𝗥𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲́𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗱𝘂 𝗚𝗞𝗔𝗖
𝗥𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲́𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗱𝘂 𝗚𝗞𝗔𝗖 prévu du 11 au 12 avril au Centre Culturel Kôrè avec comme thème : Jeunesse, éducation et créativité.
The Tell-Tale Rooms
Hastings Artists Use Virtual Reality to Step Into a Fantastical World
A groundbreaking immersive VR experience, The Tell-Tale Rooms, comes to OBX at Hastings Commons in Hastings, from 13 to 18 March. The film and exhibition invite audiences to step into the extraordinary world of visually impaired, neurodivergent Hastings based artist Eden Kötting.
Blending animation, archive footage, and live action, this 360° VR film takes viewers on a journey through Eden’s imagination, revealing a world where art, memory, and dreams collide.
Container for sale
The Project Art Works shipping container is for sale. The container is fully lined and can be connected to an electricity supply. The size is roughly 20 x 8ft.
Our ideal price is £500 but we are open to offers. Please note that the buyer needs to arrange collection and the costs. To buy or make an enquiry please email wendy@projectartworks.org or call 01424 423555.
Collection is from TN34 1TD in Hastings.
SPECIALIST SUPPORT WORKER NEEDED
PERSONALISED PROVISION Experience and commitment to high quality care essential
Join a resourceful team of experienced people facilitating a full and personalised life for a man who, among many amazing attributes, has complex support needs and who lives in his own home. This is a unique opportunity for someone who has experience in care is good-natured, creative and outgoing. It is a role where your personal qualities and ability will be valued whilst contributing to a progressive, independent provision.
Event: ‘Environments for Co-Creation’
New Build Event: ‘Environments for Co-Creation’ Wednesday 29 January 5-6.30pm at Bethlem Gallery
Join Project Art Works and creative duo, Bea and Jill at Bethlem Gallery for a discussion on environments and co-creation in creative practice. The event will be in the format of a ‘Long table Discussion’, which invites a range of perspectives to a conversation exploring themes of agency, consent, and the adaptation of spaces to support meaningful and personalised artistic engagement.
Opening Party – Michelle Roberts
Join Project Art Works at the Opening Party for Red, Blue, Up, a solo exhibition from Michelle Roberts.
De La Warr Pavilion warmly invites you to celebrate the opening of their new exhibitions. Jaki Irvine, Shh Ow, on the Ground Floor Gallery and Michelle Roberts, Red, Blue, Up, on the First Floor Gallery
Friday 21 February 6pm Doors open, welcome drinks on arrival 7pm Speeches 8.30pm Event ends
If you are able to join us please RSVP to specialpreview@dlwp.
Mono – Online Exhibition
Project Art Works presents Mono, a new online exhibition at Untitled Gallery. Mono brings together a selection of black, white, and monochromatic works by artists from the Project Art Works studio in Hastings.
This collection reflects the depth and diversity of artistic practices within the studio, showcasing works that explore contrast, texture, and form.
Image: Carl Sexton, Untitled, 2016, pen on paper 33cm x 38cm
Image: Unknown, Untitled, 2016, etching on paper, 29cm x 29cm (framed)
Art Breaks – February
Join Project Art Works for our Art Breaks this February half term. Art Breaks focusses on children and young people with complex needs, alongside their parents, carers and siblings.
These sessions will take place at the Project Art Works studio in Hastings on Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 February.
There are two sessions per day, 10.30 -12.00 and 13.30 – 15.00.
To apply please use the link below and complete the form by 17.
A look back at 2024
As the year comes to a close, we want to express our gratitude to everyone who has contributed to the Art, Freedom, Care studios and workshops. The artist makers who join us each week, bringing creativity and passion, an amazing group of artist facilitators who do so much to support everyone, and the parents and carers who have become a big part of our community and shared their lives with us.
Update on Arches Development
Work continues into 2025 as work on site at the Arches in Hastings takes shape. Renovations will greatly improve the Arches, resurface the front yard and provide completely new studio spaces in Arch 3.
As part of the funding for the site we have received over £70,000 for a lift and Changing Place facilities from the Hastings Skills Capital Fund.
The funders for the Arches development are: Arts Council England, Wolfson Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Clothworkers Foundation, Foyle Foundation, and Levelling Up Partnership funding (who have also funded some of the development work at Trinity Hall as well as the Architectural Heritage Fund).
