Sussex Bay Creates: Living Sea

After the successful We See, The Sea programme, we have partnered with Sussex Bay to deliver an exhibition under the banner Sussex Bay Creates to demonstrate the ability of art to bring us together to learn, explore and experience.

From 21–25 October 2025, Colonnade House in Worthing will host an art exhibition that celebrates the start of the Sussex Bay project. Sussex Bay is a cross-sector initiative aiming to restore and protect the coastal and marine environments from Chichester Harbour to Camber Sands, and to connect the communities that depend on them.

This exhibition will;

– showcase a small group of contemporary artists working along the Sussex coast.

– explore what a “living sea” means ... culturally / environmentally / socially: approach this through a spirit of radical optimism, of embracing hope as a radical and political act in the face of the climate emergency.

– act as a call to action, inviting artists, communities and partners to join a longer-term Sussex Bay creative network.