Project Art Works

06/10/2026

Parallel Lives is open at the Project Art Works gallery.

Artists in the exhibition include:

El Bass, Jack Finnerty, Siddarth Gadiyar, Albert Geere, Neville Jermyn, Eden Kötting, Mark Lockton, Natalie, Louise Newham, Sean Ormonde, Sharif (left the studio in 2021) and India O’Sullivan.

In this exhibition we are delighted to present work by guest Artist – Veronica Watson of Blue Room supported studios in Liverpool.

Visit us on a Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 11.00-16.00.

12 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA

01/10/2026

Coming up at our gallery at 12 Claremont -

Programme for Parallel Lives

Wednesday 7 October, 10.00 - 12.300
Support Collective Drop In session
Georgie and Sarah from the Support Collective will be at 12 Claremont for an informal drop-in session. The Support Collective offers creative workshops for carers, signposting and advocacy for individuals and families, and a tailored training programme. If you would like to find out more about what we do please do come along.

Thursday 8 - Saturday 17 October
Access the Archive
Exclusive access to our new digital online archive, soon to be available to the public. The archive is a unique record of the creative contribution of the individual artists who make art at Project Art Works, and of our collective practice. The digital archive consists of 20,000+ photographs of the artworks and of the creative practice of the people who made the artworks. The collection goes back to 2004 and continues to be added to.

Test run the platform before it goes live and feedback to us as we build this important resource. No booking necessary.

Wednesday 11 November
Carer's Creative Workshop
Carer's workshops are relaxed, gentle, with no expectation. Open to all parents, carers and support workers who usually care for an individual with complex support needs, we want to offer you the chance to engage in a creative day. Booking essential please email [email protected].

Artists from the Project Art Works studio include:

El Bass, Jack Finnerty, Siddarth Gadiyar, Albert Geere, Neville Jermyn, Eden Kötting, Mark Lockton, Natalie, Louise Newham, Sean Ormonde, Sharif (left the studio in 2021) and India O’Sullivan.

In this exhibition we are delighted to present work by guest Artist - Veronica Watson of Blue Room supported studios in Liverpool.

Find out more at https://projectartworks.org/exhibitions/parallel-lives/

30/09/2026

Alongside our latest exhibition Parallel Lives, Georgie and Sarah from the Support Collective will be at our gallery at 12 Claremont 10:00-12:30 on Wednesday 7 October for an informal drop-in session.

The Support Collective offers creative workshops for carers, signposting and advocacy for individuals and families, and a tailored training programme. If you would like to find out more about what we do please do come along.

No booking necessary.

Parallel Lives brings together the contrasting realities experienced by many neurodivergent people who have complex support needs.

Through paintings, drawings, prints and polaroids, artists reveal lives shaped by instinct, freedom, choice and imagination.

Parallel Lives is open till 14 November.

Image: Sharif, Bedsit/My Dream Home/My Annex, 2017, acrylic on paper, 151cm x 230cm

25/09/2026

Project Art Works has lots going on as September comes to a close.

A new exhibition, Parallel Lives has opened at 12 Claremont. Programme of events coming soon.
Find out more at https://projectartworks.org/exhibitions/parallel-lives/

Andrew Kötting will have two films screening at Electric Palace Cinema this weekend including Memory Bloacks featuring Eden Kötting, Michelle Roberts, Neville Jermyn and Charlotte Stephens.
Find out more at https://projectartworks.org/the-memory-blocks/

Our gallery at 12 Claremont is hosting an installation from artist Sarah Washington, Under the Hood, as part of the town wide audio and arts festival XMTR. This will be a one day installation on Saturday 26 September, 11.00 - 16.00.
Find out more here at https://projectartworks.org/xmtr-audio-arts-festival-at-claremont/

25/09/2026

This Saturday at Electric Palace Hastings Andrew Kötting will be screening two of his films. These include Memory Blocks which features Eden Kötting, Charlie Stephens, Neville Jermyn and Michelle Roberts.

Find out more and book tickets at:

The Memory Blocks, a new film by Andrew Kötting, will be screened at Electric Palace cinema on 23 May. Find out more here.

17/09/2026

Parallel Lives opens 18 September - 14 November at Project Art Works In Residence.

