WINDOWS OF WONDER - 2023

Filling empty windows

In the autumn of 2023, as part of Artwave’s 30th anniversary, Windows of Wonder, a grassroots project exploring meanwhile use, brought together 23 artists and makers to create a landmark trail of 19 installations in empty windows around Lewes town centre.

Following Artwave, the trail of windows continued on through October, running in tandem with Wonder at Fitzroy House. Both projects were generously supported in so many ways too detailed to mention here, but if you click the learn more button you can find out more about both the project’s aims and and its benefits.

‘Meanwhile Use’ offers a low risk high impact response to the blight of empty widows as well as offering opportunities to explore imaginative and participatory placemaking. Initiatives continue around the town, most notably involving The Makers Directory, Visit Lewes, and The Climate Hub, whose rolling installations can be seen at the bottom of Station St.