CAST-Off Saturday 8 August 2020
Race boats on the Cober River, learn how to make calzone on a camp fire and visit Cober Camp
CAST-Off Tuesday 4 August 2020
On the first day of the CAST-Off trail of activities Sarah Johnson will be brewing indigo dye in Ben’s Den, the encampment hosted by painter Ben Sanderson
CAST-Off Saturday 15 August 2020
Make a stone maze, create your own woodland fairy tale or paint on a rock.
CAST-Off Tuesday 11 August 2020
Make wildwood crowns, Hal-an-Tow sticks, tiny bricks and botanical drawings at different locations on the CAST-Off trail.
CAST-OFF SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Launching on Tuesday 4 August, CAST’s programme of creative activities for families will take place outdoors this summer.
John Smith | Programme of Short Films
CAST’s black box screening space re-opened on Tuesday 4 August with a programme of short films
ONLINE ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS AND RECORDINGS
There is a range of online content to explore on the CAST, Groundwork and Cornwall Workshop websites.
Mike Nelson in Conversation with Caitlin DeSilvey
CANCELLED – Mike Nelson’s recent commission for Tate Britain The Asset Strippers transformed the grand spaces of the Duveen Galleries
GREEN SCHOOL EVENING
CANCELLED – A special gathering for anyone with memories of Helston County Secondary School, which formerly occupied the CAST building.
THE WRECKING SEASON | INTRODUCED BY JANE DARKE
CANCELLED – When a southwest gale blows for three days, artefacts and natural objects from across the world arrive
MAKE A SPRING THING | THINK AND MAKE
CANCELLED – Artist Lucy Grant will lead this fun creative, drop-in family workshop, providing an abundance of colour and materials
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
ARTIST'S CHOICE | DROP CITY | INTRODUCED BY CAITLIN DESILVEY
Caitlin DeSilvey will introduce an exploration in film of the fabled Drop City – a short-lived artists’ community
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
POETRY AND FICTION | RACHAEL ALLEN AND PATRICK LANGLEY
An evening of live poetry and fiction readings, presented by poet Rachael Allen and novelist Patrick Langley
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.
ARTIST'S CHOICE | THE GARDEN | INTRODUCED BY SIMON BAYLISS
The Garden offers an intimate insight into the inner world of the iconic film-maker, author, poet and artist Derek Jarman. The backdrop for the film is the garden Jarman created on the windswept Kent coast in the shadow of the Dungeness power station. Interweaving narratives play out, almost wordlessly, to create what Jarman described as…
PAGAN PANDEMONIUM | SEAMAS CAREY
Seamas Carey returns to the Godolphin Club to deliver a work-in-progress performance of his new show Pagan Pandemonium
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.
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…