Creative Island

Discover the vibrant colours and unique shapes of the world of fungi! 🍄 We found this variety of fungi was on our reserves; yellow stagshorn, amethyst deceiver, bonnets, and fly agaric! Fungi love the damp and dark autumn conditions and now is the perfect time to see them. 🔎

Job vacancy - 5 Isle of Wight museums are looking for a Community Engagement Project Manager to help connect with local people. Closing 24 Nov: aim-museums.co.uk/vacancies/comm… @IWClassicBoat @BradingVilla Isle of Wight Steam Railway Dinosaur Isle @shipwrecks_iow @TheIslandColle2

(1/2) Today in Cowes saw the launch of the Isle of Wight Cultural Strategy, bringing together the Island's arts, heritage and creative sectors with a shared ambition and plan for the future. 🎨🎭🎪 youtu.be/lAzFisuuods?si…

Fancy learning something new? Want to create your own unique artwork? Learn lino cut printmaking in this 3hr introductory course with printmaker Katie Stone 🎨📓 Design, cut and print an edition of your own artwork 🖼️ 👉 Book your space here: bit.ly/3sis1u1

@philgibby Thank you @philgibby - you’ve been at our side from the very beginning.

🚀 The Isle of Wight council and Creative Island launch a new ten-year Cultural Strategy, "an invitation to enhance our place and lives" onthewight.com/new-cultural-s… #iwnews #IsleofWight @iwight

🌟 The inclusive educational support initiative launched aims to help nurture a more inclusive, collaborative, and supportive approach for neurodivergent children and children with disabilities 🎒📚 onthewight.com/isle-of-wight-… #iwnews #IsleofWight #SEND

📸 Submit your ghost sign photos to help Historic England's cultural preservation efforts 🏢 onthewight.com/join-historic-… #iwnews #IsleofWight @HistoricEngland

Bright and sunny in Cowes today at the launch of the Isle of Wight Cultural Strategy, All The Wonder, by @TheIslandColle2. . #IsleofWight #CulturalStrategy #IsleofWightCulturalStrategy #AllTheWonder

Please make sure you are as prepared as possible for #StormCiaran. Get info: ☑️ The Isle of Wight Council storm web pages: orlo.uk/7biKR ☑️ The Met Office website has up to date weather warnings: orlo.uk/O3F3a #IsleOfWight

L👀K! @ArtsworkLtd offering £500 bursaries to 20 young creatives aged 13-25 across South of England. Please spread the word to creative young people in your networks. Deadline 26 Nov. Details & eligibility info via: artswork.org.uk/our-work-with-…

Thanks to @BBCRadioSolent's Lucy Ambache for interviewing Out On An Island Project Manager @CarolineDiamond on the afternoon show about our recent 'IOW Book of the Year' and 'Best Non-Fiction' awards. Listen here from 42 minutes in. ow.ly/TLCq50Q1SrX #stonecrabstheatre

Just one of the brilliant ways that new @ace_national #NPO @AwardsAYM develops the next generation of classical music talent. We’re investing £1.2 million in their work over the next three years as part of our #LetsCreate National Portfolio.

National Poetry Day is this Thursday - be inspired by the former Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson @FarringfordIOW #Freshwater #IsleofWight . Around the garden you will find some of his poetry to contemplate @VisitIOW #NationalPoetryDay

Schools already do this. Shouldn't the government focus on the really pressing issues in schools? - funding - teacher workload - safe buildings - SEND - careers advice - c21st curriculum Anyone would think they'd run out of ideas....

For thirty years our craftsmen having been using a homemade pattern imprinting tool called Knampspaggler to create naturalistic weathering patterns in wet concrete surfaces. Today the Knampspaggler made a giant leap from tool ➡️ to artificial habitat!

Huge thanks @HantsIWWildlife for this Innovation Award. Coming from you, this one means a great deal so a heartfelt thank you from the boys and girls at Artecology. We promise to keep innovating and shaping better places for people and wildlife! Thanks too @meganmccubbinwild

Anita Davies is Celia, one of the leaders of our fairy band (but don’t tell the Queen!). She might appear to hate the peers, and be very cross Ruth them, but she’s no more resistant to their charms than her sisters…….

Fab night laughing out proud @quayarts last night. Team Out On An Island just loved @MarkCramComedy @SharonWanjohi_ Adam Greene, @AaronTwitchen 😂😂😂 we’re still in splits