East Sussex Arts Partnership

Lewes District Council is part of the East Sussex Arts Partnership, which comprises of East Sussex County Council, Arts Council for England South East and the five Districts and Boroughs of East Sussex – Lewes, Rother, Eastbourne, Hastings and Wealden. For the last three years we have been working together to plan, manage and raise external funding for four programmes:

Public Art

Supported public art installations across the County. In the Lewes District, ‘Align’ by Esther Rolinson, a glass and animated light sequence was installed in the entrance steps of Lewes Library.

Developed Guidelines for local authorities, developers and others for commissioning public art. (Please see link below for further information)

Published a leaflet showing the diversity of recent public art projects in East Sussex.

Young People and Contemporary Culture

Promoted the first East Sussex Youth Arts Festival – ‘Access All Areas’ in 2006 which celebrated the creative talents of the young people of East Sussex.

‘Access All Areas’ is now an annual event which will take places this year on 19th – 21st October 2007, at the De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-on-Sea. (See link below for further information and to download a copy of the programme) 

Spoken and Written Word

‘Word County’ a two year programme of events across East Sussex bringing local people and professional writers together through performance and workshops

Community Touring

Commissioned a new piece of outdoor theatre ‘Elise Piddock Skips in Her Sleep’ for family audiences.

We are developing an on-line box office that festivals and small promoters can use to sell tickets for their events.

Access All Areas Youth Arts Festival, 19th to 21st October 2007, celebrating the creative talents of the young people of East Sussex with workshops and performances. Find out more via the external link below to the website, also download a programme here!
www.dlwp.com/accessallareas

The following external link goes to East Sussex County Council's Public art section where you can get details of current and recent art projects in East Sussex, find out the commissioning guidelines for artists, also go to specialist public art websites.
www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/arts/development/publicart/default.htm

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. Find out more via the external link below to their website.
www.artscouncil.org.uk