It was the final weekend of the Artists’ Open Houses festival, it was sunny, and I was taking recommendations on which venues to visit via FaceBook and Twitter. First stop was the first-time open World of Sheep, 10 Rose Hill (Venue BL15) and Toby Meader’s large-scale paintings of – you guessed it, sheep (with the [...]

Serena Sussex writes: Just to let you know that BBC TV South Today came to the Yellow House, Kemp Town open house trail today to do a quick bit of film footage + interview on the artists’ open house – it’s due to be aired today Thursday 20 May or Friday – either in their [...]

The Awards / winners were:
VisitBrighton Visitors Choice Award – winner Charles Emerson (collected by his sister Zara Larcombe). Presented by Adam Bates, Head of Tourism BHCC and Mike Weatherley MP
Spectrum Photographic Award – winner Emily Warren. Presented by Georgina Wilkinson, Spectrum Marketing Manager
Brighton Festival Prize – winner Rob Peel. Presented by Andrew [...]

It wasn’t the most promising start: it was Sunday 3 of the AOH Festival and it was raining! However, anticipating Brian Eno’s talk on Optimism that evening, I set off, heading south then east towards Kemp Town. I was however first distracted by a piece of theatre on The Level, the dismantling of the very [...]

The Dog House invites you to a book signing in association with Myriad Editions of Hove on Sunday 16th May 2-5pm at our Artists’ Open House 15 Hampstead Road, Brighton BN1 5NG (Venue DR 5)

Lesley Thomson 2-3pm
Martine McDonagh 3-4pm
Robert Dickinson 4-5pm [...]

Open House Group 46 Artists are proud to present – OODLES of DOODLES with Sinna One.  Brighton based urban artist will be in the garden 12pm – 5pm on Saturday 15 May with a doodle wall and some pens creating a live mural. Budding artists of all ages are invited to come and join the [...]

The Wolf at the Door (Venue HA14) is offering some extra thrills this Sunday (16 May).  Alongside our neighbouring House Collectors’ Selection (Venue HA16),* who have their own treats in store, we will be featuring (weather permitting):
* Fire and sparks in the garden with Philip and Joe
* Galileo meets the people (declaiming in tights)
* Crazy [...]

This 6ft 3in knight by Teresa Martin will be travelling to the Church of the Annunciation hosting the Brighton Sculptors Exhibiton on the Hanover trail (Venue HA8) after his part in the duel of Escapism versus Realism in this Brighton Festival Fringe event on Sunday 16 May.
‘Dragons Don’t Do Taekwondo’, Sunday 16 May at 2 [...]

By Fred Pipes
It’s hard to believe we are already half-way through the four weekends of Artists’ Open Houses, and last week’s rain (like last year’s) had put me behind schedule. So, off we go. When is an Open House not an Open House? When it’s a shop! Beyond the Level is one of those trails [...]

If you like performance art, Performance Palace, 38 Cheltenham Place, Brighton BN1 4AB (Venue 22), part of Central Brighton Trail, will be putting on the following performances this weekend:
Saturday 8 May:
1:00 – 2:00 : ‘This Is How We Do It!’ by James W. Cakes
3:00 – 4:00 : ‘the Ringmaster’ by Michel Good
4:00 – [...]