by stiveslocal | Apr 2, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
St Ives Museum has opened for its 2026 season, and as well as its magnificent permanent collection, its journey into local art history is continuing. Smeaton’s Pier, by John Anthony Park For this year, the focus is on the years 1930 to 1960, a fascinating...
by stiveslocal | Mar 30, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
Andrew Litten, a distinctive voice in British contemporary art, brings a new exhibition — Unknown Futures: Hope, Longing, Grief, and Other Distortions — to Anima Mundi, in St Ives, this Friday. Andrew Litten. Photograph: Chris Frazer Smith Born in Aylesbury,...
by stiveslocal | Mar 30, 2026 | Arts and entertainment
Printmaker Trevor Price has launched his new exhibition at Porthminster Gallery, in St Ives, and it highlights very different aspects of his work. Trevor Price at the opening of his Fore Street show As one enters the Fore Street gallery, Let’s Go And Live By The...
by stiveslocal | Mar 29, 2026 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
It was a beautiful, if chilly day, for St Ives’ Kite Fest, with just the right amount of wind speed to give kites large and small excellent flight conditions. Kites take to the air above The Island. Not the easiest things to photograph! The wind strength was...
by stiveslocal | Mar 18, 2026 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
An installation depicting the Mermaid of Zennor has been unveiled by GWR at St Ives Railway Station as part of a campaign revolving around South West legends. The legend of the mermaid is retold in GWR’s new collection of myths and legends, The Line to Legend Land....
by stiveslocal | Mar 2, 2026 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
St Ives Kite Fest is returning to The Island on 28th March, for the fourth time since it was revived in 2022. Kites flying at a previous festival. Photograph: Tom Harrison On the Saturday afternoon, The Island will come alive with colourful kites, some professionally...
