We are currently closed for installation. Join us on Saturday 1 November 2-4pm for 'Up and Down' by Miguel Martin.
We are currently closed for installation. Join us on Saturday 1 November 2-4pm for 'Up and Down' by Miguel Martin.
We are currently closed for installation. Join us on Saturday 1 November 2-4pm for 'Up and Down' by Miguel Martin.
Artist-centred and process led
Artist-centred and process led
Creating with communities in Devonshire ward
Creating with communities in Devonshire ward
One road back from the sea
One road back from the sea

Devonshire Collective (DC) is a cultural and community organisation operating across a network of ex-retail sites in the Devonshire West ward, Eastbourne – a vibrant area with a long-standing community.

At our gallery, VOLT, we commission significant solo exhibitions by artists living in East Sussex and nationally. Our upcoming programme is connected by a vision that centres artistic practice and focuses on co-creation and socially engaged research methods.

DC Learn is our learning and engagement programme for families, young people and our communities in Devonshire West ward.

Our galleries and programmes are free, and open to all.

What’s on this week
Children and Families
Home Ed Art Group
Home Ed Art Group
5
June
2025
17
July
2026

A weekly art course. We will cover both 2D and 3D work with a variety of painting, drawing, collage and mixed media.

Thursdays 1.30-3pm

The new term will begin 27th February 2025, until 23rd July 2025.

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Offsite
Lydia Stonehouse
Too full to talk
Too full to talk
1
July
2025
31
October
2025

Devonshire Collective’s fourth project at Port presents a solo exhibition of new and recent paintings by Brighton-based artist Lydia Stonehouse.

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Children and Families
Networx After School Club
Networx After School Club
16
September
2025
14
July
2026

Free, after school art group every Tuesday of term time only for 6–11’s for Networx registered families only.

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Children and Families
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers
17
September
2025
15
July
2026

Sticky Fingers is a FREE, weekly art and messy play group for parents and carers with pre school children. Only during Term Time.

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Children and Families
Home Education Art Course 5-11s
Home Education Art Course 5-11s
18
September
2025
16
July
2026

Learning skills and techniques in drawing, painting, 3D and more, and building a personal sketchbook to keep, for 5–11's.

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Events and Talks
Associate Artist Workshop: You, Me, Us
Associate Artist Workshop: You, Me, Us
25
October
2025
25
October
2025

Join DC Associate Artists Kristen Rhodes-Hasler and Annalynn Cooke's workshop You, Me, Us - an exploration of ideas in identity.

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Children and Families
Volta Artists' Moving Image
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Devonshire Collective is extremely grateful to the many companies and individuals who support the gallery, including Chalk Cliff Trust, The Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust, John Jackson Charitable Trust, Roy Hudson Trust and Safer in Sussex Community Fund.