MAKING PROGRESS
Yesterday I enjoyed some of the pleasures on offer at Towner, our new partner in the Blue Monkey Network. In glorious Eastbourne spring sunshine I met with Matthew Rowe, Towner’s Artistic Director, on the cafe balcony with its beautiful views across Eastbourne to the Downs, to talk about our next steps.
We talked about ways in which we’ll be able to make best use of Towner’s resources, not least its cafe with adjacent meeting room and the sheltered balcony which is perfectly positioned to catch the afternoon and evening sunshine. One of our early aims is to create a sense of constructive cooperation between East Sussex artists; to build an understanding of, respect for and interest in each others’ work. In order to do this we want our initial events to have the feeling of vibrant social occasions which artists will enjoy and look forward to coming to and this seems like a good place to start.
