8th April, 2010
GUERNSEY PHOTOMARATHON IS NOW FULL – WE CANNOT TAKE ANY MORE ENTRIES. Announcing the first ever Guernsey Photomarathon! Taking place on Bank Holiday Monday 3 May from 10.30am to 4.30pm as part of the Guernsey Photography Festival. This is a photography competition with a twist: In 6 hours you have to take 12 pictures on [...]
Tags: Arts Development, Community Arts, the greenhouse
25th March, 2010
Contemporary German artist Petra Scheibe Teplitz has filled the greenhouse with colour in our current exhibition Little Chapel. Residing in Frankfurt, Petra found inspiration from our much loved and iconic Little Chapel in Les Vauxbelets and returned again and again to our island to draw and paint sections from the Little Chapel, before returning to her [...]
Tags: the greenhouse, Visual Arts
1st February, 2010
Wow! What an amazing day we had on Lihou Island yesterday for the Lihou Winter Arts Festival. 250 people joined us for a myriad of arts activities, explored the island and generally had a wonderful day out. We were blessed with dry weather, slight winds and even a bit of sun which meant that we [...]
Tags: Community Arts, the greenhouse, Workshops
18th November, 2009
An exciting new exhibition has opened at the greenhouse showcasing the talents of some of Guernsey’s young artists.  Working in partnership with the Guernsey College of Further Education the Guernsey Arts Commission has asked 2nd year Art & Design students to come up with a contemporary solution to fill the empty plinth in Market Square.  With diverse and innovative [...]
Tags: Arts Development, the greenhouse, Visual Arts
2nd October, 2009
Visit the current exhibition in the greenhouse, entitled Lacrimosa, which showcases London textile artist Kirstie Macleod’s Guernsey inspired garment and underwater performance, and follow the five easy steps to designing your own Guernsey inspired garment! Download the Lacrimosa Family Activity Pack or pick up a copy in the greenhouse. We would love to see the results [...]
Tags: Arts Development, Family activity pack, Lacrimosa, the greenhouse, Visual Arts
11th September, 2009
Showing until 30th October in the greenhouse, Guernsey Information Centre An exhibition of textile works by London based artist Kirstie Macleod. The exhibition showcases the etherial and beautiful Lacrimosa performance (through film, sound and photography). This ambitious site specific underwater performance, the garment worn by the artist and resulting exhibition were commissioned by the Guernsey Arts Commission, and inspired [...]
Tags: Arts Development, the greenhouse, Video art, Visual Arts
27th July, 2009
Want to know more about Installation Art, or have you been to see Install4 at the greenhouse and would like to meet the artists? Take a free exhibition tour led by two of the artists this Saturday 1st August and then on 22nd August from 11am in the greenhouse. Install4 is a student exhibition giving the [...]
Tags: Arts Development, the greenhouse, Visual Arts
3rd July, 2009
Install4 10th July – 31st August 2009 showing in the greenhouse located in the Guernsey information Centre Free Admission  A collaborative undergraduate exhibition of installation-based work. Led by Guernsey born artists Pete Appelqvist and Vikki Ellis, along with UK based artists Manoj Sawlani-Ramos and Amanda Eady, the four have created a group installation transforming [...]
Tags: installation art, the greenhouse, Visual Arts
8th April, 2009
Now Showing at the greenhouse exhibition and project space: The ‘In Your Face Video’ aims to gather responses from young people aged 11 – 25 to two very simple questions.. What do you love about Guernsey? What do you hate about Guernsey? This project is designed to raise awareness about some of the issues that [...]
Tags: Community Arts, GAC Strategic Development, the greenhouse