Coastal Currents 11th annual Arts Festival 2010
Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea and Rother
28 August – 30 September
Welcome to Coastal Currents 2010 a month-long celebration of visual arts, performance and events throughout Hastings & St Leonards, and neighbouring Rother.
Coastal Currents festival offers a wide range of exhibitions, performances, talks, workshops and events aimed at the local community, visitors and artists. As well as the popular open studios programme, which involves over a hundred artists in beach huts, studios, houses and gardens from West St Leonards across to Rye.
this week …
There are a variety of things for you to enjoy!…..
10 Slides 10 minutes, this Thursday 2 Sept, 6pm, Eat @ cafe in Hastings.
Never Mind the Borders, Friday 3rd Sept, 6pm, St Leonards Gardens
From Pier to Eternity 11, Friday 3rd Sept, 7pm, Hastings Pier Friday
Day @ the park, Alexandra Park, Hastings, 10-4pm
Open Studios across Rother this weekend 4-5 Sept, 11-6pm
Caroline Le Breton, as Part of Place, St Leonards Gardens, Linton Gardens and Egerton Park-Bexhill.
Free Art Trail, Saturday 4 Sept, 2-3.30pm, Former Ice Rink White Rock, Hastings
Tracing Hastings
This year’s theme is Tracing Hastings- exploring the town’s culture, distinct location and history. A specially-commissioned project Place brings innovative and challenging work by over thirty established and emerging artists. Outdoor spaces, heritage sites, empty shops and non-art venues have all been used to house new artworks by local, national and international artists.
Free weekend tours will take you off the beaten track and guide you around the work.
A number of trails exist to follow the artworks around the town. You can pick up additional free maps, the festival brochure, and children’s activity packs from Hastings Tourist Information Centre and Festival HQ.
Pop in and see us….
Festival HQ is based in Unit 3, House of Hastings, 178-182 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RQ
Shared with other creative enterprises, including Radiator Arts, and with a temporary changing exhibition space, the House of Hastings empty shop initiative is supported by Hastings Borough Council and Meanwhile Space CIC.
For general info contact: creativecoastmail@gmail.com
Last year’s highlights from Coastal Currents 2009 by Mat McDonnell
