Isle of Man Arts Council Launches “Christmas Creatives” Project
An Advent Calendar with a difference: Celebrating Creativity at Christmastime

The Isle of Man Arts Council is inviting members of the Island community to submit videos that celebrate creativity during this unique time. Each day of December leading up to the 24th December will feature a new video each day.

This December will be like no other as 2020 has presented unique challenges to us all, including the creative community. You may remember our Home is Where the Art Is project in May which featured your creativity during lockdown. The aim was to celebrate 31 days of Manx creation in isolation throughout May to uplift the mental health and wellbeing of our community, to promote arts and culture as well as supporting Island creative artists during such difficult times. It was a wonderful celebration of the invaluable role played by the arts during isolation and we saw submissions from people of all artistic backgrounds and abilities. Now we’d like to celebrate your creativity in the lead up to Christmas as we look forward to a brighter 2021.

The Isle of Man Arts Council Chairman, Mrs. Marlene Maska MLC said: “This project follows the heartening success and level of engagement which our ‘Home is where the Art Is’ attracted during the Covid Lockdown. The resulting videos proved to be truly uplifting to our Islanders and the IOMAC are delighted to, once again, reach out to our Creative Community, young and old, to take part in this exciting project as we approach the season of Advent.

“I feel sure that we will attract a high standard and wide variety of submissions and look forward very much to seeing this project come to fruition.”

Artists and creatives of all ages, backgrounds and abilities are asked to produce a short video about how they are engaging with creativity during this time and submit it to the Isle of Man Arts Council. The films will be judged by a panel including members of the Isle of Man Arts Council, and each day in December up to the 24th a new video will be uploaded to their website and social media feeds.

Each successful participant will receive a payment of £100 as support and thanks.

Criteria

The videos can be of any art form – music, visual art, poetry, drama and dance etc. - and must fit into one or more of the following categories:

  • Original
  • Seasonal
  • Inspirational
  • Educational
  • Interactive

Videos can and should be submitted as soon as possible to increase chances of being selected. Once the 24 videos have been selected, the competition will close.
Videos must be no longer than three minutes and submitted as MP4s in landscape where possible.

Please submit your form online via our website here where you will also be able to submit your video to our portal.