http://www.theartsforum.co.uk The Arts Forum is a community organisation dedicated to promoting and developing Hastings as a major centre for the arts. en-gb Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:59:28 BST Copyright (c) The Arts Forum http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/privacy-policy/ 1440 http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/images/layout/arts_forum_rss.jpg 144 24 http://www.theartsforum.co.uk Following extensive consultation with the local community, a detailed report proposing Hastings Borough Council commit to the development of the Jerwood Gallery on the Stade in the Old Town is to go to the Council's Cabinet Committee on Monday June 9th. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jun/Jerwood-Gallery-Report-going-to-Council/34/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jun/Jerwood-Gallery-Report-going-to-Council/34/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Arts News Consultation continues on "Shaping Hastings" – the document which sets out how we want Hastings to develop for the next twenty years. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jun/Local-Development-Framework/35/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jun/Local-Development-Framework/35/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Local issues The arts forum is now managing the Coastal Currents Open Studios programme. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/May/Coastal-Currents---Open-Studios/33/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/May/Coastal-Currents---Open-Studios/33/ Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Call for entries Twin Town – Art from Hastings Around the World - will run from 9th – 15th October at the Arts Forum Gallery, 36, Marina, East Sussex, England TN38 0BU after which time the exhibition will be available for touring other towns and cities worldwide. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/World-Hastings-Day/24/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/World-Hastings-Day/24/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST Call for entries As a not-for-profit voluntary organisation, Hastings Arts Forum is keenly involved in developing the voluntary sector in Hastings and the wider region. Attached to this briefing is a new report by Hastings Voluntary Action on the state of the sector in the town. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/The-State-of-the-Voluntary-Sector/32/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/The-State-of-the-Voluntary-Sector/32/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST Local issues Every Quarter, the Arts Forum hosts a meeting open to any arts organisation to identify common needs and objectives for the development and promotion of organisations' work and the arts in general in the region. At its meeting in March, the Network agreed a range of initiatives, report attached below. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/Developing-the-arts-in-Hastings/30/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/Developing-the-arts-in-Hastings/30/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST Arts News Following the announcement that the Jerwood Foundation is seeking to develop a new home for its contemporary art collection in Hastings Old Town, the Borough Council has established a Project Management Group to advise on the development. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/Jerwood-Gallery-Proposals/31/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Apr/Jerwood-Gallery-Proposals/31/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST Arts News Hastings Borough Council is still committed to developing the arts sector and will forge closer working links with the community to regenerate the town. So says the Council’s Director of Regeneration , Simon Hubbard, following talks held last week with the Arts Forum. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jan/Council-remains-committed-to-the-arts/28/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jan/Council-remains-committed-to-the-arts/28/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Local issues The Wellington Square Natural Health Centre in Hastings is to offer generous discounts to Arts Forum members on its range of alternative health therapies and yoga classes. http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jan/New-discounts-for-members/29/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jan/New-discounts-for-members/29/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Arts News The proposed cutting of the Cultural Development Officer post by the Borough Council has been dropped at the last minute due to agreements made by the Council's Cabinet on Monday (21st January) http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jan/Cultural-Development-Officer-Post-Saved%21/25/ http://www.theartsforum.co.uk/news/Jan/Cultural-Development-Officer-Post-Saved%21/25/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Local issues