Bird’s Eye Views: LAUNCH PARTY

Conclave presents

Bird’s Eye Views – THE LAUNCH PARTY
27th April 2023
6-8pm

To mark the launch of our new group show, BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS, we’re having a launch party!

Get to meet the artists, admire the artworks (and maybe snap up a preview bargain before everyone else!) and enjoy a drink whilst being the first to see more than 150 new works from 28 artists:

Barrie J Davies / Barry D Bulsara / Beav-Art / Billy Chainsaw / Bobby Dazzler / Corkie / Curlymark / Dave Pop! / Ganzfeld Studio / Gavin Jay / GraphicExistence / heartshapedmouth / It’s Raining Art / J David Bennett / Jonny Edmund-Jones / Lady Sculptura / Lucy Nickholds / Marty Anscombe / Mass Roman / Merny / Michael Panteli / Paper Draper / Sfelez / Tiffany Crisp / True Spilt Milk / Twydall P. / Vicky Scott / Yureiwomb

Entry is FREE but tickets required. Please reserve your space here

Expect to see:
One-Off Originals
Limited-edition Prints
Drawing
Digital Art
Pop Art
Street Art
Spray-Paint
Mixed Media
Abstracts
Collage
Painting
Screen Prints
3D
Illustration
Painting

Deck The Halls: LAUNCH PARTY

Conclave presents

Deck The Halls – THE LAUNCH PARTY
2nd December 2022,
6.00-10.30pm

To mark the launch of our DECK THE HALLS event, we’re having a party! Join us in the Conclave Basement to be the first to see the amazing exhibition of contemporary art on skate decks and celebrate the start of our skateboarding mini-festival.

Get to meet the artists, admire the artworks (and maybe snap up a pre-Christmas, preview bargain before everyone else!) and enjoy a drink whilst DJ Steve KIW (*Keep it Wheel…) gets on the other sort of wheels of steel to soundtrack our foray into youth culture, our fascination with the retro imagery and visual creativity that’s abundant in this urban activity.

The group show features 40 original works from 20 of Conclave’s artists, including:
Barrie J Davies / Beav-Art / Cassette Lord / Daniel Mortimer Skinner / Dave Pop! / Emma Holmes / Godzuki / J David Bennett / Jarvis Weaver / John Lymer / Leo Kember / Michelle Mildenhall / Mypenleaks / Phil Lawson / Sfelez / Skatin Chinchilla / Tiffany Crisp / Twydall P / Vicky Gomez / Victoria Kaplan
(+ a young artist guest will be showing their work as part of our collaboration with Portslade Aldridge Community Academy school)

Expect to see:
SPRAY-PAINT, STENCILLING, MIXED-MEDIA, CARVING, DRAWING, SCREEN-PRINTS, PAINTING, COLLAGE, SCULPTURE, GOLD-LEAF FINISHING, ASSEMBLAGE and more!

Here’s a little sneak peak at some of the works!

If you can’t make it along to our launch party, we hope you’ll be able to pop in later and attend one of the many events that will take place over the following 9 days:

EXHIBITION (more info here) Sat 03 – Sun 11 Dec – FREE
STREET ART ON A SKATEBOARD WORKSHOP (Ages 10+, more info here) Sat 03 December, 10.30am-2pm – TICKETS REQUIRED
STICK IT ON: Vintage collage on skate decks workshop (18+, more info here) Tues 06 Dec 6.30-9.30pm – TICKETS REQUIRED
FLUORO-DOODLE-DECKS: Pop art on skate decks workshop (18+, more info here) Weds 07 Dec 6.30-9.30pm – TICKETS REQUIRED
DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS: Film Screening (15+, more info here) Fri 09 Dec 6.30-9.30pm – FREE

WALKING ON THIN ICE: the Winter group show

WALKING ON THIN ICE is Conclave Brighton’s 19th group show of affordable art in our central Brighton gallery space.

3rd November 2022 – 15th January 2023

Exhibiting 27 artists (8 new to Conclave) and over 150 new works, including one-off originals, limited edition prints and 3D sculptures – 95% under £95 (and 100% fabulous) – perfect for getting that unique and meaningful Christmas present sorted (or just for treating yourself!)

