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Open 10.00am to 5.00pm
Tuesday to Sunday &
Bank Holiday Mondays
Sat 17 Nov | From 11.00am
Following his exhibition at Towner Art Gallery last year, Andrew Kötting returns to Eastbourne to present a rare opportunity to see his Earthworks trilogy in its entirety. Andrew will be with us all day, introducing each film, before being joined by Jason Wood (Artistic Director of Film at HOME in Manchester) for an extended Q&A after the final part of the trilogy, Lek and the Dogs.
Sun 18 Nov | 2.00pm & 4.30pm
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his stellar literary career. Ignoring infidelities and excuses made in the cause of his art, she has put up with his behaviour with undiminished grace and humour. The foundations of their marriage have, however, been built upon a set of uneven compromises and Joan has reached a turning point.
Sun 18 Nov | 12.00pm
This year marks the centenary of Scottish film-maker and poet Margaret Tait’s birth. To mark the occasion, Towner will screen a brand-new restoration of Blue Black Permanent.
The film was shot on location and moves fluidly between Edinburgh and Tait’s home of the Orkney Islands. It stars Celia Imrie as Barbara, a woman attempting to come to terms with her mother’s death, through her childhood memories. Margaret Tait referred to her own work as ‘film-poems’ and Blue Black Permanent is no exception: a haunting and magical film, filled with flashbacks and dream sequences.
Thu 22 Nov | 1.00pm
Towner’s Head of Collections Sara Cooper leads an informal tour of Edward Stott: A Master of Colour and Atmosphere.
Sun 25 Nov | 10.30am
After his mother’s sudden death, Courgette is befriended by a police officer, Raymond (voiced by Parks and Rec’s Nick Offerman), who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At first he struggles to find his place in this often strange and hostile environment. Yet with Raymond’s help and his newfound friends, Courgette eventually learns to trust and love, as he searches for a new family of his own.
Thu 29 Nov | 4.00pm to 5.00pm
Developed in partnership with Brighton-based creative writing agency Little Green Pig, this club will explore ideas in the exhibition in greater depth whilst developing literacy skills. Children will work towards a nationally recognised certificate Arts Award Discover.
Sun 9 Dec | 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Tot Rockin’ Beats present an amazingly funky, fancy-dressed, three hour, family-friendly, hip-hop & 90s Dance, block party.
Thu 13 Dec - Mon 31 Dec |
Underwired Productions present a brand-new musical about three toys who have been created in Father Christmas’s North Pole Factory. A doll, an Emotibot (a robot with a […]
Thu 22 Nov | 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Blue Monkey Network is Going Out! We’re going to visit Suzanne O‘Haire’s: Peck O’ Trouble at The Regency Town House, 13 Brunswick Square, Hove BN3 1EH on […]