Parallel Lives brings together the contrasting realities experienced by many neurodivergent people who have complex support needs.

Through paintings, drawings, prints and polaroids, artists reveal lives shaped by instinct, freedom, choice and imagination. Alongside these are drawings that map complex structures of health and social care — structures that can enable people to live the lives they choose, but that can also be opaque, adversarial and difficult to navigate.

The works evoke universal themes of home, people, places, interests and memory, but for many of the artists and those who support them, these exist alongside another reality: a world of assessments, systems, panels, thresholds, resource allocation and tribunals.

Through the run of the exhibition, artists, families, carers and others will consider these worlds through talks, workshops and conversation.

Programme coming soon.

Artists from the Project Art Works studio include:

El Bass, Jack Finnerty, Siddarth Gadiyar, Albert Geere (b. – ), Neville Jermyn, Eden Kötting, Mark Lockton, Natalie, Louise Newham, Sean Ormonde, Sharif (left the studio in 2021) and India O’Sullivan.

In this exhibition we are delighted to present work by guest Artist - Veronica Watson of Blue Room Inclusive Arts supported studios in Liverpool.

Images: Polaroids, PROJECT INDIA, 2000-2003

We are open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11.00 - 16.00.

12 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA

11/09/2026

Don’t miss out! It’s our last weekend of having our studio open to the public. Open Saturday 12 & Sunday 13, 11.00-16.00.

Find us at Braybrooke Terrace and 12 Claremont.

Exhibition, residency, film, archive, shop and more!

Who are Project Art Works and why should you visit. Project Art Works collaborates with people with complex support needs, families and circles of support. Our practice intersects art and care, responding to neurodivergence, its gifts and impacts. Challenging paradigms of inclusion, it spans direct practical and holistic support, film, events, projects and exhibitions.

Can’t wait to see you there! More information on how to find us in our bio.

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Supported by Arts Council England

09/09/2026

Explore 12 Claremont, Hastings!

Join us for a special guided tour as part of Hastings Heritage Open Days 2026, celebrating the history, restoration and creative future of this remarkable Victorian building.

Built in 1870, 12 Claremont has been a telephone exchange, art school and workers’ reading room. Today, following extensive restoration by The Hastings Commons, it’s a thriving creative hub home to Project Art Works and Amici Studio.

Come discover the building’s fascinating past, its transformation and the people shaping its future.

📅 Wednesday 16 September
🕕 18:00–19:30
📍 12 Claremont, Hastings
🎟️ Free — booking essential (link in Project Art Works bio)

Places are limited — book your spot and explore this unique piece of Hastings heritage!

Photos of Claremont by Euan Baker

08/09/2026

The East Sussex County Council Economic Development Team has commissioned a new business support offer for the creative industries, and we would be very grateful if you would be willing to work in partnership with us to help promote the programme to East Sussex creatives.

The programme is called Create East Sussex and is being delivered by Studio Zao. It’s a new practical business support programme for creative businesses in the region, designed to connect businesses with tangible support, tailored 1:1 mentoring and a peer network of creative business owners who understand what it’s like to run organisations. It’s open to small businesses, sole traders and freelancers.

Find out more at:

Free mentoring, practical workshops, and a peer business support programme for creative businesses across East Sussex.

08/09/2026

The Project Art Works Open Studio continues this weekend, Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September from 11.00-16.00 at Braybrooke Terrace, Hastings.

These buildings are rarely open to the public so this is your chance to look around, explore the archive and meet the artists and team.

As well as Braybrooke Terrace the Project Art Works gallery is also open all weekend at 12 Claremont so try to fit in both!

Art works by:

Image 1 - Will Shepherd
Image 2 - Kyle Matthews
Image 3 - Marion Willis, Leo Selby-Stocker and Kyle Matthew’s
Image 4 - A screening of a new film by Project Art Works, South East of Eden, with Will Shephered, Oliver Crowther & Sara Dare
Image 5 - Michelle Roberts
Image 6 - Eden Kötting
Image 7 - Claire Matthew’s & Will Shepherd
Image 8 - Aida Ashall & El Bass
Image 9 - Johnny Carroll-Pell & Christopher Tite
Image 10 & 11 - Sean Ormonde Residency in Trity Hall

Supported by Arts Council England

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