7th July, 2010
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 [...]
Tags: Arts, Public Art, the greenhouse
16th June, 2010
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 [...]
Tags: Arts, Arts Development, Conference, installation art, Public Art, the greenhouse, Visual Arts
19th May, 2010
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! [...]
Tags: Arts, Community Arts, Family activity pack, Public Art, Visual Arts
15th February, 2010
Have an idea but need money to get it off the ground? Guernsey Arts Commission could help! The next date for funding applications is looming. You have until Monday 1 March to get your application in. In 2009 we supported over 50 projects ranging from music to theatre, film to poetry and this year we [...]
Tags: Arts Development, Community Arts, Film, Poetry and Prose, Music, Performing Arts, Public Art, Video art, Visual Arts, Workshops
29th June, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: Andy Goldsworthy, Art and Islands, Public Art, Visual Arts
5th May, 2009
Andrew Shoben is a former lecturer at the Royal College of Art, and is a visiting professor to several universities in the UK and the USA, and is a research fellow at Goldsmiths University. he founded Greyworld in Paris in 1993 with the goal to create works that articulate public spaces, allowing some form of [...]
Tags: Andrew Shoben, Greyworld, Public Art