Brighton What's On Guide

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A Longer View @ Bishopstone Railway Station

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - CAROL LAWSON, CHRIS McEWAN, NICHOLA CAMPBELL @ The Grange Art Gallery,

Decolonising Beauty Standards | Gender @ ONCA Gallery

Drawing from Imagination: Heads & Faces @ New England House

Drawing from Imagination: Introduction to Perspective @ New England House

Drop-in Life Drawing @ New England House

Entangle @ Phoenix Gallery

ideal-i @ NIAGARA FALLS PROJECTS

Intensive Life Drawing with Shelley Morrow @ New England House

Personalised silver pendant workshop @ The Round Georges

Prospect for the More-Than-Human @ The Regency Town House

SARA HILL - THE WIND SHAPES US @ The Grange Art Gallery,

Tapas Cookery Class @ Brighton Cookery School

Through the Bush Backwards: Workshop @ ONCA Gallery

Tutored drop-in Life Drawing @ New England House

Working the Earth/ The Working Earth @ ONCA Gallery

Year of Drawing exhibition: Drawing and Mental Health @ Phoenix Gallery

Visual Arts

Art Tue 17 Jul 12:30-4:30pm

Drawing from Imagination: Heads & Faces

@ New England House
Admn: £35 (£25 students)

Learn to draw heads from your imagination with artist Lancelot Richardson.
Suitable for all levels of experience, this workshop will focus on drawing heads and faces from imagination from scratch using constructive drawing techniques.

You will learn fundamental skills for drawing the head from a variety of angles, and throughout the workshop, we will look at how we can manipulate the different elements of structure, features and expression to create a variety of different likenesses from imagination.

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The afternoon is broken into three sections:

Basic Head Construction: Using simple 3D forms to construct the head, learning typical proportions, and how to use these to build heads at a variety of angles

Constructing Features: How to construct facial features, and how these can be varied and simplified

Expression: How we understand facial expressions, and how features can change with different expressions

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The session will be tutored by Lance Richardson and all materials will be provided, with a maximum class size of 8. The class costs £35 or £25 for students - booking is required via the link below or by emailing info@draw-brighton.co.uk.

New England House - New England Street, BN1 4GH
t: 07805201057 | Website | Email

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Art Tue 17 Jul 12:00-16:00

Through the Bush Backwards: Workshop

@ ONCA Gallery

What:
Drop in anytime between 12noon and 4pm to explore how Britain’s nature has changed and how it could be restored in the future through card games and artwork.

Who:
Open to anyone interested in exploring our local nature. People ages 15-25 are particularly encouraged to attend.

Details:
We will take you on a journey through time to explore how Britain’s nature has changed and how it could be restored. We’ll time travel through a graphic short-story, where we’ll visit the Last Interglacial (125,000 years ago) when elephants and hippos were living in Southern England. We’ll stop off in the Last Glacial (40,000 years ago) when humans were just arriving in Britain encountering woolly mammoth and rhino. We’ll visit the Early Holocene (7,000 years ago) after the extinction of Britain's big mammals, when human hunter gathers were hunting aurochs and red deer. We’ll drop in to the Late Holocene (3000 years ago) after agriculture had arrived and farming communities had established. Finally, we’ll talk about what our countryside looks like now and explore your visions for the future. We’ll play card games to introduce you to Britain’s past, present, and (maybe) future big mammals and we’ll help you create visions of Britain’s future by exploring how nature would change if different species were reintroduced.

Venue/Transport:
ONCA is situated on the outskirts of the North Laine, with good public transport links.

About Us:
Through the Bush Backwards is a collaboration between the University of Sussex, Sussex Wildlife Trust, and Rewilding Sussex to better understand peoples’ vision for Sussex’s landscape

ONCA Gallery - 14 St George's Place, Brightoin, BN1 4GB
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Art Wed 11 Jul 11:00 - 17:00 until Sun 22 Jul

Year of Drawing exhibition: Drawing and Mental Health

@ Phoenix Gallery
Admn: Free

What can you use to make a mark? What will happen once you begin? Are you curious about where drawing can take you?

This exhibition celebrates Year of Drawing; a year-long site-specific project organised by Make Your Mark, the arts and health programme for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The project, which started in autumn 2017, aims to increase access to the arts for people facing mental health challenges in Sussex and Hampshire through public drawing events at cultural venues, pop up studios in NHS mental health settings, and a series of drawing-based Recovery College courses.

