The Guernsey Arts Commission is set for another busy year in 2012 and one of the highlights will be the second Arts Sunday on St Peter Port Seafront on Sunday 17th June. In 2011 Arts Sunday showcased a range of arts from performance and music to painting and poetry and this year we want to [...]
This October the Guernsey Arts Commission is supporting a special event at the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts and Jimmy’s Cafe at St James designed to develop and celebrate the artistic links between Guernsey and France. With much of Guernsey’s indigenous culture still being based on French roots Rendez-Vous In Guernsey hopes to [...]
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 [...]
Sunday 14th of August will see the Guernsey Arts Commission celebrating the arts that Guernsey has to offer on the St Peter Port seafront with Arts Sunday. The free event, which runs from 11:45 until 4, will feature performances from mod rockers Last of the Light Brigade (who are soon to release their debut album), [...]
This August the Guernsey History in Action Company (GHIAC), which is supported by the Guernsey Arts Commission, is holding a pair of creative seminars based around their performance work. The first will be with costumier Janet Hull of Cloth Performance on Saturday 6th August and will include a free talk and workshop from 10:30 to [...]
Following on from the success of both the 2010 and 2011 Samba Sunday events the Guernsey Arts Commission’s Performing Arts and Music Sub-Committees are joining forces to present a day spanning all the arts, on the St Peter Port Seafront on 14th August. Arts Sunday will feature a mix of live music, theatre and dance [...]
On 10th July 2011 Samba Sunday took place on the St Peter Port seafront, organising member of the Performing Arts Sub-Committee shared his thoughts on the day: “The days events focussed on the drum led sounds of Samba and included two workshops from Guernsey’s Samba Burros band and two dance workshops led by the Let’s [...]
On Sunday 10th July Samba Sunday is back on the St Peter Port seafront for a second year with Guernsey’s own Samba Burros and the Guernsey Arts Commission’s Performing Arts Sub-Committee. Things get going at 12 with drumming and dance workshops all afternoon so you can learn how to play the Latin style samba rhythms [...]
Update: The drama week and puppetry week for 7-11 year olds are now full, however there is still space on the other workshops. Over the long summer break the Guernsey Arts Commission are working with drama graduate Darren Alderton to present a series of drama and theatre workshops for children aged from 7 to 18 [...]
The Guernsey Arts Commission’s Performing Arts Sub-Committee are holding a special workshop on Saturday 18th June with internationally renowned singing coach Robert Bicknell. Robert has worked with (amongst others) Natalie Imbruglia, Kirsty Young, Josie Lawrence, Cheryl Baker and Billy Bragg throughout his career and has worked with performers on many musicals, including We Will Rock [...]
