Artwave Festival is 25 and is returning this August!

Lewes district’s popular Artwave Festival is celebrating 25 colourful years in 2018 and is bigger and bolder than ever.

Over three weekends from 18 August – 2 September, over 600 artists and makers will showcase their work in 153 locations across Lewes, Newhaven, Seaford and surrounding villages for the Artwave Festival.

An exhibition of ladies and water by Olivia Waller

Organised by Lewes District Council, Artwave Festival opens doors into artists’ private homes, studios, galleries and gardens, museums and churches, pubs and community spaces.

Visitors can meet and buy direct from photographers, bespoke jewellers, landscape, abstract and portrait painters, sculptors of metal, wood and stone, woodcut and linocut printers, bookbinders and designers, ceramicists and all sorts of creators.

With Artwave reaching its 25 anniversary this year, they have programmed some special colour-themed events, including a programme of family workshops, artist led walks and an Art and Film strand.

Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Customers and Partners, Councillor Tony Nicholson, said: “This is a wonderful festival with all venues free to visit which makes it truly inclusive. With rural and town trails to follow and so many locations and events, there really is something for everyone over the three weekends. I would like to thank everyone who has helped make this festival happen. We’re very proud of being host to so many great artists and makers and look forward to welcoming visitors to our beautiful district .”

Details of all the events can be found at www.artwavefestival.org or you can follow the festival on Twitter and Instagram @artwavefestival

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