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Art Listings, Exhibitions
& Info
Gigs and Venues in Cornwall
- Falmusic is the best website in Cornwall for Gig listings. Bands and
venues can sign up for free to post gigs and articles or promote a venue.
Camborne School
of Mines - An excellent permanent minerals collection, plus other
themed exhibits throughout the year.
Penwith Art Information - General
art contact information.
Restormel Art Listings & Information
- General art contact information.
North Cornwall Art Listings & Information
- General art contact information.
Hall for Cornwall Information
- General contact information.
Books - Cornish
Cornish
Books - A series of 5 childrens books describing life in a Cornish
valley.
Churches
Cornish
Churches in the Catholic Diocese of Plymouth.
Clothing
Georgia Originale -
Falmouth - With over 30
years experience in tailoring and design and a talent to make any body
shape feel special and look wonderful. If you are coming to Cornwall
we can provide that exclusive personal design.
Craft Supplies
Craft Box - Liskeard - Shop
devoted to arts & crafts, and is especially suited to the textile artist.
We have fabrics, threads, craft kits and embroidery sections full of
new materials and ideas for you.
Duchy of Cornwall
HRH Prince Charles and Princess
Diana - 1991- Family photo of Mum, Dad, William and Harry.
Festivals
Caradon
Arts Festival - Caradon in S. E. Cornwall - Mid October - Please
follow this link and then phone or email Nicky Walker for details. Nicky
runs an Arts Bonanza Event during the Festival.
St Ives September Festival
- Since 2003 it has become an informal event of art in St Ives during
September.
Formal Gardens
Gardens in Cornwall
- 50+ Gardens in the county. The larger gardens are open full time,
during the Spring some of Cornwall's garden gems are open for charity.
Glendurgan
nr Mawgan Smith - This National Trust garden is set in a wooded valley
dropping steeply to the hamlet of Durgan on the shore of the beautiful
Helford estuary.
Lanhydrock
- The grandest and most welcoming house in Cornwall, This National Trust
house is superbly set in 450 acres of woods and parkland.
Pencarrow between Bodmin & Wadebridge
- Historic Georgian house and listed gardens.
St.
Michael's Mount Marazion - The jewel in Cornwall's crown, this magical
island has a church, a medieval castle, an exotic garden clinging to
the steep flanks and an ancient harbour.
Trerice NR Newquay
- A delightful small Elizabethan manor house, lovely garden in proportion
and to match.
Galleries
ARTISTS
Marianne Golden - Dramatically
realistic and vivid paintings are inspired by the ever changing scenery
in Cornwall. Paintings of the beautiful scenery in St Just in Roseland,
Portscatho, St Mawes, St Anthony, Veryan.
Niel Ballingal - lives
in a remote valley on the Coast NR St. Ives. Dramatic and vibrant Cornish
seascapes to more abstract paintings which express his fascination with
colour and light.
Jenny Devereux - Jenny
Devereux has built up an international reputation for her hand printed,
limited edition etchings.
Kim Holwheg - paints mainly
mammals and birds. Whilst studying them has developed a fascination
with many different textures and colours and views each animals coat
as a landscape in it's own right.
Kurt Jackson
- Cornwall painter, nature, environment, landscape artist. Kurt Jackson
is one of Britain's leading painters and his environment and nature
painting embraces a wide range of materials and techniques. He is most
famous for his paintings of the Cornwall landscape but has painted in
Scotland, Ireland and further afield.
Linda Frear - Studio/gallery
in St Agnes featuring paintings, mixed
media and textiles with series inspired by nature and travels
to Europe and the Far East.
Michael Strang - the Gulval
based artist who specialises in seascapes, landscapes, portraits and
flowers.
MikeHoggett.co.uk - Penryn
based artist.
Nicky Walker.org.uk
- a website showing a large range of Nicky's work as an artist here
in Cornwall.
Ray Atkins - has continued
to develop a unique and extraordinary method of working on a large scale
from direct observation by erecting structures in the landscape and
leaving the work on site until completed..
Robin Paris - Batik Art -
Inspiration for her batik comes from her travels and from the wealth
of the Cornish countryside. Robin Paris lives and works on Bodmin Moor.
MUNICIPAL GALLERIES
Falmouth Art Gallery - Housing
the Falmouth Town Art Collection. Has outstanding access for those with
walking difficulties, wheelchairs or pushchairs. All contributing to
an outstanding gallery
Penlee House Gallery
& Museum - West Cornwall's centre for art and heritage. Recently
refurbished and extended, it provides a fine home for the Newlyn School
of Artists collection.
PHOTOLIBRARY'S
Andrew Besley-PhotoLibrary
- Andrew as a professional photographer has a 50,000 picture photolibrary
which is a UNIQUE mirror of the English West Country shot OVER 35 YEARS.
PRIVATE GALLERIES
Ponckles Cat Gallery - St
Ives - Views of St. Ives with cats, plus a unique blend of the love
of colour and "le joie de vivre"
VISIONARY ART
Keith English Gallery - Unique
"Visionary" concepts inspired by Keith's spiritual quest
Home Decor
Clinton Iron Works
- A blacksmith and iron furniture producer in Newquay. Well worth a
visit if you are looking for ironwork furniture for the house or garden.
