Make your mark at town gallery

You can Make Your Mark at Capital House this week.

A new project is inviting people to contribute to a piece of art being created at the ArtHouse Jersey gallery.

Hayley Gibaut and Sophie Harris, who are known as The Stoodio, are asking visitors to join them over the next fortnight weeks to draw, paint, make, build, write and create a collective piece.

The completed artwork will then be on show for a week at the beginning of November.

Make Your Mark launches this evening (13 October) from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

From midday on Wednesday (14 October) visitors can contribute, and take part in creative workshops for all ages.

The Stoodio co-founders Hayley and Sophie aim make art accessible, social and open to experimentation.

The Stoodio artists Sophie Harris and Hayley Gibaut

“We want Make Your Mark to feel open from the moment you walk through the door. There’s no right or wrong way to take part and you don’t need to think of yourself as an artist.

"We’re creating the starting point, but we genuinely don’t know what the finished work will look like because that will depend on everybody who comes in and contributes.

"That unpredictability is a huge part of what excites us – watching the space change, seeing people respond to each other’s ideas and eventually stepping back to see what we’ve all made together.”

Key dates:

Making and participation: Wednesday 14 October to Sunday 1 November

Completed artwork viewing: Tuesday 3 to Sunday 8 November

Opening hours: 12pm to 6pm, closed Mondays

Venue: ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House, 8 Church Street, St Helier

Admission: Free, no booking required

EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

Full details and tickets are available via Eventbrite.

Thursday 15 October
Cardboard Lab: Flower Making 4pm–5.30pm | £5 | Ages 5+
Experimental Movement Painting 6.30pm–8.30pm | £30 | Ages 18+
Friday 16 October
Sound Bowls & Somatic Creation 10am–12pm | £30 | Ages 18+
Saturday 17 October
Sound into Story: A Collaborative Music & Art Making Experience 10am–12pm | £10 | Ages 17+
DRAWN TO SOUND: Live Music × Experimental Drawing 6PM | £15 | Ages 16+
Tuesday 20 October
Cardboard Creature Lab: Building Creations 2.30pm–4pm | £5 | Ages 5+ (parent/guardian supervision required)
Thursday 22 October
Fabric Painting Creations 3.30pm–5pm | £5 / Free | Ages 5+ (parent/guardian supervision required)
MARK MY WORDS 6pm–7.30pm | £5 for non-members | Ages 16+ A collaborative evening of poetry, spoken word and creative experimentation, hosted by La Poèt'tie.
Saturday 24 October
A Chance to Play Again 10am–1pm | £10 | Ages 17+ An adult theatre workshop exploring play, confidence and creative freedom, hosted by Viviana Hoyos.
Tuesday 27 October
Graffiti Workshop 12pm–2.30pm | £5 | Ages 5 Hosted by Stephen Lamb.
Cardboard Lab: Building Creations 4pm–5.30pm | £5 | Ages 5+
FLORA: Cardboard in Bloom 6.30pm–8.30pm | £20 | Ages 17+ An experimental botanical sculpture workshop.
Wednesday 28 October
Mindful Making: Painting with Scent 6pm–7.30pm | £30 | Ages 17+ Hosted by Frances Lamb.
Thursday 29 October
Experimental Painting: FLORA 6pm–8pm | £20 | Ages 17+
Friday 30 October
FREQUENCY / FORM 6.30pm–9pm | £15 | Ages 18+ An experimental soundscaping DJ event with the freedom to paint and create, hosted by CHILLSPLIFF and David Gaspar.