Art Ahoy! Pieces by Jonny Hannah, Tabby Booth & Steve Camps arrive at the FOLK show.

Jonny Hannah, Tabby Booth & Steve Camps arrive at the FOLK show

Our FOLK exhibition continues here at Atelier, with new pieces arriving every week.

New on the gallery walls are Bluebell Polka and Weel Done Whisky by the inimitable Jonny Hannah, plus signature silhouette works by Tabby Booth and 'The Prince of Whales' Steve Camps.

Come and enjoy them as part of the joyful exhibition featuring collages by Kate Black, papier mache by The Stealthy Rabbit, punch needle by Bob & Eve, papercuts by Pippa Dyrlaga, jewellery by Rachel Larkins and Chiara Bianchi and loads more besides.

The gallery is open 11am - 5pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, down on beach level on Brighton seafront.

The 2025 OPEN at ATELIER is for entries!

We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2025 OPEN at Atelier.

We’re again throwing open the gallery doors to the artists of Brighton and far beyond for our fourth summer open exhibition!

Open to applications from anyone over the age of 16, and working in (almost) any subject and medium, last year we exhibited 250 artwork by 130 artists!

The show will be open daily from 24th July – 14th September at our seafront gallery, and enjoyed by thousands of visitors to the city.

The deadline for submissions is midnight on the 30th May. Click here to find out more and to register.

Katie Sollihub's 2025 programme

Following the sell-out success of Katie Sollohub's first ABtS course for 2025, we have now confirmed her full teaching programme here this year.

The line up includes the return of the hugely popular Large Scale Drawing workshops, and Sketchbooks Beside the Sea. Plus Katie has added some new courses, including the immersive Drawing the Senses and Christmas Drawing by Candlelight.

We can't wait to welcome Katie back to our teaching space just yards from the shore.

Check out the 2025 lineup here and book your spaces now.

Poetry by post

“I celebrate myself, sing myself,
And what I assume you assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”

From ‘Song of Myself’ by Walt Whitman.

We are huge fans of the beautiful ‘instead of a card’ poetry pamphlets by the independent publishers at Candlestick Press, and carry many titles to choose from here at the gallery.

In this issue, Lifeline, Heartline editors Mandy Ross and Jo Brookes choose ten poets who have given readers a glimpse of same-sex loves and lives through history. Their poems explore love in many guises – fleeting or decades-long, open or clandestine, remembered or anticipated.

This title includes poems by Audre Lorde, Carol Ann Duffy, CP Cavafy, Gregory Woods, John McCullough, Kate Tempest, May Sarton, Sappho, Thom Gunn and Walt Whitman, with a brilliant cover illustration by Quyen Dinh.

What could be better for your Valentine? Shop for it, and all our other titles, here or, even better, come and see us on the beach. We've got gift ideas galore for Valentine's and every other occasion.