2019 Archives - CAST

Fairies, Elves and Tompten | Think and Make

Make a festive forest fellow, frosty fairy or tiny Tompten at this Christmas ‘Think and Make’ workshop.

Advent Heads & Hands

Run by artist Lucy Grant, Heads & Hands will be presenting a creative countdown to Christmas, with six seasonal weekly makes including, advent stars and calendars, pine cone folk, printed cards (and secrets gifts for mum and dad). Heads & Hands is a seasonal, hands on art club aimed at creative children with curious minds and…

A Room for Romeo Brass | Introduced by Naomi Frears

The story of two twelve-year-old boys whose friendship is tested by an older interloper.

HOME AND HOMELESSNESS | Catrina Davies and Raynor Winn

Authors Raynor Winn and Catrina Davies will discuss their recent memoirs, each of which recounts a personal experience of homelessness. Grappling with class, economics, mental health and nature, these moving and inspiring stories shine a light on the country-wide housing crisis. In her memoir, Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed, Catrina takes us back…

Philip Marsden in conversation with Hadrian Pigott

Philip Marsden’s new book traces his journey from Cornwall to the small group of Scottish islands in the Inner Hebrides known as the Summer Isles. Marsden sailed single-handed up the west coast of Ireland, in his wooden sloop Tsambika, hopping from island to island and exploring the ruins of villages and religious sites. Along the…

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.

Pilvi Takala | Talk and Screening

For this special event, the internationally renowned Finnish artist Pilvi Takala will travel to Cornwall to talk about her work. The special evening with will include the presentation of an early slide work, Bag Lady, and the screening of two short films, followed by an ‘in conversation’ and Q&A. The programme includes: Real Snow White,…

PILVI TAKALA | A PROGRAMME OF FOUR SHORT FILMS

Internationally renowned artist Pilvi Takala stretches the limits of documentary making and performance within her works.

Andy Holden | Talk at Falmouth School of Art

Falmouth School of Art will screen Holden’s A Natural History of Nest Building, 2017, (30 minutes 30 seconds) followed by an artist talk. The evening is programmed to coincide with The Cornwall Workshop 2019, led by Holden and held at Kestle Barton on the Lizard peninsula, Andy Holden’s work takes a multitude of forms – large installations or sculptures, long-form videos,…

Lis Rhodes | introduced by Maria Palacios Cruz of LUX

Since the 1970s, artist Lis Rhodes has been making radical and experimental work that challenges dominant political and social narratives and the power structures of language. Her films and writing address urgent political issues – from the refugee crisis to workers’ rights, police brutality, racial discrimination and homelessness – as well as film history and…

ANDY HOLDEN | A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEST BUILDING | THE OPPOSITE OF TIME

A special screening of two film works by artist Andy Holden, for Open CAST 2019.

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.

OPEN CAST 2019

Open CAST is an annual event when artists with studios in the CAST building open their workspaces to visitors.

BRICKS AND CHINA CLAY | AN EVENING OF TALKS AND DISCUSSION

Artist Rosanna Martin and historian Ivor Bowditch will contribute to an evening exploring connections between brick-making and china clay production. China clay has a vast range of uses, from ceramics to paper and from pharmaceuticals to building materials. It was discovered by William Cookworthy on Tregonning Hill near Helston in 1746 and that discovery led to the…

MONUMENTAL LIZARD | HISTORIC LANDMARKS UNDER THREAT

The Lizard, Cornwall is home to a host of historic sites, many of which are in a state of decline. Although scheduled as monuments and protected by legislation, these sites are rarely well known and almost never properly understood. Concerned about the potential loss of some of the physical remains of over 4,000 years of…

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…

TRY TO BE BETTER I AN EVENING OF POETRY AND DISCUSSION

Poets Lavinia Singer and Sam Buchan-Watts will introduce the idiosyncratic creative practice of the modernist poet W. S. Graham (1918-86) before inviting artists and writers to read from, and reflect on, their contributions to the publication Try To Be Better. The publication is a multi-disciplinary engagement with the life and works of W. S. Graham, who…