Home Live Art

📣Join us to make good stuff happen! 📣

Are you passionate about making a real impact in Hastings & St Leonards? Do you believe in the power of creativity to bring communities together?

Home Live Art is seeking an experienced Producer to lead Good Stuff—our innovative co-creation model that partners with local communities to inspire positive change through art, performance and heritage events and activities.

What You'll Do:

- Coordinate existing Good Stuff projects
- Launch new initiatives with local residents
- Enhance our co-creation model

If you are passionate about turning creative ideas into real community impact, this is your chance!

👉 Apply now. https://www.homeliveart.com/event/goodstuffproducer

25th Anniversary events drop 👇👇

To celebrate 25 Years of pushing artistic boundaries we are revealing part of our anniversary programme to you all today!

London: Experience an evening of performance curated by artist and choreographer SERAFINE1369, who will reimagine our legendary Performance Salons with a focus on movement, time and bodies set on a stage of soil.

Hastings: Join us for a very special Salty Q***r Performance Party at the White Rock Theatre, where we’ll be bringing back some of the amazing q***r artists that we’ve worked with over the years for a jam-packed birthday performance extravaganza.

Online: Look forward to a series of 25 interviews with 25 artists and activists who have been part of Home Live Art’s journey, reflecting on their practice and on the future of Live Art.

New Website Launch: Explore our brand-new website to delve into our archive and stay tuned for more updates.

For more info on our 25th, visit our blogpost – https://www.homeliveart.com/event/25-years

Home Live Art turns 25 — Home Live Art Home Live Art is celebrating a quarter-century of pushing artistic boundaries with a programme of events and activities.

Today, we’re very happy to welcome Jaye Boakye to the HLA team! 😀 Jaye is joining us on placement for the next 3 months, focusing on Digital Marketing as we prepare for a very special performance event in London this October!

Here we are, soaking up the good vibes in our makeshift garden workspace! 🌿✨ Stay tuned for more updates!

Over the last five years, we have had the privilege of working closely with local art and justice organisations Playing the Race Card and Afri.Co.Lab. We have observed first-hand the stark differences between how we, as a white-led team, navigate the world and how our colleagues and friends from the Global Majority experience it.

Home Live Art’s vision is for a creative community where everyone can feel at home.

But how can we achieve this when our seafront posters featuring Black faces are repeatedly vandalised, when our Black and trans artists have faced aggression from local hotel owners and when our friends and colleagues are harassed in the street?

It has been shocking to witness those racist incidents in our town, and even more shocking to realise this is the daily reality for many people living in Hastings.

Racialised communities are continually gaslit and told that ‘everything is okay now’, when it is clear from these recent racist attacks that everything is most definitely not okay.

We want to acknowledge that as an organisation, and as individuals, our work does not end with condemning racist incidents or simply bearing witness.

We recognise that being anti-racist is an ongoing and ever evolving process of learning and doing - and we still have much to learn and do.

At Home Live Art, we will continue to pursue our charitable objectives to advance public education through the arts, creating spaces where strong, inclusive communities can flourish.

Together, through art and action, we hope that we can build a more equitable and compassionate society.

We’re still buzzing from OUT, the stuning dance performance we programmed at in collab with during our Knotty Festival.

The performances from and .is.azara will stay with us for some time.

Big shoutout to for bringing this special work to Hastings!

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Can you believe it? We’re in the third month of the Black Joy: Up Close and Personal exhibition , featuring over 40 incredible Black artists from the South East of England!

So far we have reached over 50,000 people via Social Media, been featured on ITV and BBC, hosted 8 packed-out events, plus 9 artworks have sold.

Thrilled to be on this journey with Curator and founder .

Only 8 weeks left to experience this incredible exhibition!

Full details

📅 WHEN: May 4th - August 25th, 2024
📍 WHERE:
⏰ TIME: 10 AM - 5 PM (Tue-Sat) | 11 AM - 4:30 PM (Sun)
💸 COST: 100% FREE!
♿ ACCESSIBILITY: No steps between entrance and exhibition.
🚗 PARKING: Free at
🚌 PUBLIC TRANSPORT: 10 mins walk from Hastings Train Station, 2 mins from the nearest bus stop

📣UPDATE! Ticket Returns only. This event has sold out. Check website to see if you’re lucky! https://www.afri-co-lab.org/theherosjourney

We caught a few sneaky behind the scenes images of the dress rehearsal and wow you are in for a treat!

Afri.Co.Lab ‘s immersive futuristic theatre piece is set in Hastings and full of unexpected surprises, twists and turns. Set in and around Hastings Museum & Art Gallery it’s like nothing else you’ll ever see! On this weekend only!

