Carols with Helston Town Band
Helston Town Band returns to CAST Café for their annual evening of traditional Christmas carols by the fireside. The Café will have mulled cider, mince pies and other festive treats on offer. There is a free drop-in Christmas Print Workshop running from 10am to 4pm, all welcome. This is the last day of service for…
CAST and Clay Trap Christmas Makers Market
Join CAST, Clay Trap, The Seaweed Institute, CAST Café and a range of artisan makers for our first Christmas Market.
Creatures of the Kiln
Join Vicky Wiltshire from Clay Trap to make your own clay creature, talisman or charm. If you would like to keep your creation you will have the option to have it fired, at a cost of £5 per item. Participants of all ages are welcome.
Paper Lantern Making
Join Lucy Grant to find out about lantern traditions around the world, use wax and tissue paper to create translucent shapes and make your own special lantern. Participants of all ages are welcome.
Open CAST 2025
CAST studio artists will open their doors on the first weekend of November, providing an opportunity to meet the artists and visit work spaces that are usually behind closed doors. The Café will be open and there will be free drop-in activities on offer each day.
Helston and 'The Battle of the Styles’
In the middle of the nineteenth century the architectural world was in turmoil over the design of a new government building in London – the Foreign Office in Whitehall. Fierce battle lines were drawn and architects and politicians – including the Prime Minister – banded words like never before, in what became known as ‘The…
LISSETTE JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ
To mark the end of her month-long residency, Lissette Jiménez Díaz will host an open studio, offering visitors an opportunity to see works in progress made during her time at CAST.
Helston Spring Thing
A wondrous weekend of free activities organised by Helston Place Shaping Board, which includes workshops at CAST on Saturday 22 March – Shadow Play Workshop and Make a Spring Thing.
Carols with Helston Town Band
Helston Town Band will return to CAST Café for their annual performance of traditional Christmas carols by the fireside.
Mike Nelson
The celebrated British artist Mike Nelson will be joined by artist Andy Parker for a conversation on topics including Nelson’s most recent work, Un Intruso (uninvited, into chaos), made this summer for Manifesta 15.
Portrait Pots
Ceramicists Finn Cameron and Vicky Wiltshire will be on hand to help you fashion your own small object and animate it with facial expression.
The Mason's Mark
A walk led by sculptor Dr David Paton exploring the tooling marks found on granite buildings and structures in Helston.
Reading in Place
Artist Bronwen Buckeridge will lead a walk along the coast with readings from a variety of literary and historical sources.
Decorate a Beaker
Sarah Fassnidge and Bridie Maddocks who run Clay Trap, the independent ceramic studio, will lead a workshop
Neolithic Pottery with Hannah Lawrence
A small focused group session led by expert pinch potter Hannah Lawrence, who will guide you through the process of pinching a simple vessel and creating distinctive decorative patterns
Tri-Chromatic Print
Use paper stencils and three colours of ink to build up your own layered and overlapping monoprint, creating a vibrant and surprising multitude of colours.
Colour Play
Explore the surprising properties and history of colour in a interactive installation
Block Print
Use our block print stamps and the three primary colours (magenta, cyan and yellow) to create unique tessellating designs, building up the layers to create a myriad of colours.
Seaweed Pressing
Join Kerry Holbrook and Ruth Klückers to learn the craft of seaweed pressing – a Victorian practice that captures the underwater beauty of seaweeds.
Decorate a Beaker
Sarah Fassnidge and Bridie Maddocks who run Clay Trap, the independent ceramic studio, will lead a workshop
From Parish to Port
Local residents and CAST regulars John and Sarah Warwick will lead an informal social walk tracing the route between Helston and Gweek, which once served as a port for the town.
Tiny Neolithic Vessels
Fashion and decorate your own tiny bowl or beaker with the types of simple tools used in the Neolithic period.
Golden October
CAST’s ‘Golden October’ is an open weekend, an opportunity to look around and join in.
Open Studios
Join us for a special Open Studios event as part of CAST’s Golden October weekend, celebrating the renewal of our historic building.