About

Creating a space for

Art To
Flourish

Phoenix Art Space is a unique arts organisation, located in the centre of Brighton. We were established as a charity in 1995. A thriving and dynamic space, we provide and maintain a range of creative opportunities in the heart of the City, including:

100 affordable artists’ studios
two public galleries
around 12 free exhibitions per year

Alongside our exhibition programme, we put on a range of regular community events which are open to everyone. These include:

talks and presentations from artists & arts organisations
family fun days
short courses, one-day events & drop-in workshops.

Phoenix Arts Association Ltd, Registered Charity no.1051551 Registered Company no. 03136932

A great way to join this unique community of art lovers and support Phoenix Art Space, is to become a Phoenix Friend.

Phoenix Friends

Join a unique
community of art lovers

Phoenix Friends will discover more about the contemporary art world through direct contact with studio artists and their work. Our diverse, year-round programme of Friends events offers glimpses behind-the-scenes with fascinating insights into creative processes and opportunities to meet talented studio artists based at Phoenix. You will also be supporting Phoenix Art Space’s important work in promoting creativity throughout the region.

Our Community

Our community engagement programme is active, lively and growing all the time.

We have a strong commitment to our community and we are always interested to hear about new ideas or ways we can collaborate with others to develop projects and opportunities.

Want to get involved? If you would like to find out more or have ideas for possible future projects, we would love to hear from you, contact Chloe Hoare our Learning Programme Manager at chloe@phoenixbrighton.org

Patrons

Our two patrons are international renowned artist David Shrigley and BAFTA winning writer and poet Henry Normal.

Free studio space for graduates

Every year we provide free studio space for two graduate students in partnership with Cass Art and the University of Brighton. For further information, contact our Studio Manager via info@phoenixbrighton.org

Canvas Coffee Co.

Our accessible café provides a meeting place for artists, visitors, exhibition goers and students.

Partners & Friends

We are part of the cultural landscape of the South East region and partner with Brighton and Hove’s Cultural Framework, a committee member with the Centre for Arts & Wellbeing at the University of Brighton, part of the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.