Quay Arts' Christmas Cracker Weekend
Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th December
9am - 5pm / FREE ENTRY

Quay Arts’ annual festive weekend is back, featuring over 25 top crafts people spread throughout the centre, plus live music in the café, children shows in the theatre and much more! This is your chance to find gifts; local, handmade and perfect for everyone, whilst getting in the festive mood.

Saturday 26th November | 10 am – 12.30pm
£23 adult or £15 child (16 yrs and under)

A monthly drop-in class suitable for all abilities. Children age 8-16 years welcome if accompanied by a paying adult.

Saturday 26th November
£8 ticket | £30 family of four
11am & 2pm

Perfect for ages 3+, enter Pinocchio’s magical world and make lasting memories with your little ones – the perfect introduction to live theatre!

Friday 16th December
£12 adv / £14 on the door
Doors 6pm / Start 8pm 

The best up and coming comedians from across the country join your loveable host Bobbin Dixon for a superb night of hilarity. Food available on the night, see on our website for more information.

Line up:
Griff SBF-iiWii (Headline)
Ben Godridge
Leanne Easthope
Demitris Deech
Jimmy Shirley

Portfolio Preparation 2022 student exhibition
Friday 2nd – Monday 12th Dec 2022
Clayden Gallery Exhibition

An end of year celebratory group exhibition for the ‘Portfolio Preparation Course 2022’. Featuring work created across this 10 month long course by students:

Trishia Wray
Mary King
Keely Hunter 
Liza Draper
Alexandra Bossman

Portfolio Preparation is a non-accredited course bespoke to Quay Arts, aimed at mature students or younger people who would like the art foundation ‘experience’. The course gives those taking part an opportunity to prepare a comprehensive portfolio and hone their presentation skills for entering art courses at university level.

Portfolio Preparation information day
Saturday 10th Dec / Quay Arts Seminar Room / 2-4pm

Join artist / lead tutor Nick Martin, and Quay Arts Visual Arts and Education manager Ian Whitmore, for an informal information session to find out more about QA flagship Portfolio Preparation art course, launching Jan 24 2023.

This is a great opportunity to talk about your creative experiences and aspirations, share examples of your work, ask questions and, if it's a good fit for you, to sign up.

The course is limited to 10 spaces and this will be it's 4^th year.

Creative Biosphere Project

The IW Creative Biosphere Project is nearing its conclusion which will be an exhibition in the West Gallery, showcasing the work and activity undertaken throughout this exciting project. Find out more about the exhibition here.

What is the Creative Biosphere project? It’s a yearlong, multi organisational, cultural and educational project with the biosphere reserve at its core. Five local High Schools have been partnered with both an Island Arts Organisation or Museum, and also a professional artist.

The Island wide project has aiming to teach teens about The Islands Biosphere Reserve Status in order for them to use creative ways to teach the rest of the Islands residents.

As part of the project this weekend is the highly anticipated ‘Takeover Weekend’ where students ‘takeover’ the venues.

Ventnor Exchange Thursday 17^th Nov, 1-3pm 
Brading Roman Villa Friday 18^th Nov, 12-2.30pm 
Independent Arts Sat 19^th Nov, 10-4pm 
New Carnival Company Sat 19^th Nov, 11-3.30pm 

Find out details of what’s planned through the partner organisations and also the Creative Biosphere Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IWCreativeBiosphere