A selection of work from the full-time Visual Arts students at West Dean College will be exhibited at Artgame in Margate, an independent, progressive gallery just a short walk from Turner Contemporary.
The UK's biggest chilli festival returns 9 - 11 August
2019
Join the party and dance to live Latin music, see Strictly Come
Dancing star Graziano Di Prima dance live, watch cookery and
gardening demonstrations and taste delicious chilli foods. Make the
most of the family-friendly festival atmosphere and camp onsite
with great facilities.
Book your early bird tickets for 2019 now
For the past couple of years Graham Murrell has been casting a discerning eye over the gardens of West Dean and later within the house.
In the gardens, he has been drawn to photograph (using medium format film and traditional processes) the visual notes and chords that together comprise the wonderful composition created by Jim and Sarah over the past 29 years.
Brazilian virtuoso, Fabio Zanon, is regarded as one of the pre-eminent guitarists of today. He is a tutor, chamber player, conductor, author, broadcaster, and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music. Book your tickets for this live concert in St. Andrew's Church, West Dean.
The Guitar Festival Season Ticket includes entry to The Guitar Festival Open Day and all of the Guitar Festival concerts.
The Open Day includes exhibitions of music and instruments, a guitar makers' showcase, a masterclass with Fabio Zanon, and a recital by Crazy Nails.
Crazy Nails! are a classical guitar duo. Gaëlle Solal is a prize-winning international concert artist and teacher from France with a passion for contemporary music and dance. Boris Gaquere is a Belgian international concert guitarist, chamber musician and composer. Book your tickets for their live concert in St. Andrew's Church, West Dean.
Raphaella Smits is an international concert artist from Belgium, regarded for her musicianship and understanding of the eight-string and historical guitars. She is a competition adjudicator and respected tutor. Book your tickets for this live concert in St. Andrew's Church, West Dean.
Mark Eden and Chris Stell, international recording artists, perform a concert as the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo. Book your tickets for their live concert in St. Andrew's Church, West Dean.
For the past couple of years Graham Murrell has been casting a discerning eye over the gardens of West Dean and later within the house.
In the gardens, he has been drawn to photograph (using medium format film and traditional processes) the visual notes and chords that together comprise the wonderful composition created by Jim and Sarah over the past 29 years.
Local landscape designer Andy Sturgeon talks about his approach to creating contemporary gardens and gives us an insight into his gold medal-winning gardens at Chelsea Flower Show.
The West Dean Visual Arts MA Show 2019 will showcase original work by three artists studying for their MA qualifications. The free exhibition, held in the College's Edward James Studios, will display painting, sculpture and textiles from Emma Hurst, Dennis Joroen and Emma Straw.
This event is free and open to the public.
Roy Stratford performs Bach's Goldberg Variations - a work which demonstrates almost everything that Western classical music has achieved in terms of both technical brilliance and emotional range. Although that might sound rather daunting it is in fact a work of great humour and fun and a source of infinite pleasure and reward.
