Creative & Cultural Cornwall
Galleries galore Visit contemporary haunts or peruse traditional hangouts
NEW FINDS Discover up and coming artists across Cornwall
CREATIVE SPACES Dine in style at Cornwall’s artistic establishments
Cornwall has been the home of artists for many years and continues to be an inspiration for those wanting to capture Cornwall in a plethora of artistic forms. If you’re creatively minded then this debut creative and cultural guide to art in Cornwall is sure to be a visual feast for the senses. From stylish galleries showcasing traditional paintings from some of Cornwall’s greats such as Charles Napier Hemy and Norman Garstin, to ceramics and sculpture from Jo Downs and Reece Ingram. You will not be short of aesthetically appealing creations to massage your eyes.
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Events
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Cornwall Design Fair
The 2014 Cornwall Design Fair, which takes place from the 15th until the 17th August, creates a festival of design to celebrate the best of contemporary and traditional Cornish workmanship. T: 01736 362750 www.cornwalldesignfair.co.uk Image: Stephen Tolfrey – Studio Wallop
Open Studios CORNWALL The annual Open Studios event, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, will see artists and craftspeople throwing open the doors to their studios from Saturday 24th May until Sunday 1st June, offering a chance to meet the designermakers and purchase their wares. www.openstudioscornwall.tumblr.com
Week of Art on the Scilly Isles For the fifth year, a group of artists in the Isles of Scilly are organising the Art Scilly Festival from the 10th May until the 17th. Local craftspeople and artists run classes in disciplines ranging from painting to making jewellery. www.artscillyweek.co.uk
Penzance 400 Exhibition The historic town of Penzance gained its Charter of Incorporation in May 1614, and this exhibition, running from 29th March until 7th June, celebrates the 400th anniversary by exploring the changing face of Penzance. T: 01736 363625 www.penleehouse.org.uk Image: Humphry Davy (1778 – 1829) ‘Part of Mount’s Bay’, watercolour, Penlee House Gallery & Museum collection.
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Art Courses
Summerhouse gallery 16
Truro & penwith College 15
The Jane Adams Gallery 17
Newlyn School of Art 25
Cornwall Contemporary 18 Kestle Barton 19
Restaurants
Lemon Street Gallery 20
Newlyn Art Gallery Café 26
Millennium Gallery 21
Tate St Ives Café 27
New Craftsman Gallery 22
The Black Rock Restaurant 28
Tate St Ives 23
The Gallery Café 29
The john dyer gallery 24
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Atishoo Gallery
Fernlea Gallery
Market House Gallery
Atishoo Designs is a contemporary arts and crafts gallery run by artist couple Liz Hackney and Paul Clark. The gallery is located in a converted barn in the historic village port of Charlestown in Cornwall and exhibits work by over 80 artists, many based in the South West. Artists include, Alan Arthurs, Jane Winton and Kit Johns, there is pottery by Phillip Gardiner and Jane Marks, jewellery by Koa and Sarah Drew, and a huge selection of prints and cards. Atishoo also offer a bespoke framing service from their onsite framing workshop. An online shop has recently been launched by Atishoo where many of the works can also be purchased.
Formerly the Porthminster Gallery, The Fernlea Gallery opened in March 2013 to show a vast eclectic range of both retro and modern works. For 2014 they will be showing a constantly changing exhibition of Post-War art, sculpture and ceramics, featuring a wide range of artists, both past and present. Several exhibitions are planned for the year, please see their website for details. Alongside this there will also be an extensive selection of Cornish art pottery including Troika, Tremaen, Studio Pottery and Leach Wares.
One of Cornwall’s best kept secrets - showing a constantly changing exhibition of quality Post-War art, sculpture and ceramics, featuring a wide range of artists from the past and present. New for 2014 a new collection of glass by Peter Layton, Borowski, Stuart Akroyd, Bob Crooks, Will Shakespeare, Elliot Walker and Norman Stuart and Lesley Clarke. The gallery stocks work by over 130 artists, 70 potters, 4 sculptors, 8 glass makers and an ever changing selection of Newlyn and Hayle Copper, some of which can be seen on the website. Each year the gallery hosts several exhibitions showing Cornish and general modern art and associated works. Please see the website for further details of future exhibitions.
