Close Ups: In conversation with lens-based artists
On Saturday 15th October 2022, a three-way artist talk with Pierre Yves-Monnerville, Farah Way and Irene Fubara-Manuel about their...
Free photography workshops
Would you like to exhibit your artwork with us? Do you not have the studio space or the material to create it? Would you like to create a...
Queer Photography II, Opening at the Ledward Centre, October 8th, 3-6 PM
Queer Photography II: Identity Displaced Photo Fringe exhibition at The Ledward Centre Opening Saturday 8th October 15:00 - 18:00
Reciprocity - Photography by Refugees and Asylum Seekers at the Bush Theatre, London
Proud to be chosen to exhibit our exhibition Reciprocity at the Bush Theatre, London: [In collaboration with IMIX & Jemima Compton, MA...
Heroes - SEAS/TLC Pride Exhibition
Celebrating LGBTQ+ heroes past and present The Ledward Centre 15/07 - 25/09 Opening celebration 05/08 18:00-20:00 with live performances...
Queer Zine Workshop
SEAS invites you to join local zinester Gem (@unattainableblonde on instagram) at the Ledward Centre for a nature themed Queer zine...
Exhibition tour with SEAS Curator as part of "Really Sayin' Somethin'"
Brighton CCA presents Really Sayin’ Somethin’ which is a participatory symposium which invites a range of students, artists and...
Queer/in/g Nature Exhibition Launch (7th May)
Queer/in/g Nature, curated by the Socially Engaged Art Salon is a group exhibition of LGBTQ+ artists, depicts provocative negotiations...
Closing event for We are Family (29th April)
With support of The Ledward Centre Brighton, SEAS is collaborating with art curator, writer and art consultant Pacheanne Anderson, to...
We are Family: In conversation with the curator II (17th March)
In Conversation is an opportunity to hear from three of the artists in We are Family, a group exhibition of digital photography and...
We are Family: In conversation with the Curator I (28th February)
In Conversation is an opportunity to hear from three of the artists in We are Family, a group exhibition of digital photography and...
We are Love: Valentines Day Queer photoshoot (12th and 13th February)
If you've always fancied yourself a model or would like to surprise your friends and family with an original portrait of your queerest...
We are Family- exhibition launch and private view (25th February)
***Due to Storm Eunice, this event will be postponed until 25th Feb*** Image credit: Last Supper, 2019 by Terrell Villiers. We are...
Queer Zine workshop (27th February, 13th March & 24th April)
***Due to Storm Eunice, the event on 20th Feb will be postponed until 27th Feb*** SEAS invites you to join artist and MA researcher Gemma...
Soup's Up! A free dinner and artist's talk by Maja Spasova (21st December)
***This event has been cancelled*** Hungry for social art? Join us for a free soup dinner + artist talk by the first SEAS-Blast Theory...
The Queerest of them All- create your own personalised holiday card! (18/19th Dec)
***This event has been cancelled due to Covid*** If you still haven't sent a holidays card or would like to surprise your friends and...
Indian Futures 'Art Apart': Artists' talk and sale of work (27th November)***POSTPONED***
To accompany the exhibition, 'Art Apart', this is an artists' talk and sale of work. It will be held at Black and Ethnic Minorities...
Queer Photography & Collaborative Practices - Artists' talk (6th November)
To celebrate the opening of The Ledward Centre, Brighton's new LGBTQIA+ space, and to coincide with Brighton Digital Festival, Socially...
Annis Harrison in conversation (30th October, 4pm)
This series of handmade ceramic plates are called ‘Mammas Black Heroes‘. They are part of an ongoing project that was started because the...
Queer Photography - a non definitive survey: Private View (29th October)
To celebrate the opening of The Ledward Centre - Brighton's LGBTQAI+ new safe space, The Socially Engaged Art Salon (SEAS) is staging a...
31st July: Closing Event for News from Nowhere exhibition
After two years, more than 200 participants, lots of tears, sweat and laughter, Message in a Bottle art project is ending. To have the...
13th June-30th July: Message in a Bottle at BMECP Centre
Message In A Bottle is a participatory art project that includes a large interactive room installation, video & audio works, photography...
SEAS's Creative Therapy Programme (Deadline: 15th September)
***Places are limited apply now to take part*** In answer to the needs expressed by artists during the Covid19 pandemic, Black Life...
30th May: Social Art? SEAS & SAN founders in conversation.
The Social Art Network co-founder R.M. Sánchez-Camus and SEAS's founder and director Gil Mualem-Doron in conversation about what social...