The show opens tonight!

For tickets visit .co.lab website or home live art website (link bio). Don’t hang around! Final tickets selling fast.

Don’t miss .co.lab ‘s epic theatre extravaganza this weekend Only a few tickets left!

Friday 14th June SOLD OUT
Saturday 15th June 5.30pm SOLD OUT
Saturday 15th June 9pm ⭐️ few tickets left ⭐️
Sunday 16th June 9pm ⭐️ few tickets left ⭐️

Tickets £15/£10/£5

🔗 or .co.lab websites

All shows with captions and hearing loops available. For other access support drop .co.lab a line via their website.

Part of Festival of Performance in collaboration with .co.lab and supported by Arts Council England

Get your tickets now! Friday is already sold out ❤️

Thank you everyone who came along to Bring & Brag today and who took part. Thank you to Harold Offeh and the team at a collaboration made in heaven.

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What a fantastic, absorbing event and setting!

5 local people brought items from home, mostly from their families, from Guyana, Barbados, Belize, Ghana…. and talked about the stories behind them. Then Harold selected items from the museum’s collection … and finally….. A new participatory spin on the great Searching…”

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People of Hastings! This Sunday Home Live Art’s brilliant Knotty festival joins forces with Hastings Museum & Art Gallery plus Playing the Race Card for Harold Offeh ‘s Bring and Brag.

Gilded Birds have not only done a news story, telling you how to book a free place, but have interviewed Harold as well.

Tomorrow (Sunday 9 June) at midday. See you there!

KNOTTY FESTIVAL UK readers, head down to Hastings for the weekend and you can catch the wonderful Harold Offeh performing as part of the BLACK JOY! programme in the Knotty festival of “performance for the ad…

📣 DON’T MISS ‘OUT’ TONIGHT - we have a handful of tickets remaining! 🔗 in bio

‘s OUT is a poignant, multi-layered exploration of identity and self-discovery. Exploring Caribbean q***r culture through embodied storytelling, OUT carves a new space for Black & q***r experiences.

If you missed Salty last night, or you came along, it’s another chance to catch the amazing and .is.azara two incredible performers. OUT will evoke laughter, introspection, and boldness: a beautiful ode to q***r experience!

Defiantly challenging homophobia and transphobia across our communities, OUT is a duet – a conversation between two bodies, which bravely carves out a new kind of space, reclaiming Dancehall and celebrating q***rness amongst the bittersweet scent of oranges.

Winner of the 2017 South East Dance A Place to Dance Brighton Fringe Award and nominated for the 2017 Total Theatre & The Place Award for Dance.

An interdisciplinary performance inspired by ongoing global struggles for LGBTQIA+ rights, OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo. Bravely embracing personal, political and cultural dissonance, this work smashes through our violent colonial histories to reimagine, reclaim and celebrate our delicious q***r future.

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A wonderful article about Knotty Festival of Performance in today's Voice Newspaper featuring Afri.Co.Lab Playing the Race Card. Grab your tickets now https://bit.ly/Knotty2024

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainment/2024/06/04/its-a-festival-in-hastings-but-knotty-as-you-might-think/

It's a festival in Hastings, but 'Knotty' as you might think Knotty festival of performance takes place in Hastings, showcasing a host of inspiring artists, shows and happening on June 6-9 and June 14-16

Strap in Hastings! Birmingham’s finest, legendary drag artist Yshee Black (House of Yshee / regular star of ’s Late Night Lycett) is your host for SALTY our legendary q***r performance party!

Coming to the brand new studio!

Thursday 6 June, 7-11pm
Ticket link in bio!

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Thanks Goodman Anna and Theatre Weekly - Read Katy Baird’s interview about Knotty Festival of Performance 6-16 June happening over 2 weekends in June..

Interview: Katy Baird on Knotty Festival - Theatre Weekly Katy Baird is Artistic Director of Home Live Art, which produces Knotty, Hastings' celebration performance which returns

Thanks Ris Fatah 🫶

Hastings Plays Host To Knotty: A Festival Of Adventurous Performances
https://bit.ly/3VbxPkD Hastings Observer

We are OPEN!!! Want to head down? Here's all the information you might need!

WHEN IS IT
May 4th to August 25th 2024

WHERE IS IT
Hastings Museum

WHAT TIME
10AM - 5PM Tuesday to Saturday
11AM - 4:30PM Sunday

WHAT DOES IT COST
This exhibition is FREE. Free free.

