GALLIT AND GRIMALDI – FANTASTICAL CREATURES 

EXHIBITION

ATRIUM

10am – 4pm | Free 

Nov Weds 5 – Fri 14 (except Monday 10) |

Prints, ceramics, tufting, furniture, paper-cuts, illustration: a playful celebration of colour and form. 

@gallit.shaltiel @catherine.grimaldi

THE SUSSEX 2025: L’ART DE LA VIE QUOTIDIENNE – ART OF EVERY DAY LIFE 

EXHIBITION

BN9 STUDIO

11am – 4pm | Free

Opening Sat Nov 8 – 30, Thu – Sun

Exhibition of work by more than 200 Sussex-linked artists, selected by a panel of renowned industry experts.  

thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

@sussexcontemporary 

HANDMADE CHRISTMAS CARD FAIR

EVENT

ATRIUM

11am – 4pm | Free

Nov Sat 15 & Sun 16

Shop original handmade Christmas cards made by contemporary creatives from across the UK at this exciting new format fair.

thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

@sussexcontemporary 

REFINDING NEWHAVEN BEACH : INROADS PRODUCTIONS

WORKSHOP

CREATIVE LIVING LAB (TOP FLOOR MARINE WORKSHOPS)

10am – 4pm | More info: inroadsproductions@mac.com

Nov 22

Participatory theatre company Inroads Productions move their Refinding Newhaven Beach project into the next stage.

inroads.org.uk

@inroads_productions

THE ART OF THE BODY

EVENT 

ATRIUM

11am – 4pm | Free to enter, paid activities

Nov 22

A curated day of self-indulgence. Artelium Wine will be running a paid-for bar, grab a glass of vintage Sussex wine, from vine to table. Beth from Indigo Forever Tattoos will have a pop-up booth with flash hand-poked designs available (prices vary per design). Felicity, founder of the smoke-infused Sussex skincare brand Menteath, brings her range of products and her mini treatment parlour. Rosi aka Raw Solace Jewellery offers handmade hammered brass jewellery.

thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

@sussexcontemporary

CONNECTIONS AT… BN9

EXHIBITION

ATRIUM

10am – 4pm (except Sun from 12pm) | Free

Nov Sun 23 – Fri 28

Joanna Goodwin leads a small group of local artists in an exhibition of paint, prints, ceramics, textiles and photography. 

@connections_at

FORAGED WREATH MAKING WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOP

ATRIUM

11am – 2pm | Book at thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

Nov Sun 30 | £65

Join florist Bryony May and create your own wreath from a collection of foraged foliage found within 5 miles of the venue.

The workshop will run for approximately 3 hours with all materials provided for you. The workshop is £65 per person with 12 places available. Book your place at thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

@sussexcontemporary 

COLLAGE CHRISTMAS CARD WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP

ATRIUM

2-4pm | £25 

Nov Sat 29 

Book at thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

Enjoy a playful, relaxed collage workshop with local artist Maja Jones and create either a single or a few collaged Christmas card(s). The workshop will run for approximately 2 hours with all materials provided for you. £25 per person with 12 places available.

@sussexcontemporary 

STOPPING DOWN MEMORY LANE

NATIONAL TRUST & CHANGING CHALK

EXHIBITION

ATRIUM

10am – 4pm | Free

Dec 4 – 20, Thu – Sat

An exhibition discovering the history of Gypsies and Travellers on the South Downs, with contributions from contemporary Romany artists and makers.  

nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/changing-chalk-travelling-exhibition

@southdownseastnt

Lantern Slide Image © The Keep, Brighton & Hove

RADIANT HERETICS PRESENT: BASS SUPERSTRUCTURE (EXTENDED DANCE MIX) LIVE AT THE PARAVILION

ANTIVOID ALLIANCE

ARTIST RESIDENCY/EVENT

BN9 STUDIO

7-11pm | Free

Dec Sat 20 

Developed during a week-long residency at the Marine Workshops, Bass Superstructure (Extended Dance Mix) is a live, multidisciplinary event reimagining the art gallery as a space of communal joy, resistance, and reverberation. (Private Artists residency 15th-19th, not open to the public.)

antivoid.solutions

@antivoid_alliance

LANTERN MAKING WORKSHOP FOR HARBOUR LIGHTS

HAVEN YOUNG CREATIVES

WORKSHOP

ATRIUM

10am-12pm & 2-4pm | £3 per person

Jan 24, Sat

If you’d like to be part of the lantern procession on 1st February, and create a beautiful lantern with expert supervision and guidance from renowned artists, sign up to the January workshop now at www.havenyoungcreatives.com/harbour-lights-2026

DRUMMING WORKSHOP FOR HARBOUR LIGHTS

HAVEN YOUNG CREATIVES

WORKSHOP

ATRIUM

2-4 pm | £3

Feb 1, Sun

@haven.youngcreatives

SINGING WORKSHOP FOR HARBOUR LIGHTS

HAVEN YOUNG CREATIVES

WORKSHOP

BN9 Studio

2-4 pm | FREE

Feb 1, Sun

@haven.youngcreatives

HARBOUR LIGHTS

HAVEN YOUNG CREATIVES

LANTERN PARADE

ATRIUM

Meet at 5.30pm | Free

Feb 1, Sun

For the third year, HYC lights up Newhaven’s mid-winter quayside with the celebratory lantern parade Harbour Lights. This year’s theme is boats, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry. Be part of the procession or join the crowd and cheer them on along the route. Meet the team from Haven Young Creatives at the Atrium for a 5.30pm start, and join the magical lantern parade as it makes its way along the West Quay towards the RNLI. Visit havenyoungcreatives.com for all the details.

@haven.youngcreatives

SUSSEX CONTEMPORARY: EFFLORESCENCE

EXHIBITION

BN9 STUDIO

11am – 4pm | Free

Opening Sat Feb 7 – 28, Thu – Sun

Sussex Contemporary return to the top floor in February with Efflorescence: an exhibition celebrating the beauty of flowers, flora, and plants. Expect hundreds of artworks by artists, makers, and craftspeople at all stages of their career and working in a wide variety of media. A programme of weekend events runs alongside in the Atrium.

Follow @sussexcontemporary for details. 

thesussexcontemporary.co.uk

CONNECTIONS AT… BN9

EXHIBITION

ATRIUM

10am – 4pm | Free

Feb 7 – 13

Joanna Goodwin brings Connections@… a show of 2D and 3D artists and makers working in glass, ceramic, photography and more. 

@connections_at

joannagoodwin.art