3 Fernlea Terrace, St Ives TR26 2BH T: 01736 793978 www.fernleagallery.co.uk
Market Place, Marazion TR17 0AR T: 01736 710252 www.markethousegallery.co.uk
Monday to Saturday 11am – 5pm
Monday to Saturday 11am – 5pm
Image: Bryan Pearce, View from Fernlea Terrace
Image: Reece Ingram, Pigmy Goat
71 Charlestown Road, Charlestown, St. Austell PL25 3NL T: 01726 65900 www.atishoodesigns.co.uk Summer: Monday to Saturday 10am – 4pm Winter: Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm Image: Paul Clark, St Ives Beach
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MID CORNWALL GALLERIES Mid Cornwall Galleries is open throughout the year and located on the A390 east of St Austell, just a stone’s throw away from The Eden Project, Charlestown and Fowey. Housed in a former Victorian school, the space has proved perfect for their regularly changing exhibitions. The work for sale is chosen for its quality and originality and even after all this time (they opened in 1980), they never cease to be amazed and delighted at the shows resulting from the incredible diversity of work by nationally and internationally renowned artists, craftsmen and women. They gather together new collections of paintings, etchings, prints, ceramics (many by Fellows of the Craft Potters Association), blown and formed glass, silks, jewellery, sculptures, turned wood, clocks, mirrors and many other wonderfully made pieces. Head along and enjoy seeing some of the finest original work in the country.
St Blazey Gate, Par PL24 2EF T: 01726 812131 Info@midcornwallgalleries.co.uk www.midcornwallgalleries.co.uk
Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm January & Bank Holidays 11am – 4pm Wheelchair access on request. Images: Christy Keeney – Small Head (Ceramic Sculpture) Jo March – Fields at Mennaridden (Acrylic on Canvas)
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PENLEE HOUSE GALLERY AND MUSEUM The award-winning Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, is the only Cornish public gallery specialising in the world famous Newlyn School artists (c.1880 - 1940) including Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, Walter Langley, Harold Harvey and Laura Knight. In recent years, the gallery has built an international reputation for its year-round programme of temporary exhibitions, which offer the unique opportunity of viewing major Cornish works, borrowed from public and private collections across the UK, a stone’s throw from where they were created. The displays always include a selection from Penlee House’s permanent collection, ensuring that the Newlyn School are represented in at least one gallery. This Spring, to mark Penzance’s 400th anniversary, the Gallery has a special exhibition ‘Penzance 400’ (29th March to 7th June 2014) featuring art and artefacts from Penzance’s rich and colourful history, including the historic 400-year-old Charter and a portrait of the town’s most famous son, world-renowned scientist Humphry Davy. Set in an elegant Victorian house and park, Penlee House also covers West Cornwall’s archaeology and social history, and offers an excellent café and shop, with full wheelchair access throughout. Photograph: Steve Tanner Painting: Thomas Cooper Gotch Ruby, c.1908-9 Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance
Morrab Road, Penzance TR18 4HE T: 01736 363625 www.penleehouse.org.uk Open Monday to Saturday Easter Saturday to 30th Sept 10am – 5pm Last admission 4.30pm 1st Oct to Good Friday 10.30am – 4.30pm Last admission 4pm.
