Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, England’s Creative Coast has been postponed to Spring 2021. Full details of launch dates will be announced in Autumn 2020.
Discover seven extraordinary new art commissions by leading contemporary artists in the landscape of Kent, Essex and Sussex.
Seaside towns alive with creativity, breathtaking coastal landscape and some of the most thought-provoking contemporary art being produced today – England’s Creative Coast spans 1400km of shoreline from the South Downs to the Thames Estuary.
In 2021, seven new site-specific artworks by seven international contemporary artists – Andreas Angelidakis, Mariana Castillo Deball, Holly Hendry, Jasleen Kaur, Katrina Palmer, Pilar Quinteros and Michael Rakowitz – will connect the coastlines of Essex, Kent and East Sussex.
The Waterfronts series of artworks, curated by Tamsin Dillon, will be set in the landscape of Margate, Folkestone, Hastings, Bexhill-on-Sea, Eastbourne, Gravesend and Southend-on-Sea. Taking the border between land and water as their inspiration, each artist will respond to these unique coastal locations, focusing on issues, stories and questions related to the area to offer fresh perspectives on each place.
England’s Creative Coast and Cement Fields are working with Jasleen Kaur to create a new artwork for Gravesend which will also form part of Estuary 2021.
England’s Creative Coast is led by Turner Contemporary and Visit Kent and aims to inspire visitors to the region. Share your trip using #CreativeCoast.
England’s Creative Coast encompasses a whole cultural travel experience. Through the world’s first art GeoTour, you will be able to game as you move through the landscape, discovering the commissioned artworks, finding hidden gems and geocaches created by the communities that live there in these coastal towns through a digital treasure trail that extends into the surrounding landscape.
To plan your trip to see these time-limited artworks you can plan your own journey using the England’s Creative Coast itinerary website and find further cultural adventures across Essex and Kent.
Towner Eastbourne, the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings Contemporary, Creative Folkestone, Turner Contemporary in Margate, Cement Fields in Gravesend and Metal in Southend-on-Sea have joined forces for the first time to pioneer this cultural travel experience.
The project is principally funded by Arts Council England’s Cultural Destinations programme and VisitEngland through the Discover England Fund, supported by South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP), East Sussex County Council, Kent County Council, Essex County Council, Visit Essex, Southend Borough Council, Experience West Sussex, Historic Dockyard Chatham and Southeastern.
Cement Fields would also like to thank Gravesham Borough Council.
