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Brighton & Hove Museums Gender Stories An exhibition that sensitively begins to examine the fluid, multifaceted world of gender across cultures, eras and personal experiences. Brighton Museum, Royal Pavilion Garden BN1 1FN Saturday 31 January to Sunday 12 April Tuesday–Sunday 10.00am–5.00pm Closed Mondays apart from Bank Holidays 10.00am–5.00pm Free with Brighton Museum admission (on the […] 
Brighton & Hove Museums Brighton Museum – The Sussex Lancers: Tailor-made Leather Lovers Through fashion, fetish, and motorbikes, this display explores community, defiance, and the enduring legacy of the Sussex leather scene, with new photographs by Antony Edwards. Brighton Museum, Royal Pavilion Garden, Brighton BN1 1FN Saturday 31 January to 12 April Tuesday–Sunday, 10.00am–5.00pm Closed Mondays […] |
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POETRY FOR PLEASURE Cornerstone Community Centre Palmeira Square, Church Rd, Hove BN3 2FL Mondays at 12 noon February 2 The Poetry of Brian Patten by Kate Dyson 9 ‘Poetry is a Sound’ – the poetry of Basil Bunting by Paddy O’Keeffe 16 Pablo Neruda – Love, Despair and Beyond by Jamie Martin 23 Cheeky! […] 
Brighton Dome ALFO. The poet: STATUS FLO AFLO. the poet, hosts an uplifting night of spoken word where artists challenge the status quo with rhythm and flow. At each event, fresh local talent and special guests from across the UK are invited to pick up the mic. Chilled performance. Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, Church Street, […] |
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Silver Strings – weekly Brighton’s very own later-starter community string band It’s never too late to learn! Always wanted to play a stringed instrument? Then Silver Strings is for you! We are Brighton’s very own later-starter community string band: we meet weekly to play cellos, violas and violins together. Most of our players were complete […] 
Chapel Royal Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with home made goodies and filter coffee from 12.15. Please come early as we do tend to get full houses! An international line up of fine concerts artists. Concerts run by a committee of volunteers. Programmes can change. Check Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076245363130 and https://www.chapelroyalbrighton.org.uk/lunchtime-concerts/ Feb 2026 3 Misha Lezdkan cello Bela Hartmann […] 
Portslade Recorded Music Society Invitation to the Dance Presented by Ambrose Page, Society Treasurer Loxdale English Centre (Business Centre), Locks Hill, Portslade BN41 2LA Admission £3.50, includes tea, coffee and cakes Information: Richard Richardson (Chairman): 01273 328722
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Create Music Rock & Pop Course Are you a rock or pop musician in Year 6 or above playing from Initial to Grade 5 level? Come and join our new weekly course! Join our 4-week evening rock & pop course and learn what it takes to be in a band. Over these four sessions, with […] |
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The Grange Gallery (Rottingdean Heritage) Ebb and Flow – Wild Waters: A Solo Art Exhibition by Laura Callaghan A solo exhibition by artist Laura Callaghan, inspired by the rhythms of tide and season, revealing hidden worlds of change, resilience and renewal. The Grange Gallery, The Grange, The Green, Rottingdean BN2 7HA Wednesday 4 February–Sunday 1 […] 
Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm February 2026 4 Elise Hills, Piano - Mozart, Chopin, Liszt 11 Ellie Blackshaw, Violin - Bach and Hindemith 18 Ash Wednesday - NO RECITAL 25 Mellifluous, 2 Sopranos and piano - Mozart, Chaminade, Fauré. Chausson and Handel DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm Tea, Coffee and Home-made Cakes Suggested donation £5 - or […] |
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East Side Print Screenprint and Collage A creative course exploring screenprinting in conjunction with collage. Combine found images and photographs, print on different surfaces such as newspapers, paper dress patterns and coloured papers to create unique images. Unit 2, Arundel Mews, Brighton BN2 1GG £135.00 (Get 10% off with code ‘BHAC10’) Book tickets at www.eastsideprint.org/eveningcourses 01273 694976 […] |
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MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Brighton and Hove’s specialist community music service for adults of all abilities. Sing and Play Lively, supportive and fun weekly dementia-friendly singing and music-making session. No experience necessary. For people living with dementia and companions. Free – funded by NHS. Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton BN2 9AJ Free – […] 
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […] 
Jazz at St Andrews The Alex Merritt Quartet Alex’s band plays original material that blends influence from contemporary jazz and contemporary classical music as well as sensitive arrangements of classic jazz material by greats such as Joe Henderson, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, amongst others. Featuring Alex Merritt (tenor saxophone), Elliot Galvin (piano/keyboard), Will Harris (bass), […]
