What’s On

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

Towner Cinema is hosting Volta Artists' Moving Image, a newly established forum for artists, researchers and programmers working with the moving image and experimental film/video along and around the UK’s south-east coast.  

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

Climate Café is a chance for you to share how the climate emergency and related biodiversity crisis are affecting you in a safe and hospitable environment.

Towner staff member Brian Cheeswright will lead you on a drawing session in the gallery where you’ll have the opportunity to sketch the various taxidermied animals captured in Byrne’s film.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

Toad Lickers Collective and Worm Factory have joined forces to bring themed workshops and film screenings to Towner as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Join co-curator of Drawing the Unspeakable, Liza Dimbleby, for a walk-through of the exhibition.

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

A drawing walk led by Liza Dimbleby to explore the way that we can navigate internal and external topographies.

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

First the idea, then the reality, now the success. ROSA editor Alex Leith and art director Rowena Easton join Blue Monkey Network this November for an exclusive insight into the workings of what has quickly become the country’s leading regional arts magazine.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.

Join us at Langney Community Centre to celebrate the launch of five new public artworks by Verity-Jane Keefe, installed across locations in Shinewater and Langney.

Toad Lickers Collective and Worm Factory have joined forces to bring themed workshops and film screenings to Towner as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Create bespoke hanging decorations and little gift toppers, decorated with festive foliage!

Hand-decorate shortbread or gingerbread biscuits baked by The Incredible Cake Company. Suitable for all ages.

Join us across three days as we welcome over 40 independent makers to Towner and showcase their beautiful wares!

Climate Café is a chance for you to share how the climate emergency and related biodiversity crisis are affecting you in a safe and hospitable environment.

In this lunchtime response session Dr Claudia Treacher will be responding to Naiza Khan’s 2023 film Mapping Water currently on display in Drawing the Unspeakable alongside two drawings from 2011 titled City Wrapped in a Web and Malignant Desire.

Art and film lovers can explore the shortlist for this year’s prestigious Film London Jarman Award when the nationwide touring programme comes to Towner. View all shortlisted films and hear Maeve Brennan, one of the artists up for the award, speak about her work.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Led by Artistic Director, Yael Flexer and company member Luke Birch these workshops will lead participants through gentle movement improvisations and simple exercises drawing on imagery and improvisations from the installation and outdoor interventions of two day exhibition, Flexer & Sandiland: An Obscure Camera.

Nic Sandiland will introduce the installation An Obscure Camera and discuss its initial development with Flexer & Sandiland over the past year.

Explore the galleries with self-led packs, pop-up activations and intergenerational artist-led workshops.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Make macabre marks and get sketching this Samhain! Take part in a theatrical life drawing salon with a deathly twist...

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join the co-curator of Robert Tavener Shape Pattern Colour: The Art of Printmaking, Emma Mason, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

New Blue Monkey Network member Carrie Stanley will give a talk on her processes; connection to colours and textures, dismissal of conventional boundaries and edges, the importance of drawing to life sized scale and in the moment, and the importance of being true to self.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join artist Sarah Becvar for a botanical painting workshop with a difference. Surrounded by seasonal flowers and old botanical guidebooks, Sarah will lead you through this peaceful workshop introducing watercolour painting as a mindfulness activity.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Blue Monkey Network present a new and improved event where 4 artist members give short 10 minute talks about their practice. 

Emma Stibbon is joined by those at the forefront of climate action, including politician, author and end-of-life doula Caroline Lucas.   

Towner fairs are back, this time celebrating the art of contemporary jewellery-making across a variety of styles and materials.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Climate Café is a chance for you to share how the climate emergency and related biodiversity crisis are affecting you in a safe and hospitable environment.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Sussex harpist Fiona Hosford will be playing the unconventional venue of Towner’s lift.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join Maria Amidu and writer and researcher Rohini Malik Okon for a conversation discussing themes of memory, care and kindness found within Maria’s exhibition in the perpetual back and forth and her new commission 26,778,780 minutes.

