Art for Guernsey is accepting submissions of artwork featuring the island’s Royal goats to go on public display this May.
The charity says it is looking for a variety of artistic interpretations of the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat, including abstract, figurative, photography, and sculpture.
The artwork submission is open to all.
From this open call to artists a shortlist of 20 works will be chosen for the final exhibition.
Selected artwork will have to be delivered to the charity’s Mansell Street Gallery by midday on Friday 17 April, with pieces ready to be hung.
There is a £10 fee per artwork, with that money going directly to the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat Foundation.
The exhibition will open a month later on 14 May until 13 June.
The Royal Golden Guernsey Goat
King Charles III gave Guernsey’s golden goats their Royal status a couple of years ago. A special ceremony to confer the Royal status was held at Les Cotils during His Majesty’s visit to the Bailiwick in 2024.
The following year, in 2025 the first ever Royal Golden Guernsey Goat Symposium took place.
The Symposium aimed to bring together experts on the breed from across the globe, to discuss its future, and what can be done to support the breed in Guernsey.
Although the Royal Golden may have many fans across the globe in fields of farming, agriculture and environmental sciences, numbers bred on island have declined.
Art for Guernsey hopes to use art and the island’s innate creativity to help improve the Royal Golden’s chances locally.
“The breed faces a serious threat of extinction due to a critically small gene pool, largely existing on one farm,” said a spokesperson. “Without urgent, coordinated effort, these beautiful, friendly goats could disappear from Guernsey.
“We want to apply art to create awareness of the threat to these unique goats, and to raise funds to help towards the conservation of the breed.”
For interested artists, you can find out more and submit artworks online HERE.