Arts Sunday, now in its third year, is the biggest celebration of the arts on the Island. Held on the Town’s seafront and planned this year for Sunday 9 June it has fast become a key date for Guernsey’s creative arts and music community to come together to create a day which is quite unique. [...]

Below we have provided a document entitled ‘Opportunities for Public Art’. It looks to provide a consistency in the commissioning, development and provision of Public Art projects which till now has been missing. If you are interested in proposing a piece of public art for Guernsey, please download this document: Opportunities for Public Art 2013 For further [...]

Current exhibition at the greenhouse: Living Positive     A frank and powerful ‘Arts in Health’ exhibition at The Greenhouse gallery By Lottie Barnes, Community Arts Development Manager for the Guernsey Arts Commission.   ‘Living Positive’ explores the lives of people affected by or living with HIV through photography and word.  Originating in Manchester, Lottie [...]

We are delighted that Annie Lennox (www.annielennoxsing.com), who kindly supported the original ‘Living Positive’ exhibition in Manchester, shows her support again of Living Positive by contributing an image and accompanying words.   Annie Lennox is strongly committed to speaking out about issues affecting women and children, including HIV.   Photograph by Mike Owen As part of Guernsey Arts Commissions commitment [...]

Our next exhibition opens tomorrow (Weds 10th) at the greenhouse! Originating in Manchester, Living Positive is an Arts in Health exhibition that explores the lives of people affected by or living with HIV through photography and word.   Please join us for the opening event at the greenhouse: Guernsey Tourist Information Centre North Esplanade, St Peter [...]

A discovery of Past Photographs taken by Gruts’ photographers at the greenhouse – Co-Curator Liesja Grut. In this fascinating exhibition at the greenhouse there’s a chance to trigger some memories and see some amazing images of Guernsey in days gone by! Watch the full Channel TV interview with co-curator, Liesja Grut, here: http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_guernseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=503883 The exhibition [...]

The Guernsey Arts Commission has an exciting Community Arts Programme for 2013! We are looking to build up a team of Artists to help us deliver our high quality Community Arts projects. Our programme is facilitated on evenings, weekends and some week days. We are seeking Artists based in Guernsey using all mediums – but [...]

The GAC funding sub-committee meet up 6 times a year (spread over the year) to discuss all applications received and then distribute funds to the successful applicants. Laura Anderson is a member of the GAC funding sub-committee says: “I was invited to sit on the Funding Committee by Joanna Littlejohns some four years ago. She [...]

The Guernsey Arts Commission is delighted to announce the appointment of the new Community Arts Development Manager.  Lottie Barnes has taken up the post of Community Arts Development Manager and started with the Commission on 7th December. Lottie has worked in the field of Community Arts, in Greater Manchester for the past eight years. During [...]

Frances Lemmon a Guernsey based visual artist. She is a practicing, exhibiting artist who is also involved in many community arts activities, including with the GAC at Le Platon Home. You’re a visual artist; how and why did you get into this field? I became a visual artist by studying painting and drawing at London College of [...]