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Are you a last-minute shopper? We’re only a few days away from the biggest gift-giving morning of the year, and you’ve gotten approximately zero shopping done.
Don’t worry! There are still plenty of quality gift ideas at the DLWP Shop.
Here are our top five last-minute gift ideas (Available in-store only):
Get clued up on modern art terms with this handy guide.
Give the gift of wonderful art. Like this one by local artist Pia-Jaie.
These brie-lliant cheesy jokes are perfect for friends and family. Sure to get everyone laughing!
Look what Lather Christmas has brought! These fun high-quality soaps are great stocking fillers.
Coffee table books are great conversation starters and they add character to any space!
Friday 23 December 10am – 5pm
Saturday 24 December 10am – 3pm
Sunday 25 December CLOSED
Boxing Day 11am-4pm
The lucky winner will receive two tickets to Russell Howard’s sold out show in January plus a £20 DLWP gift voucher which can be spent in the shop towards retail products, event tickets or upstairs in the Café!
Russel Howard will be performing at the De La Warr Pavilion on Thursday 19 January 2017
Competition closes on Tuesday 20 December at 10am and winner will be announced at 12 midday.
A couple of weeks ago, some of the Café Bar & Kitchen staff headed down to The Three Legs Brewing Co. to learn more about the brewing process.
We sell the best in local beer and have been serving Three Legs for the past few months.
What you may not know, is that this beer is brewed on a local farm only 30 minutes away from DLWP in Broad Oak by Sam and Ben. Four huge tanks are used to brew the beer, using locally grown ingredients with a range of hops and malts. All are unfiltered, unpasteurised and bottled on site for the best untouched flavours. For this brewery, everything comes down to taste, even the vintage barrels that their drinks are stored in add to the flavour.
When you are next in the Café Bar, don’t be afraid to ask any of the bar staff for their own personal recommendation – each bottle has something different to offer and we were happy to try the full range! This included the “Dark” (4.5%) and the lighter “Wheat Beer” (4.7%), but if the team had to pick a favourite, it was a tie between the classic “English IPA” (5.5%) and the “Pale” (3.7%), both made with fresh locally grown hops and sold in the DLWP Café Bar every day!
The following Friday we went back to take some photos of the cosy brewery in full swing, and of course, taste some more. Sam and Ben were there to serve their beer and a range of wines to a full house. The boys are behind the bar every Thursday, Friday and Saturday so be sure to pop in and say hello and try some of their fabulous beers and wines straight from the source!.
http://www.thethreelegs.co.uk/
Get your flying goggles on and prepare to enter a world of language, the darker side of a cartoon dog and dancing full stops.
I love the stillness before the first visitors arrive – it gives me a chance to acclimatise, absorbing the work and the space. As soon as people come into the De La Warr Pavilion gallery, the space comes alive and I can offer them a gallery guide from the interactive tear off stack of print Banner has left. This is a great opportunity to connect with a visitor and find out whether they know anything of Banner’s work.
Ha Ha, a piece of work installed along the windows ensures the space is flooded with warmth and is punctuated with ever changing lights and shadows. It is a consistent favourite amongst all visitors cleverly playing with the outside and the inside, highlighting our beautiful location and Banner’s interest in a pause. The stops (or buoys) poised resting at sea level.
It’s not our role as a gallery to dictate what people think about art, architecture or anything else, however the work in the gallery is chosen carefully to create opportunities for conversation and open up new worlds to visitors.
Visitors are many and varied and range from exclaiming ‘but where’s the art?’ in bewilderment and mock shock to gasps of excitement and an attitude of awe and reverence verging on religiosity when they see the work. For some entering the gallery is like entering a world full of possibilities and new ideas it enables them to forget the daily grind and to dream a little, think a bit and enjoy the bombardment or subtle encroachment on their senses.
Recently I have loved watching the dad and his little girl who both started dancing to the film (something I like to do when there are no visitors!). Then there was the woman who very confidently sang me the sixties song Snoopy and the Red Barron to show me what speed it was originally recorded at. I am frequently delighted by visitors who come in and appear to be indifferent to the work initially but then totally immerse themselves in it. An elderly couple came in last week whilst on a tour from the Midlands, they were so open minded and fascinated by the Vanity Press publications I had to ask them what they had done in their working life, one was a teacher and the other had worked in management, both had an inquisitive mind which they enjoyed sharing together. I hope I grow old like them!