Join the Banana Sharks as they explore their independent and collaborative practices spanning painting, performance, poetry, installation and film. 

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner for young people eligible for Free School Meals. This is a SEND session, for those who would benefit from additional support or a more relaxed experience

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner for young people eligible for Free School Meals. This is a SEND session, for those who would benefit from additional support or a more relaxed experience

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Visit Towner's ground floor Studio space to see the installations and artworks our young people have been working on this summer and create your own artwork to add to the space!

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner, for young people eligible for Free School Meals. 

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner, for young people eligible for Free School Meals. 

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner, for young people eligible for Free School Meals. 

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner, for young people eligible for Free School Meals. 

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Ivilina Kouneva traces her roots in the Balkans through art, determined by the striking natural environment and social turmoils.

Join the curator of Maria Amidu: in the perpetual back and forth, Hollie Douglas, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner, for young people eligible for Free School Meals. 

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner, for young people eligible for Free School Meals. 

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join artist Emma Stibbon RA and learn to draw sea landscapes at scale. You’ll be introduced to different techniques, washes and ways to translate natural environments to paper.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join artist Alison France on a tour of Emma Stibbon’s exhibition Melting Ice | Rising Tides.

Catch an exclusive live recording of the celebrated Girls Twiddling Knobs podcast with sound artist Daisy Stewart-Darling. Girls Twiddling Knobs is founded and presented by musician and sound artist Isobel Anderson to highlight the work of women making music with technology.

Sussex harpist Fiona Hosford will be playing the unconventional venue of Towner’s lift.

Join artists Anne-Marie Watson and Babalola Yusuf in a series of interactive workshops, drawing on themes of writing, paper, speech and memory.

Friday Late: enjoy our exhibition spaces until 8:00pm alongside a programme of events and dinner offers at Light.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner for young people eligible for Free School Meals. This is a SEND session, for those who would benefit from additional support or a more relaxed experience

Artist-led Creative Exploration, Collaboration and Making at Towner for young people eligible for Free School Meals. This is a SEND session, for those who would benefit from additional support or a more relaxed experience

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Join us for this unique opportunity to improve your practice in the tranquil surroundings of our exhibitions.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Join Towner staff member Terry Henson for a 20-minute close discussion of the work in Maria Amidu’s exhibition in the perpetual back and forth. 

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis and Tacita Dean.

Towner volunteer Tasveer Shemza leads you on a 20-minute journey through memories prompted by the works in Maria Amidu’s exhibition in the perpetual back and forth. 

Join the curator of Emma Stibbon: Melting Ice | Rising Tides, Sara Cooper, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

In this online event, panelists will give quick-fire 12-minute artist presentations about photography and performance installations and commissions with themes including bogs, psychogeography and the South Downs.  

Join Towner staff member Christian Bergmann in exploring stillness and flow in response to Florence Peake’s large and lively canvases in our ground floor studio spaces.

During this breakfast screening artist filmmakers present moving image relating to the coast, performance and the Sussex landscape. 

Lisa E. Bloom, author of Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetic (2022), launches the University of Brighton X Emma Stibbon event series speaking about current art practices that address understandings of the environmental crisis. Joining her will be artists Emma Stibbon and Xavier Ribas.  

Re-interpreting and expanding on a performance at the National Gallery in 2021, FACTUAL ACTUAL presents seven large scale paintings on unstretched canvases that hang over a gloss dance floor.

This specially curated tour of Towner Eastbourne's Art Store will share works by a selection of artists who also feature in the Methodist Modern Art Collection exhibition New Vision at Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne.

In the setting of her FACTUAL ACTUAL: Ensemble exhibition, Florence Peake speaks about her expansive artistic practice, illustrating her talk with filmed snippets of past works and performative demonstrations.  

