Our gallery is open today, 11am-5pm, showing The Canopy by Sean Steadman. Free, all welcome.
Our gallery is open today, 11am-5pm, showing The Canopy by Sean Steadman. Free, all welcome.
Our gallery is closed today. Visit us Thursday-Sunday, 11am-5pm, showing The Canopy by Sean Steadman. Free, all welcome.
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At our gallery, VOLT, we commission first solo exhibitions by emerging and underrepresented artists living in East Sussex and nationally. We host a range of free engagement activities alongside each exhibition, including family and community workshops and artist talks.

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Nature Rave
Devonshire Youth Collective with Two Pens
30
September
2023
20
December
2024

Nature Rave is a newly commissioned window installation and graphic identity by Devonshire Youth Collective, in collaboration with Two Pens. In celebration of the Turner Prize 2023 with Eastbourne ALIVE.

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Networx After School Club
16
April
2024
21
May
2024

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

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Home Education Art Course 5-11s
16
April
2024
21
May
2024

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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Currently showing
The Canopy
Sean Steadman
12
May
2024
7
July
2024

The Canopy is Sean Steadman’s first solo exhibition in a UK public institution. First and foremost a painter, Steadman is invested in the medium’s specificities and its ability to draw out emergent visual forms. At Devonshire Collective, Steadman presents newly commissioned and recent works that connect processes of painting and printmaking.

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Upcoming
Regenerate
A group exhibition by Blue Monkey Network
12
July
2024
7
July
2024

REGENERATE delivers an exciting body of work by emerging and established artists that truly reflects the diverse range and talent of our local thriving artist Blue Monkey Network.  The exhibition includes sculpture, painting, illustration, drawing, ceramics, animation, collage and more, revealing the distinctive art practices of our members. 

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VOLT is the jewel in the Seaside crown
Gaynor Sádlo, artist and local resident
There’s always something going on that you can enjoy. There was an event that I went with my family and it was fun.
Anwen, aged 12
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