Creative Island Ident (Sand)

The Cultural Development Agency for the Isle of Wight

Giant seagulls at Ventnor Fringe
Credit: © Julian Winslow

Arts Organisations

Artswork

Young Cultural Changemakers, Professional Development, Creative Careers
Empowering young people on the Isle of Wight – particularly the under-served – to make a difference to their community through creativity, with youth-led projects in schools and other youth groups. Other services include professional development and creative careers support.

Brevity

Brevity is a 6-times yearly, literary handbill that launched in October 2019. Writer and founder of Brevity, Anmarie Bowler describes “a full-scale glossy magazine is more than I can manage. But a handbill – an elegantly folded piece of paper featuring compelling stories from Islanders, for Islanders, is perfectly sized in terms of shape and ambition.” Brevity is printed at Boojum&Snark!

Boojum & Snark

Boojum&Snark is an innovative regeneration space on Sandown High Street that features a gallery, subculture events and community projects. They focus on exhibitions and placemaking projects that resonate with the town’s cultural heritage, as well as SubculturecluB events.

Deadman Theatre

Deadman was founded with a deep desire to challenge the status quo. Not wanting to see the same old same old, an overwhelming need to see new, exciting, representative work for its own sake. Work that supports and represents underrepresented artists and communities.

Horse Box Theatre

Joe Plumb founded the Horse Box Theatre Company in 2018 with an aim to create a proudly nomadic theatre group that creates new and exciting work on their converted horse box theatre and ‘off the box’ at a whole variety of performance spaces. 

  • Find out more by visiting their website
  • Contact by emailing Joe Plumb joe@horseboxtheatre.com

Independent Arts

An Isle of Wight charity using the arts to improve wellbeing, quality of life and to reduce social isolation. Working with all ages in the community and schools.

Isle of Wight Music Hub

Isle of Wight Music Hub is putting music at the heart of vibrant school and Island communities. The hub is building a strong partnership of schools and cultural organisations, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.

Monkton Arts

Monkton Arts is a family run, community-based cafe and arts centre in Ryde. They have a commercial gallery, a children’s gallery and working studios. They work on community projects and host many musical events.

Naked Figleaf Collective

Naked Figleaf Collective is a community-focused venture founded by Jean G-Owen. They promote creative opportunities and put on events for writers, artists, wordsmiths and musicians on the Island.

New Carnival

New Carnival use Carnival and celebratory arts to engage people and communities, helping them to achieve their creative potential through the production of stunning outdoor events.

Platform One

Platform One offers high-quality education for young musicians and fashion creatives on the Isle of Wight.

Peer Studios

Peer Studios & Gallery CIC, established in August 2022, is a vibrant creative hub located in the heart of Ventnor. Peer Studios provides a collaborative space for artists to thrive, through events, exhibitions, gigs, and workshops, we foster a diverse community of creatives.

Quay Arts

The Quay Arts offer a wide programme of art and performance in their gallery and theatre spaces and work with schools and the community offering workshops and experiences.

Shademakers

Shademakers create and work with ‘Dancing Sculptures’ to conceive, conduct and curate project work to provide spectacular shows. They also offer training and support in a variety of areas related to carnival arts.

StoneCrabs Theatre

StoneCrabs is a contemporary theatre company creating unique performance experiences, providing the space for the development of young theatre-makers and the production of new and international untold stories through physicality, charged word and strong imagery at the highest standards.

Vectis Radio

Vectis Radio is the Isle of Wight’s community radio station: Run for the people, by the people! Tune in: FM 104.6 | Online: vectisradio.com

Ventnor Exchange

Ventnor Exchange bring together visionary artists to inspire, nurture, provoke and entertain. They are also responsible for Brave Island, a creative network for young people on the Island; providing mentoring, funding and training for young people interested in the creative industries.

Wonderfell Theatre Company

Wonderfell Theatre Company creates and delivers innovative workshops and theatre to awaken all senses and creatively engage curious, young minds. They work with teachers, parents and pupils alike, to reimagine the delivery of the primary curriculum as a truly exciting and empowering journey for learning.

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