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What we do
Promote | Support | Inspire
Who We Are
Promote | Support | Inspire
Guernsey Arts Events
Guernsey Arts takes the lead and organises many events in Guernsey, including: exhibitions, festivals, community and educational events. We aim to maximise the impact of the artistic community. Events are inclusive and aim to contibute to health and wellbeing. Some of the events are highlighted below.
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Visual ArtNina Molnar and Christine Shaw are experienced multimedia artists who enjoy a creative challenge.Nina Molnar & Christine Shaw: 5 X 10
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Visual ArtFlexagon - 7 Nocturnes EastFlexagon - 7 Nocturnes East
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Visual ArtSteve Glass - Organic HumanSteve Glass - Organic Human
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FestivalsA celebration of local crafters, musicians, artists and performersArts Sunday 2021
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Visual ArtSubmissions are now open for our 2023 Bailiwick Wildlife Photographer Open Exhibition.2023 Bailiwick Wildlife Photographer: Submissions Open
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Visual ArtGuernsey Arts are very excited to announce that submissions for the 2022 Guernsey Arts Open are now open.Guernsey Arts Open 2022: Submissions Open
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Visual ArtThe Gallery will be open to the public from the 12th of November till the 17th of December 2022.2022 Guernsey Arts Open
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Visual ArtCapturing moments of transience, magnificence and wonder in nature, threaded with the insidious scourge of plastic.Bridget Spinney – The art of Nature on Paper
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Visual ArtShore, Lines and Brush Marks by Rosanne Guille and Deborah GriceShore, Lines and Brush Marks by Rosanne Guille and Deborah Grice
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Performance ArtOpera on Screen presents - Madame Butterfly.Madame Butterfly
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Visual ArtA journey through a place, sculptural vessels which are in transition, moving across a space directly in opposition to each other.CHRIS SIMCOX - A JOURNEY TO THE END
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Visual ArtAn annual celebration of the Arts produced by local students during their final year, exhibited at the George Crossan Gallery.2022 Student Exhibition
Sponsored By Guernsey Arts
Guernsey Arts supports other organisers in delivering their events through funding and other support where it is needed. We also help to initiate new events on the Islands with advice and promotional support through our digital platforms. Some of those events are highlighted below.
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9th DecemberVisual ArtArt at The Park - Once Upon an Island by Penny DawesArt at The Park - Once Upon an Island by Penny Dawes
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MusicPlease join us in Candie Museum for a screening of the short film, followed by refreshments and a live performance from Kiya Ashton'Occupied' Soundtrack Launch
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Visual ArtAn Overdue Conversation With My FatherGPF Exhibition: Ron Tarver
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Visual ArtDr Jason Monaghan will give an illustrated talk about the life and work of artist Peter le Vasseur and how they produced a new book.A Brush With Life - The Art of Peter le Vasseur
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Visual ArtI’ve always loved drawing and paintingSheryl High - Faces
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Visual ArtFace to FaceGPF Exhibition: Ekow Eshun
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MusicSouth London Jazz Orchestra in Guernsey, Candie Gardens ConcertSouth London Jazz Orchestra in Guernsey, Candie Gardens Concert
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Performance ArtYour only chance to see them in the Bailiwick!Oddsocks on Sark: The Comedy of Errors
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Festivals11th May to 26th JuneGuernsey Literary Festival 2022
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FestivalsGuernsey's New Annual Celebration of TalentGuernsey Street Festival 2022
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FestivalsFriday 18th - Sunday 20th MarchAlderney Literary Festival 2022
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MusicProms On The WicketProms On The Wicket
Fund Raising
The Guernsey Arts Funding Committee aim to strengthen the support and development of the arts in Guernsey. It seeks to do this by helping to put the arts on a solid financial footing so that they may continue to play a major role in the life and wellbeing of islanders - find out more.
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Performance ArtFive professional singers from the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company will perform at St. JamesSt. James Presents: The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
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Performance Art'Growth has a beady wit and lots of snazzy one-liners… funny and truthful' GuardianA Freaky Geese production of Growth by Luke Norris
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Music*SOLD OUT*AFG Events: Opera Concert and Gala Dinner
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MusicGuernsey Symphonic Winds and The Guernsey Bach Choir in concert this November.Military Band Musical Tribute ‐ Guernsey Symphonic Winds
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MusicLive Music Fundraiser for Headway Guernsey and Great Ormond Street HospitalBethan's Celebration Fundraiser
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MusicGuernsey Bach Choir and Orchestra, Messiah by G.F HandelMESSIAH G.F HANDEL @ St James
Arts Foundation Guernsey Events
Arts Foundation Guernsey merged with Guernsey Arts in 2022, however since its founding in 2016 it acted alongside Guernsey Arts to support local artists in all sectors and enabled a wider presence of the arts across the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
With funding raised by Arts Foundation Guernsey we were able to support emerging talent across the spectrum of the arts including Performing and Visual Arts, Music, Literature, New Media, Film and Design.