NEW FINDS TIM LAKE Find Tim Lake Ceramics at: No13, Broad Street, Penryn Twitter @TimLPots
To Persevere In Hope of Summer, Mark Spray. Photo: Michael Jay
West Cornwall has a long and prestigious history in the field of ceramics. The area boasts a thriving community of talented up and coming potters, and none more so than Penryn based ceramicist Tim Lake. Inspired by both traditional western and far eastern ceramic forms, his unique and warmly appealing hand thrown pots are skilfully made and then splashed, brushed and dotted with slips, sand and river silts sourced from the Cornish coastline. Currently leading the way in local contemporary ceramics, you won’t find anything right now that compares with Lake’s wonderfully original work. www.timlakeceramics.bigcartel.com
Penzance based artist Mark Spray has a true passion for landscape, and is certainly ‘one to watch’ for serious collectors with a love of Cornish art. Moody, dark and richly textured, his powerful works express the artist’s intense relationship with the land and an unusual dedication to the practice and process of making art. Sketching and painting on extended outdoor travels with his bivouac and faithful dog Rupert, Spray devotes much of his life to trekking the weather-beaten moor land, coasts and cliffs in search of creative inspiration. Particularly beautiful are his gorgeous drawings, executed with minimum detail and the occasional wash of muted grey-blue. www.markspray.com
Image courtesy of Tim Lake
MARK SPRAY Find Mark Spray’s work at: Studio 15, Trewidden Gardens, Buryas Bridge, Penzance
By Mercedes Smith Fine Art Communications www.fineartcommunications.co.uk
06 Porthilly Gallery
Porthilly Gallery near Rock, Cornwall is the studio of Jethro Jackson, a landscape painter and potter who was born and raised on the Cornish North Coast. This gives him an affinity and empathy with this most special of all coastlines and has allowed Jethro to capture the atmosphere of the local landscape in his original and sensitive works. The gallery space is where Jethro displays his works along with those of other leading contemporary artists, including Paul Jackson, Robin Leonard, Hamish Mackie, Chris Prindl, Eddie and Margaret Curtis and Edward Stein.
07 falmouth art gallery In 1894, the first Falmouth Art Gallery opened in Grove Place under the direction of Henry Scott Tuke and Williams Ayerst Ingram. For the next seventeen years, this commercial gallery was a focus of activity for artists from Falmouth and further afield. To celebrate its 120th anniversary, a new exhibition brings together work by some of the artists who have exhibited there, including Tuke and Ingram, Sophie Anderson, Frank Bramley, Richard Harry Carter, Elizabeth Forbes, Stanhope Forbes. As well as Norman Garstin, Thomas Cooper Gotch, Winifred Freeman, Charles Napier Hemy, Laura Knight, John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler.
Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth TR11 2RT T: 01326 313 863 info@falmouthartgallery.com www.falmouthartgallery.com Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm (including bank holidays) ‘Artists of the first Falmouth Art Gallery’ continues until 19th April 2014 and is supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. Admission is free. For more details about workshops and events please contact the gallery.
Rock, Wadebridge PL27 6JX T: 01208 863844 www.porthillygallery.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10.30am – 5pm Sunday 10am – 4pm
Image top: Hemy, Charles Napier RA RWS (1841-1917) Falmouth Town, 1910, watercolour, bodycolour and gouache, 47 x 69cm. Image bottom: Anderson, Sophie (1823-1903) Roses, oil on canvas, 71.5 x 92.1cm.
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LEACH POTTERY ST IVES The Leach Pottery, founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, is among the most respected and influential studio potteries in the world. Over the last hundred years scores of potters, students and apprentices from across the world have come to the Leach Pottery to work and train, creating a uniquely international environment on the Cornish coast. The recently restored Leach Pottery site includes a museum which celebrates the life and work of Bernard Leach and visitors can see the original pottery workshop built in 1920, including the first Japanese climbing kiln in the western world. At their shop you will find the new Leach Tableware and original work by leading local, national and international potters. The pottery’s Entrance Gallery houses a permanent collection including works by Bernard Leach, Janet Leach, David Leach, Shoji Hamada, William Marshall and Michael Cardew. Their main exhibition space is currently hosting Bernard Leach: Artist, an exhibition which explores all aspects of Leach’s creative work as potter, printmaker, painter, designer, writer and collector. During the school holidays they offer family friendly creative sessions, where you and your child can enjoy hands-on making activities together. Museum Admission: Adults £4.50 / Concessions £4.00. Accompanied under 18s FREE. Admission to the Shop and Entrance Gallery FREE.
Higher Stennack, St Ives TR26 2HE T: 01736 799703 www.leachpottery.com March to October Open daily 10am – 5pm Sundays 11am – 4pm November to February Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm Open bank holidays.
