PhotoHastings 2023
Taking place throughout September, October and into November, since 2010.
Our 2023 photo season is now at an end, and what a roller coaster it has been. We decided to extend our annual October photo season into September this year as it coincides with Coastal Currents and the Turner Prize at Towner in Eastbourne.
Over two months we have supported 25 different solo exhibitions, and 9 themed, collaborative exhibitions. We have explored performance and experimental short film as well as presenting 5 photo talks in a pub. We have supported 2 artist residencies and worked with an independent curator presenting a themed open call exhibition, attracting local and out of town artists alike to take part in the festival.
A warm thank you to everyone who has taken part, and especially to those who have come along and supported the festival. To stay in touch with all our events please subscribe to our newsletters and ezine, and we hope that you get to see some of the inspiring photography that makes up the PhotoHastings season.

MEWS 1
SEPTEMBER 7 – 17
7 EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCE
The Light Will Shine Through Them
SEPTEMBER 10
SHORT FILMS | ARTISTS TALKS
MEWS RESIDENCY – Nicole Zaaroura
SEPTEMBER 18 – OCTOBER 31
EXHIBITION | RESIDENCY
MEWS 2
SEPTEMBER 21 – OCTOBER 1
7 EXHIBITIONS
Small Stories
SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 8
EXHIBITION
PHOTOLOGY: Richard Butchins, ‘I am not a photographer’
OCTOBER 2
ARTISTS TALK
The Disobedient of the Third Age
OCTOBER 3 – 15
EXHIBITION | PERFORMANCE
MEWS 3
OCTOBER 5 – 15
5 EXHIBITIONS
PHOTOLOGY: Emily Allchurch, Recreating Old Masters through a Contemporary Lens
OCTOBER 9
ARTISTS TALK
The Mind’s Eye
OCTOBER 12 – 15
PUBLIC OPEN CALL EXHIBITION
PHOTOLOGY: Prof. Annebella Pollen
OCTOBER 16
ARTISTS TALKS
‘and the sooner the better!’
OCTOBER 19 – 22
EXHIBITION | ONLINE GALLERY
MEWS 4
OCTOBER 19 – 29
9 EXHIBITIONS
Between States
OCTOBER 19 – 29
EXHIBITION | ONLINE GALLERY
PHOTOLOGY: Arpita Shah, Migration and Memory
OCTOBER 23
ARTISTS TALKS
A Painting Event
OCTOBER 26 – 29
EXHIBITION | ARTISTS EVENT
PHOTOLOGY: Martin Hartley, Polar Photographer
OCTOBER 30
ARTISTS TALK
Poles Apart
OCTOBER 31 – 5 NOVEMBER
EXHIBITION | ARTISTS TALK

















