Open call: The Channel Islands Contemporary Art Show

This open call is to invite artists of any discipline to submit proposals for the exhibition or presentation of new works inspired from the histories and present-day social realities of the Channel Islands and their relation to the world for a touring exhibition project produced by Art for Guernsey and ArtHouse Jersey, curated in partnership with Les Champs Libres (Rennes), for 2024. 

The Channel Islands Contemporary Art Show is a new project that takes as its ‘anchor point’ the inspiration encountered by the many artists who came to the Channel Islands to live, for refuge or for inspiration particularly from the late 19th to mid 20th century, as well as the present-day social realities of the region. The curation of the exhibition will be shaped through a spirit of dialogue, experiment and artistic rigour supported by the exhibition’s curatorial team across Guernsey, Jersey and Brittany, France. It aims to offer new perspectives on how the Islands relate both to their own past and to a wider global future. 

The exhibition will open at ArtHouse Jersey’s Capital House gallery space in St Helier in January 2024 and then at Art for Guernsey’s new gallery space in St Peter’s Port from March 2024. Art for Guernsey and ArtHouse Jersey welcome proposals for new project.

CLICK HERE to view/download the open call details and guidelines!