SHORT FILM SCREENING Films by seven artists showing in the galleryFriday 9 Oct, 5 – 9pm An evening of experimental moving image brings together seven short films by seven artist film makers. Place, memory and desire, examining the ways environments are inhabited, remembered, imagined and transformed are considered through moving image. Landing Gallery CLAIRE LAND… Continue reading PhotoHastings 2026

LISTENING BACK AHEAD UP AND DOWNCurated by sound artist and Sono-Electro Creative Director, James Wilkie A weekend of sound art and sonic experimentation at ESPS, kicking off with an evening of performances.  Friday 25 September, 6-9pm – Live performances & InstallationsEmma Kate MatthewsBabalola YusufEthan KirbyBen ChernettJames WIlkie Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, 12-5pm –… Continue reading Listening back up ahead up and down

BYOB – bring your own beamer You are invited you to bring your projectors and films, slides, shadow stuff, etc. to create a new, ever-evolving artwork installation. With special thanks to Dr. Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton. There will be a technician for advice and safety on the… Continue reading Coastal Currents 2026

An exhibition exploring the relationship between landscape, memory, and time through moving image, photography and painting by emerging and established artists. The works trace shared histories, human presence, and the sociocultural ties that shape our connection to the natural world. Exhibiting Artists: Viviana Almas @viv.almas Syd Farrington @syd_farrington RJ Fernandez @rj.fernandezis Edd Carr @_eddcarr_ Ben… Continue reading Lowlands

Colin Booth Looking through images of recent work, things keep repeating: found objects, eucalyptus, branches of trees, twigs, lichen, feathers – and aluminium. Almost everything is fragile. Almost everything suggests transience and vulnerability. By putting together – and placing together – things old and new, my studio practice evolves as a narrative and a kind… Continue reading I talked to you in a dream

HETEROTOPIAS Rupert Hartley’s practice centres around painting and colour. Using both playful and systematic processes, he revisits and reinterprets formalist traditions within painting. In the Ground Floor Gallery, Hartley presents Heterotopias, a new collection of works on paper that foregrounds his use of the grid while further developing paper assemblage as a form of mark-making.… Continue reading Rupert Hartley

HYBRIDITY showcases paintings and prints by contemporary artist Kim Wan, whose distinctive practice has been described as “the point where fine art meets graffiti”. With deep connections to Hastings and Rye, Wan is as comfortable in the boxing ring with his club BMAX as he is with a paintbrush in hand. A regular presence on… Continue reading Kim Wan – Hybridity

TEXTILE JUNCTION JULY 2026 EDITION We’re excited to announce this year’s exhibition will continue to showcase a vibrant mix of contemporary textile work, celebrating the incredible range of what’s being made today. Time-honoured techniques and bold new experiments will demonstrate how artists are pushing textiles into exciting new territory. Curated by@rug_puncher @legalbrie @wolfandwilding Exhibition open… Continue reading Textile Junction 2026

This exhibition investigates scent as a structuring force within aesthetic, social and material experience. Bringing together artists working across image, text, sound, video and sculpture, the exhibition treats smell not as a sensory given but as a mutable conceptual medium. ODOUR foregrounds the absurd, intimate and queer dimensions of olfactory experience. The adolescent bravado of… Continue reading Odour