Arts Celebrate! LGBT history project in Cumbria CELEBRATE is the first project to uncover and explore the living history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) communities in Cumbria.The project was developed by OutREACH Cumbria and Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust and supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Club Abstract at the Towner Legendary club night returns to the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, all themed with the dynamism of Abstraction. The night is inspired by the current exhibition of the radical abstract artist William Gear. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts London LGBTQI cross-arts festival announces 2015 dates Organisers of London’s Gaywise FESTival, also known as GFEST, have announced that this year’s event, entitled (Complacent Present) …Fragile Future? will run from November 9-20. GFEST is London’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) cross-arts annual event. By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Dragelicious! Aritist Mike Thorn presents his latest exhibition Dragelicious at the Honeysett Gallery on Madeira Drive at the end of July. Mike Thorn is a Brighton based artist and illustrator. He usually specialises in drawing and painting heavier, masculine men, including bears, skinheads, leather men, and men By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts We All Bleed Red Poet and artist Vince Laws has created We All Bleed Red for the church of St Peter & St Paul, in Oulton, Norfolk. The church tower is in need of significant repair, the heating is inadequate and wooden platforms need replacing. A new floor of pamment tiles in the nave will create a level space, and By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Queen Josephine’s Ouch House 200’ Boxing Day 2013 and Brighton DJ and RadioReverb presenter Queen Josephine had a horrible accident. She ended up in hospital with a fractured skull, broken elbow and her writing arm shattered in eight places. Little was going to raise her spirits as she lay recovering in the Royal Sussex County Hospi By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Pride 2015: #Outcome exhibition now open at Jubilee Library As part of Brighton Pride’s 25th anniversary and Carnival of Diversity celebrations, Brighton Pride have launched an exciting new exhibition called #Outcome for the Brighton Pride Arts & Film Festival 2015. #Outcome has been created by photographer Tom Dingley and explores the varied lives lead by g By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Pride artists’ networking event at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Brighton Pride and Royal Pavilion & Museums will be holding an artists’ networking event the day before Pride Weekend. This is a great opportunity to meet artists who took part in the Pride Arts Festival as well as staff from Pride and the Museum and join together to chat, take part in activities an By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Gay Outing at Charleston Lets get physical….Body building magazines such as Physique Pictorial had a big influence on the output of British male homosexual artists working in the post second world war period. Duncan Grant used British and American magazines as influence for a large amount of private homo-erotic work. By Contributor • 1 min read
Illustration: ‘Ruby Murray’ by Maria Rivans Arts ARTS PREVIEW: Carnival of Diversity An exhibition for Pride25 at BRUSH. After her success organising the flagship exhibitions for the first two Brighton Pride Arts and Film Festivals in 2013/2014, curator and artist Hizze Fletcher is producing a group-show this year at ‘BRUSH’, her art gallery – hair salon, which is located in Brighto By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Rugby Road goes on the Beach Adam Johnson and Dan Mackey take their Artist’s House and website Rugby Road, on the road in July and August. The first two-week Pop-up featuring an eclectic mix of handmade ceramics, glass, jewellery and prints will be at The Fishing Quarter Gallery, 201 King’s Rd, Brighton, from July 15-25, 10am-6 By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: WHILE A solo show of paintings and drawings by Mel Evans. Event: WHILE: An exhibition of painting and drawings by Mel Evans Where: Brush: 84 Gloucester Road, Brighton BN1 4AP When: July 4-30 Time: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm By Contributor • 1 min read
