ArtHouse Jersey is inviting applications for a new professional development programme offering five visual artists the opportunity to receive one-to-one mentoring with art consultant and mediator Sasha Gibb.

Running from November 2026 to June 2027, the Visual Artist Mentoring Programme forms part of ArtHouse Jersey's ongoing investment in artists and the nurturing of creative practice.

The programme is open to visual artists living and working in Jersey, as well as Jersey-connected artists currently based elsewhere.

Who is it for?

The programme is for visual artists who feel they could benefit from dedicated professional support to develop their practice and think about where they want to take it next.

You can apply if you are:

• living and working as a visual artist in Jersey; or

• a Jersey-connected visual artist currently living and working elsewhere.

If you're based outside Jersey, we'll ask you to tell us a little about your connection to the Island as part of your application.

Image: Minimal Works exhibition by Connor Daly

Not sure whether mentoring is right for you?

We know mentoring may be new to some artists, and you don't need to be certain that it's right for you before finding out more.

If you're interested in the programme but would like to understand more about what mentoring could offer, you can arrange a short, informal 15-minute conversation with Sasha before applying.

Email sasha@antonygibb.co.uk to arrange a time.

How to apply

Applications close on Monday 12 October 2026.

As part of your application, we'll ask you to tell us about:

• you and your connection to Jersey

• your current visual arts practice

• where you are in the development of your practice

• what you would most value mentoring around

• what you would hope to achieve through the programme.

We'll also ask you to share examples of your work.

Applications will be considered by a panel including representatives from ArtHouse Jersey and Sasha Gibb. Five artists will be selected, with successful applicants notified during the week commencing 26 October 2026.

Sasha Gibb is an art consultant and accredited mediator with experience spanning the arts, business and professional development.

Sasha previously worked with ArtHouse Jersey and spent six years as Gallery Director at CCA Galleries, where she launched the Jersey Summer Exhibition. Her wider experience includes consultancy for the Government of Jersey, design workshops for the British Council and, in 2024, mediating discussions involving Korean artists and curators at the Venice Biennale. She currently mentors artists based in Lewis, Bath, London and Seoul. 

For Sasha, mentoring is about bringing an experienced outside perspective to both the creative and practical realities of being an artist, with support shaped around the ambitions and challenges of each individual.

Sasha Gibb explains ‘My job is to help artists make their best work. Commercial advice may be part of this but is rarely the only part. Instead, specialist, ‘in confidence’ artist support allows a creative career to develop with integrity and with the artist at its heart.’

Image: CONSUMED exhibition by Women’s Research Wānanga

Image: Sasha Gibb profile (screen print by Dan Baldwin) from Oliver Doran