We also helped to found and annually help the IW Book Awards ( IW Book Awards founded by Hunter Davies and now run by Medina Bookshop. We maintain their website, are a collection point for books and attend the awards each year)

Arts Prize

Biosphere Festival

John Ackroyd Award for Young Engineer

Monkton Awards Night

Regular Community events

Balance Project

Faith & Philosophy

Spoken Word

FOMA Aimed FOR Projects for the next 2 years

Fifty Familiar Faces

Ryde Bandstand

Surfers Against Sewage

For The Record

fifty faces poster.pdf

FFF

Fifty Familiar Faces

Surfers against sewage CAMPAIGN

We performed as the 'Shantty Harmonies In The Sea' (S.H.I.T.S) singing a protest song about the sewage in the sea. We are in the process of making a protest music video. Emma did a sponcered 'Dip A Day' in October to highlight how many days we can not get in the sea safely. She has also, along with other local people from our community have visited the southern water plant and being trained to do water testing. We have also worked with Surfers Against Sewage to display their work during the bioshere festival 2025

Projects over the last year 25/26

In the news 'OnThe Wight'

43 skate decks were produced by island artists to raise money for a new skate park in freshwater. After the launch they were displayed at different locations to promote the project. Monkton Arts was lucky enough to get six to display in our shop for the first 2 weeks of May 26.

The project raised over £7000!

The Coat Of Hope

We were lucky enough to get a days visit from The Coat Of Hope. Many members of the puvlic had a chance to wear it and learn about it. To find out more click here

Barrie Michelle-
60 years Plus of Comic Illustrating

2000 AD

Classic Jaguars

Roy Of The Rovers

Dr Who

Summer Holidays Art Classes

MOU and The Knowledge Exchange Programme

As Jenna was the Deputy Mayor of Ryde we got involved in the foundations of setting up the Memorandum of understanding with The University of Portsmouth and Ryde Town Council to help more collaboration and mutual benefit opportunities stretching over the Solent. We signed the agreement in the centre of the Solent.

From this agreement we formed the Knowledge Exchange Project
Follow the link to find out more about the 16 wider community projects we supported through this programme.

Archetechture students using the MOnkton Merman to reimagine Appley Tower

other projects

LGBTQ Memorial Quilt 2024-25

We worked with Stonecrabs Theratre Companys Out On An Island Project and Rainbow Island to deliver this community quilt. we went into schools and delivered comunity projects and then constructed this quilt which can be added to. It has since been displayed all over the Island and continues to be added to