Gallery North

Our spring show ‘Vanishing Place’ opens soon on the 28th March and features artwork from over 40 established and emerging artists from Sussex and beyond.

This reflective exhibition of painting, drawing, photography, print-making, textiles, ceramics and sculpture celebrates the beauty of our precious lands, seas, spaces and habitats – both urban and wild. It explores our connection to place and pays homage to the fragility of natural spaces and the disappearance of our changing environment and habitats – both man-made and natural.

Open from the 28th March to the 9th May: Tues & Weds 10am to 1pm and Thurs to Sat 10am – 4pm.

We look forward to welcoming you.

For further information about our upcoming exhibitions and opportunities for artists, please visit https://artgallerynorth.co.uk/artist-opportunities/

We Are Still Here: An Exhibition and Anthology of Resilience, Grief and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students opened on Saturday 14th February and runs until Saturday 21st March.

The exhibition is based on We Are Still Here, a recently published anthology featuring writing by students from Gaza’s universities. Through poems, short stories, essays and personal testimonies, the students document their experiences of displacement, loss and survival, writing amid ongoing violence, starvation and blockade.

Alongside selected poems and visual material from the anthology, the exhibition features new work by Sussex artists who have created pieces in response to the students’ writing. These include paintings, music, textiles and mixed material works, offering creative interpretations of themes such as hope, grief, memory and resistance. There is also an art installation from ArtBloc – a Brighton based mobile art exhibition of Art for Palestine featuring well known Palestinian artists.

The exhibition aims to create a space for reflection and solidarity, bringing together international student voices and the local creative community, and invites visitors to engage with the realities of student life in Gaza through art and storytelling.

Emma Donovan, Exhibitions Manager and Curator for Gallery North says:

“As a community centred art gallery and not-for-profit organisation based in Hailsham for more than two decades, our aim has always been to provide an open, creative space – available to all – that celebrates artistic expression in all its forms and comments on the world around us. We are pleased to be able to host this important body of work and to share the stories of these students. The poetry is displayed alongside artwork from artists known to us who were invited to create work in response to the poetry in the anthology.”

All proceeds connected to the project support students in Gaza, Palestine.

If you interested in learning more about the We Are Still Here organisation, would like to make a donation or buy a copy of the anthology, please visit the links below:

Support and more information
Publication (Daraja Press): https://darajapress.com/publication/we-are-still-here/
Support the project (Chuffed): https://chuffed.org/project/we-are-still-here
Buy the book (Teemill store): https://we-are-still-here-students.teemill.com/