If you need your artwork photographed or get beautiful giclée printing done, then you should get in touch with Jim Holden. He specialises in photography and giclée reproduction using pigment inks on archival paper of paintings and other 2D artwork, and is currently offering 10% discount for members of The Makers Directory

Jim can also:
• Create high resolution files to download of your originals and produce prints on demand to supply to galleries and your studio sales.
• Make giclée prints of your own photographs and existing digital files printed onto the finest archival papers.
• Photograph your 3D artwork so that you can show your work in style on your website, social media or for gallery submissions.

To claim 10% The Makers Directory discount, tell Jim you are a member and the name you are listed under.

https://www.jimholden.co.uk/galleries/folio/artwork-reproduction/

Jim Holden Studio is located in East Hoathly and has plenty of free parking
Unit 5, Village Works, London Road, East Hoathly, East Sussex BN8 6QA

JOIN ROSA | Artist Membership Package

The publisher, Jessica Wood, says;

“Now in our second year, ROSA has 25k+ arts-loving, art-collecting followers and readers across our platforms. With over 20 years’ experience in Arts PR and publishing, ROSA is here to support Sussex artists to promote their work.

If you join the Artist Membership Package as well as four issues of our beautifully designed, long-read arts magazine delivered to your home or studio each year, you will have a login to our Members Area where you will be invited to ROSA events, plus member events, enjoy exclusive offers and discounts to cultural events and read digital content on Sussex’ thriving arts scene. You can also upload events to the Members Calendar to invite visitors and collectors to your own exhibitions and open studios and take advantage of a range of promotional opportunities.”

Artist Membership includes:
• Four Magazines a year sent direct.
• Digital Access to ROSA’s online content on the Sussex Arts programme. Members Area access for invitations to ROSA and partner events.
• Discounted ticket offers to cultural events across Sussex.
• Artist-rate advertising offers via ROSA Magazine.
• Promotion. Upload x 4 exhibitions per year to our online calendar to invite ROSA readers and members to your shows.
• Submit your exhibition press releases to the editors.
• PR Support opportunities such as postcards, advertising, events

Help Talent Accelerator to help you and keep young people interested in trying out what an art career is really like. Talent Accelerator and Eastbourne Alive are creating 100 work experiences for young people aged 16-25 throughout Sussex during the period of the Turner Prize celebrations.

If you can offer an insight into your practice, it might be through a video show-and-tell, or in-person for a day or two. Alternatively you might really value some assistance setting up an exhibition and some invigilation support, filming of rehearsals or some digital asset creation and social media promotion.

You can watch the short video here and if you think you might be able to be able to offer some experience or need some help, email Talent Accelerator here

This could be just the start for someone!

We are delighted to invite you to The Makers Directory Winter Meet-Up and this time it will be hosted for us by our friends at the Towner Gallery.

This is always a wonderful opportunity to meet each other, put names to instagram accounts, catch-up and have a drink. A few specially invited guests will be dropping in too.

As you know this is always a very popular event, but spaces are limited, so please book your FREE ticket as soon as possible. (One per Directory member please)

Link to tickets here

A message from Claire who is co-ordinating this opportunity:

“We have been awarded funding by the Arts Council and East Sussex Arts Partnership to invite sixty local groups to take part in free, artist-led pottery workshops and we would like to offer 6 places on the 13 April workshop to members of The Makers Directory.

We'll be making plates using a whole variety of techniques. No previous knowledge of working with clay is necessary as all the techniques will be broken down into easily accessible steps. The finished plates will be exhibited at Towner in July 2024, where all the workshop participants will be invited to a special tea party at the close of the exhibition. Here everyone will be able to take their plate home or do a swap with another maker! 

The project links up with the Turner prize exhibition at Towner and Eastbourne Alive's programme of wider public engagement and celebrates our community and aims to promote well-being that can be fostered by taking part in creative activity. The invited groups span community, arts, health and education focused organisations based in Eastbourne together with independent businesses local to the pottery. we are looking for six people to sign up for one of the workshops between November 2023 and the end of May 2024. Most workshops will take place during the day on Saturday or Sunday.”