Emma Stibbon and journalist and author Richard Fisher invite you to a conversation discussing the sublime, deep time and how artwork bears witness to changes brought about by climate change.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join Turner Prize artist Barbara Walker, at an event shaped in response to her practice.

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

Join Sophie Wright in responding to Rory Pilgrim’s work through a sound meditation, taking cues from Pilgrim’s artwork soundscape.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join artist Alison France on a tour of the Turner Prize for British Sign Language users.

Join Turner Prize artist Jesse Darling, at an event shaped in response to his practice.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join a member of Towner's curatorial team for a Curator Talk.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

In her ongoing Questions talks, Ghislaine Leung takes the structure, and demand, of the artist talk to task, stipulating the requirement for no presentation to be given but there instead only be questions asked, to which Leung will respond accordingly.

Join Towner’s Keziah in exploring horror tropes as they relate to life in late capitalist Britain

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join Turner Prize artist Rory Pilgrim, at an event shaped in response to Pilgrim's practice.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

Join Towner's Elle Batehup in discussing the variety of ways that visitors have responded to Jesse Darling’s artwork.

A chance to network with Blue Monkey Network members and visitors before a walk & talk through Towner's galleries

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

For Towner’s first Turner Prize Friday Late* of 2024, Poetry Café Eastbourne will be at Towner Eastbourne for an evening of poetry composed in response to the artworks of Turner Prize artists Jesse Darling, Barbara Walker, Rory Pilgrim and Ghislaine Leung.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Towner’s Conservator Dr Corinne Farmer will be shedding insight on Turner Prize 2023 nominee Barbara Walker’s impressive drawing technique.

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

Join Towner’s Christian Bergmann for a sound and gesture session responding to Ghislaine Leung’s Turner Prize exhibition.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Join a member of Towner’s curatorial team for behind-the-scenes insights into the Turner Prize exhibition.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Join us for a series of archaeological digs happening across Langney and Shinewater. Come for an hour, or all four days.

Join us for a series of archaeological digs happening across Langney and Shinewater. Come for an hour, or all four days.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Quiet Time sessions are available during the Turner Prize exhibition at Towner. Where possible, lower lighting will also be turned up, while sounds and sensory stimulants kept to a minimum.  

Join Noelle Collins for a Curator Talk.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join us online for a talk and Q&A with artist Karen Russo, whose film Junkerhaus has been shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award 2023.

Join us online for a sneak peak at work by the six shortlisted artists for this year's Film London Jarman Award before the tour continues in cultural venues across the UK and Ireland.

Blue Monkey member Judy Martin will introduce a survey of her work from the past fifteen years as a starting point to consider ways of working and how and why we as artists do what we do.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join one of Towner's Visitor Engagement Team Leaders, Caitlin Yapp, for a 20-minute close look at Edward Bawden's Cat on Unmade Bed and The Bedstead by Eric Ravilious.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Artist Navine G. Dossos invites residents of Devonshire Ward, Eastbourne to join her in designing Riviera; a textile pattern conceived with and for the community.

Join Towner’s Collections and Exhibitions curator, Karen Taylor, for a 20-minute close look at the exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life.

Join Blue Monkey Network member and artist Nikki Davidson-Bowman for a talk inspired by Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life and themes from the symposium (M)otherhood at Tate St Ives which hosted the exhibition before it came to Towner Eastbourne. 

Join poet John White for a reading of two poems inspired by works in The Living Collection exhibition – Edward Wadsworth’s Bronze Ballet and Ivon Hitchens’ Evening Sky Over Hills.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join Towner conservator, Corinne Farmer, for a 20-minute discussion about the care and conservation of works by Eric Ravilious in the exhibition The Living Collection.  

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join Eleanor Clayton, curator of the exhibition Barbara Hepworth Art & Life and author of a new biography on the artist, in-conversation with Sara Cooper, Towner’s Head of Collections & Exhibitions.

