Eastbourne ALIVE

Eastbourne ALIVE will seek to empower young people to create a new legacy for Eastbourne through a wide range of projects and creative activities, and development of artistic practice and creative skills. It also aims to broaden access to art and culture through inclusive participation in high quality cultural experiences and creative activities in and around Eastbourne. There is also an ambition in the project to widen opportunities for Young People to engage with art and culture both inside and outside school. 

The project has been devised to capitalise on the opportunity of the Turner Prize and ensure that Eastbourne residents, particularly Young People and those living within the most disadvantaged communities, take the opportunity to define and celebrate their town and their experience of living in Eastbourne.  

It will deliver creative programmes and public realm commissions that will be developed by arts and community partners. This will include Compass Arts who will curate a visual arts exhibition in Eastbourne seafront hotels. This open submission programme will be a platform for vulnerable and disabled artists, publicly communicating Eastbourne’s support for inclusion & diversity to its visitors, and challenging perceptions. Devonshire Collective will co-curate new work with Young People and marginalised communities to change perceptions of spaces across the town with commissions, events, talks & films inspired by the Turner Prize.

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Promenade Environmental Art Trail

Address

Hydro, Lansdowne, The View, West Rocks, Cumberland, York House & East Beach Hotels, Eastbourne, BN21 4EE

Telephone
07889 805022

eastbournepromenade@gmail.com

Address

Hydro, Lansdowne, The View, West Rocks, Cumberland, York House & East Beach Hotels, Eastbourne, BN21 4EE

7 contemporary art exhibitions that explore Eastbourne’s unique environment. Open to the public daily 10am-10pm. Pick up a map from Towner, the Welcome Building or any of the participating hotels.

Dates

From:

10 May 2024to30 Apr 2026
Emii Alrai Capture Exhibition

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Emii Alrai works primarily in sculpture and installation, exploring Middle Eastern mythologies, archaeology and Western museum structures.

Dates

From:

17 Sept 2025to2 Nov 2025
Ravilious Gallery and Collection Library

Address

Devonshire Park, College Road, EASTBOURNE, East Sussex, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Devonshire Park, College Road, EASTBOURNE, East Sussex, BN21 4JJ

The Ravilious Gallery and Collection Library, is a dedicated space presenting changing exhibitions of works by Eric Ravilious.

Dates

From:

26 Sept 2025to26 Sept 2026
Impressions in Watercolour: J. M. W. Turner and his Contemporaries

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

A rare opportunity to see J.M.W. Turner at his most experimental and gestural during the 250th anniversary of his birth year.

Dates

From:

23 Oct 2025to12 Apr 2026
Dana Awartani Standing by the Ruins

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4JJ

Through her multidisciplinary practice, Dana Awartani addresses the physical loss of cultural heritage through the lens of abandoned, destroyed and vanishing places.

Dates

From:

29 Nov 2025to25 Jan 2026
Comrades in Art: Artists International Association 1933-56

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4JJ

Comrades in Art will be the most comprehensive exhibition on the anti-fascist Artists International Association ever staged and the first in over 40 years to focus on the AIA as a central theme.

Dates

From:

6 May 2026to18 Oct 2026