Art and exhibitions

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ONE-OFF EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

23rd July, and 13th and 17th August: Wild Sketching with Barnoon Arts in St Ives, 2-4.30pm. Meet at Barnoon Arts, Westcotts Quay.

28th July and 1st August: Circles In The Stones, film at the Royal Cinema, St Ives, 7.30pm. Followed by a Q and A with director Diana Taylor. The life of the artist Helen Feiler, growing up in the artistic community of West Penwith and St Ives.

26th September: Screening of the film Enys Men and Q & A with film-maker Mark Jenkin at St Ives Arts Club, 7.30pm. £14. Tickets here.

ST IVES SCHOOL OF PAINTING

St Ives School of Painting has an ongoing programme of art courses for all ages, from beginners to those wanting to improve or try new techniques. Class sizes are small and the team of tutors are practising artists with a passion for teaching.

To see the full programme, visit the St Ives School of Painting website.

EXHIBITIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Anima Mundi

Until 12th July
Agnes Treherne: With the Breathing of the Wind
Jarno Vesala: Lepo

Anima Mundi | Street-an-Pol, St Ives TR26 2DS | animamundigallery.com/

Leach Pottery

Until 20th July
Muchelney Pottery: 60 Years Strong
Making over 900 pieces in just 8 weeks, this exhibition presents a selection of over 100 of these pots, each reflecting a playful commitment to craftsmanship and creativity. See feature

12th July-1st November
The Leach Pottery: One and All
Celebrating creativity across today’s Leach Pottery. See feature

20th July-31st October
Students Over a Century
An intriguing collection of pots from the Leach Studio and individual potters — some made at the Leach, some in the potters’ own studios — giving a sense of how potters respond to their time at the pottery. Museum admission required.

Ongoing
There are a number of workshops available, for all ages and abilities. Find out more here.

Leach Pottery | Higher Stennack, St Ives TR26 2HE | leachpottery.com/

New Craftsman Gallery

28th June-18th July
Neil Davies: Out & About
The artist goes ‘out and about’ after a year off to re-assess his work and refurbish his studio. Read more…
Yukihero Akama: Soboku
Working from a furniture maker’s workshop in rural West Yorkshire, Yukihiro Akama creates intricate miniature wooden houses, each one skilfully carved from a single piece of oak, walnut, sapele, iroko, or maple.

New Craftsman Gallery | 24 Fore Street, St Ives TR26 1HE | newcraftsmanstives.com/

Penwith Gallery

31st January-3rd March
Debbie Prosser and Delpha Hudson: Telling Tales
Ceramics and paintings that explore ancient and new stories about women’s lives.
Associate Members’ Exhibition

Until 7th April
Members’ Exhibition

7th March-7th April
John Brokenshire
Colin Caffell, Mike Praed, John Piper, Jill Eisele, and Paula Downing: Of Land, Sea, and Spirit

11th April-12th May
Suzanne Bathell
Tom Cross

Penwith Gallery | Back Road West, St Ives TR26 1NL | penwithgallery.com/

Portminster Gallery

A numbered print of Fishing, from Sir Peter Blake’s Venice Suite

Until 28th July
Sir Peter Blake: The Venice Suite
Signed, vibrant, and playful prints to celebrate Sir Peter Blake’s 93rd birthday.
Ben Nicholson: Greek and Turkish Forms
A selling exhibition of rare, signed etchings.

Porthminster Gallery | 22 Fore Street, St Ives TR26 1HE | porthminstergallery.co.uk/

Salthouse Gallery

10th-16th May
Cetta Di Lieto and Sarah Ruthven: Dialogue
Land- and seascape paintings and ceramics.

Salthouse Gallery | 2 Norway Square, St Ives TR26 1NA

Sharon McSwiney: Gallery on The Square

14th-28th September
Metallic Academy
Latest work, including art exploring metal surfaces. Reflecting the Cornish mining industry and natural elements, manipulated finishes produce distressed and patinated surfaces. Unqiue wall pieces and metal sculptures alongside paintings. Also, Troika-inspired jewellery, Cornish coast silver pieces, and inspirational sketchbooks.