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Creative spaces to Dine 01 Newlyn Art Gallery Café
03 The Gallery Café
With its sweeping views of the bay, treat yourself to delicious locally made cakes and a range of coffees and teas after a wander around the gallery admiring the very best of national and international contemporary art. T: 01736 363715 www.newlynartgallery.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10am – 4.30pm
Whether eating alone, with friends or meeting colleagues, this spacious restaurant provides the ideal location for admiring a wide range of fine art from across four centuries, each with a rich Cornish flavour. T: 01872 271733 www.lemonstreetmarket.co.uk Monday to Saturday 8.30am – 5pm
02 Tate St Ives Café
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Take time out for a little refreshment at the café at Tate St Ives. With spectacular views over the old town and Porthmeor Beach, there’s no better place to stop and unwind. T: 01736 791122 www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives 16th May to October: Monday to Sunday 10am – 5.20pm
As one of Cornwall’s four Michelin Bib Gourmand awarded restaurants, you can enjoy a selection of culinary creations, whilst glancing at pieces of art and sculpture on display. T: 01736 791911 www.theblackrockstives.co.uk Monday to Saturday from 6pm
Image: Tate St Ives.
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CORNWALL CRAFTS ASSOCIATION Since its inception over 40 years ago, Cornwall Crafts Association has strived to promote the best contemporary crafts that Cornwall has to offer, and 2014 is no exception. Not only are they launching their exciting new website this year, but in November they will be hosting Shine III Craft Fair at Trelissick Garden, where they have one of their exceptional galleries. At Trelissick during April you will be able to view their Spring Exhibition with a focus on Amanda Brier’s exquisite ceramics and on 3rd May they open their Summer Exhibition with a focus on Geraldine Jones’ amazing baskets. On the 8th March, their other gallery at Trelowarren, Garras near Helston, came out of hibernation with the highly acclaimed exhibition Craftsmanship 2014, which runs until the 15th June. There is still plenty of time to take a trip to the spiritual home of Cornwall Crafts Association, to view this extraordinary gallery and the vast and diverse selection of contemporary crafts on display. It is no exaggeration to say that the galleries really are unsurpassed for quality, content, presentation and location. Whether you are just browsing, looking for inspiration or in search of a unique work of art or craft, Trelissick and Trelowarren galleries are essential ports of call.
Trelissick Garden, Feock, Truro TR3 6QL T: 01872 864514 www.cornwallcrafts.co.uk Mid February to November Open daily 10.30am – 5.30pm Trelowarren, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Helston TR12 6AF T: 01326 221567 www.cornwallcrafts.co.uk Open 11am – 4pm until April 14th. April 15th onwards 10.30am – 5pm
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Beside the wave Gallery The Beside The Wave gallery which opened in 1989 celebrates their 25th anniversary this year. It is now one of Cornwall’s best known and well established contemporary art venues with an international following of collectors. Art works are predominantly rooted in the landscape; Cornwall’s rich coast, countryside, towns and villages providing the inspiration for much of the work shown. In addition, a number of the gallery’s artists focus on paintings of place in a wider sense, including interiors and still life. With over 30 artists represented and 750 original paintings to choose from as well as a fine collection of artist made ceramics and jewellery, the gallery offers a wide range of exceptional work Contemporary impressionists, such as Andrew Tozer, Amanda Hoskin, Benjamin Warner and Sarah Wimperis mix with colourists such as Richard Tuff, Emma Dunbar, Alasdair Lindsay and Miles Oxenford, and the abstract expressionist work of Miles Heseltine and Paul Wadsworth. Paul Lewin and Chris Rigby are exceptional painters of coast and cliffs. The gallery hosts a lively and exciting schedule of exhibitions throughout the year and splendid evening viewing events to which all are welcome.
8-10 Arwenack Street, Falmouth TR11 3JA T: 01326 211132 gallery@beside-the-wave.co.uk www.beside-the-wave.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 11.30am – 4pm Image top: Madron Carn II by Miles Heseltine. Image top right: Falmouth Docks III by Benjamin Warner. Image bottom right: All The Letters I wrote by Sarah Wimperis
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11 Jo Downs Handmade glass One of the world’s most prominent fused glass artists, Jo Downs’ handcrafted work is inspired by the beautiful Cornish coast. Her range of gorgeous giftWWWware includes coasters, bowls, hangings and seasonal gifts, alongside statement interior pieces such as wall panels and art frames. Jo also undertakes architectural and home interior projects by private commission. Find Jo at Market Place St Ives, Middle Street Padstow, Fore Street Fowey and at her Launceston studio, where you can also see Jo and her team at work.