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Rottingdean Whiteway Centre Brighton & Hove’s Basement – beneath the city, with Dr Geoffrey Mead Brighton & Hove has a complex landscape, not just steep hills and a stony beach. From Saltdean to Portslade, and Patcham to the beach we look at what the city is built upon. Rottingdean Whiteway Centre, Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean BN2 […] 
Music & Wine at St. Luke’s TIER3 Piano Trio The TIER3 Piano Trio will perform the lively trio in C major by Haydn Hob.XV 21, local composer Barry Mills’ enigmatic trio and the soulful Dvorak 2nd Trio. Hope you can join us! St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton BN2 9ZB £10 / £5 concessions […] |
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East Side Print Fabric Printing Workshop A great introduction for anyone who’d like to learn how to print fabric, t-shirts, tote bags, tea towels, flags or fabric wall hangings. This one day workshop offers a hands-on opportunity to try out and experiment with several techniques for printing onto fabric. Unit 2, Arundel Mews, Brighton BN2 […] 
St Mary's Church Kemptown Fine Music for Free Schumann - The Kelleth Piano Trio (violin, cello, piano) Free entry with donations requested, split between the musicians and St Mary’s St Mary’s Church, 61 St James’s Street, Brighton BN2 1PR 5.30pm for 6pm www.stmaryschurchbrighton.org.uk |
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Seaford Music Society London Mozart Players Chamber Ensemble Mozart – Quintet in C K 406 / Britten – 3 Divertimenti / Beethoven – Quintet Op.29 Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford BN25 2EE Non-members £21 / members free with membership card / under 26 free tickets@seafordmusicsociety.com / 01323 885365 |
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POETRY FOR PLEASURE Cornerstone Community Centre Palmeira Square, Church Rd, Hove BN3 2FL Mondays at 12 noon February 9 ‘Poetry is a Sound’ – the poetry of Basil Bunting by Paddy O’Keeffe 16 “Ted, Sylvia, Frieda…” presented by Marek Urbanowicz. 23 Cheeky! Answering Back by Dexter Tiranti Admission: suggested donation of £2 Contact: […] |
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The Arts Society Brighton and Hove ‘Giles – His Life, Times and Cartoons’ Illustrated lecture by Barry Venning Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD Members free, visitors £10 on the door (cash or card) Information: theartssociety.org/brighton-hove email: brightonhove@theartssociety.org
Chapel Royal Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with home made goodies and filter coffee from 12.15. Please come early as we do tend to get full houses! An international line up of fine concerts artists. Concerts run by a committee of volunteers. Programmes can change. Check Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076245363130 and https://www.chapelroyalbrighton.org.uk/lunchtime-concerts/ Feb 2026 10 Rachael Shipard piano […]
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Create Music Rock & Pop Course Are you a rock or pop musician in Year 6 or above playing from Initial to Grade 5 level? Come and join our new weekly course! Join our 4-week evening rock & pop course and learn what it takes to be in a band. Over these four sessions, with […] |
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MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Brighton and Hove’s specialist community music service for adults of all abilities. Lunchtime Jam Freeform music-making in the moment. All abilities welcome, some instruments provided. Over-50s free (small donation for under-50s) Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD Wednesday 7 January and Wednesday 11 February 12noon–1.00pm
Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm February 2026 11 Ellie Blackshaw, Violin - Bach and Hindemith 18 Ash Wednesday - NO RECITAL 25 Mellifluous, 2 Sopranos and piano - Mozart, Chaminade, Fauré. Chausson and Handel DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm Tea, Coffee and Home-made Cakes Suggested donation £5 - or what you can afford
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Brighton and Hove French Circle Annie Ernaux : Les Années. Emeritus Professor Lyn Thomas, of Sussex University, discusses what is held to be the finest work the by the winner of the Prix Nobel de Littérature – illustrated talk in French Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD Wednesday 11 February 6.00–8.00pm Members free, visitors […] 
Hove Civic Society Rainscape and Biosphere Speaker to be announced Ralli Hall, 81 Denmark Villas, Hove BN3 3TH Free entry Information: info@hovecivicsociety.org |
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New Venture Theatre ‘Jerusalem’ by Jez Butterworth Directed by David Villiers New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place, Brighton BN1 2PT Friday 13–Saturday 21 February 7.30pm (no perf Monday 16 February) Sunday 15 February matinee only 2.30pm Ticket: www.newventure.org.uk Box Office Information: 01273 746118 or email boxoffice@newventure.org.uk
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MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Brighton and Hove’s specialist community music service for adults of all abilities. Sing and Play Lively, supportive and fun weekly dementia-friendly singing and music-making session. No experience necessary. For people living with dementia and companions. Free – funded by NHS. Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton BN2 9AJ Free – […] 
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […]
Jazz at St Andrews Martin Speake - saxophone Martin made his mark in the 1980s with the saxophone quartet Itchy Fingers, touring globally. From the late 1980s onwards he’s led many diverse projects – performing everything from interpretations of Charlie Parker standards to free improvisation and cross-cultural work incorporating Indian, Arabic and Turkish rhythms. His […] 
Heber Opera "Serenade to Love" A concert of Romantic operatic favourites. Tickets are £20 including a glass of wine: tel 07867 975967 or ticketsource.co.uk/heberopera Chapel Royal, Brighton Also 6.00 pm on Saturday 14th February at the Village Centre in Hurstpierpoint. |
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SOUNDS FROM THE CITY.5 AUDITIONS (Child Friendly) Saturday 14 February10am-6pm Create Music Sounds from the City.5 Auditions Sounds from the City.5 is returning to Brighton Dome Studio Theatre this November – come and be a part of it. Are you a band or solo performer in any genre aged 11 to 16 and from the […] Heber Opera A concert of romantic favourites! Friday 13 February - Chapel Royal, North Street Brighton at 7pm Saturday 14 February - Hurstpierpoint Village Centre at 6pm See their Facebook page on this here |
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Brighton Dome / Strings Attached Elmore Quartet Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 5 in D Major Bartók String Quartet No. 3 Sz.85 Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 Op. 127 in Eb Major Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UG Ticket prices £22/concessions £20/free aged 8-25 funded by Strings Attached https://brightondome.org/whats-on/LoC-elmore-quartet/ Brighton Dome […] |
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POETRY FOR PLEASURE Cornerstone Community Centre Palmeira Square, Church Rd, Hove BN3 2FL Mondays at 12 noon February 16 “Ted, Sylvia, Frieda…” presented by Marek Urbanowicz. 23 Cheeky! Answering Back by Dexter Tiranti Admission: suggested donation of £2 Contact: Marek Urbanowicz 07799136558 marekrurbanowicz@gmail.com |
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Chapel Royal Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with home made goodies and filter coffee from 12.15. Please come early as we do tend to get full houses! An international line up of fine concerts artists. Concerts run by a committee of volunteers. Programmes can change. Check Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076245363130 and https://www.chapelroyalbrighton.org.uk/lunchtime-concerts/ Feb 2026 17 David Way violin […]
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Create Music Rock & Pop Course Are you a rock or pop musician in Year 6 or above playing from Initial to Grade 5 level? Come and join our new weekly course! Join our 4-week evening rock & pop course and learn what it takes to be in a band. Over these four sessions, with […] |
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Regency Society A short history of British architecture – and what went wrong The annual Antony Dale lecture named in honour of one of the society’s founders and long-time secretary, will be given by our president Sir Simon Jenkins, in the Music Room of the Royal Pavilion. Sir Simon Jenkins, now a columnist in The […] |
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STRATIFIED: Memory, Material & Meaning John Lymer A dual-site solo exhibition across Mid Street Lab Kemptown × The Vault, Brighton Seafront. 19 February – 9 March 2026 Join us for the private view Friday 20 February 6:30pm - 8:30pm The Vault Brighton (Brighton Seafront) 42-43 Kings Road Arches BN1 2LN By the Upside Down House Free admission
Mid Street Lab and The Vault Brighton visual artist John Lymer – Stratified: Memory, Material & Meaning A contemporary art exhibition exploring how memory, material and meaning accumulate through layered making. A process-led practice conceived as a single connected journey across Mid Street Lab and The Vault. Locations: Mid Street Lab, 80 St George’s Road, […] Brighton & Hove National Trust Association Talk: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Birth of English Operetta – Ian Gledhill Friends’ Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF Thursday 19 February, doors open 2.00pm Non-members are very welcome to attend and the small entry charge includes tea/coffee and biscuits! 
Film: Robot Dreams (+ Art Workshop) Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton. BN1 1AN £6.50–£1.50 + £1 booking fee Information: 01273 778646 / office@fabrica.org.uk |
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Brighton Dome We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Little Angel Theatre brings Michael Rosen’s thrilling and funny adventure ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ to life through puppetry and music in this entrancing production. Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton BN1 1UG Friday 20–Sunday 22 February 10.15am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm Sunday 22 February, 10.15am is […]
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MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Brighton and Hove’s specialist community music service for adults of all abilities. Sing and Play Lively, supportive and fun weekly dementia-friendly singing and music-making session. No experience necessary. For people living with dementia and companions. Free – funded by NHS. Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton BN2 9AJ Free – […]
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […]
Jazz at St Andrews Nigel Price - guitar St Andrew’s favourite guitarist Nigel Price returns with his blend of bebop lines, blues feeling and masterful chord work. He spent ten years with The Filthy Six and three years with The James Taylor Quartet, recording several albums. He leads his own organ trio and has released […]
Music & Wine at St. Luke’s Simone Tavoni – Piano Pianist Simone Tavoni performs Galuppi’s Sonata No. 5, Poulenc’s Nocturnes, Debussy’s Images, Book II, Moszkowski, Albéniz’s culminating with Chopin’s legendary Sonata in B minor. St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton BN2 9ZB £10 / £5 concessions / free to under 16s (accompanied by an […] |
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St Mary's Church Kemptown Fine Music for Free Women in Music - Caroline Goodwin and Zhanna Kemp (soprano, piano) Free entry with donations requested, split between the musicians and St Mary’s St Mary’s Church, 61 St James’s Street, Brighton BN2 1PR 5.30pm for 6pm www.stmaryschurchbrighton.org.uk 
New Sussex Opera Chorus presents A Song of Love and Death. Opera choruses plus solos etc. Music Director Kelvin Lim. Tickets £20 www.ticksource.co.uk/nso St Mary de Haura, Shoreham 7.30 Sat 21 Feb and St Saviour's in Eastbourne, Sun 22nd Feb at 5pm 0333 666 3366 or on door from 30 mins before. |
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Brighton Dome / Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Lonely Angel: Mozart and Pēteris Vasks Two of Mozart’s greatest concertos – one stormy, one sunny – meet Bartók’s riotous folk dances and Vasks’ floating angel, a night of drama and energy. Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Brighton BN1 1UD £13–£39, £1 Child tickets (up to 2 bookable […]
New Sussex Opera Chorus presents A Song of Love and Death. Opera choruses plus solos etc. Music Director Kelvin Lim. Tickets £20 www.ticksource.co.uk/nso St Mary de Haura, Shoreham 7.30 Sat 21 Feb and St Saviour's in Eastbourne, Sun 22nd Feb at 5pm 0333 666 3366 or on door from 30 mins before. |
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POETRY FOR PLEASURE Cornerstone Community Centre Palmeira Square, Church Rd, Hove BN3 2FL Mondays at 12 noon February 23 Cheeky! Answering Back by Dexter Tiranti Admission: suggested donation of £2 Contact: Marek Urbanowicz 07799136558 marekrurbanowicz@gmail.com |
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Chapel Royal Tuesdays 1.10-1.55pm Cafe with home made goodies and filter coffee from 12.15. Please come early as we do tend to get full houses! An international line up of fine concerts artists. Concerts run by a committee of volunteers. Programmes can change. Check Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076245363130 and https://www.chapelroyalbrighton.org.uk/lunchtime-concerts/ Feb 2026 24 Angelina Kopyrina piano […] |
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Wednesday recitals at St Nicholas at 2pm February 2026 25 Mellifluous, 2 Sopranos and piano - Mozart, Chaminade, Fauré. Chausson and Handel DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm Tea, Coffee and Home-made Cakes Suggested donation £5 - or what you can afford
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Brighton and Hove French Circle Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne: Two Belgian filmmakers who together twice won the Palme d’Or at Cannes – illustrated talk in French by Agnès Baetens Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD Wednesday 25 February 6.00–8.00pm Members free, visitors £7 on the door Information: www.brightonandhovefrenchcircle.org.uk Email: hinton@clara.net 
The Arts Society East Sussex Monthly illustrated lecture: Defying the Odds – Nordic Women Artists and the Modern Breakthrough presented by James Vaux With the exception of Munch, it’s only in the last 40 years that Nordic Art from 1880 to 1920 has made an impression on the wider world. Exhibitions and books have traditionally focused on […] |
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MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Brighton and Hove’s specialist community music service for adults of all abilities. Sing and Play Lively, supportive and fun weekly dementia-friendly singing and music-making session. No experience necessary. For people living with dementia and companions. Free – funded by NHS. Brooke Mead Extra Care Scheme, Albion Street, Brighton BN2 9AJ Free – […]
Brighton Unitarian Church Friday lunchtime fund-raising concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s the perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime, enjoying a rich variety of music within the reverberant walls of our beautiful Grade II listed church, with your donations helping us to […]
Jazz at St Andrews Dave O’Higgins’ ‘Monkin’ Around’ Dave‘s project is a tribute to Thelonious Monk’s music, born out of his 2019 tour with Rob Luft in which they played every single composition by Monk. The group’s new album, 4 in 1, presents Monk’s themes in multiple settings exploring both well-known and rarely played Monk […] 
Nicholas Yonge Society Astatine Trio with Sally Beamish (viola) play Beethoven, Schumann and Beamish Cliffe Building, East Sussex College, Lewes, BN7 2XH Tickets: (£20.00 - ages 8–25 free) www.ticketsource.co.uk/nyslewes or on the door Information: www.nyslewes.org.uk/ |
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Brighton Guitar Group Spring Weekend: open rehearsal, workshop and performance Come and play in a guitar orchestra, with optional solo masterclass and performance opportunity BHASVIC, Dyke Rd, Hove BN3 6EG Saturday 28 February 1.30pm and Sunday 1 March 2.30pm £5 entry (£20 for solo masterclass with guitarist Paul Gregory) https://www.brightonguitargroup.co.uk/gbts/one-day-event 07732 014153, admin@brightonguitargroup.co.uk
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East Side Print Screenprinting on Paper Workshop An introduction to the screenprinting process. In this one day workshop you will learn how to make and use paper stencils and photo-stencils, and have a go at building up a two- or three-colour image in layers. Ideal for beginners and for those who want a refresher. Unit […]
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Rottingdean Whiteway Centre The Wildlife of Sussex, with Michael Blencowe The diverse habitats of Sussex support a wide range of amazing species. Local naturalist Michael Blencowe will take us on a virtual tour of our county from the rockpools of our coastline, through the dark woodlands of the Weald, around the hot heaths and high […] |
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