During that period, activities which would have taken place there have been postponed, including workshops and residencies, and a number of events at other sites, including the cabaret programmes scheduled in April and May at parish halls and Karen Le Roy Harris’s exhibition scheduled for St Peter’s Mill.
But ArtHouse Jersey will be exploring ways of adapting their work to reach artists and audiences online.
Director Tom Dingle said: ‘Everyone is going to be affected by the situation and it is going to be a tough time, but we are going to offer online support where we can and every Friday artists will be able to get in touch with us and obtain practical support from us.’ Mr Dingle and producer Natasha Denman will be making themselves available for online meetings, which can be arranged by contacting ArtHouse Jersey by emailing emma@arts.je.
ArtHouse Jersey are also exploring ways to transfer online some of the material that would have been delivered directly to public audiences.
Mr Dingle said that they were looking especially at delivering workshops to special-needs groups online and the possibility of recording some of the cabaret performers whose work could be shown in care homes.
In addition to working on next year’s programme, ArtHouse Jersey will also be discussing with artists other ways of using art to keep citizens connected during the current crisis.
‘The gravity of the situation is recognised and we must all act responsibly, but people do also need to be occupied and entertained given these new set of circumstances,’ Mr Dingle added.
