Summer Think and Make
Lucy Grant and Kate Turner will lead free activities for children and families on four Tuesdays during the school holidays.
HELSTON HERBARIUM | A DROP-IN WORKSHOP
Look closely at the extraordinary botanical specimens found all around us and create an intricate slide
PYTHON DATA SCIENCE WORKSHOP
Data is all around us. Exploring data, finding patterns in it, and visualising the stories hidden in data
Spring Folk Mask-Making
Chase out the winter darkness, and welcome in the warmth and light with Spring Folk Mask-Making at CAST this Easter.
POWER PLAY AND PAPER HATS
Create headwear in paper and explore status, cultural significance and self-expression through the transformative power of hats!
CUT AND FOLD | WORKSHOP
Whip up festoons of festive folding and constellations of cut paper!
HEADS & HANDS ART CLUB
Run by artist Lucy Grant, Heads & Hands is an art club for children aged four to eleven years old. It provides creative opportunities for inquisitive minds to work with all kinds of materials, using hands, eyes and imagination.
Light Up | Lantern-Making Workshop
Explore the seasonal significance of light and dark this half term.
Saturday Lightbox
Drop into CAST every Saturday in August for free artist-led, family-friendly activities.
Tuesday Lightbox
Make shadow puppets, props, miniature worlds and wind-up theatres and watch them come to life.
The Story Republic
The Story Republic will lead special story making sessions for children and families.
LIGHTBOX
Come to CAST to explore and play with shadow and light and make art and animation throughout the summer holidays!
Sam Buchan-Watts on WS Graham
Faber New Poet, Sam Buchan-Watts will discuss his critical research on WS Graham.
CAST Summer Art Lab
CAST offers drop-in summer workshops for curious and creative kids aged four to eleven on Saturday mornings throughout August.
ASSEMBLING IN THE HALL | A PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Choreographer Katrina Brown is looking for people to be part of a new performance work produced in and for CAST’s school assembly hall.
FREE HELSTON HERBARIUM WORKSHOP
William Arnold returns to CAST to lead introductory workshops in camera-less photography.
FREE CAMERA OBSCURA WORKSHOP
Artist Oliver Raymond-Barker will lead free half-term Camera Obscura workshops at CAST.
Free print-making workshop
CAST offers free half-term printmaking workshops led by Catherine Haines and Sally Cole for participants of all ages and abilities.
Get Creative | Free Mask-Making Workshop
Artist Lucy Grant will lead a free drop-in mask-making workshop inspired by springtime folk ritual and costume.
HELSTON MODEL TOWN
Explore old Helston at Helston Museum and invent its future at CAST. Be cardboard builders, architects, dreamers and visionaries.
PICTURING THE MINES WORKSHOP
Artists Jesse Leroy Smith and Bernard Irwin will lead a workshop mapping the histories and landscapes of Cornwall’s mining heritage.
FREE PRINT-MAKING WORKSHOP
CAST offers a free half-term printmaking workshop led by Catherine Haines and Sally Cole.
POTTERY WORKSHOP AND DINNER
Hannah Lawrence returns to CAST to lead a second pottery workshop.
POTTERY WORKSHOP AND DINNER
Hannah Lawrence leads a workshop at which participants will each make their own plate, bowl and cup.