Sharon McSwiney: Gallery on The Square | 12 Island Square, St Ives TR26 1NX | sharonmcswiney.co.uk/pages/gallery-on-the-square

St Ives Arts Club

15th-21st February
Paper Jam
New works on paper by Zoe Eaton and Peter Giles

22nd-28th February
Margaret and Shirley

1st-7th March
Graham Pullen

8th-14th March
Terry Hattie

15th-21st March
Louise Fowler

22nd-28th March
Brian Selman

5th-18th April
Members’ Easter Exhibition

19th April-2nd May
Mandy Kness and Jo Mooring-Aldridge

St Ives Arts Club | Westcott’s Quay, St Ives TR26 2DY | stivesartsclub.org/

St Ives Ceramics

14th September-14th October
John Bedding and Jason Wason
This year is John’s 60th as a potter and this exhibition is dedicated to him and Jason Wason, who met at the Leach Pottery in the 1970s and who have been prominent St Ives potters and friends since.

St Ives Ceramics | 1 Fish Street, St Ives TR26 1LT | st-ives-ceramics.co.uk/

St Ives Museum

Until 31st October
Capturing the Light: St Ives Artists 1885-1914
In the period prior to 1914, the St Ives art colony gained a national and international reputation as a centre for the practice and teaching of landscape and marine painting out of doors. This exhibition showcases some of the leading British and foreign artists drawn here, many of whom experienced career-changing influences.

St Ives Museum | Wheal Dream, St Ives TR26 1 PR | stivesmuseum.co.uk/

St Ives School of Painting

Full list of forthcoming classes and workshops here.

St Ives School of Painting | Back Street West, St Ives TR26 1NG | schoolofpainting.co.uk/

St Ives Society of Artists

5th-11th July
Simon Coslett, Clare Hughes, Sharon Reeves, Mary Kaun English
Paintings and ceramics. In the Crypt Gallery.

Until 5th September
Members’ Summer Show
Paintings and ceramics. In the Mariners Gallery.

15th September
Intuitive Abstract Painting Workshop, with Zoe Eaton, 2-4.30pm. In the Crypt Gallery.

22nd September
Abstract Drawing Workshop with Peter Giles, 2-4.30pm. In the Crypt Gallery.

St Ives Society of Artists | Mariners Gallery, Norway Square, St Ives TR26 1NA | stisa.co.uk/

St Peter’s Street Studios

14th-28th September
New Beginnings
The work of potential studio holders, including prints, jewellery, drawings, and paintings, in the former Bible Christian Chapel.

St Peter’s Street Studios | 29 St Peter’s Street, St Ives TR26 1NN | stpetersstudio.com/

Tate St Ives

Until 5th January, 2025
Mark Rothko: The Seagram Murals
Five of Rothko’s Seagram murals being shown at Tate St Ives for the first time. In 1958, the American artist accepted a commission to produce a series of large paintings for the Four Seasons restaurant in the Seagram Building, New York. Later, he decided that the restaurant would not be an appropriate location for his work. He donated nine of the murals to Tate in 1969.

19th October-5th January, 2025
Malgorzata Mirga-Tas
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas is a Romani visual artist, educator, and activist. Born in 1978, she lives and works in Czarna Góra, a village at the foot of the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland. Mirga-Tas is known for her textile collages created with materials and fabrics that are mainly gathered from family and friends. Her visual storytelling comes from a feminist perspective and challenges stereotypical representations of Roma people. This is her first major museum exhibition in the UK.

Tate St Ives | Porthmeor Beach, St Ives TR26 1TG | tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives

REGULAR EVENTS

MONDAYS

Barnoon Arts Open Drawing Class, at St Ives Arts Club, 10am-noon. £12pp.

Monday Art Group at St Ives Arts Club, 1.30pm-4.30m. Check with the club for spaces as the group gets very busy.

TUESDAYS

Barnoon Arts Draw St Ives, outdoor sketching around St Ives, 10.30am-noon. £10.

Barnoon Arts Watercolour St Ives, outdoor watercolour sessions, 10.30am-12.30pm. £20.

WEDNESDAYS

Barnoon Arts Sketchbook Jpurnal, 10.30am-12.30pm. £20.

THURSDAYS