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

8 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
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
Poppy Jones

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Sussex-based artist Poppy Jones presents her first institutional solo exhibition at Towner. Best known for her timeless still life paintings, Jones will debut several new works that focus our attention on the subtle poetry of the everyday.

Dates

From:

28 Mar 2026to31 May 2026
Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism

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:

7 May 2026to18 Oct 2026
Cecilia Fiona

Address

Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

New sculptures and paintings will form an immersive installation in Danish artist Ceclilia Fiona's exhibition at Towner.

Dates

From:

18 July 2026to1 Nov 2026
Ryan Gander

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Towner Eastbourne will present the first major UK institutional solo exhibition in nearly 20 years by celebrated British artist Ryan Gander. Opening in November 2026, this ambitious exhibition will feature new and existing work.

Dates

From:

1 Nov 2026to30 Apr 2027
Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Telephone
01323 434670

Address

Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s first institutional solo exhibition in the UK will come to Towner in November 2026.

Dates

From:

21 Nov 2026to14 Feb 2027