women’s pop up museum
Pop-up women take over corner of museum The Women’s Pop-Up Museum will be holding a community launch event on November 29 at 11am at Hastings Museum. Bev Jenkins reports. The project was started by...
View Article10 Squared
Craftivists – the folk who combine craft with activism based in Kings Road, St Leonards – is a work in progress at present. But a work in progress with high ideals, writes Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.…
View ArticleWinter Wonderland with a difference!
Winter Wonderland with a difference! Many of you will have met Talullah, the twelve-foot-high mermaid who cheerfully makes an annual appearance at Jack in the Green. Now her creators, Radiator Arts,...
View ArticleProfessionally Made – Professionally Paid a new campaign by Equity.
Professionally Made : Professionally Paid Equity – the union for performers and theatre workers – has launched a new year-long campaign highlighting the problem of low or zero pay for artists and...
View ArticlePAPERGIRL project comes to Hastings!
PAPERGIRL project comes to Hastings! The Papergirl project, where original artwork is spontaneously distributed to unsuspecting members of the public, is a brilliant innovation, writes HOT’s Zelly...
View ArticleThe Language of Green
The Language of Green The Language of Green is a show by SoCo Artists, a professional group of artists based in East Sussex, in the Crypt Gallery at St Mary in the Castle.…
View Article‘Gizmo’ under threat
‘Gizmo’ under threat There was an article in the Hastings Observer about a place called Gizmo in St Leonards possibly closing down due to lack of funding. I didn’t know too much about it, writes Philip...
View ArticleOut Of The Doll’s House: What did the women do?
Out Of The Doll’s House: What did the women do during the First World War? Following last year’s successful Women’s Pop-Up Museum, Hastings Museum, in conjunction with Women’s Voice, is running an...
View ArticleObserver Building
Breathing life into the Observer Building It is always amazing to see how generous the Hastings and St Leonards-ites are with their time, energy and creativity to make things happen and improve life...
View ArticleThe Water Museum
Watery tales What does water mean to you? Do you even think about it? Someone who does is Amy Sharrocks, an artist, whose creative life is bound up with the substance. She has devised several...
View ArticleEveryone can draw! That’s EVERYONE!
Everyone can draw! That’s EVERYONE! If you have any doubts, come to Hastings Arts Forum on either Saturday or Sunday, 24-25 October and give it a try, writes HOT reporter John Cole.…
View ArticleThinking and Making
Thinking and Making Curious Projects would like you to join them for the Preview evening of Thinking / Making, a curated exhibition of artists’ maquettes and models by 27 selected artists, some of whom...
View ArticleAuction for the Arts
Auction for the Arts The Auction for the Arts is a ‘fairtrade’ fundraiser with equal shares of the proceeds being divided between the contributing artists and the New Independent Art School (NIASH),...
View ArticleHastings Speaks
Hastings Speaks As part of the 1066 Roots celebrations, Hastings Speaks is creating a new Doomsday record of ordinary people’s lives in Hastings in 2016, using diaries, blogs and spoken
View ArticleSkeletons Out Of The Closet
Will you vote for Skeletons Out Of The Closet? The team at the Craftimation Factory, based in St Leonards-on-Sea, are asking for your vote to help secure funding for the
View ArticleHermit – a life on the margins.
Hermit – a life on the margins Hastings has its own legendary hermit, John Hancox, who lived in a cave in Ecclesbourne Glen for around fourteen years until his death
View ArticleZoom Arts show under way
Zoom Arts exhibition opens at Warrior Square station gallery with mayoral blessing Zoom Arts is holding an exhibition this week at its gallery in St Leonards Warrior Square station. The
View ArticleThe new Hastings tapestry
The new Hastings tapestry Celebrating the people of Hastings 2016. A new ‘tapestry’ of 950 panels is being commissioned to represent the people of Hastings. It will be displayed
View ArticleNew OB Collective
New OB Collective Dawn Dublin and Erika Holland have left The Observer Building (OB)… and the reins have now been handed over to The OB Collective. Catching sight of posters
View ArticleThe Dreamcloth Puppetry Open Day
Dreamcloth Puppetry open day Want to learn more about the art of puppetry and how it can enhance creativity, health and wellbeing? Join Idolrich Theatre Rotto for a free day
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