Horse Riding
Lakefield Equestrian
Centre - Camelford - BHS and RDA approved centre offering full equestrian
facilities and catering for all abilities, from complete beginner to
the more advanced rider.
Jewellery
Laurence Butler Ltd
- has produced fine copper and brass ware for over half a century. The
designs and quality of their copper bracelets commend themselves to
a wide and discerning clientele.
St Justin Cornwall LTD
- Producers of noble Celtic jewellery. St Justin continues the tradition
of Celtic jewellery design that delights the eye with their intricacy,elaborate
construction and detailed workmanship.
Music
Gigs and Venues in Cornwall
- Falmusic and Amplifeye are the best websites in Cornwall for Gig listings.
Bands and venues can sign up for free to post gigs and articles or promote
a venue.
Simon Cooper - is a Cornish
Composer with an international audience; his music will be of interest
to anyone who likes atmospheric new instrumental music with a Celtic
flavour.
Trevarno Tentaprises
- marquee and equipment hire company based in Helston, Cornwall. One
of the leading marquee specialists in the West Country.
Organic Products
Chopsticks Organics - Organic Salads & Herbs
- An established business with 6 years experience... Tel: 01872 560866
Cusgarne Organics - A box
of organically grown vegetables, packed fresh from the farm. ... also
organic meat. We are also wholesalers of organic fruit and vegetables.
East Penrest
Organic Farm - NR Launceston. A range of Organic produce. Currently
Lamb & Chicken. - Wwoof
'ers also required
Fresh Food Company
- Fish direct to you from Cornish fishermen. We supply mixed boxes of
fresh Cornish fish, hand selected daily and chosen to represent best quality
and value on the day.
Wholefood.Net -
a family run organic and wholefood buying group based in Penwith, West
Cornwall. We deliver to your area fortnightly. No minimum order size and
payment is C.O.D.
Art, Craft &
Painting Holidays
Georgia Originale -
Falmouth - With over 30
years experience in tailoring and design and a talent to make any body
shape feel special and look wonderful. If you are coming to Cornwall
we can provide that exclusive personal design.
Paint Away
Days - We arrange for artists of all ages and abilities, including
beginners, to go out in small groups painting at different locations
in Mid and West Cornwall. A new service for painters and holiday makers
in Cornwall, to provide a safe and enjoyable day out at interesting
and sometimes unusual locations. One problem is the English weather,
so at each location a room is available to use in case of bad weather.
Our aim is for everybody to have a relaxing, enjoyable day out painting.
Penzance Arts Club now presenting
painting holidays, with full board and tuition from professionally qualified
and experienced tutors.
Ray Atkins' Summer School
- A well equipped light studio in a West Cornwall hillside location.
Personal drawing and painting tuition from one of West Cornwall's best
known landscape painters.
Lantallack
Farm Studio - has been running day/weekend & residential courses
on sculpture, life drawing & mono-printing since 1986. Spectacular
views on 40 acre Georgian farm in SE Cornwall.
Publishing
Cornishbooks.co.uk
:- A series of adventure novels about a caravan park - some of the things
you don't know about caravanning and camping!
Scottish holidays
Ardoch
Cottage - A luxury self-catering cottage sleeping 6, in
a self-contained wing of Orchil castle on a beautiful small
Perthshire estate.
Therapies
Osteopaths, chiropractors, sports therapists and physiotherapists are
among the many therapists and lay people who use The
Bowen Technique™. A simple and gentle form of 'hands on' therapy.
Walking
Adventureline - Guided walking
and exploration holidays in Cornwall showing you the finest landscapes
and wildlife.
The Discerning
Traveller - Offering a carefully researched individual walking tours
of about one weeks duration in some of the most picturesque regions
of Britain.. Lands End to St. Ives
Lightfoot - Progress round
the Cornish coast while your luggage is taken ahead of you. Holiday
from 3 nights up to 4 weeks or more. The hassle free solution to enjoying
this coastline.
Wildlife Conservation
Cornwall Bat
Hospital - 'Bats are unique' says Ginni
Little - and she should know because since 1987 she has devoted
her life to caring for these tiny mammals.
Bird Wire -
Voluntary organisation for Birdwatchers in Cornwall - Contribute your
latest sightings, update by WAP or online. Lists of what you can see
and where in Cornwall.
Dodman - Fal Estuary - Countryside
Service.
Isles
of Scilly Wildlife Trust - The Trust is responsible for the management
of all the land that is leased to it by the Duchy of Cornwall on the
inhabited islands, in addition to all the uninhabited islands, islets
and rocks.
Porfell Animal World Wildlife
Park - Exotic, wild and domesticated animals in peaceful, tranquil
setting near Liskeard in fifteen acres of fields bounded by streams,
with woodland walks.
Tortoise Garden -
Cornwall's Sanctuary for the rescue and conservation of tortoises. We
usually have about 100 tortoises, About 3 miles west of St Austell along
the A390, pop in and see us.
The Westcountry Rivers
Trust - is an independent charitable organisation established in
1995 to protect and enhance the region's rivers and streams through
working with landowners and the wider community and through education.
- Fishing Page - Fishing as part of your holiday & Fishing expedition organizers.
- Restaurants
- Food in Cornwall Association. A1 restaurants
spread throughout the County
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