Art

Charleston in Lewes is the latest new gallery space to complement Charleston in Firle. They present a dynamic year-round programme of exhibitions, events and festivals. Charleston in Lewes

Arts Events

Art Wave Festival (160 venues were open in the 2024 festival in September, with free-to-visit exhibitions in private homes, studios, potteries, windmills, railway stations, farms and churches) Sign up on their site to hear about the 2025 festival.

Lewes Creatives is a diverse collective of talented Artists & Makers based in the Lewes area.  From jewellers, ceramicists and textile artists, printers, painters, photographers and aromatherapists, all the artists work to commission as well as produce their own creations for sale via their own websites. Individual artists can be contacted and their work seen here

Art Trails

Art lovers can reach a number of well known art galleries from Lewes – Charleston in Firle, Towner in Eastbourne, De La Warr in Bexhill and Hastings Contemporary but Lewes also has an impressive number of independent art galleries as well as the annual