CAST-Off 2025
In summer 2025, five day-long sessions took place on Saturdays from 26 July to 23 August, each bringing together a different mix of artists and activities and designed to encourage open-ended exploration and play. Many favourite activities from previous years returned. Participants could print on a tiny intaglio press, try their hand at granite carving…
CAST-Off 2024
Five days of CAST-Off were held on Saturdays from 27 July to 24 August 2024 in the walled garden at National Trust Penrose. A wide range of artist-led activities were on offer: ceramic artists Sarah Fassnidge and Charlie Duck supported the creation of a clay landscape; local craftsman Don Taylor provided materials, tools and expertise…
CAST-Off 2023
In the summer of 2023, CAST-Off returned to the walled garden at National Trust Penrose for four sessions of outdoor creative activities. In addition to this, three sessions were held at Coronation Gardens in Helston and the final session of the summer was held on Gunwalloe Beach. A total of eight sessions were held between…
CAST-Away 2022
Following on from two successful iterations of CAST-Off, in the summer of 2022 we offered a new programme of creative activities for local children: CAST-Away. Drawing on aspects of local history and the natural environment, CAST-Away took high quality creative engagement directly to local communities on the Lizard peninsula, with sessions at Poltesco, Polurrian, Porthoustock…
CAST-Off 2022
After the success of CAST-Off in 2020 and 2021, a third edition of this hugely popular programme took place in 2022 between 30 July and 20 August. We also developed CAST-Away, a series of four events on the Lizard peninsula, which took creative activities directly to local villages and communities between 3 and 24 August.…
CAST-Off
A summer holiday programme of creative artist-led activities for families, CAST-Off takes place off-site and out of doors, encouraging children to explore and enjoy the natural world.
Think and Make
CAST's free programme of workshops encourages children and families to think and make together.