Strengthening community arts: Micro-grants available for Isle of Wight cultural initiatives
Creative Island has announced a major opportunity as part of CAN YOU HEAR US?, a six-week Island-wide celebration of culture taking place in Autumn 2026. Arts Council England is funding the programme, which will bring together communities across the Isle of Wight to showcase local creativity and cultural expression. Supporting local creative projectsThe CAN YOU […]
Discover Past Futures grant opportunities at upcoming drop-in session
If you are interested in applying for a Past Futures Heritage grant, join us for the drop-in session at the Wight Aviation Museum on Monday 24th November, between 10am-1pm. The session will give applicants a chance to meet some of the Past Futures core team: Sandy Ciccognani from IW Community Action’s Volunteer Centre will also […]
Centenary of James Dore: Celebrating the prolific Victorian and Edwardian photographer
A hundred years ago this month marks the centenary of the death of James Dore, one of the Island’s most prolific Victorian and Edwardian photographers. James Dore died on 25th November 1925 and left behind a remarkable photographic record of daily life and familiar landscapes around Sandown and the Bay area. More than a photographerJames […]
New public art commissions celebrate the Isle of Wight’s unique landscape
Landscape artists are being invited to apply for three new public art commissions that will celebrate and respond to the Isle of Wight National Landscape as part of a major cultural programme next year. Applications are open now via Curator Space, with the deadline set for midnight on Sunday 14th December 2025. A celebration of […]
Past Futures: Funding secured for six organisations – Round Two opens
Six Isle of Wight organisations have secured funding from The National Heritage Lottery Fund, to deliver projects that shine a light on the rich history of the Island. Ranging from capturing the lives of the people who worked in the Ronson Lighter factory in Newport to a new podcast series and publication which will explore […]
Re:Box calls out for artists to exhibit in Ryde’s tiniest gallery
Re:Box, the Island’s smallest art gallery, located in a classic red phone box on Lind Street in Ryde, is inviting local artists to use the space for future exhibitions. The organisers are calling out to creatives who want to “think inside the box” and bring fresh ideas to this unique public art space. A literary […]
Free online webinar helps Isle of Wight educators connect curriculum with nature recovery
Teachers across the Isle of Wight are being invited to discover how their schools can play an active role in restoring the Island’s natural environment. A free online event, the Island Nature Online Webinar for Schools, will take place on Tuesday 4th November 2025 from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. To register for this Continuing Professional Development […]
Bay Visions initiative supports local artists with mural commissions across the Shanklin, Lake and Sandown Bay Area
Building the Bay, the community-led initiative driving regeneration across Sandown, Lake, and Shanklin, has launched Bay Visions: Outdoor Mural Commissions. The new programme will award nine grants of £1,000 each to support the creation of large-scale painted murals across the Bay Area. Bringing colour and creativity to public spacesThe commissions will be evenly distributed across […]
Isle of Wight Book Awards celebrate literary talent at annual prize-giving lunch
It’s a week of award-giving on the Isle of Wight! On Tuesday, the annual Isle of Wight Book Awards opened the Island’s Literary Festival this week with a prize-giving lunch at the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. The 2025 Awards welcomed any book published in 2024 that was either set on or about the Isle […]
Brave Island’s Isle of Wight Young Artist Award winners announced
Congratulations are in order for a group of 14 to 25-year-old Isle of Wight artists whose work now fills the Clayden Gallery at Quay Arts in Newport. The exhibition forms part of the Brave Island Isle of Wight Young Artist Award and gives visitors the chance to see the creativity of many talented young Islanders. […]