What’s On
CAST’s public programme includes looped installations of moving image work by renowned artists, talks, screening events and workshops, and creative activities for families with children. Explore our upcoming programme or search our archive of past events here.
Wind, Tide & Oar HUW WAHL
Using a 1960s hand-wound camera, Huw Wahl shot Wind, Tide & Oar over a three-year period. In that time he followed a diverse array of traditional boats and the people who sail them as they journey through rivers, along coastlines and across open seas.
CAST-Off Saturday 27 July Tiny prints, clay, construct with wood, and natural pigment painting
Join our talented artist team to learn how to engrave a tiny plate to print on our miniature printing press. Draw or press your own tessellating patterns into clay, using a set stamps made especially by the team at Clay Trap
CAST-Off Summer 2024
Our CAST-Off programme of free artist-led creative activities will return this summer, with sessions taking place on Saturdays from 27 July to 24 August in the walled garden at National Trust Penrose.
CAST-Off Saturday 3 August Natural pigment painting, construct with wood, and clay
Use natural pigments to create your own colours to paint with, in our colour kitchen. Build your own wooden construction. Make houses, people, cars, trees, and animals to create a clay world!
CAST-Off Saturday 10 August Folk masks, construct with wood, and cyanotype printing
Transform yourself into a mythical creature by making your own folk-inspired mask. Build your own wooden construction. Gather natural materials and use them to make a cyanotype print, using the power of the sun.
CAST-Off Saturday 17 August Kaleidoscopes, serpentine polishing, giant garden landscape, clay creatures, plasticine soundscapes, and water play
See the world through a colourful new lens as you make your own kaleidoscope. Learn how to polish serpentine into a shiny pendant. Paint your own plants and creatures and add them to a giant garden landscape frieze, and mould creatures out of clay to inhabit the garden.