17/03/2013
04/01/2013
Arts & Business Networking
The Hailsham Arts Festival team invite local businesses to join us for our
Arts and Business networking event, on Monday 28th January 2013 from 6.30pm
at Chapter 12 Wine Bar, High Street, Hailsham.
The evening will provide an informal setting to chat with other
local business people, meet the festival organisers and learn more about the
vibrant cultural community within the town. Festival director Jenny West will
also talk a little about what’s in store for the 2013 Hailsham Arts Festival, a
week long programme of art, music, theatre and literature events held in the
town every September.
So join us at Chapter 12
on 28th January for a glass of wine and light buffet. Please RSVP to
Jenny West at hailshamartsfestival@gmail.com and we'll see you there.
04/12/2012
HAF 2013 - ideas please!!
What would YOU like to see at HAF 2013??!!
We are currently planning next year's programme, so let us know your suggestions for events/performers/venues/theme and they could be happening here in Hailsham next September!!
Email us at hailshamartsfestival@gmail.com or come along to our ideas meeting on Saturday 15th December at 10am, at the gallery.
We are currently planning next year's programme, so let us know your suggestions for events/performers/venues/theme and they could be happening here in Hailsham next September!!
Email us at hailshamartsfestival@gmail.com or come along to our ideas meeting on Saturday 15th December at 10am, at the gallery.
24/09/2012
Feedback wanted...
Please let us know what you thought of this year's events and what you would like to see included in next year's Hailsham Arts Festival, via the 2012 Feedback PAGE
16/09/2012
more Secret Art Sale pictures to bid for...
The Festival Exhibition continues at Gallery North until 27th October and the wall of art is still in place with many of the Secret Art Sale entries still available to bid for - here are just a few of them....
(not good photos - you need to see them in the flesh!!)
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| Liz and Andrew Cotingham at venue 6 on the 2012 Art Trail |
If you took any photos of HAF 2012 events and are happy for us to show them on the website, please email them to us (let us know who to attribute them to).
11/09/2012
Remember to check out the Art Trail!
With 46 venues taking part in and around Hailsham and in the High Street, there is something to suit all tastes!
Print off your copy of the map on the Art Trail 2012 page...
Print off your copy of the map on the Art Trail 2012 page...
06/09/2012
OPENING CONCERT THIS SATURDAY!
The Festival Opening Concert is this Saturday 8th September. Midday at Hailsham Parish Church.
Welcome by David Allen, High Sheriff of East Sussex, followed by an evocative performance by the talented classical guitarist Gabrielle Stevens who has been performing for over twenty years in locations across the UK, Spain and the Caribbean and will be playing a mixture of classical, Spanish and South American music.
The Rapport Youth Ensemble will follow with a selection of songs from their extensive repertoire. They have been established for several years and have given many performances across the South East.
If you havent seen these perfomers before this is an ideal opportunity so do come along and support the festival.
Don't forget it is FREE ENTRY! Tea, coffee and light lunches will be served in the refectory afterwards.
Welcome by David Allen, High Sheriff of East Sussex, followed by an evocative performance by the talented classical guitarist Gabrielle Stevens who has been performing for over twenty years in locations across the UK, Spain and the Caribbean and will be playing a mixture of classical, Spanish and South American music.
The Rapport Youth Ensemble will follow with a selection of songs from their extensive repertoire. They have been established for several years and have given many performances across the South East.
If you havent seen these perfomers before this is an ideal opportunity so do come along and support the festival.
Don't forget it is FREE ENTRY! Tea, coffee and light lunches will be served in the refectory afterwards.
30/08/2012
CHANGE TO LISTED FESTIVAL EVENT
Due to unavoidable circumstances, Kalamus are sadly unable to perform on Wednesday 12th September at Hellingly church, as listed in the festival programme.
However we are delighted to announce that the Sengalese band BAKK LAMP FALL will perform instead.
The band which includes a wide range of percussionists and vocals are accomplished International performers with musical roots in Senegal, they will be playing a mixture of desert blues, jazz and traditional. The evening will be a musical delight varying from toe tapping African beats to haunting spiritual chants, enhanced by the historic setting of Hellingly church.
Tickets £6 - for details telephone 01323 848216
BAKK LAMP FALL performing at a recent concert
However we are delighted to announce that the Sengalese band BAKK LAMP FALL will perform instead.
Tickets £6 - for details telephone 01323 848216
BAKK LAMP FALL performing at a recent concert
24/08/2012
Festival Press Launch: Friday 24th August
Gallery North... 7pm
Come along to the gallery, pick up your copy of the festival programme, find out about what's going on, meet some of those taking part in the festival, find out how you can get involved.... and see some art of course!
Come along to the gallery, pick up your copy of the festival programme, find out about what's going on, meet some of those taking part in the festival, find out how you can get involved.... and see some art of course!
21/08/2012
14/08/2012
19/07/2012
Festival Programme - the final design furlong!