13th June, 2pm: 'We cannot walk alone' Refugee Week March & Exhibition Launch of 'News from Nowhere'
SEAS, The LGBTQ Ledward Centre, the BMECP and Sanctuary On Sea are pleased to present Brighton’s Refugee Week Event “We cannot walk...
30th May, 7pm- SEAS/SAN May meetup and zine launch
This May, the SEAS/SAN programme continues! We are hosting an artist talk with R.M. Sánchez-Camus. Sánchez-Camus’s practice incorporates...
28th & 29th May- drop in- WTF Just Happened- A Social Drawing Art Project
As part of Brighton Fringe and for the May bank holiday weekend, R.M. Sánchez-Camus is running an exciting, free outdoor workshop. WTF...
28th & 29th May, drop in- Create your Flag of Diversity workshop
The New Union Flag (NUF) project by the artist Gil Mualem-Doron reimagines the Union Flag in a way that reflects the changing society in...
'The Face of the Other' exhibition launch
8th May, 6-7:30pm, via Zoom. This exhibition starts with an invitation - an invitation to face an Other without seeing. To welcome an...
SEAS/ SAN April Meet-up: #GallerySoWhite Curator’s Talk and Q&A
For this month’s Social Art Network event, artist-curator and usual host of the SAN Brighton Network meet-up Susuana Amoah will be...
01/04 In Conversation: Visualising the Shadow Pandemic
Join us via Zoom for an In Conversation: Visualising the Shadow Pandemic with the curator of the exhibition 'Gaslighting', Miranda Gavin....
Tilting Fantasy: Exercises in (Re)thinking
An online workshop facilitated by photography collective UnderExposed and hosted by SEAS as part of 'The Force of Fantasy' exhibition....
19/03 Exhibition Opening 'The Force of Fantasy'
[...] fantasy is not equated with what is not real, but rather with what is not yet real.” Taking Judith Butler’s essay ‘The Force of...
05/03 SEAS/SAN March talk: Social (Distanced) Art Diaries
For March’s network meet up we’ll be discussing navigating social art-making and cultural justice under lockdown. The zoom event is free....
13/03 Tough Cookie mag / Queering Spaces Launch Event
The event will be celebrating the SEAS exhibition and accompanying Tough Cookie zine entitled 'Queering Spaces'. We will have an...
Queering Spaces - Opening 13/02
Join this online opening event of SEAS February exhibition: 'Queering Spaces' for LGBT History Month Queering Spaces is a group...
SEAS/SAN: Social Art Beyond Borders
For our first network of the event of the year, we will be discussing cultural production, immigration and interculturalism with two...
Gaslighting -exhibition opening event
GASLIGHTING is a group exhibition with the Socially Engaged Art Salon, Brighton (SEAS) showcasing the personal work of artists who have...
05/December 5pm SEAS/SAN Brighton December Meet-Up: Making Zines and Creating Community
Zines have a rich history of enabling marginalised communities to collaborate and create radical documents of the their existence. For...
Disability and the Arts - Talk 07/11
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/san-brighton-november-meet-up-disability-and-the-arts-tickets-126061668845 To mark...
Opening: ‘How do you see colour?' An exhibition for PhotoFringe & Black History Month
‘How do you see colour?' An exhibition for PhotoFringe & Black History Month
SEAS/SAN: Black Art Histories and Futures
In celebration of Black History Month, please join us for a free online discussion on Black Art Histories and Futures. To register please...
'Life, Interrupted' opening: virtual exhibition exploring the impacts of Covid19
'Life, Interrupted' opening: virtual exhibition exploring the impacts of Covid19
SEAS-SAN talks: Decolonising Art & Culture: Unlearning and Relearning through creative practice
SAN-SEAS talk. Decolonising Art & Culture: Unlearning and Relearning through creative practice
Intersections - Pride Exhibition Opening Event
Intersections - Pride Exhibition Opening Event
SEAS-SAN talks: The Art of Blackness: Representations of Black British Culture in Contemporary Art
SEAS-SAN talks: The Art of Blackness: Representations of Black British Culture in Contemporary Art
Imagine- SEAS’ Refugee Week event
SEAS Zoom event recording including the interruption by Neo Nazi anonymous participant's. We are delighted to invite you to Brighton &...
Zoom event: Somewhere, Socially Engaged Art in the Time of Social Distancing
SEAS Brighton is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71121678203?pwd=ZXN1RGI4K0NmR3lhal...
Refugee Week 2020 Planning Meeting
Refugee Week planning meeting took place in early march organised by Sanctuary on Sea and Euro Mediterranean Resources Network, with ...