Exhibitions Bletchley Park exhibition Stories of life by the people who worked there. An exhibition in Block B, Stories of Life at the Park, shares the first hand memories gathered through the ongoing Oral Archive project. From breaking codes to mowing lawns, there was a huge variety of jobs at the top secret HQ of the Government Code a By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe 2014 Launched With more than 700 shows on offer, a third are family friendly and lots are FREE and featuring venues from toilets to a PerfomR an app based on Grindr , this is a huge effort to present, organise and arrange and it’s sorted in time for us, the humble punters to enjoy this May. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts ‘Stand Tall – Get Snapped’ exhibition opens Sussex Beacon host a photo exhibition featuring portraits of 27 HIV positive men and women at the Brighton Dome. Local celebrities and politicians attended the exhibition launch in the Founders Room at the Dome complex on Monday, February 24. Pictured at the launch from left to right are Simon Dowe By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Art V Porn: The Naked and The Nude exhibition Local artist Jamie McCartney shared his thoughts on how to decipher the difference between erotic art and pornography at a debate last Saturday (February 22). With use of imagery to demonstrate his points, McCartney illustrated just how difficult it is to draw the line between art and porn. The inte By Besi • 1 min read
Exhibitions Speaking Volumes Project – ‘Let the books do the talking’ New project gives HIV positive people the chance to share their stories and experiences of living with HIV without needing to publicly disclose their status. The project will be launched on World Health Day, Monday, April 7 2014, 5.30-6.30pm, Jubilee Library, Jubilee St, Brighton, BN1 1GE. Speaking By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Final month of ‘Turner in Brighton’ exhibition The Turner in Brighton exhibition which runs at the Royal Pavilion until March 2 has just under a month to run. The exhibition shows Brighton’s development as a seaside resort through the artist’s eyes, and brings together a range of his works, including watercolours, oil paintings, drawings, sketch By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Winter Pride UK Art Awards 2014 The inaugural Winter Pride UK Art Awards 2014 launch at Tobacco Dock in London on February 8, 2014. The awards have attracted widespread interest from artists across the UK, with entries being submitted from London to Edinburgh. Stephen Fry, who has been nominated as the Winter Pride UK LGBT Luminar By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Wanted! Artists and Makers Last call for entries for Brighton and Hove’s Artist Open Houses Festival 2014. The deadline for registration for Brighton and Hove’s Artist Open House Festival 2014 is fast approaching. Any artists and makers wishing to exhibit at this year’s Artist Open Houses have until February 5 to register the By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Human Being: Being Human’ a photo exhibition at Brighton Jubilee Library A photographic exhibition of work made by young people from Transformers, a support group run by Allsorts for Trans* young people through cmap, an international arts charity. The Human Being: Being Human project has involved the young people developing their own and employing digital photography ski By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Council refuse to hang new portrait of Mayor in Town Hall A portrait of the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Denise Cobb by Paul Tash Ostrer was unveiled last night at the Naked Eye Gallery in Hove. The portrait was commissioned and paid for by the Mayor who had hoped it would be hung in Brighton Town Hall. Unfortuanately she forgo By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Vote Phoenix and bring top Hollywood fashion photographer to Brighton Phoenix Brighton, the artist led arts organisation on Waterloo Place, has been shortlisted in a national poll to win the involvement of international artists for a Museums at Night festival. The event is aimed at encouraging more people to visit galleries and museums and hundreds of venues across th By Olivia Hall-Smith • 1 min read
Arts Exhibition organisers issue a ‘Call for Artists’ Future Evolutionary Arts Turbine (F.E.A.T) are inviting artists to submit art work for their fourth annual Rottingdean Windmill 2014 Open Exhibition. This years Open Call will focus on the expanded definition of ‘Space’ that challenges traditional modes of display in an unusual and inspiring space a By Besi • 1 min read
