Arts

The arts at Embassy Court.

Arts

Arts
Bluestorm Ltd actively supports the artistic community living and working at Embassy Court by sponsoring the Artists’ Open Houses and renting out studio space. We sometimes invite proposals from emerging or established artists for site-specific or other innovative work relevant to the building. This is...

Place for Utopia

Embassy Court is hosting NO PLACE, an immersive animation performance for one person at a time, as part of the city’s White Night on Saturday, 29th October, by artist Kate Genevieve. The building becomes the setting for an interactive multimedia experience which explores the utopian ideals that underpin...

75th Anniversary

1936 was the year Embassy Court’s first residents moved in. Sue Milnthorpe, Artist in Residence, is working with a group of residents to curate a program of events throughout the year. The first of these will be a 1930’s style pop-up tearoom on the weekend of 21st & 22nd May (2.30 –...

Embassy Court Tea Room 2011

The pop-up 1930’s style Tea Room took place on 21 & 22nd May 2011 as part of Brighton Festival Fringe. [View with PicLens] ...

Here & When, Embassy Court People 1936-1990

Here & When, Embassy Court People 1936-1990
Sue Milnthorpe & Paul Roberts have installed a display in Embassy Court Foyer, which you can visit as part of the Artists Open Houses & the Embassy Court Art Trail during May 2010. The wall display shows the names of many of the people who have lived in Embassy Court. The information was collected...

The Embassy Court Mural

The Embassy Court Mural
The Britain of the 1930s saw an influx of writers, intellectuals, artists and architects escaping totalitarian regimes in Europe. Mingled with talent from the Empire and dominions, new ideas, methods, artistic and social values jolted Britain into a cultural life that could hardly have been imagined by...

Boiler Room Open Studio

Circus Kinetica’s studio in the old boiler room, will be open for three weekends as part of this year’s Christmas Open House Festival. Opening times are: 10am. to 6 pm. 26th & 27th November 3rd & 4th December 1oth & 11th December Come and join Circus Kinetica and guest artists for some...

Windjam, James Caldicott 2008

Resident artist, James Caldicott, was commissioned to create Windjam for the May 2008 Brighton Fringe Festival. Seven wind powered musical instruments were exhibited alongside a video of their sonic recordings made Embassy Court over the preceding months. The hybrid instrument weather vane devices plucked...

Artists’ Open Houses, Xmas 2010

Circus Kinetica & Embassy Court artists will be exhibiting work in the old boiler room studio, in the basement of Embassy Court. Weekends: 27/28 November, 4/5 & 11/12 December 12 – 6 pm Entrance is via the ramp off Western Street at the rear of the...

Artists’ Open Houses Weekends 1-23 May 2010

Artists’ Open Houses Weekends 1-23 May 2010
Visit the artists living and working at Embassy Court and follow our trail from the main entrance through the foyer.  Your visit will include:- A site-specific piece in the foyer by Sue Milnthorpe and Paul Roberts (an artist collaborating with an historian); Flat 63, a magnificent corner flat, with...