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A Colourful Mind by Luke Gallie is an exhibition at Guernsey Arts Greenhouse Gallery featuring artworks in acrylic, watercolour and spray paint.Using a variety of colour palettes, styles and aesthetics, professional tattoo artist Luke challenges and explores his own creative process.The exhibition is open until 25 October.

The story of Frances Hesselbein has come to Guernsey through a screening of a documentary which aims to preserve and spread her influence, Defining Moments. Francis was an American businesswoman and writer. She was the CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, from 1976 to 1990, and the president and CEO of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Non-Profit Management, the Leader to Leader Institute, and the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, which later became the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International affairs, Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership.Here, Executive producer Sarah McArthur talks about Frances' life and the principles that guided her leadership.Read more: https://www.thequarry.media/dig-this-...

The Quarry celebrated its one year anniversary with the Dig Deeper live event in the Cafe at St James.We were joined on stage by Ellen Groves, Gregory Harrison, Jade Kershaw and Martyn Dorey as we explored our cultural links with France, the opportunities they create and how they could be strengthened.Here, Ellen talks about why she has launched a new bilingual newsletter for the islands and France. The Quarry is proud to be working in partnership with Ellen, you can sign up to îles here: https://www.ilesanglo-normandes.comLocal media is under pressure like never before. The Quarry relies on reader funding for its existence, to support us and our independent voice visit: https://www.thequarry.media/

The Quarry celebrated its one year anniversary with the Dig Deeper live event in the Cafe at St James.It was great to see so many people in the room to hear more about the role of independent solutions-focused journalism and our plans for the coming year.We were joined on stage by Ellen Groves, Gregory Harrison, Jade Kershaw and Martyn Dorey as we explored our cultural links with France, the opportunities they create and how they could be strengthened.The energy in the room afterwards and the conversations that were triggered was fantastic.Here, Guernsey Arts Community & Public Realm Officer and Vale Earth Fair Collective member Jade Kershaw talks about her experiences. Local media is under pressure like never before. The Quarry relies on reader funding for its existence, to support us and our independent voice visit: https://www.thequarry.media/For more on Guernsey Arts: https://www.arts.gg/For more on The Vale Earth Fair: https://valeearthfair.org/

Le Déhus is a quiet, enigmatic place.You have to duck to get through the low door into the burial chamber, and stooping feels like a small act of respect, forcing you to nod to the people who built it 6,000 years ago on a low hill in the north-east of the islandInside it is cold and still, with only the pigeons cooing. Switch on the lights and, on a capstone above the central chamber, a face looks back at you from the granite: Le Gardien du Tombeau, the guardian of the tomb. Below it stands a mysterious single stone, and in daytime light floods in from the doorway, casting the stone's shadow across the floor.It is here that a fascinating story unfolds.It begins with a new look at hard evidence: geometry, and the movement of the sun and stars. Then the rest is a new interpretation, a hypothesis that aims to make sense of the stone positions and carvings. Put together, it points to a site of real importance. A place where the equinox was fixed as a stone calendar, and possibly the earliest direct measurement of earth time; where light and shadow mark the season we now call Easter; and where, carved into the roof, may be the oldest surviving image of a sky-father, the same iconography you can follow all the way through history to Michelangelo's God reaching out to Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.Martyn Dorey came to Le Déhus by chance, while writing a book on mathematics. Here he tells us what he has discovered. At The Quarry's  one year anniversary  live event in the Cafe at St James he told us what he discovered.Read the story in full and examine the modelling: www.thequarry.media/le-dehus-ancient-guernsey-temple-may-be-worlds-first-easter-monument-and-earliest-image-of-god/  We were also joined on stage by Ellen Groves, Gregory Harrison, and Jade Kershaw Martyn Dorey as we explored our cultural links with France, the opportunities they create and how they could be strengthened.Local media is under pressure like never before. The Quarry relies on reader funding for its existence, to support us and our independent voice visit: https://www.thequarry.media/

The Quarry celebrated its one year anniversary with a live event in the Cafe at St James.It was great to see so many people in the room to hear more about the role of independent solutions-focused journalism and our plans for the coming year.We were joined on stage by Ellen Groves, Gregory Harrison, Jade Kershaw and Martin Dorey as we explored our cultural links with France, the opportunities they create and how they could be strengthened.The energy in the room afterwards and the conversations that were triggered was fantastic.Here, St James deputy director Gregory Harrison talks about his experiences both as a musician and promoter.Local media is under pressure like never before. The Quarry relies on reader funding for its existence, to support us and our independent voice visit: https://www.thequarry.media/

Mark Prevel gives us a full insight into what it takes to walk 1,000 miles in 28 days.He fitted his fundraising challenge in around work commitments, setting off in the early hours, sometimes snatching moments of sleep on benches to ward off exhaustion, and at one point walked 100 miles in 24 hours to add even more spice. Mark was raising money for Les Bourgs Hospice.Les Bourgs receives no financial support from the States, and is currently working on a new model to ensure the future of hospice care in Guernsey.To donate: https://giving.gg/fundraising-events/...Les Bourgs Hospice: https://www.lesbourgshospice.org.gg/Support The Quarry: https://www.thequarry.media/#/portal

Etienne Marquis' work explores the twisted and visionary world of contemporary surrealism through the medium of oil paints. Here he discusses his journey so far, his process, and talks us through his latest exhibition, The Bleeding Veil, which blends Guernsey folklore with modern themes. That is on at The Greenhouse Gallery until 31 August.This is a new series in partnership with Guernsey Arts. The Quarry is committed to shining a light on the vital role of the arts in our society, those involved and the opportunities provided.Guernsey Arts: https://www.arts.gg/Support The Quarry so we can continue our work: https://www.thequarry.media/#/portal

La Grande Mare Golf Course has been transformed in the last seven years, but what role did sustainability play in its development?Grace Dovey (Ecologist and Ecologist & Sustainability Operations Officer) discusses the project and some of the positive impacts, including the planting of more than 1,500 trees, wetland restoration and orchid conservation. Work is ongoing, especially now that the course is open, and community groups are also playing their part.Can the area be both a golf course and a nature reserve?

The Vale Earth Fair is a firm fixture on Guernsey's cultural calendar.This year it celebrates its 50th anniversary.More than just a music festival, it's an event committed to environmental care, community and self-expression, also raising charitable funds.This year's headliners are The Orb and Dynamics.The Quarry editor Nick Mann interviews Vale Earth Fair Collective member Rob Roussel live at Guernsey Arts Sunday.