We are currently closed for installation. Join us on Saturday 26 April, 2-4pm for the opening of The Reason for Flowers.
We are currently closed for installation. Join us on Saturday 26 April, 2-4pm for the opening of The Reason for Flowers.
We are currently closed for installation. Join us on Saturday 26 April, 2-4pm for the opening of The Reason for Flowers.
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Children and Families
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers
18
September
2024
22
July
2025

Free Pre-school and Parent Art Group

Every Wednesday in term time, 9.30-11am

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Children and Families
Home Ed Art Group
Home Ed Art Group
19
September
2024
22
July
2025

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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Exhibitions
May Hands and Hannah Lees
Self can shade off into otherness gradually
Self can shade off into otherness gradually
10
January
2025
31
May
2025

Curated by Richard Matthews, this exhibition at Port Hotel, comprises a series of new collaborative sculptural works by South Coast artists May Hands and Hannah Lees, produced during a residency at Devonshire Collective’s gallery, VOLT, in September 2024. 

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Courses
Carnival Workshops
Carnival Workshops
8
March
2025
10
May
2025

These workshops give you the opportunity to create something truly spectacular for the Carnival parade!

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Exhibitions
Group Exhibition
The Reason for Flowers
The Reason for Flowers
26
April
2025
22
June
2025

The Reason for Flowers is a group exhibition considering flowers as motif, material, symbol and subject. Curated by Joseph Jones.

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Upcoming
Events and Talks
Edible Flowers Foraging Walk
Edible Flowers Foraging Walk
18
May
2025
18
May
2025
12 - 2pm

Join us for this local Eastbourne walk, identifying and foraging edible flowers, led by artist and chef Alison Clare.

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Events and Talks
Making Rituals: Amanprit Sandhu in conversation with May Hands and Hannah Lees
Making Rituals: Amanprit Sandhu in conversation with May Hands and Hannah Lees
3
May
2025
3
May
2025
2 - 3pm

Join Amanprit Sandhu in conversation with May Hands and Hannah Lees at Towner Eastbourne as they discuss their collaborative residency in Eastbourne.

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Events and Talks
‍Flowers, Foraging and the South Downs with May Hands and Hannah Lees
‍Flowers, Foraging and the South Downs with May Hands and Hannah Lees
2
May
2025
2
May
2025
6 - 7.30pm

Hosted within the exhibition The Reason for Flowers, hear from May Hands and Hannah Lees during their 'Making Sites' residency.

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Events and Talks
Artist Lunch Club: May Hands and Hannah Lees at Rooted Community Food
Artist Lunch Club: May Hands and Hannah Lees at Rooted Community Food
2
May
2025
2
May
2025
12 - 2pm

We invite you to join us for an informal sharing session at Rooted Community Food with May Hands and Hannah Lees during their Making Sites residency in Eastbourne. 

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Events and Talks
Collective Books Book Club: The Reason for Flowers
Collective Books Book Club: The Reason for Flowers
22
May
2025
22
May
2025
5.30 - 7pm

For our second Collective Books Book Club, this time hosted within The Reason for Flowers exhibition, we invite readers to bring a book of their choice to share with the group, that relates to flowers, gardening and the natural world.

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Events and Talks
The Gardening Drawing Club: A workshop led by Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck
The Gardening Drawing Club: A workshop led by Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck
31
May
2025
31
May
2025
2 - 4pm

Join The Gardening Drawing Club at Devonshire Collective, where artist Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck will take us through the basics of growing organic vegetables and herbs before we paint and draw impressions from these encounters.

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Events and Talks
Plant Friends: A workshop led by Sean Roy Parker
Plant Friends: A workshop led by Sean Roy Parker
27
April
2025
27
April
2025
12 - 2pm

Join us for a writing workshop led by artist, writer and forager Sean Roy Parker fostering an intimate connection with our interspecies neighbours in the urban environment.

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Carla Wright in conversation with Anne-Marie Watson and The Fuddling Gossips Closing Party
Carla Wright in conversation with Anne-Marie Watson and The Fuddling Gossips Closing Party
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Carla Wright
The Fuddling Gossips
The Fuddling Gossips
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Collective Books Book Club: all about love by bell hooks
Collective Books Book Club: all about love by bell hooks
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Jean Abreu Dance
Beyond the Frame: A Free Weekend Lab
Beyond the Frame: A Free Weekend Lab
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Volta at Depot Cinema Studio
Volta at Depot Cinema Studio
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Whispers & Echoes: Screening event
Whispers & Echoes: Screening event
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