Wednesday 13 October 2010 7.00 – 9.00pm Guernsey College of Further Education Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts Les Ozouets, St Peter Port Paintings within Paintings William Hogarth’s “Marriage a la Mode” An illustrated evening lecture by Guernsey International Artist in Residence, Marc Woodhead Mark Woodhead is currently an Artist and Lecturer at the National [...]
The Guernsey Arts Commission has one sitting left this year for persons wishing to apply for funding. The deadline for applications is Monday 1st November. If you are applying for funding for an event which is taking place in 2010 please use the 2010 application forms. However if you wish to apply for funding this [...]
GBG 2: The Launch Saturday 2nd October 8.00pm In the spring of this year, the Guernsey Arts Commission’s music sub-committee together with twist records released the hotly anticipated GBG 2 CD, a compilation of music by 21 local bands on the island. The sale of the CD has proven to be a massive success, so [...]
Architecture Today The RIBA Downland Prize Exhibition The latest exhibition to open in the greenhouse is the 2009 RIBA Downland Prize Exhibition which demonstrates some of the best architectural designs in the South of the UK. This includes three Guernsey based projects which were shortlisted for the final prize. These projects were by local architects [...]
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 [...]
The Basics: Sunday 6th June, 2.30 – 5.00pm approx. What’s it all about? A fun afternoon which challenges teams to turn an area of Vazon Bay into a public gallery using anything you can find on the beach. The only limits are a beach bucket and spade and your imagination! Who is it for? Anyone! [...]
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 [...]
GAC Creative Networking is a great opportunity to get together with artists from a wide range of local organisations, talk about and get information on relevant topics from guest speakers, have a drink and meet a whole host of new people! We hope to run a Creative Networking event bi-monthly with topics ranging from “Tradition [...]