Featuring:
Amy Louise Baker / Billy Chainsaw / Beav-Art / Barrie J Davies / Cassette Lord / CurlyMark / Daniel Haskett / Daniel Mortimer Skinner / Dave Pop! / Emma Holmes / Gavin Jay / heartshapedmouth / Josef Cabey / Junkhead Creative / Jarvis Weaver / Keziah Furini / Laura Backeberg / Luke Pantelidou / MyPenLeaks / Russ Cast / Skatin Chinchilla / Stee Louw / Sprite / Tiffany Crisp / Tula Parker / Twydall P / Dr Will Houstoun

Exhibition Opening Times:
Tuesdays: 12-6
Wednesdays: 12-6
Thursdays: 10-6*
Fridays: 10-6
Saturdays: 10-6
Sundays: 11-5
Mondays: Closed

* 10-8 Late night shopping on 1st, 15th and 22nd December
Closed: 25th-26th December and 1st-2nd January.

WALKING ON THIN ICE: Private View launch party

Walking on thin ice - group show PV banner poster

Join us for the launch party of WALKING ON THIN ICE, Conclave Brighton’s 19th group show of affordable art in our central Brighton gallery space.

Exhibiting 27 artists (8 new to Conclave) and over 150 new works, including one-off originals, limited edition prints and 3D sculptures – 95% under £95 (and 100% fabulous) – perfect for getting that unique and meaningful early Christmas present sorted (or just for treating yourself!)

Featuring:
Amy Louise Baker / Billy Chainsaw / Beav-Art / Barrie J Davies / Cassette Lord / CurlyMark / Daniel Haskett / Daniel Mortimer Skinner / Dave Pop! / Emma Holmes / Gavin Jay / heartshapedmouth / Josef Cabey / Junkhead Creative / Jarvis Weaver / Keziah Furini / Laura Backeberg / Luke Pantelido / My Pen Leaks / Russ Cast / Skatin Chinchilla / Stee Louw / Sprite / Tiffany Crisp / Tula Parker / Twydall P / Dr Will Houstoun

This is a great opportunity to see these amazing works before they go on wider release, and get your hands on something really special (whilst enjoying a drink with us, if that’s your thing!)

Entry is free, but please reserve your tickets to ensure entry.

Thursday 3rd November 2022: 5-8pm

Age Restriction:
All under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

– FULLY LICENSED ONSITE BAR –

TICKETS:
Free, but please reserve via Eventbrite here.

STICK IT ON! Vintage Collage Skateboard Art Workshop (with Twydall P)

Part of Conclave’s special week of events for DECK THE HALLS celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

Alongside a group show from local artists showing their original (and limited-edition) artworks created on the humble skateboard deck, we are hosting a hands-on VINTAGE COLLAGE creative evening workshop in our basement events space in central Brighton (under the main gallery). This will be a fun, sociable, and hands-on creative event where you can get inspired, get stuck in, and get your hands on the decks…

Tuesday 6th December, 18:30-21:30

Our “Creative Deckmaster” for the night is Twydall P, a Brighton-based mixed-media artist, puppeteer and poet. He works mainly with analogue collage where he blends his playful humour with his love of history, science, nature and symbolism to create striking, yet simple, artworks. You can find out more about Twydall here.

He will help you find your inner master collager, whilst giving you practical help, advice, ideas and inspiration to get you leaving the workshop with a fully-fledged, beautiful skate deck. We’ll have oodles and oodles of vintage collage materials (helpfully sorted into categories so you can find what you need, when you need it! Ask for help, or just crack-on with it over a drink or two (yes, there’s a bar! 🍺🥂🍹) Come by yourself, or come with friends – we’ll all enjoy a good natter over the paper snipping 🙂

This workshop will provide a creative lovely break from all the Christmas eating and drinking – come in enjoy the escape from all the over-the-top Christmas themed stuff! (Although if you do need a Christmas excuse, this will be THE PLACE to make a bespoke present for someone special).

There are no rights or wrongs for this workshop – the only rule is to get involved and give it a go! Whether you’re a sticking pro, or a complete beginner, we’ll get you trying out different techniques, and thinking about how to use different types of source material to create the effects you’re after. Twydall will be helping you along with hints and tips to create a unique skate deck that tells a story (and the gallery upstairs is on hand to provide any extra inspiration you might need).