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Visual ArtWho am I as an artist? I am, as an artist exactly who I am as a person. Trudie, woman, artist, poet, mother, wife.Trudie Shannon: Between The Tides - online exhibition
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Visual ArtGuernsey Arts is delighted to present Faces an exhibition by Sheryl High.
Sheryl High Faces
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Visual ArtPiano Project Airport TerminalPiano Project Airport Terminal
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Visual ArtFrances Lemmon : William Le Lacheur ' The Land He Loved'Frances Lemmon : William Le Lacheur ' The Land He Loved'
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Music*SOLD OUT*
AFG Events: Opera Concert and Gala Dinner
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Visual ArtFlexagon - 7 Nocturnes East
Flexagon - 7 Nocturnes East
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Visual ArtNina Molnar & Christine Shaw: 5 X 10
Nina Molnar & Christine Shaw: 5 X 10
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Visual ArtNina Molnar and Christine Shaw are experienced multimedia artists who enjoy a creative challenge.
Nina Molnar & Christine Shaw: 5 X 10
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Visual ArtWith this exhibition the intention is to immerse people beyond what the camera can capture and portray.Passage of Time - Monika Drabot
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WorkshopsWorkshop sponsored by MourantAFG Events: Singing Master Class
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Visual ArtCapturing moments of transience, magnificence and wonder in nature, threaded with the insidious scourge of plastic.
Bridget Spinney – The art of Nature on Paper
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Performance Art'Growth has a beady wit and lots of snazzy one-liners… funny and truthful' Guardian
A Freaky Geese production of Growth by Luke Norris
Our Vision & Values
Guernsey Arts aim is for the Bailiwick of Guernsey to be seen as a unique, vibrant, artistic and creative community both within the Islands and beyond.
We Support individuals and groups in all art forms to develop their art and to build an audience. Depending upon needs we offer publicity on our website, exhibition space and opportunity for financial support, including the allocation of States funding for the arts. We also encourage and facilitate cooperation within the arts scene in Guernsey.
We Promote creativity and arts to all communities in the Bailiwick of Guernsey and to those beyond. We are inclusive and engage actively with individuals, groups, schools and societies. We also work with individuals, businesses, trusts and States bodies in order to increase funding, resources and facilities for the arts in the Bailiwick.
We Inspire creative and artistic activities across the Bailwick by creating and promoting new artistic ventures and by encouraging existing events and organisations to develop further. As part of this we encourage existing festivals and events and will seed ideas and funding for new festivals and events in order to enrich the cultural landscape of the Bailiwick.
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Our Team
Hello from Russ, Jade, Jared and Louise. We are based at Candie museum and art gallery and are always happy to talk with you on anything to do with the Arts. Whether you are looking for a contact, help with a funding application or perhaps you have an event you would like added to the calendar or your artists profile added to our website.
Russ Fossey
Head of Arts Development: Inspired by the amazing talent we have in the Islands and motivated by the community
Board and Committee Members
We would like to introduce you to our directors and committee members who generously donate their time, knowledge, skills and passion in enabling Guernsey Arts to achieve it`s aims.
Mary Carey
Director. Teacher, Loves drama, literature, music , Shakespeare, thinking outside the box and pushing boundaries.
Alan West
Alan conducts Guernsey Concert Brass and performs with various other ensembles. Alan chairs our Funding Sub-Committee.
Jennifer Strachan
Investment advisor, sustainability champion, angel investor and NED. Loves being in the audience or at the exhibition.
Stephen Ainsworth
Chairs Guernsey Arts and is an actuary and pension trustee. He is a keen supporter of all genres of music and the arts.
Susan Lloyd
Spent much of her career raising funds for the private equity industry and has now switched her activities to raising funds for the Arts.
Trevor Wakefield
Director. Trevor enjoys all aspects of the arts but has a special interest in theatre, having written several plays and pantomimes.
Connie Helyar
Director: Connie is also a member of the Funding Committee.
Melissa Mourton
Committee Member and Advisor. Melissa is an advisor of Guernsey Arts and also sits on the Funding Committee.
Patrick Earle
Director. Patrick is portrait and abstract painter as well as an entrepreneur.
Angie Tolcher
Director: Angie has been involved in education since qualifying as a primary school teacher in 1986.
