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 [...]
BAFTA nominated film director Avie Luthra is coming to Guernsey, and the Guernsey Arts Commission is offering places on a workshop hosted by this highly talented film maker. On Saturday 28th January Avie will lead a day-long workshop at Blanchelande College giving an insight into his work, from BBC television’s Canterbury Tales to full length [...]
On Sunday 23rd October 2011 20 Guernsey musicians attended a day long songwriting workshop led by professional songwriter and producer Tim Bran and his locally based writing partners Jim Delbridge and Nick Windsor. The day was organised by our Music Sub-Committee and supported by NatWest and gave local musicians the chance to get some hints [...]
The Music Sub-Committee of the Guernsey Arts Commission is holding a special, day long event, sponsored by NatWest, on Sunday October 23rd for local songwriters with professional songwriter and producer, Tim Bran. The day long songwriting workshop and master class will give 20 local songwriters and musicians the chance to get together and craft a [...]
The Guernsey Arts Commission is giving local writers the chance to work with and learn from prize winning poet and writer Candy Neubert when she visits Guernsey later this month. Download the timetable of events for the weekend. The three day series of events, held under the umbrella of the Guernsey Literary Festival, will give [...]
The weekly community arts programme that began at Les Genats Estate in late 2010 has now developed to include a second weekly session for youngsters in St Martins. Community Arts Officer, Brett Klement, had this to say about the development: “The ArtsMobile is on the move again! Children are now engaging in the creative process [...]
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 [...]
