Hastings Contemporary will place the studio in an open courtyard next to the gallery on Rock-a-Nore Road.
Hastings Borough Council approved the plans on November 12.
The area, presently a shingle square surrounded by paving, will be transformed with sand-coloured permeable block paving.
The mobile studio will be parked to one side of the space.
The empty square where the studio will be installed (Image: Oaten Architects)
Box planters will frame the performance and display area created when the studio is opened.
The gallery aims to make the square lively with public events and mobile art workshops.
The mobile studio will host various activities, including drawing and painting workshops, music and theatrical performances, and summer creative activities in schools.
The gallery plans to run specially funded bespoke workshops with current funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for community outreach sessions.
There is also funding from Historic England for 15 skills-sharing workshops.
The mobile studio which will be installed beside the gallery (Image: Oaten Architects)
These will focus on endangered skills associated with the fishing fleet, such as sign painting, net and rope making, knot printing, lag making, fish filleting, smoking, and printing.
The studio will also be used for internal meetings weekly.
The gallery sees the mobile studio as a chance to work with local festivals, events, and organisations, such as Coastal Currents, Hastings Storytelling Festival, St Leonard’s Festival, Jack in the Green, Sanctuary Festival, and Fat Tuesday.
The studio will be used by the gallery alone sometimes, and for small groups of up to 12 people at other times.
The site of the mobile studio outlined in red (Image: Oaten Architects)
There will be occasions when a whole school class of up to 40 people will use the square and mobile studio.
For on-site performances, which are expected to be unlikely to be more than six a year, a small crowd of around 30 to 50 people is anticipated.
A visualisation of the proposed studio (Image: Oaten Architects)
The planning application received four letters of objection, including one on behalf of Old Hastings Preservation Society.
However, it also received eight letters of support.
Council planning officers ultimately decided: “The development proposals are considered to be beneficial to local tourism and will encourage new visitors to the old town.
“In addition, the proposed mobile studio is sensitively designed and will enliven the appearance and function of the site without causing harm to the nearby designated heritage assets.”
The plans can be viewed using the reference HS/FA/25/00430.