by stiveslocal | Sep 13, 2026 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
It’s very new as traditions go, but the sound of pounding drums and cries of “olé, olé,olé, olé” filling the town centre streets mean St Ives September Festival is under way. The Falmouth Marine Band make their way along Wharf Road On a clear, mainly...
by stiveslocal | Sep 9, 2026 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
In bright late summer sunshine, Barbara Hepworth’s famous sculpture Epidauros II has returned to its familiar plinth on St Ives’ Malakoff. St Ives Art Tours’ Nicky Ferguson was with St Ives Local as the statue was replaced on its plinth. It will be a...
by stiveslocal | Aug 28, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
This autumn, there’s a vibrant programme of exhibitions, family activities, and special events at Tate St Ives, alongside collection displays exploring the artists, ideas, and movements that transformed St Ives from a small fishing town into one of the world’s most...
by stiveslocal | Aug 27, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
A new exhibition — entitled Immerse — by Justine Lois Thorpe is continuing at Penwith Gallery, St Ives, until 19th September. Justine spent her early years in St Agnes, North Cornwall, which continues to inspire her today. She comes from a background...
by stiveslocal | Aug 25, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
For Interwoven Conversations, their exhibition at the Salthouse Gallery from 5th-11th September, Liz Hewitt and Gwynne Penny explore connections with the natural world through painting, sculpture, printmaking, and textiles. Circle, by Liz Hewitt Liz is a mixed media...
by stiveslocal | Aug 14, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
A Passion for Penwith and its People is the title of a selling showcase of collectible paintings by Mousehole-based naïve artist Joan Gillchrest, who died in 2008. Her passion for Penwith and its inhabitants is vividly expressed in the lovingly-curated exhibition of...