Join Towner’s Alison Hayes for a look at Barbara Hepworth’s sketches and drawings.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join Towner staff member Terry Henson for a 20-minute close discussion about the artwork A Box of Hands by the Brazilian artist and printmaker Ana Maria Pacheco.

Join us to explore key themes arising from the Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life exhibition in an inclusive, supportive and friendly environment. In the last of three modular day courses, we will explore Hepworth's passion towards the moral role of artists in society.

Join Towner’s Christian Bergmann for a movement-based session around Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture Orpheus.

Join us to explore key themes arising from the Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life exhibition in an inclusive, supportive and friendly environment. In the second of three modular day courses, we will look at how Hepworth’s experience of motherhood fed directly into her working practice, exploring the work she made following the birth of her son, Paul, in 1929, and of her triplets in 1934.  

Join for a free artist talk by Arpita Shah at VOLT in connection with her current exhibition From one dream to another, which presents collaborative work produced by Shah and a group of young men from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Eastbourne.

Join us to explore key themes arising from the Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life exhibition in an inclusive, supportive and friendly environment. In the first of three modular day courses, we will focus on the forms central to Hepworth’s practice throughout her career.

Join Towner’s Collections and Exhibitions curator, Karen Taylor, for a 20-minute close look at the exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Coinciding with our summer exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life, Towner is excited to be hosting a fair celebrating the versatile discipline of ceramics.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join Towner volunteer Andrew Forrest for a 20-minute discussion about Harold Swanwick’s Cuckmere Valley. 

Join us for the inaugural performance of Towner’s recent acquisition of The Long Note by Helen Cammock.

For one day only, enjoy a free introduction to the impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.

As part of our Towner 100 Celebration Day, the specially formed band South Coast Brass will perform Dr Liz Lane’s work Rhythm of Light for Towner’s 100th birthday.

Join us on Saturday 27 May to celebrate 100 years of Towner! Throughout the day you’ll find workshops, performances and installations for all ages, along with free films in our cinema. 

In this always popular event, 5 Blue Monkey Network members rise to the challenge of sharing their work in a strictly timed Pecha Kucha style presentation.

A brief talk, showing of film clips and an opportunity for you to hear of some of Clive Whitburn’s highly regarded music.

Join Towner’s Christian Bergmann for a movement-based session looking at two works in the exhibition Unseen.  

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join artist Miroslava Večeřová and learn different techniques to carve, colour and embellish foraged chalk to create a variety of sculptural objects. 

Join Towner’s Keziah for a short performance piece inspired by the methods and mantras of guided meditation in response to Elizabeth Price’s Sunlight.  

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join us for an introduction to wood engraving with Emily Johns, a printmaker and painter based in Hastings, Sussex.

Join Ink Paper + Print at Towner for this showcase of their makers' work, including prints, small press publishings, collage, patterned paper, wooden folk art, ceramics and much more!

Join the curator of Unseen, Sara Cooper, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

A screening of Caroline Pick's Home Movies 2020, followed by a discussion with the artist.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join Towner staff member Terry Henson for a 20-minute discussion about one of Towner’s most popular artworks: Grayson Perry’s Map of Nowhere, 2008. The piece is currently on display as part of The Living Collection.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join Towner conservator, Corinne Farmer, for a 20-minute discussion about the care and conservation of two works – one contemporary sculpture, the other a painting from the 1940s – in the exhibition Unseen.  

"I would like to share with you my desire to meet eight paintings by 20th/21st century artists some of whom you may know, others possibly not. All hold an intrinsic interest for me and I’ll be explaining why. Some I could have already met in the past, usually in private galleries, if only I had known at the time."

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join us for our Spring Fair to celebrate the long-awaited change of season!

Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion with Ravilious-specialist James Russell, director of the Ingram Collection Jo Baring and Towner’s Head of Exhibitions and Collection Sara Cooper to discuss how specific artists, such as Eric Ravilious, provide focal points for collections.

