IT WOULD take an ‘art tax’ or a ‘golden pot of money’ from the States to give the arts the funding it needs, the Culture and Leisure minister said at the weekend.
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Funding needed to secure arts projects
THE Guernsey Arts Commission is appealing to islanders and businesses for help to fund its community arts projects.
Quick turnover of arts staff is ‘unfortunate’
THE Guernsey Arts Commission has defended its employment record after half of its development staff left in recent months.
Island ‘must find way to get Potato Peel filmed here’
GUERNSEY needs to work harder to ensure a blockbuster film based in the island is shot here, according to Guernsey Arts Commission commissioner Eric Snell.
St James campaigns for more States cash
THE president of the Friends of St James has appealed to the States to spend more on the arts.
‘We should take advantage of our cultural heritage’
GUERNSEY is sitting on a phenomenal economical and cultural opportunity through becoming an arts centre, it has been claimed.
Photography exhibition deemed a hit as visitors flock to Market Square
ORGANISERS of the first Guernsey Photography Festival report excellent public feedback.
Photography festival to hit the streets of Town
GUERNSEY’S first Festival of Photography will be officially launched tomorrow.
Why The Centre Fold needs you
THE Centre Fold Gallery needs you.
Art icon’s new work is to have local premiere
SIXTIES pop art icon Sir Peter Blake is opening an exhibition of his latest work in Guernsey ahead of its showing at the Tate Britain.
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