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Did you miss our latest Nights In event? No worries! Listen back here. This session was programmed by our Future Creative Leaders.

Applications now open to be part of LYC 2024-25

We interviewed Ted Brown ahead of our Nights In screening and Q&A event about his campaign against homophobic abuse in care homes.

Lucia, Dred, Fez, Sami, Levvy and Elsa answer a few questions on the Lighthouse Project Space and the FCL programme.

With genuine investment and recognition of art's transformative power, the UK can maintain its cultural vibrancy and unlock the immense potential for artistic expression to drive social change and collective healing.

A socially engaged sound art project and exhibition at Brighton Festival from the young people of Whitehawk, artist Simon James and Class Divide.

Lighthouse Young Creatives (LYC) 2023/24 cohort have completed their six-month programme.

Less than a month to go until our Lighthouse Young Creatives Showcase at Phoenix Art Space!

Listen back to our Open Session #18 where we shone a spotlight on performance. This session was curated by our current Lighthouse Young Creatives cohort.

In December 2023, A unique hybrid between lecture, live performance, and art installation, made in collaboration with two members of Lighthouse Young Creatives (LYC).

As the Lighthouse team continues to grow, fostering a sense of unity is crucial. Team outings serve as a valuable opportunity to connect and step away from our screens.

Listen back to our Open Session #17 where we dived into the captivating world of visual storytelling through moving image. This session was curated by our current Lighthouse Young Creatives cohort.

In October we invited BAFTA-nominated and Guiding Light alum Marie Lidén for a special screening and Q&A of her film Electric Malady. Listen to the audio recording of the Q&A here.

Unable to attend our Open Sessions #16? No problem! Listen back to the session where we introduced the artist-mentors of our current cohort of Lighthouse Young Creatives (LYC) 2023/24.

This month Lighthouse hosted its first ever Nights In event: an exclusive screening and Q&A with filmmaker Joseph Wilson. Listen to the audio recording of the Q&A here.

Couldn’t make it to our Lighthouse Open Sessions #15? Not to worry! Listen back to the session where we explored how we can better embrace failure.

Flip through the awesome zine Aghh! Zine created to document our Open Sessions #14 - Class in the Arts event!

Listen back to the session where we dove headfirst into an exploration of class in the creative industries.

Watch the Lighthouse team's favourite clips of the host of Amartey Golding's upcoming musical comedy show 'Whose Anthem is it Anyway?' for Brighton Festival.

We’re excited to be partnering with The Real Junk Food Project, the food waste pioneers who will be providing catering for our events and Venue Hires. Read more about their zero waste ethos and ‘pay as you feel’ approach, here.

Electric Malady has been nominated for a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer.

We’re excited to be joining forces again with our friends at Carousel, providing consultancy support to deliver structured mentoring to two new members of the Oska Bright Film Festival programming team.

Read about the Communal Lunch we hosted with artist Amartey Golding at Lighthouse in December. Participants were invited to answer the question: ‘who would you call if you were in charge of creating a new national anthem for England?’

Yesterday, Afrori Books announced news about the next phase for their bookshop, including information about Lighthouse and our role as a landlord of 28 Kensington Street. There were some points we’d like to clarify regarding our partnership.

The Lighthouse team share thoughts on how to navigate the arts industries as an early career creative or while in education.

In 2021, Lighthouse and Brighton Digital Festival presented BDF Sessions – panel talks on the emerging topics and issues in the digital industry and culture. Here, we compile our top-5 favourite moments from the "Creating Environments in Digital for Neurodiverse Folk to Thrive."

Lighthouse will no longer be part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio from 2023 onwards.

Listen back to our Open Sessions #13 event, a timely exploration of how Gen Z are challenging traditional working cultures against a background of climate change and the cost of living crisis.

We’re celebrating the success of two of our Lighthouse Young Creatives alumni who have made giant leaps in their creative careers recently.

Watch Amartey's interview and join the conversation – "Who would you call to write a new national anthem?"

Lighthouse has recently formalised our Accessibility Rider that we offer all our collaborators to fill out. If you are an artist or freelancer starting in the field – feel free to use and adapt this rider for yourself.

In this blog, read about our plans for the return of the acclaimed mentoring scheme Lighthouse Young Creatives (FKA Viral), and see how you could help us make it happen.

Lighthouse is welcoming Amartey Golding for an artist residency to research and develop new work that uses England's rich musical traditions to better understand the hidden and not-so-hidden communities that have shaped us.

In these recordings, discover how sound can create and enhance space – from this series of talks with artists, composers, sound designers, filmmakers and scholars.

We want to share some of the positive impacts our charity has felt since the shop's opening, alongside some crucial things we've learned in the process.

Watch a series of Lighthouse-produced short films produced discussing sustainability, wellbeing, connectivity, location and heritage in relation to public art in Brighton & Hove.

Artist Jamila Prowse chats to cultural workers about their experience of navigating the sector, and their imaginings for the future of the arts.

Hear from David Richards, the producer behind The Space in Sound programme at Lighthouse, as he reflects on the lessons learnt from the events.

Read our interview with Finnish multidisciplinary artist Tuomas A. Laitinen exploring molecules, concepts of reality and his Lighthouse co-commissioned work Protean Sap.

The artists and curators behind Alternate Realities II explore themes of empathy and intimate encounters with people and places.

Curator in Residence Eva Rowson talks science fiction, collective work, ways of communicating, and reimagining the uses and workings of Lighthouse itself.

The artists and curators behind Alternate Realities explore themes of borders, identity and loss.

An investigation into the rapid changes affecting UK club culture.