Residency at Bethlem Gallery
In January 2025 we will launch a residency by Project Art Works across the Bethlem Gallery and the National Autism Unit. The exhibition (Jan 28th – Feb 7th) invites visitors to experience an environment informed by the strengths and interests of people who have been before them. Supported sessions in the pop-up studio will enable a range of people to represent themselves on their own terms through authentic responses which become part of an evolving installation.
COP16 Biodiversity Conference
Alrededor del Árbol for COP16 Biodiversity Conference, Cali, Colombia, 2024
Earthrise Studio invited Más Arte Más Acción (MAMA) to join them at Project Everyone’s Nature House during the COP16 biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia. In response, MAMA produced a special version of the circular table installation and soundscape, incorporating contributions from Centro Siembra and the Atrato Guardians.
Presented in October 2024 in partnership with Global Witness, the installation highlighted the stories of the Atrato Guardians—14 Indigenous and Afro-Colombian representatives dedicated to defending the rights of the Rio Atrato in Chocó.
20th Edinburgh Art Festival 2024
Around a Tree for the 20th Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland
For the 20th edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF), Around a Tree brought together ecology, botany, and the arts at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) from 9th to 25th August 2024. At the heart of the project was a stunning 6-meter diameter circular table—crafted from the timber of a diseased Lebanese Cedar and built around a young Portuguese oak—that served as a hub for activities, accompanied by the evolving soundscape.
XX International Botanical Congress, Madrid
Around a Tree for the XX International Botanical Congress in Madrid 2024
Invited by Dr. Lucia Lohmann in collaboration with the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT), Around a Tree contributed to the XX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Madrid, July 2024, to explore the critical role of botanical research in addressing ecological and climate challenges. The focuss was on conducting video interviews with scientists from diverse career stages, geographic origins and ethnic backgrounds, creating an Oral History of Botany that documented career trajectories, assessed changes in the field and highlighted the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss.
ATBC Kigali, Rwanda
Around a Tree for the 60th Annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Kigali, Rwanda 2024
Dr. Lucia Lohmann, President of the ATBC and member of the Around a Tree team, invited MAMA to participate in the 2024 ATBC meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, to document the vital work of delegates through video interviews. These interviews focused on the impact of climate change on plants, conservation efforts related to their work around the globe and the significance of the ATBC as an international network for tropical biology and conservation.
Irish Plant Science Annual Meeting
Around a Tree for the Irish Plant Science Annual Meeting in Cork 2024
At the 2024 IPSAM meeting, leading international botanist Professor James Richardson of University College Cork played a pivotal role in kick-starting this stage of Around a Tree. Held on June 17-18, the project featured interviews with scientists that explored humanity’s relationship with plants in the face of rapid biodiversity loss. Uniquely, some questions were posed from the perspective of plants, encouraging deeper reflection on ecological interconnections.
Around a Tree: Overview
Around a Tree: Connecting People and Plants Through Art and Science
Originally presented by Más Arte Más Acción for Documenta15 in Kassel, Germany, in 2022, Around a Tree brings together art and science to explore humanity’s connection with trees and plants amidst the climate and biodiversity crises.
In 2023, evolutionary biologist Professor James Richardson approached MAMA to see how to creatively address the impact of climate change on plants, during the XX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Madrid.
Invitation: 24 November Event in Van Abbemuseum
Join us on November 24th, the final day of the Soils exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, for a special event dedicated to Watching Cow and Landscape (Kijken naar Koe en Landschap).
This project explores questions that are not only relevant to farmers, but concern us all, such as solutions for sustainability. We welcome both experts and enthusiasts to look at the soils with us. How can the museum, and especially the art of seeing and watching, help us answer the important questions?
OIL publication: launch and story so far
OIL online launch Thursday 7th November 6-7pm GMT
This publication has developed from ‘Oil as far as the eye can see – Energy regimes in the everyday’ a tour curated and guided by Rachel Grant that took place across Aberdeen, as part of Myvillages’ Summer Camp titled ‘Who Has the Energy’, commissioned, produced and held at Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden, July 2023.
Join us for a presentation and discussion with OIL publication author and editor Rachel Grant (Fertile ground, Aberdeen), Sam Trotman (Programme & Partnerships Director Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Aberdeenshire), Kathrin Böhm (Myvillages) and Scott Herrett (Just Transition Organiser for Friends of the Earth Scotland and member of Friends of St.