Tag archives for Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Wish You Were Here?
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING There is something both alluring and rather sad about the English seaside. Somehow the seaside is full of the promise of naughtiness and fun, and…
Grace Lau Portraits on Show
Grace Lau’s Portraits in a Chinese Studio exhibition (see the last Hastings Independent, issue 291) will be open to the public at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery from 13 January…
All Stitched Up
ERICA SMITH encourages readers to visit the Hastings in Stitches quilt at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery James Matthew ThomasDenise Franklin of Carbon picture framing with the community embroidery laid…
Final call for art commission
The deadline for expressions of interest for a town centre public art commission has been extended until 23 June following feedback that the original closing date of June 8 left…
Ammonites atthe Museum
NICK PELLING There are certain subjects that baffle the human mind. For example, I do not know what a proton or a quark is. And I know this is embarrassing,…
DEEP TIME at Hastings Museum
Stories from DEEP TIME, the latest exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, sees 18 local artists respond to the museum’s fossil collections through the creation of paintings, textiles, sculptures,…
UK Disability History Month
PENNY PEPPER As I write, I wonder how many of you know that, by the time you read this piece, it will be UK Disability History Month (UKDHM – 14…
A Love Letter to Hastings: The Hero’s Journey
Afri-Co-Lab’s The Hero’s Journey is a feat of community passion and excellence. It is also a site-specific promenade show. Set in 2124 at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, we travel…
Knotty
Knotty, Hastings’ celebration performance, returns following the success of 2022’s outdoor festival. For 2024, Knotty is bigger and bolder than ever, showcasing inspiring artists and events in familiar and unexpected…
‘One in a Million’ Ellen Prebble at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
SARAH MILNE As a working artist and arts writer, going to art shows and events is a central part of life, something I am incredibly grateful for. I can honestly…
A Forgotten Hastings Hoaxer
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING investigate a curious case Have you ever heard of Charles Dawson? I suspect not. He was a well respected Victorian gent who was brought up…
Oneiropraxis –A Vision of Dreams
SARAH MILNE Oneiropraxis is a fascinating exhibition of oil paintings and drawings by visionary artists Melissa Shemanna and Orryelle Defenestrate Bascule, currently on show at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.…
ARTS DIARY
CENERENTOLA 2023 The Barefoot Opera Production of La Cenerentola (Cinderella) is on tour this year. The initial date is 27 July at St John The Evangelist Church, Pevensey Road, St…
Why I Long to be a Sex Symbol – Thom Kofoed
CAF FEAN This week is the chance to see local painter Thom Kofoed’s portraits of celebrities, with more than a little bit of himself thrown into the mix. CAF FEAN…
Peering through the Butterfly Wheel
by MARK WALTERAs I entered the stately John’s Place, the home of The Hastings Museum since 1928, I was intrigued by what I was going to witness in the grand…
Council Tax hikes, budgets approved
by PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) agreed to raise the local council tax by the maximum amount allowed without holding a local referendum at a fiery meeting of the…
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery launches Queer History Trail
To celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month, the Hastings Queer History Collective are launching a self-guided queer map and walking trail of LGBTQIA+ objects in Hastings Museum and Art Gallery’s collection. The…
Arts Diary
In With the Old A year after his triumphant Jazz Hastings debut last February, legendary American saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi is back on stage at the East Hastings Sea Angling Association…
Young Arts, Run Free
By Helen Murphy and Nick Pelling The School of Art and Design in Hastings has quite a historical pedigree. For well over a century – at various locations and under…
Local Arts Cash Boost
Arts Council England has announced its 2023 to 2025 investment commitments, which include eight organisations in East Sussex who will receive a total of £ million – a 25% increase…
Hastings Refugee Week
This year, Refugee Week (20-26 June) will see a unique series of creative actions and events taking place in multiple locations across Hastings & St Leonards and beyond which highlight…
Exploring The Diddakoi
The 2022 A Town Explores A Book festival centres around Rumer Godden’s The Diddakoi on the 50th anniversary of its publication. Festival director, Gail Borrow outlines what’s in store. A…
The Refugee Buddy Project Christmas Fair
The Refugee Buddy Project will be holding their popular Christmas Fair on 4 December 2021. After a gap of one year, the event returns for 2021 hosted by the Hastings…
Animating Hastings
Supported by Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, as part of the Hastings Digital Museum programme, Tree Tunnel have created the bare bones of a 30-second animated film celebrating the town…
ARTS DIARY
Black Magik Black Magik Fest is a new arts festival in St Leonards celebrating what it means to be Black and British. It’s devised and curated by resident Jack Kennedy…
Looking at Things: A virtual show to make you look closer
By Benji Thomas With the new year came the same old lockdown challenges for galleries and museums. To get people engaged with their collection from afar, Hastings Museum and Art…
Hastings Museum is ‘Good to Go’
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery re-opened on Thursday, 10th December. The family-friendly museum with amazingly diverse collections, offers access to art, culture and history from around the ;And the museum…
Black History Month
Celebrating the local Black community in Hastings St Leonards and Hastings Alliance for Diverse Ethnicities (SHADE), Black Butterfly and Hastings Borough Council are joining in the celebration of Black History…
Museum Reopens
The Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, which has been accessible only digitally since March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, reopened its doors to visitors on Thursday 27th August, subject to…
The Two-Grand Piano No Need To Consult On Sale, Says Museum Manager
Local pianists have been surprised and disappointed to hear that Hastings Museum and Art Gallery sold off a 9-foot Estonia concert grand piano last winter for a price of around…
Hastings Open 2020
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery (HMAG) is back celebrating some of the South East’s best artistic talent, alongside national and international work, in the inaugural Hastings Open. The exhibition will…
Online Art Shows Worth a Look
Tempo Arts Tempo Artsis delighted to be working with five international artists to present Your Place, a new digital online project which offers perspectives during the lockdown and beyond. Your…
Hastings Museum Seeks Volunteers To Keep A Coronavirus Journal
The COVID-19 crisis has affected, and continues to affect, the lives of all of us. Many of the resultant changes to our lifestyles will hopefully only be temporary but others…
Arts Diary
Lecture by the Arts Society Rother Valley - The Inventors of Christmas Monday 18th November 2019 at the Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings TN34 2SA, pm. Everyone knows the ingredients…
Fishing For Generations
John Cole records over twenty years of Hastings’ fishing industry. By Emma Harwood Hastings’ beach-launched fishing fleet is arguably the heart and soul of this seaside town and the lifeblood…
Get involved at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is looking for enthusiastic people to get involved by is not necessary and you don’t need any special or in-depth knowledge of the town or history:…
A Journey Home
Gareth Stevens reviews the Tom Hunter exhibition curated by Lucy Bell and David Rhodes at Hastings Museum. Tom Hunter’s photographic portraits of Hastings taxi drivers are brimful with tenderness and…
Respect Existence or Expect Resistance
Simone Witney talks to Lucy Bell and David Rhodes about the Tom Hunter show Karam at Rock-a-norePICTURE: Tom Hunter The title is a phrase I spotted among a wall of…
New Manager at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Following the recent retirement of Hastings Museum and Art Gallery curator Cathy Walling, Hastings Borough Council is pleased to announce that Damian Etherington is the new museum and cultural development…
Summer Free for All
You could spend the whole summer on Hastings’ award-winning beaches, but the town also has a fantastic number of free activities on offer this summer. By Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough…