Pushing boundaries at Hastings Arts Forum
HOT’s Chris Connelley looks forward to an upcoming exhibition at Hastings Art Forum which makes the bold claim that it’s time to think again about watercolours.
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12th century stories for a 21st century audience
HOT journalist and ExploreTheArch company member Erica Smith writes about the latest production from this unique St Leonards-based theatre.
‘Two’ by Jim Cartwright at The Stables
Set in a local pub sometime in the 80s, ‘Two’ is a play by Jim Cartwright, the writer of the film, Little Voice.
Daisy and Maisie – and the other HMF results published
The adjudication of the 2021 online Hastings Musical Festival (HMF) took place on Saturday 27 June and the results are published on the website for Singing, Dancing, Instrumental, and Speech and Drama categories. The entrants were allowed to see the entries from their class and, if the other entrants agreed, to share their videos on a private platform. There were over 500 entries for Dance, over 200 for singing, over 150 for instrumental, and over 130 for Speech.
Arts on Prescription recognised for supporting people in isolation through lockdown
On Friday 25 June, Juliet Smith, Deputy Lieutenant for East Sussex, visited the Arts On Prescription (AOP) Friday session at His Place in Hastings town centre. Her visit was to recognise and thank the organisation for the support provided through lockdown to people in isolation across Hastings and the surrounding rural areas. HOT’s Erica Smith adds her ‘thank you’ to Tara Reddy and her team.
A missing treasure found at the seaside
Museum and galleries have reopened, yippee. Culture is being introduced back into our lives. Hastings Contemporary is welcoming the public back with, potentially, a very popular show about the seaside – Seaside Modern. The one-time popular music hall song, Oh I do love to be beside the seaside, Oh I do love to be beside the sea, gives a vague flavour of it, though not in a popcorn and slot machine sort of way. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths found it an enticing exhibition to celebrate art after this long hard year of lockdown.
TONIGHT! (Wed 2 June) Art On Fire!
Tonight Francis Viner, Patrick Kealey and Sam Sharples aspire to catalyse, inspire and create community communication with their pop-up film and connection event, ‘Arts On Fire’. Communication with the co-creative community of Hastings and St Leonards – and emanating beyond these boundaries – inclusive of all: artist and non-artist. (We’re all artists underneath it all.) They interviewed a number of creative expressionists, taking the temperature of the times, asking: How are arts creators faring? What keeps them going right now? What inspires and infuriates them in our unfolding pandemic world? What is at the heart of their process? What role does art play in their life? HOT’s Zelly Restorick asked Patrick Kealey for more details.
Coming soon! Hastings Fringe 2021
Hastings Fringe is back in business! July sees the much awaited return of the town’s most colourful arts festival, now in its seventh exciting year.
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