Performance ‘happened’ across Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill from 6th-10th June. The sold-out programme, curated by Katy Baird of Home Live Art, saw over 15…
Hastings Contemporary: Meeting Expectations
Merlin Betts discusses the new gallery’s place and plans I went to a coffee and chat at the Jerwood last week for the locals: us, the Hastings Observer, the Council…