There will be vintage stuff. Lots of vintage…
We’ll be focussing on using vintage print materials to create your collage skate deck, but there will also be lots of other materials on hand to ensure you can create the effects you want to achieve with your decks. We’ve shown you some of Twydall’s work here, but the possibilities (and style options!) are endless!

ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED (Including a new, full-sized blank skateboard deck for each participant)

You’re welcome to bring your own ideas and source materials (if there’s something in particular you fancy doing) or just come as you are, and we’ll load you up with ideas and options on the night!

As this is a hands-on workshop with glue and other mucky things, you might want to wear things you don’t mind getting dirty!

🙂 Tickets: £27 / £34 🙂

Tuesday 6th December 2022:

Doors: 18:15
Workshop: 18:30-21:30
Venue & Bar closes: 22:30

Age Restriction:
14 and over (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

– FULLY LICENSED ONSITE BAR –

TICKETS:
Early-bird (order by 11th November) £27
Standard (after 11th November) £34
(price includes all materials)
BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE

Strictly limited to 15 participants.

Fluoro-Doodle-Decks: Skateboard Art Workshop (with Barrie J Davies)

Part of Conclave’s special week of events for DECK THE HALLS celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

Alongside a group show from local artists showing their original (and limited-edition) artworks created on the humble skateboard deck, we are hosting a hands-on FLUORO DOODLE creative evening workshop in our basement events space in central Brighton (under the main gallery). This will be a fun, sociable, and hands-on creative event where you can get inspired, and get your hands on the decks…

We’ll give you the deck, and get doodling with…

Wednesday 7th December, 18:30-21:30

Our “Creative Deckmaster” for the night is Barrie J Davies, a Brighton-based urban contemporary pop artist. He makes fun paintings, prints and sculptures that have found their way into private and public collections nationally and worldwide. You can find out more about Barrie here.

He will help you find your inner master doodler, whilst giving you practical help, advice and inspiration to get you leaving the workshop with a fully-fledged, fluoro skate deck. We’ll be cracking open the paints, pens, spray-paints, stencils (and SMILES!) and you’ll be able to try different media and techniques on your own deck. Ask for help, or just crack-on with it over a drink or two (yes, there’s a bar! 🍺🥂🍹)

There are no rights or wrongs for this workshop – the only rule is to get involved and give it a go! Whether you’re a master draughtsman, or a complete beginner, we’ll get you trying out different doodle media, from pens and paintbrushes, to spray-paints and stencils. If you like it, TRY IT. Barrie will be helping you along with hints and tips for how to create punchy, striking POP doodles on your skate deck, and the gallery upstairs is on hand to provide any extra inspiration you might need.

There will be fluoro. Lots of fluoro…
We’ll be focussing on fluoro and bright, POP colours, but there will also be lots of other materials there to ensure you can create the effects you want to achieve with your deck doodles. BIG AND BLOCKY or small and detailed, we’ll have the tools for the job!

ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED (Including a new, full-sized blank skateboard deck for each participant)

As this is a hands-on workshop with paint and other mucky things, you might want to wear things you don’t mind getting dirty and painty!

🙂 Tickets: £27 / £34 🙂

Wednesday 7th December 2022:

Doors: 18:15
Workshop: 18:30-21:30
Venue & Bar closes: 22:30

Age Restriction:
14 and over (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

– FULLY LICENSED ONSITE BAR –

TICKETS:
Early-bird (order by 11th November) £27
Standard (after 11th November) £34
(price includes all materials)
BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE

Strictly limited to 15 participants.

Skateboard Street Art Workshop (ages 10+)

Kid’s Workshop (Skateboard Street Art)

Part of Conclave’s special week of events for DECK THE HALLS celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

Alongside a group show from local artists showing their original (and limited-edition) artworks created on the humble skateboard deck, we are hosting a street-art workshop for young people in our events space in central Brighton (under the main gallery)

Saturday 3rd December, 10:30 – 14:00

Award-winning Inclusive Arts Practitioner, Sarah Gillings (aka S.O.S Street Art) will be leading a half-day workshop for kids (10+) & young people on Saturday 3rd December.

This is a unique opportunity for your kids to get involved in an innovative, fun and productive hands-on workshop, where they will get to create their own spray-paint and mixed-media creations on a skateboard deck.

A fully tutored event with all materials provided, where you can be sure your kids are getting creative and technical supervision in a safe and welcoming environment. See more about the amazing Sarah and her work at her website here: https://www.iamsos.com/

Tickets required (strictly limited to 16 participants). For more information and to buy tickets, please head over to https://eequ.org/experience/2118 or join the Facebook event to ask questions and share info.

