Next exhibition coming up in the greenhouse 15th April – 2nd June 2011 An exhibition, coinciding with the first Guernsey Literary Festival on the Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society book. The phenomenal success of this book, worldwide, has led to a vast range of versions published around the world. In this exhibition we are [...]
The latest in the Design Matters series is a graphics based exhibition titled Reclassified. This exhibition in the greenhouse opens on Friday 28th January (5.30-7.00pm all welcome) and runs until 31st March. Guest curator Adam Roberts who has produced the show, invited 22 artists and graphic designers to redesign a classified advert taken from the [...]
After months of submissions and weeks of judging we are delighted to be able to announce the winners of Poems on the Buses 4! Poems on the Buses 4 has been our most successful Poems on the Buses competition to date! In total we received just under 500 entries including poems from established poets. This [...]
Where: Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts (Greenroom) Date: 14th October Time 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start Topic: Child Protection Creative Networking returns after the summer break on Thursday 14 October. We will be joined by Debbie Pittman who will be leading the group through the basics of child protection. Having a child protection [...]
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 [...]
Last night saw the opening of the latest exhibition in the greenhouse Uncharted Island. Attracting over 100 people, this exhibition celebrates the work of young artists both island based and abroad. Uncharted Island is a collection of artworks that use mapping techniques and concepts to investigate the island of Guernsey. Thirteen artists based in Guernsey [...]
The new exhibition at the greenhouse is Uncharted Island, a collection of artworks that use mapping techniques and concepts to investigate the island of Guernsey. Thirteen artists based in Guernsey and elsewhere have produced work specifically for the show in response to an invitation to make a ‘map’ of the island. Amongst the artists from [...]
The Guernsey Arts Commission is committed to promoting and supporting the arts around the island, and one of the ways we are doing this is providing a calendar of events on our website Not only is it a great tool to keep up to date with events around the island, but it is also a [...]
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 [...]
Happy New Year from all of us at the Guernsey Arts Commission. We hope you had an enjoyable festive period and are already making the most of the new year. And what a busy year it is shaping up to be! Throughout January, The Plinth Project, featuring creative contemporary solutions for the empty Plinth [...]