IS IT ACCESSIBLE?
You can check website for full accessibility details but there are no steps between the entrance and the exhibition.

WHAT'S THE PARKING LIKE
has free parking available

CAN I GET THERE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We are ten minutes walk from Hastings Train station and 2 minutes from the nearest bus stop

🚨 Calling all dance enthusiasts! 🚨

Dive into the world of experimental dance with choreographer Gillie Kleiman in a performance workshop designed for non-professional dancers.

This two-hour workshop version of Gillie's project 'friend' will be a be a fantastic opportunity to learn a shared choreography in a laid-back and informal setting.

You will explore movement, speech, rest, and song which will build to a short final performance done all together, all at once.

Saturday, 11th May
11:15 am - 1:15 pm
St Johns Church Hall, Brittany Rd, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0RD
Free but reservation essential - https://bit.ly/friendworkshopinfo

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📸 Photo one by Kit Haigh, of a workshop related to Recreation (2017).
📸 Photo two of Gillie Kleiman by Cliodhna Murphey.

Only a few days until The Hastings Q***r History Collective will be welcoming you all Hastings Museum & Art Gallery to hear remarkable stories of local q***r spaces, from pre-war pier performers to suffragettes cavorting in Warrior Square and more.

They'll be joined by radical historian Dr Diarmuid Hester and The Hastings Bookshop who will be selling Diarmuid's book, 'Nothing Ever Just Disappears' on the night.

Plus hear from a few selected special guests as well as contribute yourself to an open conversation on Hastings' q***r places and spaces.

There are only a handful of spots left, so make sure you RSVP now to avoid disappointment - https://bit.ly/Q***rHistoryCollectiveBooking

Friday, 23rd February
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
7 - 9pm, Free
Doors open at 6:30pm for refreshments

The Hastings Q***r History Collective are bringing back their hugely popular museum tours exclusively for Hastings Pride 2023 🏳️‍🌈

From sex-changing pheasants to trans deities, these tours explore objects and stories in the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and celebrate a rich LGBTQIA+ heritage.

Saturday 19 August 2023
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
11am - 1pm, tour duration 30 mins
Free, link to book your spot in the comments!

This time last week we were watching Anna Maria Nabirye and Annie Saunders in a very moving performance The De La Warr Pavilion responding to the video archive of their Up in Arms Exhibition and we are still thinking about it.

It’s been an absolute privilege to see this work develop and to have been a small part of its journey at our St Leonards studio.

Exhibition continues until 21 May. Not to be missed!

Interested in local Q***r History in Hastings?

Then join us on the 13th of May for the Hastings Q***r History Collective public meeting at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery.

Help dream up ways we can continue to share the stories of our vibrant and diverse community locally.

Link with more info and to RSVP for the meeting in comments

Image: Apollo, Greek god and lover of many genders.

Are you part of the local Black* LGBTQIA+ community and looking for a friendly and welcoming space to chat about art?

Then come to 'Q***r Out Here', a free workshop, led by artist Elaine Mullings, exploring the connections between q***rness, art and race.

Friday 2nd June 2023 | 7-9pm | Afri.Co.Lab, St Leonards

👇🏽👇🏽Link to book and more info in the comments 👇🏽👇🏽

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Image: Elaine Mullings in front of their work 'Co27: Blue Tears'

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This workshop is part of the WE OUT HERE exhibition curated by Lorna Hamilton-Brown showcasing the work of six Black artists of Caribbean heritage based in Hastings. Running from 1st April to 4th June 2023 at Hastings Contemporary

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* The term ‘Black’ includes all racialised people whose ancestral origins are African, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Romany, the indigenous people of the South Pacific Islands, the American continents, Australia and New Zealand.

Happy Jack in the Green! Jackie And The Queens brought the q***r joy to the parade 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ***rJoy

We have our new date for the (postponed) Hastings Q***r History Collective meeting!

Join us on the 13th of May to help dream up ways we can continue to share the stories of our vibrant and diverse community locally.

To RSVP to the meeting, and express interest in joining the collective - https://bit.ly/3ECtMoQ

The image depicts Gwen Lally.

Since 1980 Louis Weaver and Peggy Shaw, otherwise known as Split Britches, have been making iconic lesbian-feminist theatre.

Join them in Hastings on the 29th April at The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre for their new performance, 'Last Gasp: A Recalibration'.

Not much longer to get your tickets, which are sure to sell out - https://bit.ly/SplitBritchesTix

The Hastings Q***r History Collective meeting on Saturday 25 March is POSTPONED.

A new date will be announced very soon