Eraserhead
David Lynch’s 1977 dystopian debut Eraserhead tells the story of a young factory worker who discovers unexpectedly that he is to become a father.
Easter Nests
Join Lucy Grant and the CAST learning team to make a safe nest for your Easter eggs from wild materials. This free drop-in workshop is suitable for families and open to anyone of any age who would like to join in.
Saturday Art Club
CAST’s Saturday art sessions for eleven- to sixteen-year-olds are structured around engagement with a wide range of artists, many of whom have studios at or close links with CAST.
Cara Mamma
Screening Postponed. Cara Mamma (24 mins) draws on a series of candid personal letters exchanged between Daniela and her adult child Naissa over a three-year period, combining these with dream-like allegorical sequences and cinema verité.
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.
Make a Spring Thing
Create a ‘Spring Thing’ of your choice from clay, with ceramicists Finn Leaman and Rosa-Lily James.
Shadow Play Workshop
Join Lucy Grant and the CAST learning team in our ground floor studio for a drop-in shadow play workshop.
Concertina Story Books
Join the CAST learning team to paint or draw a concertina story book.
Arrietty
Based on Mary Norton’s popular story, Arrietty follows a family of Borrowers – tiny people who use human neighbours’ everyday objects fort their own purposes
The Hooligan Project
Liubov Sliusareva’s 25-minute documentary The Hooligan Project follows Ukrainian theatre group Hooligan Art Community as they work with young artists in Cornwall following their displacement to the UK by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Philip Marsden
Philip Marsden’s new book, Under a Metal Sky, explores how the discovery of minerals has transformed our species.
Saturday Art Club
CAST’s Saturday art sessions for eleven- to sixteen-year-olds are structured around engagement with a wide range of artists, many of whom have studios at or close links with CAST.
Children's Christmas Films
A selection of animated films for children will be shown in the black box screening space in parallel with the Christmas workshops on Saturday 14 December.
Carols with Helston Town Band
Helston Town Band will return to CAST Café for their annual performance of traditional Christmas carols by the fireside.
Christmas Print Workshop
Join Lucy Grant and the CAST learning team to print home-made cards, tags and wrap in time for Christmas.
SPIRIT MESSAGES
Spirit Messages is a touring programme of six artists’ films curated by the prominent Dublin-based initiative for artists’ moving image aemi.
PETROC TRELAWNY
BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny grew up on the Lizard peninsula and attended Helston School in the 1980s.
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.