Malta Society of Arts

13/05/2026

12/05/2026

📣 The exhibition Vertigo by Hui Sun opens at the MSA on Thursday, 28 May 🎨 Curated by Marta Obiols Fornell , the exhibition invites us to explore the painter’s intuitive mind, where perspectives and different planes emerge in harmony beyond the visible.

The exhibition will feature a collection of 10 large paintings, thick layers of oil on canvas, focusing on the artist's 'SILENT SPACE' and 'ABSURDITY AND SERIOUSNESS' series, as well as some smaller paintings.

All are welcome to visit the exhibition and attend the opening evening on May 28th 6:30pm. See you there!

📆 28 May-25 June
📍 Art Galleries, Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta
ℹ https://artsmalta.org/event/vertigo-a-solo-exhibition-by-hui-sun/

11/05/2026

Last week, the previous course in Theatre and Film Makeup ended on a high note, as the students celebrated receiving their certificates 🤩 Here are a couple of group photos, with tutor Hayden Grima - with the certificates awarded🌟 and acting their part 🎭 Well done to all!

If you missed it last time round, here's your chance. Theatre and Film Makeup will return with a summer series of workshops, now open for registration. 🎬🎭

📆 Start Date – 7 July, 2026
⏰ Tuesdays, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 Location – MSA, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta
🎭Tutor – Hayden Grima
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/theatre-film-makeup-2/

10/05/2026

Ganutell classes at the MSA 🏵🌼

Join the upcoming summer course to learn the traditional Maltese craft of making artificial flowers, by transforming wire, thread and beads into beautiful decorative pieces 🌸

📆 Start Date – 7 July 2026
⏰ Tuesdays, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 Location – MSA, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta
👩🏼‍🏫 Tutor – Silvia Tabone
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/ganutell-2/

09/05/2026

In this exciting four-session course, students aged 10 years upwards will become digital authors as they write, design, and publish their own original storybook using a safe, digital publishing tool 💻

📆 Start Date – 5 August, 2026
⏰ Wednesdays, 9:00 - 10:45
📍 Location – MSA, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta
👩‍🏫 Tutor – Dorianne Farrugia
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/create-and-publish/

08/05/2026

Learn the fundamentals of pencil art in a fun, engaging, and creative environment, and develop observational skills and artistic confidence through age-appropriate exercises ✍🏼

👩🏼‍🎨 Tutor – Elaine Baldacchino
📍 Location – MSA, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta

Age 11+:
📆 Start Date – 7 July 2026
⏰ Tuesdays, 9:00 - 11:30
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/pencil-drawing-11/

Age 16+:
📆 Start Date – 1 July 2026
⏰Wednesdays, 17:00 - 19:30
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/pencil-drawing-16/

07/05/2026

In this new four-session course, participants will explore the fundamentals of making different puppets and how to animate them. 🎭 Sessions will cover basic techniques in making shadow puppetry, hand puppets and table-top puppets using simple materials and tools for their construction. They will also experiment with manipulating these same puppets through story telling.

📆 Start Date – 14 July, 2026
⏰ Wednesdays, 17:00 - 19:30
📍 Location – MSA, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta
🎭with Theatre Anon
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/introduction-to-puppetry-workshop-summer/

06/05/2026

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 📣 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

Supporting Influss 2026 International Artists, the newly introduced Buddy System is a paid role designed to enhance the residency’s three pillars of inquiry, immersion and experimentation. Intended for Malta based practitioners, the scope is to provide contextual navigation and support, peer-to-peer exchange, community building and well-being.

Apply now: https://direttoratkultura.gov.mt/en/opportunities/
📆 Deadline: 16 June 2026

This programme is funded by the Culture Directorate, Malta, in collaboration with Malta Society of Arts, and the Valletta Cultural Agency through the Valletta Design Cluster.

𝐒𝐞𝐣ħ𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐮ħ𝐚 📣 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 – 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐣𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥-‘𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦’

Bħala sapport għall-Artisti Internazzjonali ta' Influss 2026, il- 'Buddy System', inizjattiva introdotta riċentament, toffri rwol imħallas, imfassal biex jissaħħu it-tliet pilastri tar-residenza: l-indaġni, l-immersjoni u l-esperimentazzjoni. Intenzjonata għal prattikanti kulturali ibbażati Malta, l-iskop huwa li jiġi provdut navigazzjoni u appoġġ kuntestwali, skambju bejn prattikanti u żvilupp ta' komunità u l-benesseri tagħha.

Applika issa: https://direttoratkultura.gov.mt/opportunitajiet/
📆 Data ta' skadenza: 16 ta' Ġunju 2026

Dan il-programm huwa ffinanzjat mid-Direttorat tal-Kultura, b’kollaborazzjoni mas-Soċjetà Maltija tal-Arti u l-Valletta Design Cluster permezz tal-Aġenzija Kulturali għall-Belt Valletta.

05/05/2026

"Are you new?"

It's a question we hear at events all over the world.

Hardly. LCME has been here since 1887. We were founded on 10 March that year by G. Augustus Holmes, a London-based organist and composer. His idea was simple, but radical for the time: music education should be accessible and affordable for everyone, no matter their background.

Nearly 140 years later, that same idea still shapes everything we do.

Today, as part of the University of West London, we run music, drama and communication exams in more than 55 countries. We offer digital exam options that reach candidates we couldn't have imagined in Victorian London. Our syllabuses celebrate diverse voices, traditions and styles.

Established in history. Never bound by it.

So next time someone asks "are you new?" — we have a simple answer. "Only since 1887."

What is your first memory of LCME?

05/05/2026

Clay modelling for different age groups 🏺 The clay-modelling courses at the MSA provide an introduction to the art of clay modelling, including basic formative training to develop skills and techniques in order to understand and appreciate the clay medium as a means of expression. The course offers hands-on exercises to assist students to create their own artefacts. 🏺

👩🏼‍🎨 Tutor – Nadia Ann Mangion
📍 Location – MSA, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta

Age 7-10:
📆 Start Date – 7 July 2026
⏰ Tuesdays, 8:30 - 11:00
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/clay-modelling/

Age 11-15:
📆 Start Date – 8 July 2026
⏰Wednesdays, 8:30 - 11:00
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/clay-modelling/

Age 16+:
📆 Start Date – 2 July 2026
⏰Thursdays, 17:00 - 19:30
👉 Find out more and register: https://artsmalta.org/course/clay-modelling-16/

04/05/2026

🎵 Today is the first day of the Summer 2026 London College of Music Practical Examinations, taking place at the Malta Society of Arts between the 4th and the 13th May, 2026.🎵

Good luck from the MSA, to all students sitting for LCM exams!

The MSA welcomes Dorothy Carnegie as the LCME Senior Examiner.

Dorothy Carnegie (BMus Hon FMus (ICMA) FLCM FISM PGCE I) has been an examiner for the London College of Music since 2003.