The Exchange
27G Pennygillam Way, Pennygillam, Launceston PL15 7ED T: 01566 779779 www.jodowns.com All galleries open Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm See website for Sunday hours.
The Exchange is a major contemporary art space that opened in 2007 in conjunction with renovations to Newlyn Art Gallery. The huge space retains the industrial feel of the original telephone exchange and features a large T-shaped gallery showing national and international contemporary art, plus work by some of the best local artists. The gallery is also used as a project space, where artists and curators can test new ideas and run workshops, film screenings, live performances and community events. The summer show, 3am: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night, is a group exhibition exploring the ‘shadow side’ of our daylight existence: lawless, demonic, paranoid, the realm of nightmares, ghouls and witchery.
Princes Street, Penzance TR18 2NL T: 01736 363715 www.newlynartgallery.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm Open bank holidays 11am – 4pm
Key Artists Stanhope Forbes (1857 - 1947)
The Newlyn School Art Colony (c.1880 – c.1940)
The Newlyn School was the name used to describe the art colony, and the group of artists that belonged to it, who were based in and around the West Cornwall fishing village of Newlyn. The area’s spectacular scenery, isolated position and great light has attracted visiting artists since the early 19th century and the general time span for those considered to be part of the colony is 1880 through to the early part of the twentieth century. The first of the painters to settle in the area was Walter Langley who came from Birmingham in 1882. By September 1884, there were at least twenty-seven resident artists, including Frank Wright Bourdillon, Frank Bramley and Elizabeth Forbes. These artists were later joined by Samuel John ‘Lamorna’ Birch, Alfred Munnings, ‘Seal’ Weatherby and Harold and Laura Knight, many of whom later settled in Lamorna and were often referred to as the later Newlyn School. Although the ‘Newlyn School’, as a unified artistic movement, ceased to exist in the early 20th century, the area remains a vibrant art colony to this day, and many hundreds of artists have made the area their home at some point.
Dubbed ‘the father of the Newlyn School’, Forbes’ painting ‘A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach’, 1885, brought national recognition to the art colony.
Henry Scott Tuke (1858 - 1929) Although Tuke’s time living in the village of Newlyn was relatively short, he is best known for painting the human form ‘en plein air’, using local boys as his uninhibited models.
Walter Langley (1852 - 1922)
Langley is generally dubbed the ‘pioneer of the Newlyn School’ and excelled at watercolour, producing narrative works imbued with almost overwhelming pathos.
ART Courses
Newlyn School of Art provides short art courses from 1-4 days in length in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Fabric Design and Pottery all year round. Open to all levels of ability from beginners to practising artists. www.newlynartschool.co.uk
Image: Cornish Landscape painting course, Newlyn Art School
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13 The Lander Gallery Exhibiting fine art from four centuries with a rich Cornish flavour and with a licensed café is Lander Gallery - situated in Lemon Street Market in the heart of Truro. Prices range from a few pounds to many thousands. Cornwall is the underlying inspiration for the Lander, with themed contemporary exhibitions changing regularly. Living artists are selected for the quality of their work and they include both popular favourites and artists who are exhibiting for the first time. On the classics side, important historic names from Forbes and Tuke to Giles and Bailey are joined by less familiar and more affordable artists. Original travel posters join quirky treasures, alongside exciting contemporary crafts including ceramics, jewellery, glass, turned wood, fabrics, and art books.
Newlyn ART Gallery
Lemon Street Market, Lemon Mews Rd, Truro TR1 2PN T: 01872 275578 info@landergallery.co.uk www.landergallery.co.uk Monday to Saturday 9am – 6pm
The gallery café is fully licensed and serves cooked breakfasts and lunches as well as tasty cakes and scones to have with your tea or coffee.
For almost 120 years, Newlyn Art Gallery has been bringing the best in contemporary art to audiences in the South West. In 2007 the gallery was redeveloped and a second venue, The Exchange in Penzance was opened. With two venues there is a wide and varied programme across two sites, showcasing the very best of national and international contemporary art, as well as work by some of the best artists currently working in the region. The Summer exhibition Drawing a Presence, is curated by and featuring the work of young people between the age of 15 and 25 living in West Penwith, reflecting the sense of presence they have within their home county. New Road, Newlyn, Penzance TR18 5PZ T: 01736 363715 www.newlynartgallery.co.uk Summer Opening Times (from 31st March 2014) Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm Bank Holidays 11am – 4pm
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TRURO & PENWITH COLLEGE Art and Design on show Truro and Penwith College offers a complete range of arts-based courses for students to explore their creativity and innovation. The college provides top quality teaching by practising artists in purpose-built studios, complete with excellent facilities. Students can develop technical skills in a variety of mediums, while exploring new ideas. As well as practical work, art history theory and techniques are also included in many courses. Fulltime courses on offer range from Level Two to graduate. A wide variety of part-time art and design courses are also available. All students can exhibit their work at their end of year shows. Vibrant student work is exhibited at various venues throughout the year, including the BA Applied Media Summer Exhibition at The Plumbline and Orchard Gallery, St Ives from 9th – 15th May 2014 and a Foundation Art and Design Show at the Ginkgo Building, Truro College, Tregye, from 9th - 13th June 2014. Two major shows in 2014 show a breadth of talent from across the college: Horizons, at Truro’s Lemon Quay from 20th - 24th May and from Penzance’s Harbour Car Park, opposite Wharfside shopping centre, 25th - 29th June. Both exhibitions take place in a marquee and are open from 9am - 6pm daily. For further details visit the website which covers both campuses at www.truro-penwith.ac.uk
Truro College College Road, Truro TR1 3XX T: 01872 267000 www.truro-penwith.ac.uk Penwith Campus St Clare Street, Penzance TR18 2SA T: 01736 335000
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SummerHouse gallery Situated just a stone’s throw away from the sea in the ancient charter town of Marazion, the Summerhouse Gallery is a thriving, beautiful space that exhibits a diverse collection of paintings, sculpture, jewellery and glass. The Summerhouse features both established and up-and-coming painters. Amongst the more established artists on display are Mike Hindle, John Piper, Michael Praed, Paul Wadsworth, Maggie O’Brien and Neil Pinkett. Kate Richardson and Amy Albright are two of many young talented artists featured that one may discover on a visit to the Summerhouse. With new work from Imogen Bone, Peter Ceredig-Evans and Martin Sadler, ceramics by John Bedding and Sarah Dunstan as well as sculptures by Theresa Gilder and Anna Rothwell, 2014 is proving to be an exciting year. You can also find a beautiful micro exhibition by Michael Strang, celebrating his inclusion in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. In September, the gallery is delighted to be holding a John Piper retrospective (keep an eye on the website for further details of all exhibitions). The gallery prides itself on being an inviting and friendly space that is both child and dog friendly and looks forward to welcoming you to Marazion.
Market Place, Marazion TR17 0AR T: 01736 711400 www.summerhousegallery.co.uk facebook.com/summerhousegallery twitter.com/summerhouse_art
Open Monday to Friday 11am – 5pm (except Wednesdays) Saturday 10am – 4pm Sundays 11am – 4pm during July and August Bank Holidays 11am – 4pm Left: Kate Richardson Blustery Hilltop Oil and mixed media on board, £1600.00 Top right: Michael Strang First Kiss of the Moon Oil on canvas, POA Middle right: Michael Praed Red and White Crabber Arrives Oil on board, £495.00 Bottom right: John Piper Mellow Light Oil on board, £1000.00
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THE JANE ADAMS GALLERY The Jane Adams Gallery has a reputation for being a showcase for Jane’s handmade, humorous and quirky animals, which she makes in her ceramics studio in the garden behind the gallery. The gallery itself is housed in a 200-year-old granite building, which is flooded with light, on the main road into St Just. The double fronted windows catch the eye and Jane is renowned for her unusual displays. The gallery stocks a fine range of interesting and unusual ceramics, including the work of Penn Boylan, Kevin Warren and Jane Booth. Amongst the ever-changing display of 2D work are paintings by Heather Howe, Nancy Pickard, Sally Welchman and Sophie Harding. The jewellers on show are Mo Walton, Nancy Pickard, Katarina Hughes, Sally McCabe, Lily Faith and Pip McFarlane and sculpture and the metal work by Richard Shaw and Helaina Sharpley always creates interest. The gallery is known for its wonderful selection of greetings cards and Jane has a weakness for textiles of all kinds and always stocks a wonderful array of contemporary work. Jane participates in Open Studios during May/June, when it is possible to view the pottery studio, check on new work in progress and grab a bargain from the seconds. Teas are also served in the pop up Tea Garden, weather permitting.