The 2012 festival programme design is nearly completed... just the finishing touches, bells and whistles to be added; fingers crossed for not too many last minute changes at tomorrow's committee meeting!
...So watch this space and look out for the programmes in shops, cafes, businesses and through your letterbox soon!
...So watch this space and look out for the programmes in shops, cafes, businesses and through your letterbox soon!
16/06/2012
Kids Festival Events 2012
Following the success of last year's kids event, we're doing it all again this year and the theme is Spain.
"Pizazz a pinata"
Tuesday 11 September
3.30 - 5.00
Hailsham Methodist Church, High Street, Hailsham (opposite North Street/Tesco)
We'll do all of the preparation work so that you can GO MAD decorating your very own pinata to take home - make it into a UFO, into a seven eyed alien or just go bananas with a riot of colour
Gluing, sticking, colouring and making a mess and it's FREE
Children MUST be supervised at all times
"Spain (the stuff you don't learn at school)"
Saturday 15 September
10am meet at Vicarage Field in your finest Fancy Dress - come as something Spanish themed or just bright, colourful and fun - then we'll all parade down the High Street to the Pavilion.
10.30am - Hailsham Pavilion, George Street - come and watch a performance you will not forget - learn about the history of the Pinata, learn 'head, shoulders, knees and toes' in Spanish, lots of interaction, fun and learning - a prize for the best Fancy Dress will be given at the end......and possibly some sweets to take home if you're good!!!
So come and meet us at Vicarage Field or at the Pavilion and have fun for FREE !
Parents must accompany children and must be supervised at all times.
Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gallerynorthkids
"Pizazz a pinata"
Tuesday 11 September
3.30 - 5.00
Hailsham Methodist Church, High Street, Hailsham (opposite North Street/Tesco)
We'll do all of the preparation work so that you can GO MAD decorating your very own pinata to take home - make it into a UFO, into a seven eyed alien or just go bananas with a riot of colour
Gluing, sticking, colouring and making a mess and it's FREE
Children MUST be supervised at all times
"Spain (the stuff you don't learn at school)"
Saturday 15 September
10am meet at Vicarage Field in your finest Fancy Dress - come as something Spanish themed or just bright, colourful and fun - then we'll all parade down the High Street to the Pavilion.
10.30am - Hailsham Pavilion, George Street - come and watch a performance you will not forget - learn about the history of the Pinata, learn 'head, shoulders, knees and toes' in Spanish, lots of interaction, fun and learning - a prize for the best Fancy Dress will be given at the end......and possibly some sweets to take home if you're good!!!
So come and meet us at Vicarage Field or at the Pavilion and have fun for FREE !
Parents must accompany children and must be supervised at all times.
Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gallerynorthkids
12/06/2012
Programme event information
Please email all information and images for inclusion in the 2012 festival programme to Felicity Price-Smith via hailshamartsfestival@gmail.com
2012 Application Forms
The application forms for Festival Programme Advertising and participation in the Open Studio Art Trail are now available online - click on our 'Get Involved' page to download them.
02/06/2012
Jubilations!
In the midst of Union Jack bunting and last minute bank holiday shoppers, another productive festival meeting was held at the good ship Gallery North this morning. Things are coming together nicely for an action packed week of events this September, but with just a month to go until the deadline for all programme content, there is a surprisingly long list of fine details still to be sorted!
However, as the weeks and months pass all the hair-brained ideas that had once been merely the result of tea, biscuits and brainstorming around the committee table last September (yes we started planning a week after the last one finished!) are actually becoming a reality. And that is a fantastic feeling!
However, as the weeks and months pass all the hair-brained ideas that had once been merely the result of tea, biscuits and brainstorming around the committee table last September (yes we started planning a week after the last one finished!) are actually becoming a reality. And that is a fantastic feeling!
22/05/2012
Have a sneaky peak into the 2012 festival programme...
We are pleased to reveal just a few of the events in the HAF2012 programme so far:
Opening ceremony performance by classical guitarist Gabrielle Stephens
Evening of world folk music with Kalamus
Art History talk by David West
Debut production by Hailsham's own Ropemaker Theatre Company
Children's Spanish cultural show with Jamie Single
Spectacular finale with Euphoria steel band and the Brighton School of Samba
More events to be announced soon!
If you'd like to get involved, please email us at hailshamartsfestival@gmail.com or contact the Festival director Jenny West on 01323 848216
09/03/2012
Only 6 months to go until HAF2012...
and I'm excited already!
22/01/2012
Gallery North's new website
Gallery North has a new website!
for details of the latest exhibition 'My Cool Sixties'
and the forthcoming jazz evening with the Pete Wilson Quartet.
05/10/2011
News from the press...
"Arts festival gets Hailsham buzzing" - Eastbourne Herald, 21 Sept 2011
If you missed it in the paper, don't worry...read the full article here:http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/community/arts_festival_gets_hailsham_buzzing_1_3073371
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