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This week's Art Fix includes an eclectic mix of exhibitors, performances, workshops and trails for creative islanders to get involved in.
Every weekend, Express presents a selection of exhibitions, performances, workshops, events and other historic, creative and delicious content to help islanders get their weekly dose of culture.
Here's this week's offering...
One of Jersey’s leading contemporary artists, Kay Le Seelleur Ara aka ‘Mrs Magnitude', will display her work at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House from Wednesday 19 July until 20 August 2023 in 'Mrs Magnitude’s Emporium'.
Kay Le Seelleur Ara regularly posts her work on Instagram and has gained a diverse and growing audience of followers from around the world, ranging from fans in the Australian outback to world-class New York painters and critics.
Her work can be explored via her three Instagram handles; @kay_leseelleur, @kays_telly_doodles and @mrs_magnitude.
The exhibition will feature hundreds of original works of art, paintings and drawings that Kay has made since a life changing moment in 2019, and promises to be a fun and wild journey into the brilliantly inventive, sharp humour and gender politics of Kay's extraordinary body of work.
The Tortoise Takeover is an island-wide sculpture trail by Durrell in partnership with 'Wild in Art', which will this summer lead people on a trail of discovery through Jersey's parks, wild spaces and coastline.
50 giant colourful tortoises, each sponsored by a local business, and 65 young uniquely designed tortoise sculptures, have been placed around the island.
They serve as ambassadors for all the work Durrell undertakes with reptiles across the globe. The Tortoise Trail started on 1 July and will run until 31 August 2023.
Want to find out where they are? Check out our full digital trail guide here.
A selection of iconic English cartoonist Heath Robinson’s watercolours which were not exhibited during the artist’s lifetime are on display in Jersey.
The combination of facility with the medium and his distinctive vision means that although these pictures are mostly different from his commercial work, they are immediately recognisable as his.
These paintings will be shown at Jersey Arts Centre’s Berni Gallery until 15 July 2023.
You can find out more information HERE.
'ArtHouse Jersey Pop Up' is a series of pop up art exhibitions featuring local artists. The project invites people to 'pop up' to the Greve de Lecq Barracks to enjoy the work of artists. It also offers them the chance to get a better insight into the artists work.
This exhibition, taking place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 July, will involve four artists working in different mediums, exploring the local environment.
Anita Rive paints local scenes and historical sites on Jersey granite, while Deborah Brown creates pictures using sea glass and shells combined with watercolours or acrylics.
Emma Faull is an ornithological artist specialising in endangered species and she will exhibit paintings of Jersey wildlife, and Stephanie Rondel is an art teacher and landscape painter who has been exploring reflections between land and sky.
This show will present the work of two recently graduated artists on Sunday 19 and Sunday 20 August at Greve De Lecq Barracks Studios.
Shan O'Donnell studied BA Documentary Photography at USW Cardiff. Shan's practice is informed by photographs, text, audio, moving stills and archival research.
Nicolle Sheppard is a multimedia practitioner. The pieces that she will be presenting examine flexibility, scale and adaptability.
Artists Susanne Kudielka and Esther Rose Parkes Heinrichs will be running two lullaby-writing workshops on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July at Grève de Lecq Barracks.
These sessions are open to anyone wishing to write a lullaby and no previous writing or musical experience is necessary.
The Lullaby Project is an initiative that hopes to create a diverse portrait of Jersey's lullabies by capturing the many much-loved bedtime songs that are sung around Island homes.
The workshops will look at the traditional lullaby song form and explore different ways of writing a lullaby for a special person using prompts, objects and musical instruments to support the creative process.
The aim is to leave the five-hour workshop with a completed lullaby at the end of the workshop and participants will receive an audio recording after the session.
Attendees are asked to bring a minimum of one meaningful object to the workshop; everything else will be provided.
Suggested ticket price, including lunch, is between £5-10.
Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
The St. Lawrence Minstrels Choir will be performing a selection of music from the 50s and 60s in aid of Sanctuary Trust and The Salvation Army.
The concert will take place in Coronation Park on Saturday 15 July from 14:00-16:00.
Roger McGough's 'Money-Go-Round', will be arriving in Jersey for a weekend of fun-filled performances at Hautlieu School on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 July.
This will be the first production of the 'On Tour' series presented by Jersey Opera House. It offers Jersey audiences a chance to reconnect with the magic of live performances.
Money-Go-Round puts a new spin on the classic story of The Wind in the Willows, exploring our kinship with nature, and carrying a timely warning against the destructive pursuit of wealth.
In the show, Mr Toad has a shiny gold coin, which he gives to Lavender Mole to pay for a room in her hotel. Now, Lavender Mole can pay Jan Stoat for cleaning the windows, and Jan Stoat can pay back Mr Badger... until the coin might just end up back where it started!
The production debuted its summer 2023 tour at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, performing at the Big Top stage in the Kidzfield area, and will travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after its performances in Jersey.
To find more information or book tickets to see the show, visit the Jersey Opera House website.
Saturday Art School, a free extra-curricular course available to secondary school students across the island, will return this October in six week blocks on Saturday mornings.
The sessions are relaxed and sociable giving the opportunity for young people from different schools to come together, make new friends and form a new community.
The activities planned incorporate both individual and collaborative tasks to encourage new ways of working.
Each session starts with an informal breakfast and provides opportunities to socialise throughout.
Young people interested in applying for a place on the course are encouraged to reach out to their school art teacher who will be able to support with the application paperwork and advise on future course dates.
This week's Art Fix was put together by Sadie Taylor, who is on work experience with Bailiwick Express.
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