Poetry reading group with Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley
Led by visiting authors Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley the group will read and discuss two texts
PERSONALITY PORTRAITS | THINK AND MAKE
Artist Lucy Grant will lead this fun, drop-in family workshop, inviting you to look closely at friends and family
FIND YOUR WAY WITH CLAY | PINCH POTTERY COURSE LED BY HANNAH LAWRENCE
A six-week practical course on how to make beautiful and functional pots for food and drink.
How to make a living as a poet
Organised by The Society of Authors the evening will feature advice from award-winning poets Penelope Shuttle and Pascale Petit.
Fairies, Elves and Tompten | Think and Make
Make a festive forest fellow, frosty fairy or tiny Tompten at this Christmas ‘Think and Make’ workshop.
FAIRY TALES AND THE DEEP DARK FOREST | THINK AND MAKE
Stray from the path through the deep dark forest and get lost in dark tales and the wild imagination.
PERSONALITY PORTRAITS | THINK AND MAKE
Look closely at your friends and neighbours and draw portraits using props, mood, materials and lighting to express their personality. A fun family workshop led by artist Lucy Grant during the Open CAST weekend as part of Helston Makes It! For more information on the rest of the programme click here.
W.S. GRAHAM | READING GROUP
Poets Sam Buchan-Watts and Lavinia Singer will run a relaxed reading group of some key works by the modernist poet W. S. Graham (1918–86), who lived for most of his writing life in Cornwall. Lavinia Singer is a poetry editor at Faber & Faber. Her poetry explores image-making and materiality, and has appeared in various magazines, journals and…
Summer Think and Make Special | Seamas Carey’s magical musical summer parade!
The old building on Penrose Road doesn’t know that winter has ended, so Seamas Carey will conduct a grand parade
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.