Visitors make the gallery breathe with movement, discussion and response – the art is the attraction but the people make it a real experience bringing their own interpretations to what they see. Some think it’s funny or say ‘it’s like the TV series the Prisoner’ referring to the black inflatable full stops, others tell me their own experiences of the artist or the subject, for example the musician and composer who told me he had met Orson Wells and been employed to spend several long and lonely hours watching and listening to an Orson Wells movie notating the music he heard and of his son who works for the US army developing fighter jet technology. Another is the woman who was delighted to see Snoopy, it turned out she had the entire collection of books and had grown up with her brother in tandem with the relationships being played out in the comic strip. As relevant today she said as they were then.
So thanks to all who visit because you make the gallery and what’s in it come to life.
Written by Felicity Truscott
Open until Sunday 8 January
Free entry
Leading British artist Fiona Banner presents an immersive installation exploring her ongoing interest in language and its limitations.
Over the last four years we have seen our visitor numbers grow by around 130,000 visits to 430,000 and the number of nights we are open in the evenings for events to over 120, a third of the year. Bexhill was quite badly affected by the 2008 recession; however, these numbers seem to indicate that we continue to recover and the economy here in the town and wider region is growing. The new seafront, together with investment in Egerton Park and Bexhill Museum, has really helped to build a cohesive offer for residents and visitors alike, we have noticed a change in demographics and visitor trends as a result of this.
The new link road is having a range of benefits on the town, from the immediate impact of quicker travel times, to unlocking sites for new (bigger) businesses and new homes. We have noticed that the evening economy has started to develop, with existing cafes and restaurants expanding and new ones opening. We hope that our auditorium programme has helped to make this sustainable, alongside these other factors.
Our ambition is to continue to grow visitor numbers and the auditorium programme over the next five years.
Our own economic impact survey, back in 2007 identified that hotel provision in Bexhill town centre was critical in DLWP realising its full potential for local economic impact. We know that there are economic challenges in the town centre, and indeed to areas like the southern entrance to Sackville Road, where the 2008 recession took a blow to developments like De La Warr Heights. In our work with the Bexhill Town Team, the Chamber of Commerce and Coastal Community Team, we know that joining the retail town centre with the seafront is critical for the town to prosper and touch points like this are really off-putting to customers.
We believe that a new hotel would help to unlock further spend in the town. As I write we are hosting a major East Sussex Business Conference with 300 delegates, and there is not enough room capacity for them to stay in the town. We have the capacity to attract more visitors, do more events, more conferences, more weddings, but hotel capacity will hold us back and prevent growth in overnight stays.
We see existing hotel and B&B’s as a critical part of the offer, and welcome new investment into accommodation from Sea Spray Rooms to the works going on at Cooden Beach Hotel. We want people to have choice and to build a critical mass of quality providers and we will work hard to promote these businesses through DLWP and 1066 Country.
The appropriate size and impact of any development are always challenging. We are keen to support investment in Bexhill because we feel that there is a real opportunity to build the local economy and for skills development and employment. The debate over appropriate sites, size and issues like parking are very important, but I would urge you to support those willing to invest in Bexhill to find the right solution for the town.
On Thursday 3 November we launched our new website. Incorporating improvements to navigation and content. It’s easier to use and takes advantage of the latest technology. But it’s not perfect. Yet.
The site is in ‘Beta’ stage, which means we are live testing it, making sure it works well and fixing any bugs. But we need your feedback too! Tell us what you think of the changes we’ve made so far.
All your details have been moved to the new system. However, as this is a new system you will need to create a new password the first time you wish to make a purchase
Step one:
Go to www.dlwp.com
Click ‘MY ACCOUNT’ top right
Step two:
The MY ACCOUNT screen will open.
Rather than enter your email address click on ‘Forgotten your password? Reset here’
Step three:
Please enter and confirm the email address which we have contacted you by.
Then click ‘EMAIL PASSWORD LINK TO ME’
Step four:
Go to your email account and follow the ‘please click here to change password’ link.
If you don’t receive the email within a few minutes, please check if it has been sent to your junk folder.
Step five:
This link will prompt you to create and confirm a new password.
Step six:
Once you have changed your password your account screen will be displayed.
From here you can change your details and how you want to hear from us.
If you have any queries about creating an account please get in touch. Call Box Office on 01424 229 111
If you have any feedback with regard to the new website click here