Traces of the Future is an installation and event that invites us to imagine: how will people be living 50 years from now? With the recent intergovernmental climate report declaring that the next decade of activity is crucial in keeping the increase in Earth's temperature to below 2°C, imagining multiple possible futures is vital action. […]
ONCA’s welcoming sewing space to make, mend and up-cycle textiles. Join the ONCA team on Friday morning for our free, community sewing space. WHAT TO EXPECT? A space to develop […]
This week we'll be working with air dry clay creating beautiful pinch pots to keep your trinkets in. Drop in anytime 3pm–5pm and stay for as little or long as you like, all the sessions are friendly and informal. Our workshops are totally free, with all materials provided and all are welcome. What activities would […]
Earth Day is an annual event advocating for environmental protection internationally. To honour this historic day we'll be holding a series of events focusing on practical and playful actions we can take to support community healing and ecosystem recovery. Activities will focus on bringing people together to foster connection with our planet and all the […]
ONCA’s welcoming sewing space to make, mend and up-cycle textiles. Join the ONCA team on Friday morning for our free, community sewing space. WHAT TO EXPECT? A space to develop your own making projects Technical support and advice -Bring something that needs fixing, a new sewing project or an idea Use of ONCA’s sewing machines, […]
Get creative with pasta picture frames this Friday! Create and shape a design to frame a photo or artwork for yourself or as a gift for a loved one. Drop in anytime 3pm–5pm and stay for as little or long as you like, all the sessions are friendly and informal. Our workshops are totally free, […]
ONCA’s welcoming sewing space to make, mend and up-cycle textiles. Join the ONCA team on Friday morning for our free, community sewing space. WHAT TO EXPECT? A space to develop […]
As part of this years May Artists Open Houses festival (AOH), timed to coincide with Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe, resident studio artist Daniel J.G. will present a solo exhibition of paintings in our window gallery and main gallery space. During the four weekends in May the gallery will be open for the public to […]
ONCA’s welcoming sewing space to make, mend and up-cycle textiles. Join the ONCA team on Friday morning for our free, community sewing space. WHAT TO EXPECT? A space to develop your own making projects Technical support and advice -Bring something that needs fixing, a new sewing project or an idea Use of ONCA’s sewing machines, […]
This is our last Community Afternoon for the foreseeable future. Join us at Bristol Estate Community Room where we'll be decorating paper mâché bowls. Drop in anytime on Friday between […]
ONCA’s welcoming sewing space to make, mend and up-cycle textiles. Join the ONCA team on Friday morning for our free, community sewing space. WHAT TO EXPECT? A space to develop […]
ONCA’s welcoming sewing space to make, mend and up-cycle textiles. Join the ONCA team on Friday morning for our free, community sewing space. WHAT TO EXPECT? A space to develop […]
This June, we’re delighted to be hosting The Depths of Our History - an exhibition of two works by the brilliant Rudy Loewe, an artist visualising black histories and social […]
We’re back with another Climate Café at . But this time it’s specifically tailored to folks between the ages of 18 to 30 years. Gather with us the night after the summer solstice to reflect, discuss and witness each other as we collectively move through a time of huge planetary change. During the session you’ll […]
Aunty Nell’s invited us round for tea! Come to for an evening of gossip and hearsay, and see how LGBTQ+ history has been shared for generations. Join Tommy (The Queer Historian) for a family meal, and fill yourself up with food and tales, just like Sunday afternoons at Aunty Nell's. When a community is written […]
Aunty Nell’s invited us round for tea! Come for an evening of gossip and hearsay, and see how LGBT+ history has been shared for generations. Join Tommy (The Queer Historian) for a family meal, and fill yourself up with food and tales, just like Sunday afternoons at Aunty Nell's. When a community is written out […]
Charlotte’s Web. Animal Farm. These are just two notable literary works from the Anglophone world that depict animals like people. But should we? Join writer-researcher Nazry Bahrawi at Gallery for a talk and workshop exploring anthropomorphism in Southeast Asian animal stories. In the Western hemisphere, the field of animal studies has evolved to distance itself […]
Threads of Survival is part of a long continuum of textile protest or radical stitching. This collaboratively-made quilt, stitched to mark 75 years since the foundation of the National Health Service, is viewable in the window gallery 5-10 July. Sewing, stitching and embroidery were long disparaged as ‘women’s work’, and therefore inferior. However, from this […]
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