TICKETS:
Bring your own skateboard: £60
New skateboard deck included: £75
https://eequ.org/experience/2118

CONCLAVE PRESENTS: Deck The Halls

Conclave presents

Deck The Halls
3rd – 11th December 2022

A Christmas show for people who don’t need more Christmas nonsense!

We’re super-excited to be hosting a special exhibition and mini-festival of events this December, celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

This is no ordinary show of art on decks – we’ve thrown aside all the normal rules for decks being customised with urban street art, and opened up the platform to all our artists, so you’ll be seeing all sorts of styles, from painting and drawing, to screen-printing, carving, 3D modelling, collage, and – of course – the odd bit of spray-paint will be finding its way in there!

Visit and get involved to inspire yourself / your kids / your inner kid / your ex-skateboarding self / your currently skateboarding-self…

YOU SEE IT

From spray-paint to sculpture, from collage to relief printing, there’s no limit to what our artists can do with their decks! A FREE exhibition of artworks will be running in our large basement exhibition space where you can feast your eyes on the creations of local artists in every medium you can imagine.

Some boards will be made to ride the streets, whereas some would test even the most experienced skater, but all of these will be looking great on our walls (or yours, if you can’t resist the urge to snap one up for your permanent enjoyment!)

The main exhibition will run from Saturday 3rd to Sunday 11th December,

EXHIBITION PREVIEW AND LAUNCH PARTY
Friday 2nd December, 18:00-22:30 – FREE
Be the first to see these exclusive new artworks, get to meet the artists, and enjoy a drink alongside music from our DJs playing on the other sort of decks… More info here.

DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS: Film Screening
Friday 9th December, 18:30-21:30 – FREE
This 2001 documentary film directed by Stacy Peralta explores the pioneering Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970s (of which Peralta was a member) and the evolving sport of skateboarding. Using a mix of film shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk of the Zephyr skateboard team (the Z-Boys of the title) alongside contemporary interviews, the documentary tells the story of a group of teenage surfer/skateboarders and their influence on the history of skateboarding culture. Winner of Best Director and Audience Choice awards at the Sundance Film Festival (amongst many others!)
More info here.

YOU DO IT

Skateboarding is one of the most enduring urban sports; a community activity open to all, where creativity and enthusiasm are celebrated just as much skill. It’s all about getting involved, and with this in mind, we’re holding a number of hands-on workshop events where you can get involved (without the risk of a broken ankle!!)

Kid’s Workshop (Skateboard Street Art)
Saturday 3rd December, 10:30 – 14:00
Award-winning Inclusive Arts Practitioner, Sarah Gillings (aka S.O.S Street Art) will be leading a half-day workshop for kids (10+) & young people on Saturday 3rd December. This is a unique opportunity for your kids to get involved in an innovative, fun and productive hands-on workshop, where they will get to create their own spray-paint and mixed-media creations on a skateboard deck. A fully tutored event with all materials provided, where you can be sure your kids are getting creative and technical supervision in a safe and welcoming environment.

Tickets required (strictly limited to 16 participants). For more information and to buy tickets, please head over to https://eequ.org/experience/2118 or join the Facebook event to ask questions.

Adult’s Evening Workshops (Skateboard Art x 2)

STICK IT ON! Vintage Collage on skateboard decks (with artist Twydall P)
Tuesday 6th December, 18:30-21:30
Detailed info here
£27 (early bird) / £34 Standard – tickets here

FLUORO-DOODLE-DECKS! Fluoro pop drawing, painting and spray-paint on skateboard decks (with artist Barrie J Davies)
Wednesday 7th December, 18:30-21:30
Detailed info here
£27 (early bird) / £34 Standard – tickets here

Kick back and relax with a drink and a deck! We’ll be running two hands-on workshops for the grown-ups to get involved with creative mastery in a fun, supportive environment. Create a skateboard deck for yourself, or for someone who loves a deck (it will be Christmas soon, after all!)

All materials and tutoring provided (including one new skate deck per person)

WE COLLABORATE

Conclave Brighton is proud to be working with the teachers and young people at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) on their project “Board with Art“. 20 students are working to create skateboard artworks which will be exhibited at their school, with a winner specially selected by Conclave to exhibit in our gallery exhibition.

