links

island links

www.islecreate.co.uk - Weekend Island breaks with a creative twist!www.iowht.org.uk/healingarts - registered charity that provides programmes linking the arts with healthcare.
www.isleofwightfestival.org - official IW Festival site
www.iwight.com - IW Council website
www.platformone.org - an independent youth arts organisation with an emphasis on new technologies.
www.rydecarnival.org - website of Ryde Carnival
www.wightmusic.com - listings of music events around the Island
www.artsoutheast.co.uk - arts events and info for the South East
www.rydefestival.org/ - website of Ryde Arts Festival
www.island2000.org.uk - environmental trust celebrating 'islandness', involved in community and public art projects.
www.islandbreaks.co.uk - IW Tourism Official site
www.iwight.com/living_here/voluntary/voluntary_type.asp -
IW Clubs and Organisations
www.eduwight.iow.gov.uk/student/higher_education/adult_ed/ -  Adult and Community Learning opportunities on the Island.                                          
www.wightaonb.org.uk - The Island's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty site.
www.isleofwightart.com - Independant site promoting Island artists.               www.isleofwighttouristguide.com - Over half of this Wight Isle is a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty.  

funding links

www.artscouncil.org.uk - Arts Council of England
www.awardsforall.org.uk - Lottery grants for local communities
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk - Grants from the National Lottery
www.filmcouncil.org.uk - UK Film Council
www.hlf.org.uk - Heritage Lottery Fund Site
www.nof.org.uk - New Opportunities Fund
www.princes-trust.org.uk - The Princes Trust for young people

national links

www.craftscouncil.org.uk - National organisation promoting contemporary craft
www.creative-partnerships.com - creative working in schools
www.a-n.co.uk - Artists information for professional visual artists.
www.voluntaryarts.org - Voluntary Arts Network

Island Artists links

Ceramics
www.beach-house.demon.co.uk - 
Ceramic, sculptural and vessel forms by Ventnor artist Pauline Barnden.
www.juliet-robins.co.uk - Juliet Robins, ceramics and photography www.mudlarks.org.uk - Cat James
www.sueparaskeva.co.uk - Sue Paraskeva, porcelain

Glass
www.sculptured-glass.co.uk - Glass sculptor Paul Critchley

Groups                                                                                                                               www.ventnorartists.com - Ventnor Artists in various media               

Illustrators
www.besleycartoons.com - Rupert Besley ( IW County Press cartoonist)www.splotdesigns.co.uk - Claire Sells
www.mariaward.co.uk - Maria Ward
www.potting-shed-cartoons.co.uk  - Alan Rowe

Jewellers
www.sophiehoneybourne.co.uk - Sophie Honeybourne
www.boneidols.com - Clare Taylor

Mixed Media
www.jennyclayden.co.uk -Papier Mache sculptor Jenny Clayden
www.palette28.co.uk - Mixed media artist Gavin Hodson
www.piccadillo.com - Sara Philo bright, quirky illustrations & paintings.
www.artisticfigure.co.uk – Kathy Wray drawings, prints                           www.davenport-designs.com - Helen Davenport costume designer             www.vidyaworks.co.uk - Vidya Surujballi paintings, collage and digital

Music
www.jazzdivas.freeuk.com - Ventnor's Jazz Divas Festival                                www.rawsamba.org.uk - Community Brazilian style drum and dance band

Painting
www.dayshlandscapes.com – Alan Daysh Island landscapes.
www.lilnutter.co.uk - Lil Nutter paintings derived from detail photographs from nature
www.hilarythorpe.co.uk - Painter and Weaver Hilary Thorpe
www.beckysamuelsonfinearts.co.uk - Becky Samuelson www.malindyargyle.com - Malindy Argyle                             www.mariusvonbrasch.co.uk - Marius von Brasch       www.pauleccles.co.uk - Paul Eccles

Photography
www.flickr.com/photos/julianwinslow - Julian Winslow www.lisatraxler.com - Lisa Traxler painting and photography  www.availablelightphotography.co.uk - Steve Gascoigne, photos & panoramic views of the Island
www.debsallan.co.uk - Debs Allen                                                 www.visulate.org – Mathew Pontin                                                     www.island-photography.co.uk - Martin Williams  www.islandlifestyles2020.com - Event photography for the Island. http://dylan-garcia.co.uk  - Dylan Garcia

Prints
www.onlineprints.co.uk
Isle of Wight based artists Ivan Berryman, Max Heller, Vikkie Chappell, Phoenix, Lynn New, Paul Burgess, Eltian Bossert and Garry Hurt.

Sculpture                                                                                     www.filmsculptor.com - John Blakeley - Island based figurative sculptor, illustrator and special effects artist                                                                              www.thecarvedtree.com - Wood carver Paul Sivell www.flickr.com/photos/ecclestongeorge - Scenic artists using wet cement sculpture and recycled materials

Storytellers

www.thatsanotherstory.co.uk - Storyteller Sue Bailey

Wood
www.petersplatters.co.uk - Peter Charles Fagg

Other
www.handmadesilverspoons.co.uk - IW silversmiths
www.woodland-crafts.co.uk - IW Woodland Crafts
www.rti-inventors.co.uk - IW Round Table of Inventors