-14 Artists
-16 Sites
-One Month
-Events
-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 12 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. Artworks representing the community, local landscape and history of this vibrant industrial town, converting blank walls and neglected streets into spaces of colour and creativity.

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, and an open public meeting has helped us understand what kind of work they would like to see.

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 our amazing town.

This project is being funded by generous sponsors, charitable grants, investment from central government and is facilitated 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 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.