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January 2012
Post Christmas

In the greenhouse:
Post-Christmas

It may now be the new year, but you still have a chance to explore Guernsey's Christmas stamps from 1970 to the present day in Post-Christmas. The exhibition is on at the greenhouse until the end of January.

Dictating the Style

Our next exhibition promises to bring something different to the greenhouse once again as we take a look through the theatre designs of Guernsey resident Reverend Maurice Strike.

Dictating the Style opens on 17th February and you are invited to the Private View on Thursday 16th February from 17:30-19:00 to see original designs made across more than 25 years in the theatre.

the greenhouse
Guernsey Information Centre, North Esplanade, St Peter Port

Opening hours: Monday- Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-12.30pm
Free Admission

Meet the Director

Meet the Director!
Scriptwriting workshop and film screening

On Saturday 28th January award winning filmmaker and writer Avie Luthra will be leading a workshop and presenting a screening of his debut feature film, Lucky.

The daytime workshop will give you a chance to get some hints and tips, from Avie, on writing for both TV and the movies.

In the evening there will be a screening of Lucky, in association with CineGuernsey, at the Performing Arts Centre.

As well as Lucky, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, Avie has worked on various TV programmes and films, including the BBC's re-imagining of The Canterbury Tales, and won the Best Short Film BAFTA in 2006.

The workshop costs £25 (£15 for students), if you want to take part please contact tom@arts.gg - places are strictly limited.

Tickets for the screening are available from guernseytickets.gg
Lucky tells the story of a ten-year-old South African orphan who leaves his Zulu village to make his own
life in the city, only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman called Padma.

Arts Sunday Returns!

On 17th June 2011 we will once again be taking over the seafront in St Peter Port to show just how much the arts have to offer in Guernsey.

If you are an artist, or a member of an arts organisation and would like to get involved either by having a table in the Arts Market or by performing or running a workshop we'd love to hear from you.

Please email Tom Girard on tom@arts.gg or give him a ring on 709748 to find out more and help us show how the arts are such a big part of island life.

Musical Instruments for Le Platon

The Community Arts and Music Sub-Committees need your help.

As part of the ongoing Community Arts Programme we are working to take the arts into residential homes and our volunteers at Le Platon have realised that the residents really enjoy getting involved with music.

So if anyone has any basic percussion instruments, tambourines, maracas, shakers, bongo’s, etc, that they’d be willing to donate to the programme please email Russ Fossey on russ@arts.gg

Add your events to our Arts Calendar

Are you staging an arts event in Guernsey? Then why not add it to our online Calendar. Whether its an exhibition, a gig, a poetry reading, a concert or anything else arts related it can go on our Events Calendar. To find out how to add your event go arts.gg and click on "add your event" in the What's On box.
Arts Sunday

Art on the Beach will once again be taking place in May giving you the chance to create your own work of art from items found on the beach. Thanks to NatWest for supporting this event in 2011 and 2012. Photo by Sarah George.

Events in 2012

Some dates for your diary in 2012:

28th January - Scriptwriting Workshop with Avie Luthra.

17th February-30th March - Dictating the Style: Theatre Designs by Maurice Strike in the greenhouse

6th April-26th May - Firedive: capturing a Guernsey swimming gala in different media in the greenhouse

19th/20th May (TBC) - Art on the Beach

17th June - Arts Sunday

13th-16th September - Guernsey Literary Festival

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North Esplanade, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2LQ
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