Phoenix Gallery - Waterloo Place, Brighton, , BN2 9NB
t: 01273 603700 | Website | Email

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Art Wed 25 Jul 2.5 Hours

Tapas Cookery Class

@ Brighton Cookery School
Admn: £40/£45

£5 Discount for Brighton Cookery Club members!
Tapas Cookery Class

Wednesday 25th July, 7pm-9.30pm

Join us for our TAPAS cookery class and enjoy the taste of Spain without ever having to leave your kitchen!

Tapas dishes are a wide variety of appetisers in Spanish cuisine, cold or hot, they’re always delicious with a refreshing glass of Sangria!

You’ll be making, sampling and then taking home your Tapas treats to friends and family. This session is suitable for all dietary requirements.

Come on your own, with a friend or group and let your taste buds be tickled!

Included in this session: 2.5-hour profession cookery tuition, ingredients – all produce from the session yours to take home, protective apron and mineral water. Complimentary glass of Sangria on arrival! You are welcome to B.Y.O to this event.

Brighton Cookery School - 63/64 St Georges road,, BN2 1EF
t: 01273 674911 | Website | Email

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Art Sat 28 Jul 10:30 - 16:30 until Sun 29 Jul

Intensive Life Drawing with Shelley Morrow

@ New England House
Admn: £85 (£65 for students)

Intensive Life Drawing Weekend Workshop
This fast paced, two-day intensive life drawing workshop will be a kick-start to anybody’s life drawing, from the complete beginner to experienced artist.

Over the course of the weekend artist Shelley Morrow will introduce a variety of exercises to help you draw from the figure in a variety of media, exploring ideas of rhythm, gesture, scale and composition, coaching you through a succession of short to medium length poses and helping you to develop an authentic and personal response to the life model.

As this course is strictly limited to 10 places, book is essential. All materials, tea and coffee will be supplied. £85, or £65 for students - please see our website for booking details or email info@draw-brighton.co.uk

New England House - New England Street, BN1 4GH
t: 07805201057 | Website | Email

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Art Sat 28 Jul 16:00 - 19:00 until Fri 3 Aug

ideal-i

@ NIAGARA FALLS PROJECTS
Admn: FREE

Alexander Glass & James William Murray
ideal-i 28 July - 03 August
Opening preview: Saturday 28 July 2018 (16:00 - 19:00) continues until Friday 3 August by appointment
NIAGARA FALLS PROJECTS
Unit 9, 15 Lincoln Cottages, Brighton, England, BN2 9UJ
+447738265532
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Niagara Falls Projects is pleased to present a two-person project with Alexander Glass & James William Murray. Departing from Lacan’s psychoanalytical concept of the ‘mirror stage’, ideal-i brings together two artist’s unique approaches to questions of desire, fragmentation, and projections of the idealised self-image.
“He fell in love with a bodiless dream, a shadow mistaken for substance. He gazed at himself in amazement, limbs and expression as still as a statue of Parian marble.”
—Ovid, Metamorphoses
ALEXANDER GLASS (b.1992) is a Sculptor living and working in London. His workexplores the tense relationship between the ideas of masculinity and desire through the re-presentation of iconic imagery that speaks of the potent male body. Recent shows include ‘Notes on Queerness’ - The Royal Standard - Liverpool & ‘A Body is A Building’ Bloc Projects Billboard Commission - Sheffield. Glass is a graduate of the Royal College of Art’s MA Fine Art Sculpture programme in 2017.
JAMES WILLIAM MURRAY (b. 1988) develops interrelated questions of desire,corporeality, and materiality through a range of minimal strategies. All works emphasise the body, human touch, and figuration as points of departure. He received an MA in photography from the University of Brighton in 2015 and has exhibited in the UK and internationally. His work is in the collection of the Hellenic Centre For Photography and private collections throughout Europe. In 2016 he co-founded the studio and project space Niagara Falls Projects in Brighton UK. In 2018 he was awarded the Sussex Open Commission by Towner Gallery UK and the patrons of Eastbourne Arts Circle. He is represented by Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art in Knokke-Heist, Belgium. Recent exhibitions include: ‘Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing’ (solo) Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke BELGIUM, ‘Desire Works’ (solo) Project 78, St Leonard’s by Sea UK, ‘Marks Make Meaning’ (group show), University of Brighton UK, NYC Art Book Fair (portfolio presentation with Daily Life Storage), MoMA PS1. New York, USA, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum (Pireos Annexe), Athens GRjameswilliammurray.com
alexanderglasssculpture.com

NIAGARA FALLS PROJECTS - Unit 9, Lincoln Cottages, Brighton, BN2 9UJ
t: 07738265532 | Website | Email

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Art Sun 5 Aug 12:30 - 16:30

Drawing from Imagination: Introduction to Perspective

@ New England House
Admn: £35 (£25 for students)

Suitable for all levels of experience, this workshop will help you to introduce the illusion of depth into your imaginative drawings. Over the course of the afternoon you will learn how linear perspective can be used to create a more convincing sense of depth and scale under the guidance of our Imaginative Drawing tutor, Lance Richardson.

