https://www.creativesacrosssussex.com/listings/events/?archive=1&user=6722&view=rss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/going-out-blue-monkey-network-visits-de-la-warr-pavilion-artist/ We at Blue Monkey Network love to get to know new artists and find out about the diversity of arts practice across the region, however, we know that geographic location sometimes limits interaction between artists’ group... Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/trip-to-ashburnham-place-launch-of-revolution-resonance/ Blue Monkey trip to Ashburnham Place Tuesday 13 June 2017 Boat viewings of the work from 4pm Workshop 5pm - 6pm Fire pit, music and BBQ from 6pm FREE but donations will be offered This month, to celebrate th... Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/going-out-underwater-edge-at-herstmonceux-castle/ GOING OUT: A visit to UNDERWATER EDGE, a developing project by Clare Whistler and Charlotte Still during their residency at Herstmonceux Castle. THURSDAY 23rd October, 6:45pm – 8:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm)* At Herstmo... Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/introducing-the-devonshire-collective/ During 2016-17 three properties in Seaside Road & Seaside, Eastbourne have been undergoing a transformation to form the Devonshire Collective of creative spaces (DC1, DC2, DC3), for the benefit of artists and community m... Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/developing-a-commercial-practice-wycliffe-stutchbury/ One of Blue Monkey Studio’s original artist/makers, Wycliffe Stutchbury has spent 13 years since graduating from the University of Brighton in 2003, developing his practice to the stage it’s at today where his work is so... Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/5-x-5-1-six-sussex-artists-talk-about-their-work/ This popular event provides an opportunity for six artist-presenters to brush up on their presentation skills, as well as a chance for Sussex artists to get to know each other better and explore the breadth and diversity... Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours/ For our August event, Blue Monkey Network takes advantage of our special relationship with Towner for an exclusive out of hours viewing of works in Towner’s current exhibitions. We'll take the opportunity to talk about s... Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/introducing-dorry-smallman/ Blue Monkey Network is pleased to welcome artist Dorry Smallman who will be introducing us to her practice as an artist and bringing along examples of her work. She will also talk about the Sussex Book Art Collective, wh... Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/let-s-talk-about-conceptual-art/ Let’s Talk About… Conceptual Art Thursday 20th October 2016, 6.00pm to 8.00pm at Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ FREE to Blue Monkey Network members; £5.00 others. In response to the rec... Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/maker-date-with-sally-colledge/ This month artist Sally Colledge will lead a new event for Blue Monkey Network with an emphasis on making and doing. Our Maker Date event will offer an opportunity for us all to enjoy the company of like-minded people, a... Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-members-select/ This month for our popular Out of Hours event, we’ve invited five of our members to each select and talk about a piece of work from Towards Night, an exhibition at Towner, curated by Tom Hammick. In order to open up... Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/exchange-three-artists-share-recent-projects/ Continuing our occasional EXCHANGE series creating opportunities for artists to share some of the rich and wide ranging knowledge and experience that exists within our arts community. Three Blue Monkey Network artist... Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/introducing-onca/ As many of you know, one of Blue Monkey Network’s aims is to provide opportunities for artists to get together and exchange knowledge, experience and ideas. Sometimes we think it’s also really useful to offer opportuniti... Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/jim-byford-wants-to-meet-you/ Artist and innovator Jim Byford has been involved in local, national and international collaborative projects for more than 20 years. Following an MA in Applied Imagination at Central Saint Martins and major research pro... Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/5x5-5-sussex-artists-talk-about-their-work/ This popular event provides an opportunity for our five artist-presenters to brush up on their presentation skills, as well as a chance for Sussex artists to get to know each other better and explore the breadth and dive... Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/let-s-talk-about-art/ What is the philosophy of art? How is it relevant to artists? What can philosophers of art gain from understanding art practice? With the help of some very special guests October's Blue Monkey will explore these question... Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/it-s-just-a-matter-of-time/ A talk by John Cooper, Emeritus Keeper of Natural Sciences, The Booth Museum, Brighton, chaired by artist and lecturer, Susan Diab. How do you think our planet might evolve in the future? How can we keep up with the s... Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/hours-chiharu-shiota/ In our December event, we take an out of hours walk through the Chiharu Shiota exhibition, Other Side, with Blue Monkey members Sheila Hay, Nikki Davidson-Bowman and Katy Oxborrow who will tell us about their experience ... Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/exchange-no-2-websites-blogs/ Continuing our EXCHANGE series in which we create an opportunity for artists to get together and exchange ideas, knowledge and information based on the wide experience that exists within our arts community, our January e... Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/introducing-5x5/ INTRODUCING… five Sussex artists who will talk about their work for 5 minutes each in Pecha Kucha style presentations. The evening provides an opportunity for the five presenters to brush up on their presentation skil... Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/fabulous-festival-flyer-swap/ We’re inviting artists, performers, musicians, event hosts and festival participants to come and tell us about their Eastbourne Festival events. We know that it takes keen organizers and enthusiastic audiences to make a ... Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/who-s-who/ Who’s Who? Towner, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ Thursday 29 May, 6 – 8pm Artists - all welcome FREE to Blue Monkey Network members; £5 non-members Refreshments available (contributions welcome) or feel... Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/open-forum-an-artists-professional-development-day/ Blue Monkey Network in partnership with Towner and Matt Roberts Arts presents: OPEN FORUM - An Artists’ Professional Development Day 1-2-1 artist review sessions from 11.00 - 17.00 (each session lasts 45 minutes) wi... Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-tour-and-more/ BLUE MONKEY NETWORK - OUT OF HOURS TOUR – part of a packed evening of events at Towner on Thursday 21st August from 5pm. 5pm - Sanna Moore Curator’s Talk at The East Sussex Open – FREE 6 for a 6.15 start - Blue Mon... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/introducing-5x5september2014/ Introducing… 5 X 5, five Sussex artists talk about their work for 5 minutes each. Artists - all welcome FREE to Blue Monkey Network members; £5 non-members Refreshments will be available (contributions welcome) o... Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/curious-salon/ Curious Salon – a discussion event with artists from Curious Projects gallery, Eastbourne Wednesday 26 November, 6 – 8pm Artists - all welcome FREE to Blue Monkey Network members; £5 non-members Refreshments wi... Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-twixt-two-worlds/ Out of Hours: Twixt Two Worlds Thursday 18th December 2014, 6.00– 8pm at Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ Blue Monkey members FREE. Non-members £5 Refreshments will be available (contribu... Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/new-year-resolutions-for-artists-the-importance-of-planning/ NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR ARTISTS: The Importance of Planning Julian Sutherland-Beatson in conversation with Judith Alder. 6-8pm. Blue Monkey members FREE. Non-members £5 Refreshments will be available (contribut... Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/exchange-artists-residencies/ 6–8pm at Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ All welcome. FREE to Blue Monkey Network members; non-members £5. Refreshments will be available (contributions welcome) or feel free to bring a bot... Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-walk-and-talk/ On Wednesday 17th June we'll be back at Towner for our ever popular Out of Hours event when we'll take a walk round the Towner exhibitions with a chance to talk about the work and issues arising from it, from an artist's... Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/sotto-voce-reflections-from-the-artists/ THURSDAY 27th August, 6pm – 8pm At Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ Artists - all welcome FREE to Blue Monkey Network members; £5 non-members One of Blue Monkey Network's foremost prior... Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/unfinished-business-judith-alder-the-new-immortals/ Our Unfinished Business events offer the opportunity to get a behind the scenes insight into the research and development of an artist's work, focusing on the development of a piece of work or project still in progress. ... Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/june-nelson-reporting-back-from-the-engage-summer-school-in-nort/ Sussex-based artist, June Nelson, was selected to attend this year’s ENGAGE Summer School in Belfast, Northern Ireland (http://www.engage.org/SummerSchool2015) and generously offered to come and share her experiences of ... Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/5-x-5-five-sussex-artists-talk-about-their-work-for-5-minutes-e/ Image: Julia Andrews-Clifford, Dogtooth. This popular event provides an opportunity for our five artist-presenters to brush up on their presentation skills, as well as a chance for Sussex artists to get to know ea... Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-the-future-is-ours/ In our December event, Blue Monkey Network takes advantage of our special relationship with Towner for an exclusive out of hours viewing of Towner’s current exhibition, The Future is Ours: Classroom Portraits 2004 - 2015... Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/unfinished-business-2-felicity-truscott/ Over the course of six months from September 2015 to March 2016, we’ve planned a series of three Unfinished Business events which represent a tiny sample of the astonishingly diverse art and artists working in East Susse... Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/unfinished-business-3-sheila-hay/ The last in our series of three Unfinished Business events in which we’ve presented a tiny sample of the astonishingly diverse art and artists working in East Sussex as part of Blue Monkey Network. Our Unfinished Busi... Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/journaling-journal-as-ritual-with-clare-whistler/ "The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own most intimate sensitivity." Ann Truitt. Artist and Blue Monkey Ne... Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-members-select-perspectives-on-landscape/ This month for our popular Out of Hours event, we’re inviting five of our members to each select and talk about a piece of work from A Green and Pleasant Land. This exhibition at Towner, though primarily photography, als... Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/cafe-culture-blue-monkey-visits-devonshire-made-showcase/ This month we join with Devonshire Collective for the Devonshire Made Showcase event, part of the DC Cafe Culture programme. Please note that on this occasion you do need to book your tickets. The £5 ticket price include... Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/let-s-talk-about-the-mind-bogglingness-of-managing-artists-w/ For our event this February we want to provide an opportunity for artists to learn from each other, sharing experiences of building and managing their websites. Many of us struggle to find a format which suits our requir... Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/exchange-now-we-are-7/ Continuing our occasional EXCHANGE series creating opportunities for artists to share some of the rich and wide ranging knowledge and experience that exists within our arts community. Blue Monkey Network artists Lyn D... Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/in-conversation-joe-hill-director-of-towner-art-gallery/ Towner Art Gallery, long term host and partner of Blue Monkey Network, has a new Director, Joe Hill. Originally trained as an artist, Joe was previously Director of Focal Point Gallery in Southend-on-Sea from 2013 until ... Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/back-to-the-drawing-board-with-paul-bartholomew/ Blue Monkey member Paul Bartholomew takes the reins at our June event. Paul will be inviting us all to join him for a short talk informed by his interest in drawing and the part it plays in his own practice, as well as i... Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/pick-and-mix/ This month we’ve got a busy evening with a range of activities going on. We’ll be following up on our June event in which Blue Monkey member Paul Bartholomew galvanised us into action by setting us a drawing challenge fo... Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/wavelengths/ Blue Monkey Network welcome: Artists Jane Cordery, Kit Forrest, Lorrain Mailer and Carolyn Morris introducing their new group exhibition, WAVELENGTHS Wednesday 29th August 2018, 6.00pm – 8.00pm at Towner, Devonshire... Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-the-everyday-extraordinary-hannah-perry-gush/ For our December event, Blue Monkey Network takes advantage of our special relationship with Towner for an exclusive out of hours viewing of Towner’s current exhibitions, The Everyday and Extraordinary and Hannah Perry G... Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/looking-back-looking-forwards/ This month’s Blue Monkey event will take a slightly different format from the norm as we’d like it to be an opportunity for a group conversation with a chance for everyone to contribute. The new year is always a good tim... Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/art-education-and-the-bauhaus-a-presentation-by-patrick-goff/ Rowan Moore writing in The Guardian last month says, “The Bauhaus, simply put, was a German school of art and design that opened in 1919 and closed in 1933. It was also very much more than that. It was the most influenti... Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativesacrosssussex.com/blue-monkey-network/out-of-hours-jananne-al-ani-bringing-to-light-timelines/ Thanks to our special relationship with Towner Eastbourne, we are very pleased to be able to enjoy an exclusive out of hours viewing of two current exhibitions: In Bringing to Light, artist and guest curator Jananne Al-A...