Café Offers Platform for Local Artists

Café Offers Platform for Local Artists

Scarlet Wines & The Vineyard Table, a café, deli and wine shop in Lelant, is offering local artists the opportunity to showcase their work and take part in collaborations to raise their profile. The project has been devised by Scarlet Wines staff member Iona Sanders 

Vertigo Sea by John Akomfrah

Vertigo Sea by John Akomfrah

This week a major exhibition by John Akomfrah arrives at The Exchange in Penzance, in between stints at The Arnolfini in Bristol and Turner Contemporary in Margate. Vertigo Sea is a three-screen, 48-minute meditation on humankind’s relationship with the sea, and an exploration of its 

‘Ready Salted’ at The Old Coastguard

‘Ready Salted’ at The Old Coastguard

The Old Coastguard in Mousehole will shortly be hosting its third art exhibition. ‘Ready Salted’ is a selection of photographs by Penzance-based artist Luke Brown. This will be Luke’s first private show; featuring 28 of his prints, it will open to the public from Friday 

Mosaic designers combine tradition and innovation

Mosaic designers combine tradition and innovation

Expert mosaic designers Harvey and Jefferson, who have built up a mosaic building and restoration business over the last few decades, have now launched an innovative website, making their Victorian mosaic floors widely accessible. ‘Mosaics by Post’ combines traditional designs and 25 years experience with 

Cornish Still Lives

Cornish Still Lives

This spring The Gurnard’s Head hosts Cornish Still Lives, its third art exhibition following In the Cornish Light of Day in 2013.  The exhibition features work by distinguished artists from South West Cornwall: Gillian Cooper, Maggie O’Brien and Martin Sadler.  All are successful in turning 

Cornish glass artist captures the world in colour

Cornish glass artist captures the world in colour

Julia Mills’ intricate and captivating works in the medium of glass have become well-recognised examples of a jubilant and colourful response to Cornwall’s natural beauty. Each carefully hand-made piece harnesses the astounding natural light of the peninsula, incorporating dynamic abstract forms alongside shapes from nature 

Courage On Our Coasts – Photography Exhibition

Courage On Our Coasts – Photography Exhibition

This winter The Old Coastguard in Mousehole will play host to an exhibition of images by photographer and RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew member Nigel Millard, showcasing the lifesaving work of the RNLI. The exhibition opens to the public on 8th December 2013.  The photographs form part 

Recreating the art of Alfred Wallis

Recreating the art of Alfred Wallis

Max Wildman, an artist whose popular success revolves around an uncanny recreation of the techniques and style of the painter Alfred Wallis, exhibited a selection of recent work at vintage boutique Beatengreen during the St Ives September Festival this year. Alfred Wallis is a legendary figure 

Matthew Crabb, Exmoor Chainsaw Carver – March 2011

Matthew Crabb, Exmoor Chainsaw Carver – March 2011

Exmoor Artist Completes Ambitious Commission Exmoor Chainsaw Carver Matthew Crabb is set to complete his first large-scale international commission this spring.  In October he was awarded the task of carving the world’s largest wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, a project which took him to 

New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives – March 2011

New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives – March 2011

Gallery of the Month Feature, Cornwall Today March 2011. The New Craftsman, purportedly the longest running gallery in St Ives, is undergoing an exciting transformation.  The latest phase in this gallery’s long relationship with St Ives and its artists will see an evolution of the