The afternoon will be broken down into three sections, with short breaks in-between:

Part 1, Building Forms in Perspective: Using 1 point and 2 point perspective to draw simple forms we can build up on in our drawings.

Part 2, Measurement and Scale in Perspective: How to create a consistent sense of scale in our drawings.

Part 3, Problem Solving in Perspective: Learning how fields of view work, and dealing with more challenging situations such as perspective on inclined planes.

This session is be fully tutored and all materials will be provided, with a maximum class size of 8. The class costs £35 or £25 for students - booking is required via visiting our website or by emailing info@draw-brighton.co.uk.

New England House - New England Street, BN1 4GH
t: 07805201057 | Website | Email

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Art Sat 11 Aug 12am

Decolonising Beauty Standards | Gender

@ ONCA Gallery
Admn: 16.31

Decolonising Beauty Standards is a weekend makeup workshop series hosted by professional makeup artist Umber Ghauri. By creating looks that challenge the gender binary and white supremacy, we can imagine a world where differences are not punished but celebrated.

DAY 1: GENDER
Umber will be discussing the historical relationship between gender, colonisation and beauty standards and also how makeup has become a tool for safety for some trans people. Before moving on to exploring how we can play with our looks and how we can subvert gender norms. There will be a live demo of how to contour a face to look more feminine/masculine and an opportunity for people to trial some looks on their own faces and take part in a fun photoshoot.

Colourful face makeup and brushes will be provided, but feel free to bring your own brushes and foundations.
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About Umber Ghauri

Umber Ghauri is a makeup artist, writer, model and public speaker. With a passion for celebrating marginalised identities, Umber began their journey with a degree from The Courtauld Institute of Art, quickly moving onto a makeup training course. Combining an understanding of historical and current representation within art and media, Umber realised the role of makeup artist was one of great responsibility where LGBTQ people, disabled people and PoC are underserved. Umber believes that we should all experience our beauty in a positive environment, where we have control over how we look and how we are treated.

ONCA Gallery - 14 St George's Place, Brightoin, BN1 4GB
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Art Wed 1 Aug 10am until Sun 12 Aug

Working the Earth/ The Working Earth

@ ONCA Gallery

Artists Eve Chabanon and Theo Shields document the contexts of what is needed for a meal by looking at the relationship between earth and humans in the process of cultivation. This piece explores everything that is needed for sourcing a meal and reflects on tending gardens for the cultivation of produce.

ONCA Gallery - 14 St George's Place, Brightoin, BN1 4GB
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Art Tue 26 Jun 10:30am until Sun 19 Aug

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - CAROL LAWSON, CHRIS McEWAN, NICHOLA CAMPBELL

@ The Grange Art Gallery,
Admn: FREE

OPEN
10.30 - 4.00
TUES,WED, THURS, FRI, SAT
2 - 4
SUN

CLOSED MONDAY

The Grange Art Gallery, - Rottingdean, BN2 7HE
t: 01273 301004

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Art Wed 11 Jul 19:30 - 22:00 Every Wednesday until Sun 19 Aug

Drop-in Life Drawing

@ New England House

Affordable drop-in life drawing sessions
This Mixed Pose life drawing session will feature a mixture of short, medium and long poses and with a tea and coffee break half way through.

All of our untutored sessions are friendly, relaxed and open to all abilities with support and guidance available from the session leader.

Basic drawing materials are provided free; just bring your own paper or purchase paper from our in-studio shop.

The Mixed Pose is £9, £6 for students. Booking is not essential and drop-ins are welcome.

For more information visit www.draw-brighton.co.uk or follow us on Social Media @draw_brighton

New England House - New England Street, BN1 4GH
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Art Wed 1 Aug 11am - 5pm until Sun 19 Aug

Entangle

@ Phoenix Gallery
Admn: Free

Entangle brings together works that poetically respond to the complex relationships and rhythms that exist between the human and the vegetal, the myths and mysteries that arise and the impact of this entanglement on the human psyche. The exhibition will focus on artist film and performance (a mixture of live performance and documentation).

Presented as part of diep~haven festival.

