Join us for this Sunday lunchtime concert with a special programme from Brighton-based
contemporary music group CoMA Sussex, led by their celebrated director Steve Dummer.
In this illustrated talk, Caroline Hamilton will discuss her doctoral research into Les Ballets 1933, a ballet short-lived Avant-garde ballet company founded by George Balanchine and Boris Kochno with financial backing and creative input from West Dean College founder, Edward James.
Book your place for this Literary Salon on Wednesday 6 November with author Sharon Duggal at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. Her short stories appear in anthologies with Comma Press and Dostoevsky Wannabe.
Join us for this special programme of percussion works selected and performed by Adam Bushell.
Current artist-in-residence, Robert Phillips, will discuss the role of utopias and failure within his practice. Referencing Edward James's 'Surreal Eden' Las Pozas and his interior explorations at Monkton House, Phillips will use the residency to further his interest into surrealist architecture and to find out more about the Utopian vision that Edward James had for West Dean.
Book your place for this Literary Salon on Wednesday 11 December with comics artist and writer Ian Williams at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. He worked as a doctor while developing a side career as a painter and printmaker, exhibiting nationally and internationally.
Join us at this Sunday afternoon concert where the Douglas Quartet will be performing the intoxicating Ravel String Quartet in F Major, and also the String Quartet no 1 Op. 5 by Darius Milhaud (a friend and collaborator of Edward James'), which they have prepared especially for this West Dean appearance.
Join us at this afternoon event with Alison Crum and Roy Marks, as they perform music from the 16th to 18th century, playing a large number of early instruments.
Book your place for this talk with Writer in Residence, Michelle Green, on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. She is a writer and artist, and has performed at many festivals and live events across the UK and beyond.
Book your tickets today for this recital of songs by Schubert including The Shepherd On The Rock, performed by Roy Stratford, Susan Gritton (soprano) and Victoria Medcalf (clarinet).
Join us at this Sunday afternoon concert as Caroline Weeks and Mary Hampton come together to present a new vocal ensemble performance, that will include a selection of settings of poems by Edward James himself.
Book your place for this Literary Salon on Wednesday 19 February with author Lynn Truss at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. She has written many short stories, comedies and monologues for the radio, and spent four years as a sports writer.
Book your place for this talk on Wednesday 25 March with best-selling author Julia Crouch at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.
With apologies we advise that Chilli Fiesta 2020 will not now take place. If you are a ticketholder you should have received an email from us, or please contact chilli.refunds@westdean.org.uk.
A new Summer Arts Series is instead being developed for 2020 to welcome you to event days in the same glorious setting during August. Details to be announced soon. Thank you for your support.
