About
The Arches Vault - Hove
The Arches Vault is our next big step: a new, permanent cultural hub beneath the seafront arches by the i360. Building on the award-winning Mid Street Lab model, The Vault will be a bold, inclusive space for sustainable production, ethical sales, and community-rooted creative practice, all led by artists.
Backed by Brighton Dome, Sussex University, and Hove Council, this space is part of a 10-year lease to reshape how culture happens in Brighton, from the ground up
What's happening
Why It Matters to Support - Kickstarter
In Brighton, less than 10% of gallery artists come from non-priviledge backgrounds. Rising rents and shrinking public space are driving grassroots creatives out. The Vault will change that.
This isn’t another pop-up. It’s a structural intervention — designed to offer real pathways to visibility, ownership, and cultural equity.
Together with our original site in Kemptown, The Vault will complete our closed-loop model: from making, to showing, to selling — with care, community, and dignity.
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Born from a Belief
“I started Mid Street Lab two years ago — self-funded and uncertain — because I couldn’t ignore what was missing. We needed space to belong. Not just to show work, but to shape what culture looks like. That’s what The Vault is.”
— JJ Wachter, Founder
Your Chance to Shape the Future
We’re inviting:
- 🎨 Established artists ready to share space and shape cultural direction
- 🧡 Emerging patrons who want their support to make a lasting impact
- 🏛️ Public/private institutions who believe in creative regeneration
Be one of our Community Local Patrons
Let’s build something lasting.
For the city. For the artists. For all of us.
