Registration for Isle of Wight Open Studios opens this week: Don’t miss the deadlines
Artists can now sign up for Isle of Wight Open Studios 2026 It’s that time of year again! Isle of Wight Open Studios will begin accepting applications from Island artists from Wednesday 26th November 2025. The organisation has also announced dates for next year’s event, which celebrates the Island’s creative community. Next year’s Open Studios […]
Young creatives invited to submit work for Brave Island’s new quarterly zine
Brave Island is gearing up to launch a new quarterly zine in 2026, offering young Isle of Wight creatives a free platform for their work. The organisation now welcomes submissions from Islanders aged 14 to 25 for the publication, which will appear in full colour on A5 pages. Open call for creative workYoung people can […]
Franko Figueiredo
I am a gay and genderqueer neuro-divergent artist living with my husband and our dog on the Isle of Wight. I am the co-founder and artistic director of StoneCrabs Theatre Company and I have worked as a stage director, dramaturg and drama facilitator for over 25 years. For this I have trained in Brazil and […]
Artists & Makers
The Isle of Wight is home to a remarkable community of artists, makers, and creative organisations, some of whom we support through our talent development strand, IW Creative Network
Museums & Heritage
Projects that highlight cultural initiatives, either still ongoing or recently concluded.
Find out more about the It’s Your Museum case study
Rob and Jim Homes – Record Producers
The Homes brothers, Rob and Jim, are responsible for producing and recording many musical acts both from the Isle of Wight and further afield. Extremely well respected both on the island and within the music industry on the world-wide stage, in this clip we see an insight into how and why Studio Humbug has been […]
Gavin Stride, Director
Gavin is a leader of cultural organisations: most recently for Farnham Maltings, a nationally regarded arts and community centre which led the town to securing of World Craft City status. Whilst at the Maltings Gavin founded House, a 176-venue network across south-east England that programmes and commissions new work for the region and Caravan, an international development […]
Georgia Newman, Deputy Director
Georgia founded and leads on the Isle of Wight Creative Network, which supports and nurtures creative talent on the Island. For 14 years, Georgia was the Visual Arts Manager for the Isle of Wight’s leading art centre, Quay Arts. She has worked for over ten years as an independent Cultural Consultant, Curator and Creative Producer, working […]
Claire Paul, Cultural Education Partnership Manager
Claire has been an educator within the Arts for over 15 years, across primary and secondary settings and worked as Performer and Choreographer within companies and community projects, giving her a strong understanding of the needs of teachers, young-people and creative professionals alike. In Claire’s role as Manager for the IW Cultural Education Partnership (IW CEP), she […]
Simon Harrison (Chair)
I live in Bonchurch and work as strategy director for an employee owned global professional services firm working in the built environment and international development. I have previous trustee experience of a large engineering charity and am treasurer of St Boniface Parochial Church Council. I’ve had the good fortune to chair numerous boards involving a […]