Phoenix Gallery - Waterloo Place, Brighton, , BN2 9NB
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Art Wed 1 Aug 10am until Sun 19 Aug

Entangle

@ Phoenix Gallery

Diep-haven artists in residence and others explore the entangling relationship between humans and landscape and how the natural landscape affects the human psyche and sheds light to the myths and mysteries between the two.

Phoenix Gallery - Waterloo Place, Brighton, , BN2 9NB
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Art Tue 24 Jul 10:30am until Sun 19 Aug

SARA HILL - THE WIND SHAPES US

@ The Grange Art Gallery,
Admn: FREE

OPEN
10.30 - 4.00
TUES,WED, THURS, FRI, SAT
2 - 4
SUN

CLOSED MONDAY

The Grange Art Gallery, - Rottingdean, BN2 7HE
t: 01273 301004

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Art Sat 25 Aug 12pm

Personalised silver pendant workshop

@ The Round Georges
Admn: £50

The personalised pendant workshop is a fun experience to create a piece of jewellery to take away with you that day!

You don’t have to have had any experience with jewellery making before and you will be guided through the processes to help you create what you desire. This will be a fun and relaxing session with demonstrations and one to one support when needed.

The material we will be using is Silver Metal Clay which a fun medium to work with and once fired is 99.9% real Fine Silver. If you wish to get your piece hallmarked I can send it of on its own, which has an extra cost or add you to a list for hallmarking at a later date where I send of lots of items at one time.

During the 2+ hours you will learn:
• How to handle the clay
• How to cut it into a shape (I have a selection to choose from)
• How to stamp your personalisation or design on to the item
• Method of refining the dry piece
• Firing your pieces using a butane torch
• How to polish and finish your piece

You will take away with you a hollow shape pendant with your personalisation (stamped letters) or hand made markings added to your finished piece. Gift box and chain included.

Refreshments:
Tea, coffee, drinks and a selection of snacks are available from the bar, as the workshop is held in a studio above the pub The Round Georges Brighton or larger groups will be held in the function room.

Extras:
I you wish for the workshop to be a extra special occasion I can arrange for it to be held in the function room and the space can be decorated (£30). A buffet (different budget options) or high tea (£9pp) can also be arranged.

The Round Georges - Sutherland Road, Brighton,
t: 07592034902 | Website | Email

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Art Thu 19 Jul 19:30 - 22:00 until Thu 30 Aug

Drop-in Life Drawing

@ New England House
Admn: £9 (£6 students)

Affordable drop-in life drawing sessions
The Medium Pose begins with a few quick poses to warm up, followed by two 45 minutes poses, with a tea break in between. It is ideal for anybody who prefers slightly longer poses than you might get in our Mixed and Short pose sessions.

All of our untutored sessions are friendly, relaxed and open to all abilities with support and guidance available from the session leader.

Basic drawing materials are provided free; just bring your own paper or purchase paper from our in-studio shop.

The Medium pose is £9, £6 for students. Booking is not essential and drop-ins are welcome. For more information visit www.draw-brighton.co.uk or follow us on Social Media @draw_brighton

New England House - New England Street, BN1 4GH
t: 07805201057 | Website | Email

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Art Fri 20 Jul 10am until Fri 31 Aug

A Longer View

@ Bishopstone Railway Station

As part of this year's diep-haven festival, artist Nick Sayers and students have created solar-graphs to capture the movement of the sun via pinhole cameras and installed in Newhaven and the surrounding countryside to explore its special ecology and its landscape.

Bishopstone Railway Station - Seaford, BN25 2RB
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Art Thu 12 Jul 12:00–14:00 Every Thursday until Fri 31 Aug

Drop-in Life Drawing

@ New England House
Admn: £7

Affordable drop-in life drawing sessions
The Mixed Pose is a life drawing session of short, medium and long poses and with a tea and coffee break half way through. This session runs during lunchtime and some people like to attend for just an hour; you are welcome to join us 12-1 or 1-2pm for £4 if you cannot stay for the whole session.

All of our untutored sessions are friendly, relaxed and open to all abilities with support and guidance available from the session leader.

Basic drawing materials are provided free; just bring your own paper or purchase paper from our in-studio shop.

The Lunchtime Mixed Pose is £7, £6 for students. Booking is not essential and drop-ins are welcome.

New England House - New England Street, BN1 4GH
t: 07805201057 | Website | Email

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Art Sat 15 Sep 12pm

Personalised silver pendant workshop

@ The Round Georges
Admn: £50

The Round Georges - Sutherland Road, Brighton,
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