Take part in the arts this October: Children’s workshops this October Half term         Monday 26th October 2009                                             The BIG Draw Workshop: Design, draw and decorate your own   Guernsey inspired garment. Ages: 7-11 years 9.00am – 3.30pm (supervision provided from 8.30am) The Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts Free, [...]
 Laura Simpson is the GAC’s newly appointed the Community Arts Development Officer. She sees her role as ensuring that there are opportunities for the island community to become involved in exciting creative experiences. Which can mean anything from a one off workshop to try out a new skill, to larger long-term programmes where groups can develop ideas, learn [...]
All’s Well That Ends Well by Shakespeare Thursday 1st October 2009 Broadcast live to the Performing Arts Centre, via satellite, from the National Theatre, London All’s Well That Ends Well, National Theatre (production shots) All’s Well that Ends Well will be filmed in high definition and broadcast live, via satellite, to the Princess Royal Centre [...]
Showing until 30th October in the greenhouse, Guernsey Information Centre An exhibition of textile works by London based artist Kirstie Macleod. The exhibition showcases the etherial and beautiful Lacrimosa performance (through film, sound and photography). This ambitious site specific underwater performance, the garment worn by the artist and resulting exhibition were commissioned by the Guernsey Arts Commission, and inspired [...]
Talking Drums Workshop – 24th August 2009 from 7.00pm at the Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts. An initiative of the Music sub-committee, the free Talking Drums workshops were launched in July and mark the first in a series of planned free workshops, which will include guitar, live sound and recording. The workshops are run [...]
Want to know more about Installation Art, or have you been to see Install4 at the greenhouse and would like to meet the artists? Take a free exhibition tour led by two of the artists this Saturday 1st August and then on 22nd August from 11am in the greenhouse. Install4 is a student exhibition giving the [...]
Install4 10th July – 31st August 2009 showing in the greenhouse located in the Guernsey information Centre Free Admission  A collaborative undergraduate exhibition of installation-based work. Led by Guernsey born artists Pete Appelqvist and Vikki Ellis, along with UK based artists Manoj Sawlani-Ramos and Amanda Eady, the four have created a group installation transforming [...]
Local film makers, film enthusiast and those who just wanted to give it a go took part in our Super 8MM Film making workshop earlier this year, led by two local film makers and Straight 8 (www.straight8.net/) finalists Lindsay de Sausmarez and Chris Denton. Super 8 is a fantastic medium and the resulting films posted [...]
Art and Islands is an initiative set up to invite and commission artists from around the world to work on, and respond to, Guernsey and the other Bailiwick islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark. Maintaining a rolling programme of installations and site-specific projects Art and Islands is looking to become one of the leading art [...]
This June the College of Further Education and the Guernsey Arts Commission are bringing the National Theatre live and the Royal Opera to Guernsey in an exciting new pilot scheme initiated to make the performance arts more accessible to all. The Performing Arts Centre will be joining more than 170 cinemas and art houses across [...]
