The Guernsey Arts Commission is committed to promoting and supporting the arts around the island, and one of the ways we are doing this is providing a calendar of events on our website Not only is it a great tool to keep up to date with events around the island, but it is also a [...]
The latest edition to the Guernsey Arts Commission team is a not a person: in fact it’s a large pink and white BUS, affectionately labeled the Artsmobile! The Artsmobile has one purpose and that’s getting the arts out into the community as much as possible. It is fully equipped to house workshops and deliver projects [...]
In June this year the chairman of the Guernsey Arts Commission, Tony Gallienne gave a talk to the Institute of Directors lunch. He discussed the importance of the impact of the arts on industry and why it is vital Guernsey starts to embrace the concept of ‘creative industries’. In a time when the world is [...]
Inspired by Guernsey Welcome to The Guernsey Literary Festival 12-15th May 2011 Banjour! You’ve arrived at the blog for Guernsey’s first Literary Festival and it’s your first step to an enchanting stay on a welcoming island, rich with its own legends, folklore and an intriguing literary tradition. You’ll discover why the Bailiwick of Guernsey has inspired [...]
Are you all World Cup and Wimbledon-ed out? If so Samba Sunday might just be for you! The Guernsey Arts Commission is joining forces with Samba Burros to bring you all the sights and sounds of the carnival. On Sunday 11th July you’ll have the chance to join in with free workshops in Samba Drumming, [...]
Last week something happened in Guernsey which got people talking, more specifically talking about culture and the arts on small islands and even more fundamental to that was the conversations that happened about culture and arts in Guernsey. For only the second time in 2 years a large scale debate was started between academics, politicians [...]
Alderney Stones Project for Alderney, April 2011 As part of the Art & Islands initiative, and with support from the Guernsey Arts Commission, Andy Goldsworthy is working on a major work for Alderney which will open in April 2011. The current exhibition in the greenhouse is showing, for the first time, Goldsworthy’s working drawings for [...]
On Thursday 24th June as part of the 2nd Art & Islands and 6th International Small Islands Conference there will be an opportunity to listen to Matthew Taylor the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts deliver the Conference’s keynote lecture on Creativity and Sustainable Citizenship. In this keynote lecture, Matthew Taylor will make [...]
At 7.30pm on Monday 21st June at the Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts, there will be a very special opportunity to see the island premiere of Andy Goldsworthy’s award winning film Rivers and Tides. As part of the 2nd Art & Islands and 6th International Small Islands Conference, Rivers and Tides will be introduced by [...]
On Thursday 13th May, the Guernsey Photomarathon Exhibition opened to a full house. Over 150 people turned up to see the photos and hear the winners being announced. The winners for the Photomarathon were: 1st Prize – Robert Dingle 2nd Prize – Florence Le Couteur 3rd Prize – Wendy Meade Topic Winners Age – Alan [...]
