The Land We Live Within
ArtWave 2025
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DITCHLING
We return to Ditchling Barn for ArtWave 2025, extending it outwards with a hardstanding, temporary exhibition space. Jo has been developing innovative pop-up gallery walling to bring the Sussex Contemporary experience to this village of global creative importance.
Nestled in the heart of the South Downs, next to the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. The Barn is central to village life and community; we are delighted to return for a second time in 2025, showcasing a new and innovative way of using this historic space.
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RESPONSE
A single size for all entries, created onto a supplied A5 canvas-covered board. All mediums are welcome and encouraged to participate.
1 x entry of either a 2-D or 3-D format per person. We ask that no mounting, framing, or hanging equipment be added to the supplied board. The way we will hang and curate this exhibition removes the need for these.
The Land We Live Within asks you to respond to the way you live within the landscapes you occupy in this moment of time.
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ARTWAVE
Community With Creativity Since 1993
Artwave is the annual festival of artists and makers in the Lewes District. Hundreds of creatives exhibit yearly in Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven, and the surrounding villages.
The event allows art lovers to discover new work, meet artists and makers, and buy directly from them. In 2024, an estimated 53,000+ people visited Artwave over the three weeks of the festival.
As part of the Rural Trail, the Barn is hosting two presentations: The Pond House, which had previously shown in Isfield, and The Land We Live Within.
Supported by
SEAWHITE OF BRIGHTON
We are proud to partner with The Sussex Contemporary once again, from day one. Seawhite of Brighton has been a passionate supporter of Jo’s vision for creating a prestigious art platform that celebrates Sussex-linked artists and creatives. Seawhite is a thriving and independent, family-run sketchbook manufacturer and art materials distributor that has been trading for over 50 years within Sussex. We can’t wait to see the artworks created on our A5 canvas-covered boards and the exhibition open in Ditchling this September.
KEY INFORMATION
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Artist drop off:
15th September 2025 10 am - 4 pm
Artist collection:
22nd September 2025 10 am - 4 pm
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One entry per person = automatic hang-in exhibition.
We have limited entries to one per artist to allow the maximum number of artists and makers to be involved.
Jo will work her curatorial magic and create the exhibition using everyone’s collective response to the theme.
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18/19/20/21 September 10 am - 5pm
PV: 19th September 7 pm - 8.30 pm
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Your submission fee of £30 includes an A5 canvas covered board for your art to be created onto or attached to.
The artwork must not be bigger than the board size.
We do not require work to be mounted, framed, or have hanging hardware attached to it.
All work will be for sale, you the artist set the sale price, Sussex Contemporary take a sales commission of 30%.
Sussex Contemporary will arrange all delivery and transportation of sold works to the purchasers.
Payment will be made for any sold works within 28 working days of the exhibition closing.
