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.

Towner Gallery

Sussex Open 2017
Towner’s Open exhibition brings together the best artists from across the Sussex Region. Featuring painting, photography, drawing, film, ceramics and sculpture, Sussex Open 2017 offers a unique opportunity to view works by artists at every level of their career, from new talent to established figures.
And a little birdie told us that at least one of our favourite Eastbourne Artists is exhibiting so make sure you head down to see this fantastic show!
​22 July - 1 Oct, Towner, FREE.
Now, Today, Tomorrow and Always
​Now, Today, Tomorrow and Always brings together a range of artworks that explores how popular culture, and its vast compendium of imagery, words and materials has influenced recent contemporary art. With a focus on the provocative, liberating and seductive power of music and film, the exhibition considers how popular culture has continued to be a source of inspiration for artists, while also reflecting on a diverse range of themes from subculture, fandom and marginal communities, to individual, collective and national identities.
​22 July - 8 Oct, Towner, FREE.
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Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship
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Based on new research and telling a story that has never been told before, this exhibition of the artist and designer Eric Ravilious (1903-1942), coincides with the 75th anniversary of his death. It explores the significant relationships and working collaborations between Ravilious and an important group of friends and affiliates, including Paul and John Nash, Enid Marx, Barnett Freedman, Tirzah
Garwood, Edward Bawden, Thomas Hennell, Douglas Percy Bliss, Peggy Angus, Helen Binyon, and Diana Low.
The exhibition will include many of Ravilious’ key works shown alongside both well-known and less seen works by his contemporaries, including work by each artist that has never before been exhibited publicly, and will focus chronologically on key moments when the work and careers of these artists coincided, overlapped or was particularly pertinent to the others, such as their time at the Royal College of Art, the 1927 St George’s exhibition, their time spent at Furlongs and Newhaven in Sussex, and their various roles in the Second World War.
The exhibition represents the wide range of media in which the artists worked, from watercolours to woodcuts, lithographic prints, book jackets and illustrations, patterned papers, and wallpaper and fabric design.

Towner
27 May - 17 Sept
Entry £7/£8
FEATURED ARTIST
Abigail Anna Myers

Myers’ process begins with a thought, a feeling, a momentary fleeting image or line of prose. Working in a variety of media she produces abstract pieces, which may be loose and painterly or contain bold graphic patterns. Text is a regular feature in these works, in the form of poetic lines or philosophical mantras. 
​View her page here, and follow her on facebook, instagram and artfinder.
Devonshire Collective
The Devonshire Collective is a creative and cultural hub based along Seside Road in the centre of Eastbourne. Comprising of: DC1 Gallery and Cafe; DC2 artists studios, pottery studio and print room; and DC3 multi-use workshop space.

There are many exhibitions, workshops, classes, meetings and other events on a weekly and monthly changing programme. Take a look at their website and www.facebook.com/devonshirecollective/facebook page to find out more.
Elsewhere:
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​Jerwood Gallery - Coming soon, Paula Rego and Stephen Turner.
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De La Warr Pavillion - Simon Patterson Safari An Exhibition As Expedition; Roy Voss All The World's A Sunny Day
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