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Guernsey Film Fest 2026
Join the team of Guernsey Film Festival for FREE this Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October for the annual Guernsey Film Fest, brought to you exclusively by Delimited IT Solutions!
An event for the entire community.
In collaboration with The Mallard Cinema, they will be presenting a varied selection of local and international films & documentaries; a weekend filled with FREE FILMS!
This year, they’re keeping things HUSH HUSH! For the 5th edition of the Guernsey Film Fest, we’re diving into a world of secrets. From covert missions and high-stakes espionage in the shadows to hidden agendas, forbidden love and untold stories…
For more information, head over to the Guernsey Film Fest website!
2026 Guernsey Arts Open: SUBMISSIONS OPEN
The Guernsey Arts Open is the island’s largest annual showcase of local artistic talent. It’s a unique opportunity to discover and purchase original works from emerging and established artists, right in the heart of Guernsey’s historic marketplace.
Open to all resident artists of any age and experience, the Open celebrates the strength and diversity of Guernsey’s creative community. Submissions are free and can be in any medium – from painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, textiles, illustration, graphics, digital art, film, and more.
Enter here – https://forms.gle/KztrLk4xNpxnzr3z8
Submissions close on the 16 October.
Artwork featured: Marble Bay by 2025 Winner Olympia McEwan
The Fanny Davies International Piano Series presents “Harry the Piano”
The Fanny Davies International Piano Series seeks to build a welcoming community for new and existing audiences with a passion for piano music, and their next event will be taking place at St James next Wednesday the 7th of October!
Join Paul Harris, known as “Harry the Piano,” and praised by Classic FM as “one of the world’s great improvisors,” for an exciting and unique evening of piano music. A prolific musician, Harry has performed with musicians from Clare Rutter to David Bowie, and for audiences including HRH King Charles III and HM the Queen.
His quasi-improvisatory programme will end with the chance for the audience to request ‘any tune changed into any style!’
“His phenomenal talent, charm and wit are a delight” – Stephen Fry
The evening will feature an art exhibition by local artists Rob Sweeney and Peter Le Vasseur.
The workshop will take place from 4pm – 5:15pm, followed by the recital at 7pm – 8:30pm.
For any young pianists interested in participating in the piano workshop, please email Alan West (awest@cwgsy.net).
Kindly supported by The Swallow 2018 Charitable Trust and The Guernsey Arts Commission.
Doors: 6:30pm | Music: 7:00pm
Get your tickets while you still can.
The WILLIAM MORRIS COLLECTIVE: An Evening with Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Discover the world of William Morris next Wednesday the 7th of October, with this evening lecture from renowned author, curator and lecturer Suzanne Fagence Cooper.
The designs of William Morris abound with greenery and growing things. Orchards, hedgerows, kitchen gardens and wild woodlands all provided inspiration for his art and lectures.
Throughout his life, Morris sought ways to connect domestic spaces with the natural world and his gardens. Together with his family, he created beautiful decorative patterns inspired by honeysuckle, apple blossom and roses. Their creativity was underpinned by a deep appreciation of nature and an awareness of its fragility.
In his lecture, Art and the Beauty of the Earth, William Morris urged audiences to take responsibility for protecting the environment. He believed that artists should lead the way as advocates and activists for the natural world.
This September, the William Morris Collective will celebrate its launch and first exhibition, Radical Beauty at St Stephen’s Church. To mark the occasion, renowned author, curator and lecturer Suzanne Fagence Cooper will join us on 7 October for a special talk exploring William Morris’s life, work and enduring environmental ideals. Drawing on her extensive research and experience curating Morris-related exhibitions, Suzanne will offer fresh insights into one of Britain’s most influential artists and thinkers.
The lecture will take place in the Frossard Theatre within Candie Museum, starting at 7pm and running until 9pm.
Secure your place in the audience today.
Art at the Park: ‘The Stillness of Place’ by Wendy Griffin
The National Trust of Guernsey’s Art at the Park Gallery in Saumarez Park is gearing up for the next showcase… Wendy Griffin’s new art exhibition, ‘The Stillness of Place’, opening next Tuesday the 6th of October.
Wendy’s landscapes and seascapes are beautifully serene evoking long summers and crisp cold winters. Using oil paints as well as pastels, Wendy’s mastery of both media results in wonderful scenes typical of the Guernsey we all know and love.
The exhibition runs from Tuesday the 6th of October until Friday the 30th of October between 10am and 5pm daily, but please be aware that the exhibition will close at 2pm on the final day. The Gallery is free entry and is accessible friendly.
Wendy Griffin is a Guernsey based artist whose work explores the quiet beauty and enduring character of the Island’s landscapes and coastline, and also the places she visits regularly in the UK. Working in oils and pastels, whether “en plein air” or in the studio, she is drawn to places that invite stillness, quiet bays, winding coastal paths, open skies, and the ever-changing meeting of land and sea.
Her work explores the emotional connection we form with the places around us. Rather than simply recording a view, she seeks to capture a sense of atmosphere, memory and presence: those moments when a landscape seems to hold a feeling, a story, or a moment of peace. Through expressive colour, texture, and light, Wendy’s paintings reflect both the tranquillity and the power of the natural world whether depicting calm waters or restless seas, her work is rooted in a belief that places can comfort, restore and connect us to something larger than ourselves.
In addition to Wendy’s paintings there will be a small display of her late Father’s watercolours. Tony Taylor was a well-known local artist and teacher of watercolour who held many local exhibitions in the island, and whose work is held in private collections both locally and afar. All proceeds from any sales of his paintings will be given to the Stroke Association.
