Recycling 2012! in AF 1 & 2, 15th – 29th Feb

The Arts Forum reveals its green credentials with new exhibition; Recycled 2012 which opens February 17. Eight artists will show off their eco-creativity with a diverse show of local talent, from paper dresses by Maika Crampton, reclaimed driftwood pieces from Tim Riddihough, metal work from Serena Thirkell and Stuart Walton’s Hastings & Bexhill Wood Recycling Project. (more…)


 

Ned Hoskins and Jacob Frerichs in AF2, 1st – 13th March

Ned Hoskins

Ned Hoskins is showing paintings and study drawings covering the past ten years from a recent one-man exhibition in Brighton Media Centre.
Website: www.fivewaysartists.com

Jacob Frerichs’ sculptures are carved out of wood and then painted, following the contours of the gouged out and chiselled surfaces of each piece. He buys his paint pigments and linseed oil from a working mill in the Netherlands and then mixes his own oil paints. Website: www.jacob-frerichs.com (more…)


 

Jacques Iselin in AF1, 1st – 13th March

Jaques Iselin

A rare opportunity to see an important contribution to modern art… Jacques Iselin (1933 – 2003) was born in Rosny-sous-Bois. He attended the Beaux-Arts School, Paris and was awarded the Prix de l’Institute de France.

At the age, 22, he was offered a teaching position in London at the French Lycee and lived in London for 47 years. He was a founder member of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA ) in The Mall, London. Jacques devoted his life to his painting, teaching Art and to the Theatre, and in a poignant tribute to his talent and life as an artist, his widow Helene is putting on this show in Hastings to bring his work to a new audience.

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Members’ Show A – L in AF 2, 15th – 27th March

A chance for our members to showcase their current work

Private view: Friday 16th March 6:30 – 8:30

An open submission exhibition for members of The Hastings Arts Forum whose surnames fall in the first half of the alphabet.


 

Members’ Show M – Z in AF 2, 29th March – 10th April

A chance for our members to showcase their current work

Private view: Friday 30th March 6:30 – 8:30

An open submission exhibition for members of The Hastings Arts Forum whose surnames fall in the second half of the alphabet.


 

The Browser Exhibition AF1 15-27 March

Affordable art for everyone!

The Arts Forum launches its latest innovation with The Browser Exhibition which offers accessible work from some Hastings’ best-known local talent.

Twenty artists, including such names as Pip Carpenter and Annie Rae, will present unframed works ranging from prints to drawings and watercolours.

“We are very pleased to announce this show as we feel it is a real opportunity for people to buy good quality artwork at reasonable prices. It really is art for everybody”, said HAF chairman Harry Lyons.

“The idea is that you can buy and take away paintings and prints, keep them as they are or frame them if you decide to. It makes for a simpler, and more cost-effective way to own great art.”

The private view for The Browser Exhibition is on Friday, March 16, 6-8pm at the Arts Forum, Gallery 1. The exhibition runs until Tuesday, march 27, 2012.