Would you like to take part? If you are interested please email Corina to bagsie one of the places

Exciting things are happening at ArtStart!

Studio Share
Over the Christmas period Kirsten has taken over a much larger, light and lofty studio at the Star Brewery and is looking to sub-let a space to a freelance creative/maker for £250 a month. If you are interested in finding our more or having a look-round drop her a line at kirsten@artstart.club 

Kirsten’s new ArtStart classes are beginning this month too…
Painting Classes Tues or Thurs 10 - 12pm | Fri 10am - 12pm or 12.30 to 2.30pm | 6 weeks
Drawing Classes Thurs 12.30 - 2.30pm | 5 weeks
Gel Plate Printing Saturday Jan 20th or Saturday Feb 24th | 10am - 3pm
Mothers Day Flower Painting Course Wednesday Feb 7th | 1 - 3pm | 5 weeks

Finally… Teaching Opportunities
If you have a creative workshop or course that you would like to teach this Spring please contact kirsten@artstart.club to chat some more.
Kirsten said: “ I’d really like the studio to be a creative hub of makers' classes and workshops, the studio is immense and right in the heart of Lewes, it couldn't be better suited for its purpose.”

We are staging an actual, living showcase of The Makers Directory talent on Lewes High Street during this year’s Artwave Festival, and want you to be part of it!

Many of The Makers Directory community share their skills as part of their working practice - run workshops, one-to-one tuition, offer a repair service - and this year we want to celebrate this incredible offering in an interactive and immersive way. 

We have booked Gallery 207 on Lewes High Street from 1 - 26 September as part of Artwave Festival and intend - with your help - to schedule a diverse programme of workshops, taster sessions, talks and demonstrations. We want to enable as many of you as possible to take part so you can book the space to showcase your practice and work.

We are really excited to find out what you would like to share and hope there will be a mix of paid-for, ticketed and free to attend events - this will be up to you. Anything is possible - ring making, basketry, creative darning, printing, papier mache, carving, floral art etc – surprise us!

Gallery 207 will also act as a hub for The Makers Directory throughout Artwave as we want to use this opportunity to promote and celebrate everyone within the Directory, for we feel that the community’s strength is undeniably in its breadth and depth!

We are working out the finer details, but are inviting free registrations of interest at this stage so that we can put together the most interesting programme possible. There is a registration form and more information here…

Lewes Town Hall | Friday 2nd December & Saturday 3rd December

This much-loved Artists & Makers Fair returns to Lewes Town Hall this December, showcasing local creativity at its best. Over 80 carefully chosen professional artists and makers, including many from The Makers Directory, will be selling a diverse range of original arts, crafts and gifts of the highest quality. The Fair is a chance to find Christmas gifts for even the hardest to buy for, enjoy a drink with friends and treat yourself, all while supporting local businesses.

Friday 2nd December 6pm – 9pm £5/ £10 adults. Pre-book tickets here
Saturday 3rd December 9am - 5pm. £2 adults, children free. Tickets available on the door.

The artists and makers of Eastbourne will open their homes and studios for the last two weekends in November, which is slightly earlier than usual, but in plenty of time before Christmas.

There will be over 40 artists at 25 venues around town including a number of newcomers alongside all your favourite regulars.

Click here for digital version of the brochure and map, or pick one up from a location around the town including; the Towner, The Welcome Centre, Planahead, The Lighthouse Gallery and many other places.

Contact Julian on juliansb100@gmail.com for more information

Saturday 9th April 10am to 4.30pm - £120 includes all materials and firing
We are super excited to welcome Claire Loder to the studio this April to lead a workshop where we will be hand building large scale heads. We will explore what constitutes a face; what can be added/subtracted and how this affects meaning.
To book tickets and for more information https://www.eastbournestudiopottery.com/booking

Monday 25 April 11 - 12:30 - £11.37 for members of The Makers Directory & £16.76 for non members
By the end of this talk you're going to know everything that you need to do to get your creative business online To book tickets and for more information https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/