Fabrica gallery

Contemporary art in the heart of Brighton. Fabrica is a space that offers Fabrica is Brighton's Centre for Contemporary Art.
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Set up in 1996 as a place for artists to make work and introduce new audiences to contemporary art and creative participation, Fabrica is situated in the former Holy Trinity Church in the heart of the South Lanes. Alongside commissioning three site specific installations per year, Fabrica produces a year round engagement programme including talks, workshops, events and film screenings. Each exhibi

tion also welcomes the Friday Lates pop up cocktail bar serving drinks, music and entertainment immersed amongst the artworks. Fabrica's film programme showcases diverse and alternative films and is unparalleled in Brighton.The gallery also hosts the Artist Resource+, providing mentoring, advice and development opportunities to artists. Beyond the Gallery, Fabrica works with over 20 community groups to provide activities to those facing barriers to the arts due to health, age, income and circumstance.Our beautiful Regency Church provides the starting point for our heritage projects and events, and is available for hire for weddings, parties, corporate events and conferences. To find out more about our programme please visit fabrica.org.uk, follow our social media accounts or sign up to our Newsletters at https://tinyurl.com/yxt7oke. For more information on hiring our venue please contact [email protected]

Fabrica is a registered charity (registered charity number 1055584). Profits from bar sales and venue hire help us support artists and sustain our valuable community work. To support us donate or become a member at https://www.fabrica.org.uk/donate

15/09/2026

✨ Artist Residency: OIivia Louvel | In the Name of | 14 - 18 September
🔗 fabrica.org.uk/events/making-space-olivia-louvel

What does it mean to have agency over your own body?

Artist and composer Olivia Louvel invites you to experience In the Name, a new sound installation being developed during her Making Space residency at Fabrica.

Seven speaker-powered voice sculptures create an evolving soundscape, bringing together chant and anonymised accounts from women in the US affected by abortion bans.

Come and experience the work - then share your thoughts. Each viewing session will be followed by a short Q&A with Olivia, giving audiences a chance to respond to the work as it develops.

Wed 16 Sept, 2–3pm
Thurs 17 Sept, 6–7pm
£6 / £4 | Advance booking required
Just 15 places per session.

The work contains no graphic descriptions, but the audio may be triggering.

In the Name is supported by Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice programme.

10/09/2026

🏛️ Heritage Open Days at Fabrica
🔗 fabrica.org.uk/events/heritage-open-days-tour-26

Step inside Trinity Church and discover 200 years of stories, people and history. Join our friendly volunteer guides for a fascinating tour exploring the lives, characters and changing social history that have shaped this remarkable Brighton building.

From clergy and prominent local figures to artists, artisans and other influential characters, discover the stories behind the space we call home - and how its history continues to connect with life today.

📅 Saturday 12 September
⏰ 1.45 - 3.15pm / 3.45 - 5.15pm
🎟️ Free
☕ Our café-bar will be open

03/09/2026

📸 CALLING UK-BASED PHOTOGRAPHERS

Want to see your work displayed in a giant gallery window in the heart of Brighton?

Fabrica is inviting early to mid-career photographers to submit work for — our temporary photography gallery in Fabrica’s main window on Duke Street.

No theme or entry fee.

We’re looking for work that will have impact as a large-format print, engaging audiences inside and outside the building.

We’re delighted to be partnering with Spectrum Photographic, Brighton Photo Fringe, Jane & Jeremy and POST Creatives to bring exciting contemporary photography to the city centre.

Deadline: 12pm, Monday 26 October 2026

🔗 Find out more & apply: fabrica.org.uk/open-calls/in-between-gallery-open-call-2026

01/09/2026

UNFOLD - UK-WIDE OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS. Selected work will be exhibited at Fabrica in Brighton, 16 April – 9 May 2027.

Fabrica and The Sussex Contemporary are delighted to announce Unfold - our second UK-wide judged open call for contemporary artists, following the success of Resonance in 2026.

We’re inviting artists at any stage of their career, working in any medium, to respond to the theme Unfold - exploring ideas of change, discovery, becoming, transformation, memory, resilience and renewal.

We’re looking for thoughtful, imaginative and unexpected responses, with an interest in the processes, stories and experiences behind the work.

Deadline: 21 February 2027

✨ Find out more and submit via the link in our bio.

26/08/2026

Scout says "Happy from all at Fabrica" - even if her face is saying "Please can I enjoy the beach in peace"

21/08/2026

We’re so close! Just £100 to go… 🙌

We need one more local business to pledge £100 and become a Campaign Partner for our Big Give Christmas Challenge 2026 – before the deadline on 28 August!

By pledging £100, you’ll help create the match funding that means every public donation to Fabrica during the campaign can be doubled – helping us raise even more to support creativity, connection and belonging across Sussex.

As we celebrate 30 years of Fabrica, we’d love one final local business to join the four businesses already supporting our campaign and help make this milestone year our biggest Christmas campaign yet. ❤️

Could your business help us get there?

Find out more about becoming a Campaign Partner at fabrica.org.uk/support-us or send us a message – we’d love to hear from you!

20/08/2026

Last week, we began photography workshops as part of Lines of the Weald 📷🌿

Supported by facilitators Phoebe Wingrove and Anthony Stevens, the workshops invite participants to challenge how they see and respond to the outdoors. Through playful activities, they’ll explore the elements of photography while capturing and visualising their experiences of Tilgate Park.

Funded by the High Weald Nature and Community Fund and delivered by Fabrica, Lines of the Weald is a creative mental health programme for men in Crawley who may not otherwise engage with the High Weald landscape.

The programme adapts Fabrica’s established Men Who Make model, using small-group, shoulder-to-shoulder creative activity to support men experiencing low mental health, isolation, homelessness or periods of life transition.

Over the course of the project, participants will explore photography, creative writing, sculpture and collaborative map-making, connecting their own experiences, memories and identities with the landscapes around them.

19/08/2026

TOMORROW! 🤝

Fancy meeting more of the independent businesses that make The Lanes such a brilliant place to work?

Join us at Fabrica tomorrow, Thursday 20 August, for an informal evening of networking, conversation and making new connections with businesses from The Lanes and beyond.

After the success of our first Neighbours Meet & Greet, we’re bringing local businesses together again for a chance to introduce yourself, exchange ideas, meet new people and reconnect with familiar faces.

📅 Thursday 20 August
🕕 6 - 7.30pm
📍 Fabrica

Free to attend - book your place and come along!

🔗 fabrica.org.uk/events/the-lanes-business-social-at-fabrica

13/08/2026

One roof. Every kind of creative.

Your workday, our future exhibitions. Desk hire at Fabrica goes straight back into Brighton's arts and culture. Two minutes from the sea, surrounded by artists, makers and thinkers. Under The Same Roof - desk space in the centre of it all.

📍 Central Brighton 💷 £12.50 a day ☕ Free tea & coffee
Get in touch to find out more: 🔗 fabrica.org.uk/office-hire

12/08/2026

Introducing Under The Same Roof.

Desk space for Brighton's freelancers, set inside a gallery brimming with art and history. Two minutes from the sea and steps away from everything that makes this city creative. A desk at Fabrica isn't just a desk. It's daylight through stained glass, art on every wall, and a community that gets what you do - all from just £12.50 a day.

📍 Central Brighton 💻Fast Wi-Fi ☕ Free tea & coffee
Get in touch to find out more: 🔗 fabrica.org.uk/office-hire

Address

40 Duke Street
Brighton And Hove
BN11AG

Telephone

+441273778646

Website

http://www.fabrica.org.uk/

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