Category: Arts & Culture
Art for everyone
A record number of Jersey artists will be showing their work at the Weighbridge and in unusual locations around the Island for the Skipton Open Studios 2013. The nine-day celebration of local artistic talent, organised by the Jersey Arts Trust and sponsored by Skipton International, is now in its sixth year. Between 22 and 30 [...]
Enabling dance
Jersey Opera House is hosting a dance workshop dedicated to students from Mont à L’Abbé School next week thanks to a collaboration with the National Dance Company Wales. Three professionals from the Welsh dance company will take the free class in the Jersey Opera House Studio on Tuesday 23rd April at 11am. At least twelve [...]
Jersey Museum is ‘Hatched, Matched and Dispatched’
Jersey Heritage yesterday celebrated the official launch of a new exhibition at Jersey Museum & Art Gallery, which gives insight into the lives of Islanders, their customs and traditions. Kindly sponsored by Credit Suisse, the exhibition invites visitors to explore a unique collection of items, textiles and images illustrating Islanders’ journeys from life to death, [...]
The next Nerina Pallot? Search starts for new young songwriters
La Motte Street Youth Centre, which is renowned for its Rock School, Gig School and Song schools, is launching a new song-writing competition for Jersey’s young people. The arts-based youth project is just about to start ‘Songs Against Prejudice’, a competition to encourage young people to write lyrics that focus on the subject of equality [...]
The Societies set to hold first Jersey Photography Convention
The Societies have confirmed they will be holding their first ever Jersey Photography Convention later this year, in St Helier. The all-welcome two day event at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, St Helier is set to take place between 31 October and 1 November 2013. The Societies has lined-up a range of seminars from lighting [...]
Opportunity for local music students to attend Liberation Festival Concert
Carey Olsen is calling on Jersey’s music teachers to nominate students for a chance to attend this year’s Liberation Festival Concert with stars from the Royal Opera House on Friday 10 May at St Thomas’ Church. The concert, organised by Music in Action, is part of the Liberation International Music Festival running from the 8th-12th [...]
Top national Arts Award for young Jersey musicians
Six young musicians from Jersey, including an 11-year-old singer-songwriter, have won a nationally recognised arts award for their achievements. Alfie Butel, a Year 7 student and regular at La Motte Street Youth Project will be among the group who receive their Bronze Arts Awards at a special presentation in the States Building on Wednesday 20 [...]
HATS ON & DIG DEEP
Rock fans raised £555.69 for Headway at Jersey Opera House on Saturday night after a live gig by tribute band Hats Off to Led Zeppelin. Audience members had been encouraged to turn up to the show wearing hats to raise awareness of the local brain injury charity. Headway and Jersey Opera House felt there was [...]
JERSEY’S YOUNG MUSICAL TALENT TO PERFORM IN SOPHISTICATED SURROUNDINGS
Five of the Jersey Academy of Music’s most promising students are getting together to perform a showcase of their favourite pieces. The mini-concert will take place in Grand Jersey’s dedicated business centre ‘Park Suites’, on Sunday 21st October at 12 noon before the start of Sunday Brunch service. The event launches a new Grand Jersey [...]
Late Bronze Age Hoard Discovered in Jersey
A Late Bronze Age hoard has been uncovered in a field in the Parish of Trinity, Jersey just months after the biggest Celtic coin hoard of all time was unearthed in the Island. It is thought that the find is a Late Bronze Age pottery vessel (around 1000 BC) containing what appear to be weapons [...]