Join Towner’s Tasveer Shemza, reading an extract from Max Porter’s Grief Is the Thing with Feathers in response to the sculpture Harbinger Bird III by Elisabeth Frink.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Leap Then Look will be joined by Dr Rebecca Sinker, independent curator and educational researcher and Esther Collins, Head of Learning to discuss unscripted learning, the power dynamics of collaborative practice and the benefits of artist practice as a form of lifelong research.

A practical session led by Leap Then Look for artists and group leaders.

Join the curator of The Living Collection, Karen Taylor, for a 20-minute discussion about the exhibition.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

During lockdown we became used to meeting friends, family, and colleagues online. In the art world this same technology created new opportunities to study and connect. For Blue Monkey Network's February event, two members will talk about their experiences.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join artist Lucy as she brings her animal character creations to life in a performative tour of Brewers Towner International.

An opportunity to access Brewers Towner International out of hours, joined by Towner Curator Noelle Collins along with a couple of participating artists, Sharon Haward and Benjamin Philips.

A plaster casting session where you’ll learn a range of casting and modelling techniques exploring the idea of sanctuary through personal objects, modelled forms and architecture.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Join an online reading group on the theme of sanctuary facilitated by artist and curator Sophie Mak-Schram.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Bring the whole family and get creative with playful festive workshops this December, inspired by our current exhibition, Brewers Towner International and Wriggle Room!

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

This popular event provides an opportunity for 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 diversity of artistic practice in the region.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Learn about the ancient art of goldwork embroidery with artist Andrea Mindel and make your own goldwork brooch.

Eastbourne’s Sanctuary Café, Refugee Radio from Brighton and curator Noelle Collins discuss creatively forming spaces of sanctuary.

Join artist and director Felix Melia for a screening of his film Money For Nothing followed by an in-conversation.

Get into the festive spirit by making your very own Christmas wreath under the expert guidance of florist and gardender Jo Frost.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join artist Lucy as she brings her animal character creations to life in a performative tour of Brewers Towner International.

This popular event provides an opportunity for 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 diversity of artistic practice in the region.

Towner's first Independent Makers Market will be taking place on our ground floor this November, kick-starting our winter season.

A guided walk and drawing course led by Brewers Towner International exhibiting artist Edward Liddle. Explore new ways to find visual inspiration and techniques for working on found materials.

Accompany one of the curators of Cruising the Collection, Eva Jonas, in a 20-minute sensory and movement-based walk through the exhibition space.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join artist and director Patrick Hough for a screening of his film The Two Faces of Tomorrow followed by an in-conversation with algae expert Dr Brenda Strong.

Join two of the curators of Cruising the Collection, David Harris and John Manuell, for a 20-minute discussion about queer readings of artworks and hidden messages found in work by queer artists.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join us as we celebrate the opening of Brewers Towner International 2022 and Ayo Akingbade: Duette with a special evening programme of performances, film screenings, and drinks and music until late.

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

A collection of paper birds, made and decorated by children from Eastbourne, will form a powerful display in our upstairs café. Each bird carries an important message to local and national leaders urging them to tackle environmental issues and the causes of climate change.

Join artist David Blandy as he speaks about the creation of his new video work The Edge of Forever and his current artistic practice.

Join one of the curators of Cruising the Collection, artist Flo Wright, for a 20-minute discussion around the inspiration behind the ‘living room’ area of the exhibition, which includes works by Duncan Grant, Wilma Johnson and photographer Paul Graham not to mention a velvet sofa, trinkets and books!

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Art and film lovers can explore the shortlist for this year’s prestigious Film London Jarman Award when the nationwide touring programme comes to Towner Eastbourne.

Following a looped screening throughout the day of the Film London Jarman Award Touring Programme 2022, shortlisted artist Morgan Quaintance joins us for a dedicated screening of his work and a Q&A with the audience.

