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19-661: The Hastings Contemporary is a museum of contemporary British art located on The Stade in Hastings , East Sussex and is a not-for-profit organisation. The gallery opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery and cost £4m to build. The gallery contains temporary exhibitions that included work from artists including L. S. Lowry , Augustus John , Stanley Spencer , Walter Sickert , Ben Nicholson , Patrick Caulfield , Maggi Hambling , Craigie Aitchison and Prunella Clough . The building

38-554: A levy across all sectors of the fisheries and seafood industry. This levy is due on all first-hand purchases of sea fish, shellfish , and sea fish products including fish meal landed in the United Kingdom. This includes imports, which make up more than 75% of UK seafood consumption, as well as the domestic catch landed in the UK, the majority of which is exported. Seafish is a source of economic information for industry and policy makers on

57-562: A coach park, opponents of the development believed it would reduce the amount of business from coach trip parties, while others believe it should have been located elsewhere in the town. Posters and banners opposing the development have been displayed nearby. Local residents pay a reduced rate to enter the gallery. In Summer 2019 the Jerwood Gallery cut ties with the Jerwood Foundation amid a funding dispute. As part of its separation,

76-588: Is a Saxon term meaning landing place. The beach was originally a small landing area; hence the small footprint of the net shops. The building of the 1887 groyne at Rock-A-Nore and the 1896 harbour, however, stopped the eastward longshore transport of shingle along the coast, which is the function of groynes. As a result, the Stade steadily grew seaward, providing new room for the fishing fleet and necessary amenities. Europe's biggest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats are based on The Stade. They must be hauled from

95-698: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . Established in 1981, and charged with working with the UK seafood industry to promote good quality, sustainable seafood. Seafish revised its mission in 2018. Seafish was established in the United Kingdom under the Fisheries Act 1981 through the amalgamation of the Herring Industry Board (founded in 1934) and the White Fish Authority (founded in 1951). Seafish has its administrative base in

114-547: The Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2012. The building of the gallery led to protests from local residents fearing that it would lead to gentrification of the surrounding area. In 2008, the Hastings Bonfire Society burned a model of the gallery in effigy. Keith Leech from the bonfire society said that the gallery represented "a long string of things that people are trying to foist upon us". As the gallery replaced

133-731: The Scottish city of Edinburgh and has its research and development base in Grimsby , the UK's main base for the fishing industry and frozen food . The organisation in Grimsby moved into the new Humber Seafood Institute, run by the Grimsby Institute , in July 2008. It was formerly based on St Andrews Dock in Hull. Seafish carries out research and projects aimed at raising standards, improving efficiency and ensuring

152-498: The UK seafood industry. The 16-strong team is based around the UK. A number of research and development projects are funded through the Seafish Industry Project Fund. During 2006 and 2007, over £2.5 million has been invested in 47 projects which have funded research and development partnership projects, grant assistance for innovative ideas and bursaries for students. Seafish has created SIN, an information portal for

171-471: The beach, and the sheds were built for net storage – the height is due to the limited space, and inside the sheds have always had multiple floors. 50°51′18″N 0°35′35″E  /  50.855°N 0.593°E  / 50.855; 0.593 Sea Fish Industry Authority The Sea Fish Industry Authority (or Seafish ) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by

190-471: The building is "a simple and straightforward place for viewing art". Wallpaper described the gallery as "a perfectly formed, modest space, that doesn't try too hard". The building was given a National Award in 2013 by the Royal Institute of British Architects . The following artists have had exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary: The gallery has also been a venue for an exhibition of art works from

209-440: The fishing, supply and processing industries conducting surveys and analyses of the UK fleet and processing sectors, including trends in costs and earnings and economics impact multipliers. The Economics department also produces strategic analyses such as the 'Seafood Strategic Outlook' and fleet futures modelling. Seafish carried out research and projects to improve efficiency and seafood quality and obtain best value for money for

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228-518: The fleet in action, but must respect the fact that the area is very much a working beach with many hidden perils. A famous and unique part of the old town are the Net Shops. These are tall black wooden sheds which were built to provide a weather proof store for the fishing gear made from natural materials to prevent them from rotting in wet weather. The sheds are tarred (hence the colour) and weatherboarded. The sheds were originally built on posts to allow

247-550: The gallery rebranded to be called Hastings Contemporary, though the building remained in the ownership of the Jerwood Foundation. In Spring 2023, the head lease of the gallery was gifted to Hastings Borough Council by the Jerwood Foundation (Hastings Council had always owned the freehold). Hastings Council subsequently granted a 99-year lease of the building to the Hastings Contemporary charitable trust, which now runs

266-486: The gallery. The independent charity Hastings Contemporary is an Arts Council NPO receiving £100,000 per year grant from Arts Council England . The Stade The Stade is a shingle beach in Hastings Old Town , Hastings , East Sussex , England . It has been used for beaching boats for more than a thousand years. It is now home to Europe's largest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats. The word stade

285-459: The global seafood industry. SIN is an internet-based data source for business, researchers and service providers. The Seafish Responsible Fishing Scheme is a BSi Publicly Available Specification (PAS 72:2006) awarded to individual vessels for vessel operations and traceability in the sea fishing industry. It specifies requirements relating to fishing practices, vessel criteria, crew competence, environmental considerations and record maintenance. It

304-526: The sea after each trip, so they can be no longer than about ten metres. This means that they can only carry small amounts of gear and travel just a few miles. As a result the fleet has always fished in an ecologically sound way. The Sea Fish Industry Authority described The Stade "as near perfect a fishery as could be devised", because of the environmentally sound methods used by the fishermen (which includes changing their net size to allow young cod to escape and keep stocks high). Visitors are welcome to witness

323-475: The sea to go underneath, however more shingle has built up and the sea does not reach the huts anymore. The beach area, on which the Sheds stand, built up after groynes were erected in 1834, however the limited space meant the sheds had to grow upwards, even though some sheds do have cellars. A common misconception is that the sheds were used for drying the nets, hence the height. This is incorrect: nets were dried on

342-409: The sustainable development of the industry. As well as supplying training and R&D , Seafish operates accreditation schemes for fish and chip shops , fishermen , wholesalers and processors. Seafish has an economics team which collects, interprets and disseminates data about various UK seafood sectors. Seafish is sponsored by the fisheries departments of the four UK governments and is funded by

361-544: Was designed by Hana Loftus and Tom Grieve (son of Alan Grieve , the chairman of the Jerwood Foundation ) from the architecture firm HAT Projects. The outside of the gallery building is covered with over 8,000 black tiles that were glazed in Kent . In The Observer , the architecture critic Rowan Moore says that the Jerwood building "is not embarrassed by the stuff and clobber around it, and does not embarrass them". Moore concludes that

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