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Opening Reception: Enchanted Alchemies (17:00-18:30)

Tue 10 Mar 2026

Opening Reception: Enchanted Alchemies (17:00-18:30)

Join us for the opening of Enchanted Alchemies – a group exhibition exploring magic, mystery and folklore drawn from the University of Hertfordshire Art Collection! Celebrate the launch of the exhibition with an eveni.....Read more

Arts & Cultural Education Showcase Event – Sussex Arts Academy

Thu 06 Nov 2014

Arts & Cultural Education Showcase Event – Sussex Arts Academy

Showcase Events Sussex Arts Academy would like to invite you to participate in FREE events designed to show educators in schools and colleges what you have to offer children and young people in terms of arts and cultu.....Read more

Finissage

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Finissage

Celebrate the past, present and future of St Albans School of Art at a special closing event for 'Firm Foundations Part II' – and your last chance to see the exhibition before it closes! Join us for an evening of crea.....Read more

Firm Foundations Part II: The Legacy of St Albans School of Art

Fri 31 Oct 2025 to Fri 20 Feb 2026 (4 months)

Firm Foundations Part II: The Legacy of St Albans School of Art

Join us for Firm Foundations Part II: The Legacy of St Albans School of Art – the second part of a major dual-venue exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the St Albans School of Art. This landmark exhibiti.....Read more

Romeo + Juliet: A St. Valentine's Concert with James Mayhew

Sun 08 Feb 2026

Romeo + Juliet: A St. Valentine's Concert with James Mayhew

Celebrate love and music with the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra! Enjoy enchanting extracts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and The Love for Three Oranges Suite, while children’s author and illustrator James Mayhe.....Read more

Against the Tide

Mon 13 to Sat 25 Jun 2011 (2 weeks)

Against the Tide

A collection of paintings and illustrations inspired by the sea and the flora and fauna contained within...Read more

OPEN STUDIOS in Chichester

Sat 03 to Sun 11 May 2014 (1 week)

OPEN STUDIOS in Chichester

ARTISTS' OPEN STUDIOS 2014 - in Chichester UNITY STUDIOS (Venue 110) – Chichester Open Studio Art Trail May 3/4/5 & 10/11, 10.30-5.30pm. Engage with the Studio holders where they create their work and discover wha.....Read more

OPEN STUDIO - Jayne Sandys-Renton

Sat 02 to Sun 10 May 2015 (1 week)

OPEN STUDIO - Jayne Sandys-Renton

Jayne’s Open Studio – venue 104 of Chichester Art Tail 2015 5 days in May – weekends of 2/3/4 and 9/10 May, 10.30am – 5.30pm. Jayne says of her work: "My work is about the land and is about the figure. The landsca.....Read more

Arts and Learning

Sat 15 Oct 2011 to Sat 03 Mar 2012 (5 months)

Arts and Learning

University of Sussex - Centre for Community Engagement Arts and Learning – The Creative Practitioner What skills do artists need to stimulate creativity in others? This course explores ways in which creative profes.....Read more

Big Draw events in West Sussex

Sat 01 to Mon 31 Oct 2011 (1 month)

Big Draw events in West Sussex

Venue: Adur Festival Address: North Road LANCING, West Sussex BN15 Tel: 01273 263274 Website Event title: "The Big Draw" Description: Part of the Launch of Adur Festival 2011. North Road in Lancing will be .....Read more

Chichester Copywriter Writers' Retreat

Fri 26 to Sun 28 Aug 2011 (3 days)

Chichester Copywriter Writers' Retreat

Want to Inspire your Creative Writing this Summer? Come along to our Creative Writers’ Retreat Weekend. Who: Budding wordsmiths and all those interested in writing. Want to brush up on your penmanship? Want some.....Read more

Silence and Slow Time – the fine art of Benjamin Smith

Wed 15 Feb to Fri 10 Mar 2017 (3 weeks)

Silence and Slow Time – the fine art of Benjamin Smith

Immersing himself in the skills, techniques and traditions of the Old Master greats, Benjamin Smith’s paintings and drawings create contemporary Old Masters. They are stunning works of art and visitors can see an awar.....Read more

Stitching Time - featuring the work of Iris Bishop

Wed 15 Feb to Fri 17 Mar 2017 (1 month)

Stitching Time - featuring the work of Iris Bishop

With over 400 years of textile history on show – from a Tudor night cap, the 17th century sock, 18th century samplers, waistcoats, Japanese embroidery, 1930s fashion fabrics - this is a real showcase of historic textiles.....Read more

So very 'umble - Horsham

Sat 07 Apr to Sat 16 Jun 2012 (2 months)

So very 'umble - Horsham

This exhibition explores Horsham in the early to mid nineteenth century, comparing Dicken's writings with conditions in Horsham at that time...Read more

Matisse: Drawing with Scissors

Sat 12 to Sat 26 May 2012 (2 weeks)

Matisse: Drawing with Scissors

Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was one of the 20th century's most influential artists. Matisse: Drawing with Sscissors features 35 lithographic prints of the famous cutouts, produced in the last four years of his life and .....Read more

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