Arts, Crafts & Culture
Quay Arts Centre
Quay Arts is the Isle of Wight’s leading art gallery and venue for live arts events. Located in a converted 19th Century brewery warehouse at the head of the River Medina in the centre of Newport.
There's a Craft shop & a popular café/bar with a reputation for serving some of the best home-cooked food on the Island.
The gallery spaces and café walls are home to an acclaimed dynamic programme of Visual Arts sourced from home & abroad. Quay Arts’ theatre is one of the best venues on the Island to see live theatre, comedy, music, dance & classic film.
Quay Arts is supported by Red Funnel.
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The former Freshwater home of famous Victorian portrait photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron.
Named after her family's tea estates in Sri Lanka, Dimbola Lodge is now a museum to Cameron's life & work but hosts many events & exhibitions from other artists.
Permanent exhibitions include The Isle of Wight Pop Festivals Past and Present, Julia Margaret Cameron - Famous Men and Fair Women & The Albert Louis Cotton Album. The garden at Dimbola Lodge is also home to a life-sized bronze statue of the legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
The J M Cameron Trust is supported by Red Funnel.
more...Glory Art Glass
A family glass making business producing work in blown and sculptured glass but including flat glass etching.
more...IoW Studio Glass
This family run glass business has collections inspired by the magnificent coastline & landscape surrounding the studio.
more...Chessell Pottery Barns
An old barn houses this family run pottery shop & gallery, while the studio workshops & coffee shop are adjacent.
more...Diamond Isle Sculptured Glass
Sculptor Paul Critchley gives frequent demonstrations in the art of transforming molton glass into beautiful art objects such as Figurines, animals & sea life. Located in Arreton Old Village at Arreton Barns.
more...Medina Theatre
A community based theatre hosting local & national plays, concerts, ballets & lectures throughout the year.
more...Apollo Theatre
A 200 year old Theatre with 7 Productions held throughout the year by the amateur theatrical group The Apollo Players.
more...Cineworld
Coppins Bridge, Newport
PO30 2TA. Tel. 0871 200 2000. A modern multi- screen cinema with a varied programme of films on general release.
Arreton Barns Craft Village
See local craftsmen at work at Rural Ways Woodcrafts, The Craft Cabin & Ceramic Crafts. See also Lavender Cottage, the Herbal Craft Shop, the Brass Rubbing Centre & the 12th Century Church of St George.
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