41 Fore Street, St Just, Penzance TR19 7LJ T: 01736 787052 www.janeadamsceramics.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm
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Lemon street gallery
This contemporary gallery opened in 2006 and holds monthly exhibitions, which aim to represent the very best of art in Cornwall and from out of the county. Well established and highly respected artists often exhibit alongside some of the most promising up-and -coming art school graduates and artists from as far afield as the west coast of America and Norway.
Kestle Barton is an ancient Cornish farmstead situated above the Helford River. Having undergone an award winning conservation and conversion project, old barns were converted into a gallery and garden. The gallery has a changing programme of exhibitions, events and workshops, as well as a wild garden and tea hut.
Now in its 14th year Lemon Street Gallery is one of the country’s leading contemporary galleries. Situated on Lemon Street, Truro, it has an enviable reputation for offering a vibrant eclectic programme of exhibitions and quality publications. The gallery features a wide range of upand-coming and established British artists.
1 Parade Street, Queens Square, Penzance TR18 4BU T: 01736 874749 www.cornwallcontemporary.com
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Manaccan, Helston Cornwall TR12 6HU T: 01326 231811 www.kestlebarton.co.uk Open 30th March – 2nd Nov 2013 Tuesday to Sunday 10.30am – 5pm Also open bank holidays
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13 Lemon Street, Truro TR1 2LS T: 01872 275757 www.lemonstreetgallery.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10.30am – 5.30pm Bank holidays 11am – 4pm
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Millennium gallery
New craftsman TATE St Ives gallery
Established in 1996, The Millennium Gallery, based in St Ives, showcases a unique collection of modern fine art and ceramics. Their aim has been to develop a strong nonurban space that can provide much needed representation of an alternative viewpoint. Artists include Sarah Ball, Mat Chivers and Roger Thorp.
The New Craftsman is the oldest gallery in St Ives and was originally established by Janet Leach, wife of Bernard Leach. The gallery has gained an international reputation amongst artists and showcases contemporary art, as well as original paintings by emerging Cornish artists and a selection of fine pottery and sculpture.
Street-An-Pol St Ives TR26 2DS T: 01736 793121 www.millenniumgallery.co.uk Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm
24 Fore Street, St. Ives TR26 1HE T: 01736 795652 www.newcraftsmanstives.com Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 11am – 5pm
No trip to Cornwall would be the same for the discerning art lover without a visit to the Tate St Ives. The gallery exhibits British and international modern and contemporary art and will re-open after a refurbishment on the 16th May. The Tate also manages the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. Porthmeor Beach St Ives TR26 1TG T: 01736 796226 www.tate.org.uk Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden 1st March – 31st October 2014 10am – 5.20pm
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BOOKS
For the perfect fireside accompaniment after a day of gallery visits, pick up one of these visually appealing reads.
Curiosity Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing explores this ambiguous passion through the lens of art and artefacts, both contemporary and historical. With essays by Brian Dillon and Marina Warner, over 100 illustrations and an anthology of writings.
The Only Non-Slip Dodo Mat in the World by Andrew Lanyon Accompanying the exhibition of the same name, this book ponders the question: ‘How does a person access their inventiveness?’ Featured in the exhibition will be a quirky mix of sculpture, automata, installations, paintings, drawings and photography all sprinkled with Andrew’s trademark wit and ingenuity.
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£17.95 www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
The Message by Victoria Gillow
Ignition by Ken Spooner
Elizabeth and Daphne are subjects of paintings in Falmouth Art Gallery’s collection: The Message by Henry Tuke Scott and two versions of A Quiet Read by Frank Jameson. Victoria Gillow researched these subjects and the result is a beautifully illustrated and intriguing story.
To celebrate the new collection of work by iconic contemporary artist, Ken Spooner, this book features his paintings, ceramics, photographs, sculptures and assemblages all of which were recently on show as part of the ‘Ignition’ Exhibition at the Cornwall Contemporary Gallery.
£12.95 www.falmouthartgallery.com
£25 www.cornwallcontemporary.com
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