Creative fun on the Barge for children aged 7 - 12 Join us on the Barge at Brighton Marina for 2 days of workshops and fun, learning about and celebrating Brighton’s marine conservation zone (MCZ) with an interdisciplinary team of artists and educators. We will: Learn about the MCZ, and about the elements Make […]
Movement and Mark Making with Tara Rai Movement and Mark Making is a summer workshop for children to freely create and express themselves in a safe space. Led by facilitators and nomadic artist Tara Rai, this two hour workshop will be a playful, innovative way to make large, artwork like never before. For ages […]
Coming back to the Barge once more is favourite Margot Minnot-Thomas. Her last workshop sold out on the Barge so be sure to grab your tickets early. Using an old photographic printing technique, cyanotype, we will create underwater stories inspired by all the wonderful fish, seaweed and birds of Sussex. Kids will make their own […]
Laser Cut Jewellery with Rebecca Tucknott Kids have the opportunity to choose from a variety of designs to make one (or more if there's time) piece of jewellery, and will leave the workshop with either a badge or a pendant. For ages 8-13 Book Now
UnderExposed invite visitors to join them in a collaborative activity-led session of discussion, learning and reflection. The responses from these discussions (in the form of writing, doodling, mark-making) can become part of the publication UnderExposed will be compiling throughout its residency. To end the event, the publication will be hand-bound to include responses from everyone […]
Lisboa Social Press will be making a splash on ONCA’s Barge, hosting a hands on printmaking afternoon. Their relaxed workshop starts off with a few fun drawing games to loosen up everybody from the seasoned doodlers to the budding artists. They will then guide the group through collagraph and mono-printing techniques with two hours of […]
UnderExposed collaborates with two Brighton based graduate artists who hold an open and friendly monthly meet-up. Creative Storm offers a great opportunity for emerging artists to show ongoing projects to fellow artists, whilst collectively giving and receiving feedback. ABOUT THE ARTISTS UnderExposed is an art platform founded by and for evolving artists. By showcasing artwork […]
A collaborative 'warm-up' to introduce visitors to UnderExposed's residency at the Barge. We invite visitors to collaboratively ‘warm-up’ and get a feel of what UnderExposed plans to do on the Barge for the duration of the residency. For us, a residency is to create space for communication, allow collaboration to foster imaginative futures through artist […]
We're delighted to welcome you into our making space as part of the ‘Let’s talk about the Anthropocene’ residency project. This is an Arts Council England funded project, the work developed will include performance, installation, sound and poetry. Refreshments will be available to purchase. About the Artist Adele Gibson Adele's work is concerned with our […]
At a time of escalating urgency and scale in the environmental movement, this is a workshop for people who want to address "the unbearable whiteness of green" (Van Jones). Through facilitated dialogue, small group work and creative activities, the session will examine the ways in which white supremacy permeates the mainstream environmental movement and the […]
At ONCA, we’re developing our partnership programme for arts facilitators who work with children and young people. For the last 3 years, we’ve been running ‘ONCA Kids Art Club’ – holiday art activities for 6-11 year olds. They use a wide range of fun, creative art activities to engage children with issues around local biodiversity and climate change. They […]
‘The dream is the aquarium of the night’ - Victor Hugo "Immerse is a moving image and sound installation illuminating the oft unseen waterscape of Brighton’s female sea swimmers. Shot in the sea using natural light, the camera movement and underwater sound create a mysterious dreamlike environment playing with notions of surface and depth, fusion […]
New language is being invented to describe the unprecedented psychological landscape of our times: Eco-anxiety, climate grief, solastalgia. These are all new terms used by climate psychologists to describe the very real emotional impacts of climate change which are finally starting to be recognised yet are still seldom discussed. The most recent International Panel on […]
'First the Air Is Blue' is a group exhibition from seven Graduate Monthly artists. It showcases the outcomes of a three month long residency at Barge, presenting new artwork that responds to the socio-historical and environmental conditions of Brighton Marina and the barge itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-J2RfreUrE Outcomes take on a range of media including site-specific poetry […]
'First the Air Is Blue' is a group exhibition from seven Graduate Monthly artists. It showcases the outcomes of a three month long residency at Barge, presenting new artwork that responds to the socio-historical and environmental conditions of Brighton Marina and the barge itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-J2RfreUrE Outcomes take on a range of media including site-specific poetry […]
Join artist and photographer Margot Minnot Thomas for a hands-on workshop inspired by your local sea life. In this Cyanotype workshop young people will be introduced to an old printing process, first used to document plants in the 1800s. You will make some cyanotype prints, using sunlight to make the image appear. Through printing, we […]
Join one of favourite artists Bea von Preussen for a spring family art workshop on the Barge. Come and collage a humpback whale and other antarctic animals. A nature based art workshop with nature artist Beatrice von Preussen. Beatrice has just returned from Antarctica where she drew penguins and worked with scientists, spotting and recording whales. Participants will […]
Clown comedy pioneers Bright Buoy are coming to Barge for a week-long comedy takeover. Alongside developing their family show Blue Planet III, they're hosting TITANIC, a night-time alternative comedy performance party unlike any you have ever seen. It's Barge vs. Iceberg in the Titanic grudge match of the century, and we're all going down with […]
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