Peasmarsh Festival, 22nd-25th June 2017, East Sussex.

Peasmarsh Festival, 22nd-25th June 2017, East Sussex.The Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival aims to bring world-class musicians to this small corner of rural East Sussex allowing audiences to enjoy international chamber music on their doorstep. With nine concerts over four days, it is a significant event in the regional cultural calendar.Tickets:Booking is now open to everyone and there is already limited availability for some concerts, so do get in touch to book your tickets as soon as possible!All Box Office enquiries to:Sue SchlesingerT: 01797 253178peasmarshboxoffice@gmail.com2017 festival guest artists:http://www.peasmarshfestival.co.uk/festival/2017-festival-guest-artists/

DISCOVER ART ON YOUR DOORSTEP 9th to 25th June Local artist at work Smallhythe Studio

It’s South East Open Studios time again and this year nearly 300 artists are opening their doors to visitors across Kent and East Sussex. Look out for the distinctive red and yellow paint tube logo which will direct you to the studios.

In Northian and the surrounding villages a group of SEOS artists have got together to create the Two Valleys Art Trail This is a circular route around the Rother and Tillingham Valleys that takes in eight studios. They are - Terence Ayling, Vincent Matthews and Christine King in Northiam, Virginia Ridley and Wendy Sabine in Wittersham, Will Taylor and Michael Stott in Rye and Brenda Hartill in Udimore.
The work they will be exhibiting includes oil and watercolours, drawings, etchings, and lino cuts. If you haven’t visited an Open Studio before, why not go this year? The artists would love to see you and are happy to talk about their work with no pressure to buy. Most studios will have a range of art for sale starting with cards at a pound or two.
SEOS guides, which are available from participating studios, local shops and pubs, will give you full details (including opening times) of all 300 artists taking part this year. www.seos-art.org

The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum at Tenterden Town station records the career of Holman Fred Stephens, light railway

The Colonel Stephens Railway MuseumRecording the Career of Holman Fred Stephens, Light RailwayPromoter, Engineer and Manager, His Family, His Railways and His Successors.

The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum records the career of Holman Fred Stephens, light railway promoter, engineer and manager, his family, his railways and his successors.

The museum is based at Tenterden station on the Kent & East Sussex Railway, which was the quintessential Stephens' light railway and was always the heart of his empire.

The collection began in the 1960s largely through the foresight of Philip Shaw, the Kent and East Sussex Railways Historian, who began putting aside items donated by former employees of the Stephen's empire. W H Austen junior in particular, was a considerable source of material, much of which he had inherited from his father.

Hidden behind the public display is the heart of the research section, the historical papers and undisplayed artifacts dating from about the 1880s occupy 20 steel cabinet filing drawers and some 60 metres of racking.

The photographic archive is considerable, though seldom are we given original negatives. Although never counted, there are probably somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 photographs, the earliest of which were in the Colonels collection.
https://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/