BN9 Studio & The Atrium, Marine Workshops, BN9 0ER | Grid Reference: TQ 44828 01402 | What3Words: sized.invested.increases
Welcome to the latest listings from the BN9 programme – a series of events, exhibitions, and creative activities in Newhaven, funded by the Newhaven Enterprise Zone and produced by Towner.
Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @creativenewhaven and sign up to the Towner BN9 Programme Newsletter for the latest updates.
THEATRICAL STORYTELLING
ATRIUM
Doors 6pm / Show 6.30-7.20 pm / £7.50 adv / £10 door
Mar 7
Little Red Riding Hood is 73 and looking for love. In this re-imagined one-woman show, artist/writer Gus Watcham turns the fairy tale upside down, shaking out all the bits to create a disturbed and darkly humorous psychodrama for our times.
@guswatcham
EXHIBITION
BN9 STUDIO
10am – 4pm | Free
Mar 12 – 29, Thurs – Sun
Newhaven Art Projects CIC return with the original Newhaven Open Call, bringing together contemporary artists, local communities, professionals and amateurs to exhibit alongside one another in the democratic, unjudged and free-to-enter visual art exhibition.
Enter now at newhavenprojects.co.uk/newhaven-open-call
@newhavenartprojects
Submit your under £30k ACE project grant workshop with Ash Bowmott from the Uncultured
Thursday 26 March, 9am – 12pm
Atrium, Marine Workshops, Newhaven, BN9 0ER
Are you or your organisation preparing to make an Arts Council under £30K project application as soon as the new grants system is updated?
If so, we’re offering you the opportunity to join a focused workshop for a maximum of 6 organisations or individuals who are ready to start, or have already started their ACE application. In order to join, you need to know all of the project activity, have confirmed dates, and at least a first draft of your budget ready.
The workshop is free to attend, but please ensure your project plan meets the criteria above. (This workshop is not suitable for those seeking individual DYCP funding.)
The workshop will include…
Please complete the form to sign up by 24th March, or email Nick.Stockman@townereastbourne.org.uk with any questions.
EXHIBITION
BN9 STUDIO
10am – 4pm | Free
Apr 4 – 26, Thurs – Sun
An exhibition of mentees and resident artists’ work from Newhaven’s Cement studios and art school.
@cement_studios
PRIVATE VIEW Friday 3rd April 18:00-20:00
Free Sunday demos. During the exhibition, Cement will be sharing art making processes from their courses. 11am – 12pm, Sunday 5th and 19th April. Check their website for details.
WORKSHOPS
BN9 STUDIO
A series of workshops accompanies the exhibition of mentees and resident artists’ work from Newhaven’s Cement studios and art school.
Drawing taster session
Tues 7th April – 10am – 1pm | £45
Painting taster session
Tues, 14th Apr – 10am – 1pm | £45
Sculpture taster session
Tues, 21st Apr – 10am – 1pm | £45
For further information and to book, visit cementarts.co.uk
@cement_studios
ARTISTS WALK
An offering, a walk for artists and visitors to Cement Art School. An invitation by artist Elspeth Penfold to walk with her. This walk accompanies the works, Home Altar and Lamb which are shown by Elspeth in the gallery space at BN9 studio.
MEET AT UNIT 10 QUARRY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9DD
Fri 24th April – 3.30pm | FREE
For further information visit cementarts.co.uk
@cement_studios
ARTISTS WALK
An offering, a walk for artists and visitors to Cement Art School. An invitation by artist Elspeth Penfold to walk with her. This walk accompanies the works, Home Altar and Lamb which are shown by Elspeth in the gallery space at BN9 studio.
MEET AT UNIT 10 QUARRY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9DD
Fri 24th April – 3.30pm | FREE
For further information visit cementarts.co.uk
@cement_studios
STUDIO TOUR
UNIT 10 QUARRY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9DD
An invitation to visit Cement, with artist talks from studio artists and drinks.
Fri 24th April – 5.30-8pm | FREE
For further information visit cementarts.co.uk
@cement_studios
ARTISTS RESIDENCY
ATRIUM
Exhibition
10 am – 4pm | FREE
Apr 14 – 19 (closes 12pm on 19th)
Artists Talk + Q&A
11am – 1pm | FREE
Apr 17
Resonant Grounds is a research residency that supports 3 artists to make work in response to the site of the marine workshops, reflecting on its industrial heritage and its location alongside the river Ouse. Artists Amy Cunningham (artist and lecturer University of Brighton), Dr Johanna Love (artist and lecturer University of Brighton), Leora Brook (artist and lecturer Camberwell College of Art, UAL) work across a variety of visual, sonic, and sensory material, developing a conversation across art and ecology, raising awareness of places with a changing or fragile ecosystem such as rivers, edgelands, working industrial and post-industrial land.
Photo credit: Amy Cunningham/Johanna Love
COMMUNITY
ATRIUM
April 23, 24, 25 10am – 3pm| FREE
@hospitable_environment
Hospitable Environment continue their community-powered and co-created enquiry into how we shape the places we live in, in this research project with East Sussex Public Health & Brighton University. Free to attend and open to all. You’re invited.
EXHIBITION
BN9 STUDIO
10am – 4pm | FREE
May 2 – 31, Thurs – Sun
Shhh… explores silence as a charged force. Abigail Norris and Isobel Smith met weekly, guided by a virtual Louise Bourgeois, letting strangeness and intimacy coexist. Over two years, their dialogue shifted from conversation to paired works, insisting sculptures speak for themselves, resonating tension, pressure, and autonomy without merging practices.
Part of the visual arts programme for the 2026 Brighton Festival.
LIVE MUSIC
ATRIUM
May 10th, 2 – 4pm | Suggested £5 donation
youtube.com/@docksidebarrelscrapers
Led by multi-instrumentalist Nick Pynn, Newhaven’s own Dockside Barrel Scrapers are a joyful folk orchestra comprising a cello, guitar, bohdran, banjo, fiddle, flute, bass, recorder, whistle, guitarron and weissenborn. Come enjoy two 45-minute sets of lively tunes, the first live music gig in the Marine Workshops.
EXHIBITION
ATRIUM
10am – 4pm | FREE
May 13 – 17
An exhibition showcasing the work of students on the University of East Anglia-validated multi-disciplinary design degree, delivered by East Sussex College at the Marine Workshops.
EXHIBITION
ATRIUM
10am – 4pm | FREE
May 20 – 24
Join Newhaven Art Club for their Platinum Palette art show. The showcase brings together generations of local artists, honouring the club’s legacy through painting and mixed media. Visitors will experience a rich blend of tradition and innovation, reflecting seven decades of creativity, community spirit, and artistic growth.
Artwork by Mandy Caplin
https://www.newhavenartclub.co.uk
EXHIBITION
ATRIUM
10am – 4pm, Sunday close at 3pm | FREE
May 26 – 31
Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, this exhibition showcases the work of local Newhaven residents, who have been collaborating with Sussex Community Development Association and local Community Historian, Dr Jenny Flood, to explore and celebrate the “Hidden Histories” of Newhaven from the 1960’s onwards.
To find out more visit: https://sussexcommunity.org.uk/our-services/newhavenheritagestories/
Deli, Takeaway and Café with indoor and outdoor seating. Serving all their usual favourites including takeaway – pastries, savouries, cakes, dips and pittas plus a new menu for eating in!
Open: Tuesday to Saturdays 7am – 4pm.
Sunday opening 9am – 3pm from 8th February 2026. Check their website for details.
A big thank you to the people at the following companies for supporting and championing Creative Newhaven. We salute you!