A welcoming space to explore gender imbalance from a range of perspectives, focusing on the visibility of women artists in public collections and archives.

Join curator of A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group, Karen Taylor, for a tour and Q&A around these two exciting new exhibitions.  

A delightful blend of TED, comedy & Radio 4. Sort of.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

An opportunity to explore Lucy Wertheim’s memoir Adventure in Art, with Obscure Secure artists Hayley Field and Jacqueline Utley. 

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join curator of A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group, Karen Taylor, for a tour and Q&A around these two exciting new exhibitions.  

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join us for an introduction to wood engraving with Emily Johns, a printmaker and painter based in Hastings, Sussex. 

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Following their residency at Towner Gallery, Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang will be sharing a work in progress performance of their new international collaboration, Deciphers (working title)

Join choreographer Jean Abreu Dance at Towner for a free roundtable conversation to explore what it means to be an independent dance artist working in England today. This Dance Matters talk will be facilitated by Jenny Williams Creative Consultant & Chief Executive of Take the Space. 

Join artist Rita Evans as she speaks about the creation of her performance work Tuning in a Vacuum and current artistic practice.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join us after hours on Saturday 16 July for a Summer Party which celebrates the launch of our latest programme and the renovation of our ground floor.  An opportunity to explore our new spaces and exhibitions, enjoy a live performance by artist Rita Evans and stay on to socialise, with bar and DJ to 10.00pm.

An opportunity to explore Lucy Wertheim’s memoir Adventure in Art, with Obscure Secure artists Hayley Field and Jacqueline Utley. 

Join curator of A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group, Karen Taylor, for a tour and Q&A around these two exciting new exhibitions.  

Work with Obscure Secure to research women artists in the Wertheim exhibitions.

Artists Hayley Field and Jacqueline Utley from the collaborative project Obscure Secure will work in residence at Towner Eastbourne during the Lucy Wertheim exhibition.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

To mark the 102nd anniversary of the 1st Dada International Exhibition in Berlin, 31 d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists will stage Dada inspired interventions in 30 museums and galleries across Britain and Northern Ireland on 2 July 2022.

Join curator of A Life in Art & Reuniting the Twenties Group, Karen Taylor, for a tour and Q&A around these two exciting new exhibitions.  

Join Towner Eastbourne for a special event to celebrate the exhibition Eileen Mayo: A Natural History.

Go behind the scenes and enjoy a fascinating introduction to our impressive Collection of over 5000 works in our bespoke art store.  Starting with the original Victorian bequest, your tour will then cover works by artists such as Eric Ravilious, Duncan Grant, Sandra Blow, Alfred Wallis, Alice Neel and Tacita Dean.

Join Philip Sanderson, Studio Leader of the West Dean Tapestry Studio, as he talks about the making of the Eileen Mayo tapestry Duckpond.  

Join us in the gallery for this half day workshop in which artist Katy Beinart and writer Lizzie Lloyd will talk through some of the issues raised through their current project Acts of Transfer.

Join us for artist-led intergenerational workshops and explore the colour blue alongside natural and manmade objects found on the beach, repurposing and recycling them into creative pieces.

Join us for an introduction to wood engraving, a printmaking technique practised by Eileen Mayo, an artist currently being exhibited at Towner, and Eric Ravilious – whose works you can currently see in Bringing to Light: Jananne Al-Ani curates the Towner Collection.

A panel discussion exploring the ideas behind Jananne Al-Ani’s ambitious new moving image work Timelines and Bringing to Light: Jananne Al-Ani curates the Towner Collection.

Join artists Jananne Al-Ani and Michael Rakowitz in discussion with the writer and arts organiser Rijin Sahakian in a conversation exploring the transnational threads linking their work and past and present Iraqi art and culture.  

A panel discussion exploring the lives and work of Eileen Mayo and Lee Miller, two accomplished and fascinating artists.