The Beacon, a large late Victorian house in one acre of grounds situated on the West Hill of Hastings, is a hub of creative activity, owned, lived in and managed by Judy Dewsbery.
On the lower floor of the main house are two large rooms that are used for a variety of purposes including drawing, life drawing, painting classes, yoga, qi gong, creative workshops and much more.
"A Walk of Art" is a non-profit making, limited liability company set up to repair and restore the historic route from the old town of Hastings to the valley containing the current town centre of Hastings.
A Walk of Art Ltd has been formed to reclaim and repair this pedestrian trail of twittens, open paths and steep steps and to the celebrate the heritage and culture of Hastings on the way.
To achieve this A Walk of Art has to first raise funds for the repair of a failing retaining wall that supports part of the trail. Neither the wall nor the track above it is owned, which seriously complicates matters! The Beacon has rights of way over the problem area.
The successful series of textile related talks followed by a themed vegetarian/vegan supper continues through 2012.
Tickets £10, to include supper, from;
judy@beaconhastings.com, tel: (01424) 431305
or Linda Pearson: 07527 925240
Bring your own wine.
As space is limited early booking is recommended.
Friday May 18th, 7pm.
Collier/Campbell; the perfect partners.
We welcome Sarah Campbell of textile design company Collier/Campbell as the speaker for the next textile supper event. Her talk will be illustrated with examples of the wonderful and colourful prints which made the partnership of the two sisters a global name.
Sarah is now working independently under own name, painting patterns for the 'high street' as well as undertaking one-off and limited edition commissions. She is also preparing a book about the Collier Campbell years (the last 50) to be published this autumn.
Please visit www.sarahcampbelldesigns.com to see what Sarah is producing now, and also peek at her blog which reflects the world as she sees it (with fabulous illustrations).
Tickets are £10, which includes a delicious vegetarian supper after the talk. Please bring your own alcohol.
As space is limited early booking is essential!
.................This spring there are two separate courses for children here at the Beacon..............
Indoors and outdoors holiday arts and crafts workshops for children aged
7-12 years, in the ground floor studios with access to the garden.
The Indoors/Outdoors make-it club for the Easter holidays held their first session on 4th April, with weather fine enough to use the garden for short periods, while constructing their pieces indoors (see pictures). Please contact Lorna or Polly for availability of places for the next sessions, or visit their website for more inspirational information.
4th and 11th April (Easter Holidays)
9th May (half term)
1st August (Old Town Week)
Coming Soon... The West Hill Art Club at the Beacon
Artist-led, fun and creative courses for 6 - 10 year olds
Starting this Summer Term, exploring traditional and contemporary art techniques, including Printmaking, Portraiture, Sculpture and Painting.
We have two 6 week courses available starting from:
Saturday 21st April 12.oo – 1.30pm
Thursday 26th April 4.30 – 6.00pm
Each course £39. Payable in advance
(£6.5o per 1 ½ hour class)
For further information and to secure a place contact either
Louise or Sarah on louburgess@btinternet.com or telephone
07969750919 or 07722796388 and visitBeaconhastings.com.
Judy Dewsbery - New Work
New work: permanent marker on Perspex. 'Longwave'; taken from a series of drawings influenced by the movement of shoals of fish. The original drawings, charcoal on baking parchment, were too 'junk' to be framed. I found 4 sheets of Perspex about 7ft long and 1ft wide in the garden. I eventually realised that these were from the old florescent lights in the extension. Still junk.........
Wednesday mornings 9.30 - 11am: Nina Savarese: Sivananda Yoga
Drop-in or book.
Drop-in £7 or £36 for 6 sessions
Life Drawing and Painting:
Life drawing: First Tuesday of the month: drop-in life drawing session. Suitable for all levels of experience. A friendly class - untutored. 10am - 12.30pm. £6. Bring your own materials, plenty of boards and easels here.
Drawing and Painting from the Human Figure with Crawfurd Adamson.
Tutored workshops, Mondays, 10am - 4pm. Friendly workshops with no more than10 participants, enabling focused, individual tuition as well as demonstrations to the group. If you have ever wanted to give this a try, then this is your opportunity. All are welcome from beginners to experienced artists. The cost is £32 for the day. Easels and boards supplied and paper is available to buy.
Crawfurd Adamson is an artist with works in many collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has 40 years experience as an artist and as a teacher.
To enquire, please click here to email him, or phone 01424 438408
Click here to visit his website and see examples of his work.
Life drawing group meets here regularly each Tuesday (10am - 12.30), with 10 members. There are no vacancies at present, but for further information please contact Barry on: 07897 616353
A Walk of Art
See Hastings Observer's article; "Artist's mission to link Old Town and the park" : 10 Sep 2010 click here
The historic route (see map of 1755) as a track between fields) joins the seafront in the Old Town of Hastings to the valley containing the current town centre. A Walk of Art Ltd has been formed to reclaim and repair this pedestrian trail of twittens, open paths and steep steps and to the celebrate the heritage and culture of Hastings on the way.
To achieve this A Walk of Art has to first raise funds for the repair of a failing retaining wall that supports part of the trail. Neither the wall nor the track above it is owned, which seriously complicates matters! The Beacon has rights of way over the problem area.
There is a rolling programme of fund-raising events (see events page), and so far £2783 has been raised, which has allowed us to have exporatory bore holes done. The next stage is to apply for major funding.
For more about the Walk of Art project, click here.
For more up-to-date information on the progress of our project visit our facebook page, click here