As an independent gallery and events space, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome: galleries are not just for those with money to burn, and a network of well-connected contacts! We want to celebrate art being for everyone, and that getting involved in creative activities will bring enrichment and benefits to everyone.

(Here’s hoping we get to see the work of the next generation’s Banksy!) 🎨

EXHIBITION OPENING TIMES:

Saturday 3rd December: 3-6pm (NB: 10-3 for workshop ticket holders only)
Sunday 4th December: 11-5
Monday 5th December: CLOSED
Tuesday 6th December: 12-6
Wednesday 7th December: 12-6
Thursday 8th December: 10-6
Friday 9th December: 10-6
Saturday 10th December: 10-6
Sunday 11th December: 11-5

FREE ENTRY TO EXHIBITION & FILM SCREENING

WORKSHOPS TICKETED – see separate events via the links.-

Chainsaw & The Girl: Hell-Raisers PRIVATE VIEW

Conclave presents
CHAINSAW & THE GIRL

Hell-Raisers Private View
Friday 26th August, 5-8pm

Join us and the artists to celebrate the opening of this very special new exhibition in our basements events space.

Chainsaw & THE GIRL is a unique collaboration between artists BILLY CHAINSAW & GIRL SH*T: one that explores their shared love of, and fascination with subcultures and the darker sides of the human and social experience.

BILLY CHAINSAW artist statement: “In my early teens I developed an obsession with American comic books, masks, the movies, magick, and author William S. Burroughs… elements that repeatedly feature in my mixed-media, cut up pop art.”

THE GIRL (aka GIRL SH*T) artist statement: “GIRL SH*T is informed by a love of subcultures, music, ’zines, gig posters, fashion, art, design and punk feminism.”

The HELL-RAISERS show will feature new solo creations by both artists, alongside new collaborative work.

The main exhibition runs in the Conclave Basement Space from Saturday 27th August – Sunday 4th September 2022. See the event listing here.

LICENCED BAR SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE
UNDER 18s MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT AT ALL TIMES

CHANGES: Private View & Launch Party

CHANGES: Private View & Launch Party
4th August, 5-8pm

We’re holding a launch party for our new group show!
Wanna come? Book your place on EVENTBRITE

There will be more than 100 new artworks to feast your eyes upon, music, chat, art, art and more art, and – most importantly – the opportunity to get your hands on some of the HOTTEST new works from the 24 artists in show:

Featuring:
Yureiwomb / Twydall P / Tiffany Crisp / Studio Goggin / Russ Cast / MsDre / Michael Panteli / MC Cashback / Marnie Baker / Louis TF / Kelly Sullivan / Josef Cabey / Jarvis Weaver / Girl Sh*t / Fanny Fielding / Emma Holmes / Daniel Mortimer Skinner / Corkie / Billy Chainsaw / Beav-Art / Barry D Bulsara / Barrie J Davies / Alexandra Owen / A.Pozas

FREE entry, but advance tickets required – head over to Eventbrite to reserve a place
Licensed Bar

The exhibition will continue in the main (ground floor) gallery space until 30th October 2022. Opening times:

Mondays: CLOSED (bank holidays 12-6)
Tuesdays: 12-6
Wednesdays: 12-6
Thursdays: 10-6
Fridays: 10-6
Saturdays: 10-6
Sundays: 11-5FREE ENTRY

Conclave presents

Bird’s Eye Views – THE LAUNCH PARTY 27th April 2023 6-8pm

Conclave presents

Deck The Halls – THE LAUNCH PARTY 2nd December 2022, 6.00-10.30pm

Conclave presents

Deck The Halls 3rd – 11th December 2022

Conclave presents CHAINSAW & THE GIRL

Hell-Raisers Private View Friday 26th August, 5-8pm

CHANGES: Private View & Launch Party 4th August, 5-8pm

Bird’s Eye Views – THE LAUNCH PARTY
27th April 2023
6-8pm

Deck The Halls – THE LAUNCH PARTY
2nd December 2022,
6.00-10.30pm

Deck The Halls
3rd – 11th December 2022

Conclave presents
CHAINSAW & THE GIRL

Hell-Raisers Private View
Friday 26th August, 5-8pm

CHANGES: Private View & Launch Party
4th August, 5-8pm