For Trans Pride Brighton and Brighton Pride 2023, is delighted to show works by Brighton-based photographic artist Sharon Kilgannon, aka Alonglines. Sharon has been documenting Brighton’s LGBTQIA+ community for over a decade, generating a rich archive through photography at queer events and portraits generated through empowering collaborations with the sitters. The images here are from […]
Come to an in-person workshop at Gallery to pay tribute to the places that make you feel good. The aim of this free workshop is to explore where people feel good, beyond the places that money can buy. The discussion will build a deeper understanding of how people can be better connected to place, to […]
Catch up post Earth Day and hear from Nigeria-based climate justice activist & eco emotions researcher Jennifer Uchendu. Join Culture Declares Emergency southeast coastal hub co-hosts Polly and Persephone online to reconnect and reflect on hub activities and next steps. Expect to meet like minds and share ideas for climate- and nature- relevant creative and […]
This event is for anyone whose feelings about climate change include concern for intergenerational and international equity and justice. We’re thrilled to welcome Nigeria-based eco-emotions researcher and trustee Jennifer Uchendu to the gallery to talk about her work on mental health and climate justice in African contexts. Jennifer’s focus is primarily on fostering agency and […]
Come to Gallery to hear Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados, read from her forthcoming poetry collection, Plantation. Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados, reads from her poetry collection, Plantation, on which she is now working. These poems focus on the experiences, particularly the sufferings, of African women brought to the Caribbean during the Atlantic […]
CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony is a unique collaboration between the rainforests of Wales and environmental sound artist Cheryl Beer. The composition is led by the vascular systems of ancient trees, ferns and moss, collated by repurposing hearing aid and biomedical sound technology, empowering nature from beneath the bark, where every note of the Symphony […]
Please join Feral Theatre at Gallery for a work-in-progress showing of their new piece, Last Dance. Last Dance is an improvised performance centred around a suspended sculpture. The performers partner the sculpture in a strange dance as they navigate its changing form. Visually inspired by Louise Bourgeois’ suspended works, the piece is a study of […]
clothes swap is back this summer! Bring your pre-loved clothes for a joyful evening of swap shopping. How our clothes swap works: Bring your clean, pre-loved clothes. Please don’t bring anything that needs to be recycled or go to the incinerator. Please count your clothes before arrival - there are no rules on quantities that […]
Immerse yourself in Cheryl Beer's sound installation through this creative, book binding workshop. Join us at for a creative book binding workshop inspired by the natural world. Using sticks found locally, we will create our own woodland inspired journals to take home.This workshop is set within 's resident artist, Cheryl Beer's, installation - music she […]
Join us at ONCA gallery to experience the Cân y Coed Rainforest Symphony film and a Q&A with Cheryl Cheryl Beer. This August we've been fortunate to have the opportunity to exhibit the work of Cheryl Beer in our window. With the support of an Unlimited Main Commission funded by the Arts Council of Wales, […]
Lila Wordsworth's textile piece ‘The Untangling’ is a celebration of the profound impact the trawling ban is having on the Sussex seabed ecosystem. It is a tale of hope where the once shimmering kelp forests, formed of giant seaweed plants reaching up to 3m high, are starting to return to the area. About the Exhibition […]
Join us for the exciting exhibition launch event of Lila Wordsworth: The Untangling on September 6 Lila Wordsworth’s textile piece ‘The Untangling’ is a celebration of the profound impact the trawling ban is having on the Sussex seabed ecosystem. It is a tale of hope where the once shimmering kelp forests, formed of giant seaweed […]
We’re delighted to be holding another Climate Café for 18-30 year olds. This nourishing space is where we come together and safely explore our feelings around the ecological crisis as a community of young people. During the session you’ll be guided through reflective exercises including a sound meditation and journaling to help notice and describe […]
Learn how to create a hand embellished quilt block with local artist Lila Wordsworth, and see her quilt piece 'The Untangling' at . Make a hand embellished quilt block using simple embroidery techniques to tell a story of our interaction with our environment, focusing on themes of rest for people and planet. This workshop, led […]
For Black History Month, Claudette Atkinson exhibits paintings celebrating the dance form Voguing, which emerged in the late 1980s out of the Harlem ballroom scene. About the exhibition The exhibition is an ode to a Brighton-based QTIPoC* Vogue group run by social support network Radical Rhizomes. After coming across Voguing classes a little over a […]
EVENT CANCELLED: Join us for this hybrid event, an evening with climate justice advocate and author Charlie Hertzog Young. **This event will include triggering content such as mental health, suicide, ableism and suicide attempt. Please take care when choosing whether to attend** Charlie Hertzog Young will join us at to deliver a talk and workshop […]
Join us for a relaxed evening making fabric roses with artist Claudette Atkinson. About the Workshop Come and get creative with us! We're making beautiful decorative roses out of fabric in a workshop led by artist Claudette Atkinson. "The rose commemorates queer people of colour whose lives have been tragically cut short. It also represents […]
For Lost Species Day 2023, O N C A offers space to explore the ways in which extractivism and colonialism drive and depend on heinous erasures of cultures, species, ways of life, and ecological communities. Lost Species Day, November 30, is a yearly opportunity to counter mainstream narratives around ‘progress’ and ‘development’ through grassroots storytelling, […]
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