Welcome to Eastbourne Artists! Whether you are an artist or patron this is your one stop site to find out all about the visual arts scene in Eastbourne. Use the headings above to find out about practicing artists, galleries, groups, and the annual Open Houses event, with featured exhibitions in and around Eastbourne on our home page below. All artists living or working in Eastbourne are entitled to a free basic listing and you can follow us on facebook and Instagram.
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Towner Gallery

Towner is an award-winning contemporary art gallery and museum for South East England, right here in Eastbourne. Please see their website for further events and details.

We stared at the Moon from the centre of the Sun: Haroon Mirza Curates the Arts Council Collection

​An Arts Council Collection National Partner Exhibition
Mirza considers electricity his main medium, with which he creates atmospheric environments by intuitively linking light, sound, music, videos and elements of architecture. For We stared at the Moon from the centre of the Sun, the artist draws together modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, installation, and film and video works to explore how are our fantasies about the future and our understanding of the past determines our experience of ‘the now’. Rather than providing an answer, Mirza’s chosen works are intended to trigger reflection and individual interpretation.

20 JAN - 3 JUNE 2018    FREE ENTRY

​Edward Stott: A Master of Colour and Atmosphere

2018 marks the centenary of the death of Edward Stott (1855-1918), an artist described as ‘the poet-painter of the twilight’. To mark this occasion and celebrate his work, Towner is presenting a long overdue exhibition of paintings from across Stott’s lengthy career. The exhibition, which brings together a large body of Stott’s paintings for the first time in over 40 years, includes a number of works from Towner’s own permanent collection, as well as a selection of loans from national institutions including The Royal Academy,  Manchester Art Gallery, Touchstones in Rochdale, and The National Trust.
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26 MAY - 16 SEP 2018
TICKETS £4 /£5 / Free - members /under 18
FEATURED ARTIST
Julian Sutherland-Beatson
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Founder of Eastbourne Artists and organiser of the Open Houses and Studios, Julian's work is popular with almost everyone and is consistently executed to a very high standard. 
Devonshire Collective
Views From Within
Views from Within is a community art project based in Devonshire West, Eastbourne.
The exhibition will feature images taken using disposable cameras by residents and locals with a link to the area.
The exhibition opens on 30 May at DC1, Seaside Road, Eastbourne.

​May 29 @ 11:00 am - June 2 @ 5:00 pm
Elsewhere:
De La Warr Pavilion
The De La Warr Pavilion is a pioneering centre for the arts. A place where everyone can experience contemporary exhibitions, events and entertainment in an iconic Modernist building. By the sea, on England’s south coast. Please see their website for details of current exhibitions.
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Jerwood Gallery
​Jerwood Gallery sits next to the fishing beach in Hastings’ historic Old Town. The gallery became a charity in 2017 and is home to the Jerwood Collection of  Modern and Contemporary British art and a varied temporary exhibition programme championing the best of British painting. Please see their website for details of current exhibitions.
Ditchling Museum
Charleston Farmhouse
Martyrs Gallery
PATRICIA THORNTON : MAPS AND DREAMS
2–22 June, 12 noon–5pm (Thu–Sun)
A former FRESH AiR artist-in-residence, painter Patricia Thornton has built her new collection around news media images of conflict and displacement to explore the interplay between journeys literal and figurative.