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Put pen to paper to take part in this week’s Island Drawing Challenge, or to write some words for LGBTQ+ history month. If that’s not for you, why not go and catch a play at the Arts Centre?
Take a look at our selection of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other cultural events to liven up your week...
The charity Liberate is celebrating LGBTQ+ history month with a writing competition challenging entrants to write over 1,000 words with an LGBTQ+ theme.
There are categories for both over and under 18s, and entries are due in on the 16 April.
Announced in May, the winners will receive £100 Amazon voucher prizes.
Find out more here.
Open until Sunday 26 March, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize continues to be showcased by Arthouse Jersey.
Catch it at Capital House before it ends, showcasing over 120 artworks from the 2022 competition.
As well as this, 21 pieces within a special category named the Working Drawing Award are being showcased at Sommerville House on Phillips Street until 24 March.
Running alongside the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition, ArtHouse Jersey's five week 'Island Drawing Challenge' began last week.
This week’s theme covers ‘soul food’ with Beresford Street Kitchen.
Running alongside the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition, ArtHouse Jersey's five week 'Island Drawing Challenge' began last week.
ArtHouse Jersey launches a new drawing theme each Friday via social media channels. The theme of the week will speak directly to the core work and focus of a featured local charity.
Other charities taking part in the 'Island Drawing Challenge' include Brighter Futures with 'Families & Loved Ones', Jersey Mecap with 'And Relax...', and Art in the Frame who will share with week with ArtHouse Jersey offering people the opportunity to have an artistic free-for all and draw whatever they please.
On Friday 3 March, Alliance Française de Jersey will open an exhibition of drawings Lawyer and artist Joseph Le Dieu from Avranches. This exhibition is in collaboration with La Maison de la Normandie et De La Manche, as well as Société Jersiaise.
The themes of the art will follow: 
Rural landscapes in parallel by the artist P. J. Ouless at the Société Jersiaise
Twinned towns with Jersey at the Maison de la Normandie et de la Manche
Trade, buildings, people and animals at the Alliance Française de Jersey
Take a look at the Eventbrite page for more info and admission.
Get spooky with Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein
From the 1-3 March, the Youth Theatre at Jersey Arts Centre will be recreating the story of this famous novel.
Directed by Hettie Duncan and Nicole Twinam, this production "places Mary Shelley at the heart of the story, as she wrestles with her horrific creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women then, and now".
Book tickets via the Arts Centre website.
Catch JADC's latest production, Dial M for Murder, starting on 7 March.
Tony Wendice has married his wife, Shelia, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He blackmails a scoundrel he used to know into strangling her for a fee of £1,000, and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself.
Get tickets via the Jersey Arts Centre website.
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