-14 Artists
-16 Sites
-One Month
-Events
-Street Food
-Pop up Bar
-Workshops
-Walks
What is Look Again?
This June, in the coastal town of Newhaven, East Sussex, there will be a month of events, workshops, walks and community gatherings programmed to accompany 15 specially commissioned artworks that will be installed across the town.
Some of the biggest names in graphic art, illustration and street art will be creating murals for the Look Again Supergraphics Festival in June. Artists include Anthony Burrill, Annie Frost Nicholson, Amber Elise, Supermundane, Eelus and See Creatures.
Artworks have been designed to represent the community, local landscape, nature and history of Newhaven. The festival will see blank walls and neglected streets converted into spaces of colour and creativity. Look Again aims to bring joy and inspiration to the town’s residents, and encourage visitors to reassess the industrial town they may have previously overlooked.
Public artworks bring great value to the culture of a town, inspiring joy and pride, changing perceptions, encouraging visitors, and uplifting local business. Newhaven residents have told us what areas they would like to be painted and an open public meeting helped to gather feedback and ideas from locals.
Community is at the core of Look Again. Alongside brightening up the town we are running a programme of events for residents and visitors, providing free workshops for Newhaven’s four primary schools and Seahaven Academy, and funding a youth collective for 14-25 year olds.
We hope you’ll sign up to some of our events, follow the trail, get involved, and celebrate this amazing town.
This project is being funded by generous sponsors, charitable grants, investment from central government and is being delivered by Lewes District Council.
The Sea Ranch, 1968 - Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
What Are Super-graphics?
“It is one of the most under-appreciated, short-lived, yet fascinating genres of 20th century design.”
Adrian Shaugnassey
Supergraphics are large scale graphics, typography or imagery used to enhance large surfaces like walls or ceilings. The concept was originally explored by American designer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (1928-2024) in the 1960s when she mixed large scale abstractions with hard edge Swiss graphics.
The world of public art, murals and large scale graphics has evolved since the 1960s, and with every evolution we have seen a change of aesthetics and purpose. For this event we require that the artworks are not only decorative, but also serve the purpose of improving the location in some way, the very existence of a mural can change how safe people feel, or can create natural way-finding elements, or can create inspiration in spaces where people congregate.
Here After, 2017 - Craig & Karl
The Artists
We have an incredible lineup of artists who will be painting murals, creating paste ups or running workshops as part of Look again.
Annie Frost Nicholson
Amber Elise
Anthony Burrill
Bec Dennison
Dave Bain
Eelus
Ellie Fryer
Gary Stranger
Paris 68 Redux
Paul Farrell
See Creatures
Supermundane
Survival Techniques
