The final weekend of the new Hastings Hothouses has just finished with more than 40 artists opening their homes and studios to the public as part of the Hastings Old Town Carnival week which included many talks, events, pram and bike races, street parties and another ‘First Thursday’ event with new exhibition openings.

Roland Jarvis - Open Studio, Hastings Old Town

The new Coastal Currents Arts Festival programme is also out for the 10th year event and it runs during the whole of September. This year the Festival is packed full of activities and is managed by Creative Coast who also co-ordinate a weekly e-bulletin developed from the former Artwatchnews.

The Rye Society of Artists’ exhibition continues until the 5 September and is open every day from 10am -5pm.

Rye Society of Artists exhibition, 2009

It includes work by Gus Cummins, Louis Turpin, Richard Adams, Angie Braven,  Roland Jarvis, Harry Snook, Sarah Palmer, Judith Rowe, Lorna Vahey, Sophie Mason, Robert and Peter Greenhalf and many others.

Rye Art Gallery is hosting its ’summer show’ with a fascinating mix of smaller items in wood, ceramic, jewellery, prints, textiles by both local artists as well as those from further afield.  The exhibition finishes on 6 September.

Terry Warren Sidetable - Rye Art Gallery

August 10th, 2009 | Tags: bike, pram | Category: Hastings, Open Studios, Rye | Comments (1)