Four contemporary artists will be displaying their work at Rottingdean Windmill as part of the annual ArtWave 2010 visual arts festival. The artists Andy Dale, Russell Webb, Julia Rowe and Julian Rowe have all created work in response to the heritage site and the theme of Memory.

A spokesman for the exhibition said:
"The exhibition is in a Grade II listed windmill, maintained by the Rottingdean Preservation Society and is usually only open to the public seven days each year, so this is a great opportunity to come and look inside. This landmark building is a situated in a beautiful spot on Beacon Hill on the Brighton to Newhaven A259 coast road.  Beacon Hill is a Local Nature Reserve in the South Downs National Park so visitors could bring a picnic and enjoy the stunning sea views."

Exhibition organiser Minna Robertson said:
"This is a wonderful and unusual location for a contemporary art exhibition, we hope people will enjoy the setting as well as the art works on display. Rottingdean is a great place to visit, the village was home to the painter Edward Burne-Jones and his nephew Rudyard Kipling, so it has a long history of inspiring artists."

This exhibition was organised by the group FEAT, formed of arts student alumni from the University of Sussex. The group aims to provide new creative and experimental opportunities for arts graduates, to commission and exhibit the work of contemporary visual artists in accessible venues, and to provide learning opportunities for the public and participants.

Beacon Mill is a black smock windmill, it was erected in 1802 and the last miller finished work here in the early 1880’s.  It was saved from demolition by the Marquis of Abergavenny who had had the mill renovated in 1905. The first and ground floors are open to the public and interpretation information is available.

Entry to the exhibition is free of charge and the works will be on display over the course of three weekends (August 28-29 , September 4-5  and 11-12) between 12noon-5pm daily.  

For more information view:
www.artwavefestival.org/index.html