Viva Brighton Issue #60 February 2018
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The steps of <strong>Brighton</strong> Unitarian Church in New Road are one of the city’s most<br />
lively impromptu stages, but the building is approaching its 200th birthday and the<br />
iconic portico frontage is in need of urgent repair. A programme of essential works<br />
begins this spring and the building will host a range of events to celebrate its place<br />
as a cultural, as well as spiritual, centre for the city. Photographer Tony Tree has<br />
been capturing a year in the life of the church and his project Snaps on the Steps will<br />
cover the hoardings whilst the conservation work takes place behind. An original<br />
piece of theatre about the building and its history - The Prince and the Pillars - takes<br />
place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of March, and there’s also a series of lectures by<br />
prominent local historians and Friday lunchtime concerts. Tickets for are free but pre-booking is advised.<br />
Contact 01273 696022 or buc@brightonunitarian.org.uk<br />
You won’t have missed the giant Snowdogs<br />
last year, each decorated by a local artist<br />
contributing to the hugely popular public<br />
art trail and subsequent auction that<br />
raised more than £300,000 for Martlets.<br />
This autumn the city will be besieged by<br />
50 giant snails for Snailspace and the<br />
organisers are asking local artists to submit<br />
designs for these unusual 3D canvases.<br />
Those chosen will be paid a commission to<br />
bring their design to life. To find out more<br />
visit snailspacebrighton.co.uk and submit<br />
your design by the end of March.<br />
Aliens, Zombies<br />
and Monsters! The<br />
Weird World of<br />
Aaron Blecha is at<br />
Hove Museum<br />
and Art Gallery<br />
from the 10th.<br />
The exhibition of<br />
work by the Hovebased<br />
children’s<br />
writer, bestknown<br />
for books<br />
like Goodnight,<br />
Grizzle Grump! and the Shark School series, will<br />
give museum visitors an insight into the process<br />
behind his work, starting from initial ideas and<br />
doodles to creating characters and finished<br />
books. This interactive display has plenty of<br />
opportunities for getting hands-on and a series<br />
of events, some with Aaron himself, continues<br />
throughout the exhibition. Until September.<br />
Out of town...<br />
Passion & Waves, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Zed Zdravko Talijan, is<br />
at The Cube Gallery in Hassocks from the 10th. Raised in former Yugoslavia,<br />
Zed worked as a journalist before moving to France and has spent the last 20<br />
years living, working and painting in West Sussex. ‘Painting, I feel, is a way of<br />
replacing concepts usually lost in translation, a way of talking. My art is a blend<br />
of cultural backgrounds that create a new visual language.’<br />
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