In 2011 the Guernsey Arts Commission has provided funding to more than 30 different arts events and projects around the Bailiwick and we are now accepting applications for funding for events and projects in 2012. Each year we are given a grant for the Commerce & Employment and Culture & Leisure Departments of the States [...]
The Guernsey Arts Commission is looking to appoint a Community Arts Development Manager (CADM). This new full time role has been devised to cover the leadership, strategic development, and delivery of a wide reaching Community Arts programme for Guernsey. The CADM will lead the facilitation of existing and new arts initiatives for the community, engaging, [...]
Heritage Group Ltd and Hiscox Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited have partnered to support the Guernsey Arts Commission. Hiscox and Heritage have joined together to support the GAC’s Community Arts Estates Programme, for the next three years. This Programme provides weekly arts sessions at Les Genats encouraging personal development, social skills and increasing individuals’ confidence to [...]
10 of the Best, the latest exhibition in the greenhouse, the Guernsey Arts Commission’s dedicated project space in the Guernsey Information Centre, opened to the public on 9th September. The exhibition’s opening night saw more than 200 people take a look around and meet some of the artists, who’s work spans visual media from paintings [...]
As the next stage of the development of our Community Arts Programme, the Guernsey Arts Commission is looking for a Community Arts Commissioner. Community Arts Commissioner advertisement The Community Arts Commissioner will provide a vital link between the Community Arts Officer, who runs the day-to-day side of the programme, and the Guernsey Arts Commission’s Board [...]
This weekend is your last chance to see the We’ve Got It Covered exhibition in the greenhouse! The exhibition, which was organised in conjunction with the first Guernsey Literary Festival and explores the dust jacket designs for internationally editions of The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, has been the most widely seen exhibition [...]
The next deadline to apply to the Guernsey Arts Commission for funding is coming up on 6th September. If you are running an arts related event or are seeking funding for an arts project then you can apply to the Commission for financial assistance. A guide to our funding policy and all the relevant forms [...]
The first ever Arts Sunday took place on 14th August 2011 on the seafront in St Peter Port. Around 2,000 people headed down to take in the sights and sounds and get a taste of what Guernsey has to offer across the arts. Check out photos of the day on our Facebook page. The Guernsey [...]
We’ve Got It Covered, the current exhibition in the greenhouse, is going to continue until 29th August. The exhibition, which takes a look at the dust jacket designs of international editions of international best seller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, has already been seen by nearly 3,000 people, making it the most [...]
The Guernsey Arts Commission’s Community Arts Programme is on the look out for volunteers to help out our Community Arts Officer with a range of projects. The main focus for volunteers will be on projects ranging from weekly workshops, sessions and visits to various community locations such as Les Genats Estate, the prison or residential [...]
