Kernow Education Arts Partnership

Meet, chat and relax at Tate’s new monthly social. Enjoy a BBQ on the Tate St Ives roof terrace, cocktails in the bar, and DJs playing an eclectic selection of records – from Reggae and Rhythm & Blues to Garage Punk, Soul and Rare Groove

01736 796226
www.tate.org.uk/stives

Cornish Comedy Western, QUICK SILVER, is on! 28-30 July 2008

Performed by a enthusiastic new theatre company, the fabulously named Dave's House, you'll find the show at the Burrell Theatre(1 Trennick Lane Truro) on Mon 28 - Wed 30th July, from 7.30pm.

Pitchside - A True West Theatre Production

A brand new comedy by a new professional Cornish theatre company True West will be touring Cornwall during July and August.

Pitchside is fast, fun, and very accessible, for all ages over eight, and concerns The Angels under 14 girls’ football team. It is their last game of the season and the Angels are fighting to avoid relegation. The action follows the players, but also their parents, and the extraordinary lengths they will go to to avoid ‘the drop’.

This is a play for those who love football, hate football, and everyone in between, but it is also a play about children and parents. Singers from all over Cornwall will be helping the terrace atmosphere along.

The play is written by Nick Whitby from St Just who has worked for Channel Four’s Emmy Award winning ‘Smack the Pony’, and wrote ‘To the Green Fields Beyond’, directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes at the Donmar Warehouse, London. His stage version of ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ will be opening on Broadway this October.

The actors all live and work in Cornwall and some will be familiar from their previous work with Miracle and other Cornish theatre groups.

Pitchside tours Cornwall from 17th July to 3rd August. Tickets available on the door. Details and tickets reserved on www.truewest.co.uk

Venues:
Plen-an-Gwary, St Just, Thurs July 17th (and Sun 3rd August) 7.30pm
Pencarrow House, Bodmin, Fri 18th July 7.30pm
Trewidden Gardens, Buryas Bridge, Sun 20th July 6.00pm
Tregrehan Gardens, Par, Tues 22nd July 7.30pm
Falmouth Town FC, Budock, Weds 23rd July 7.30pm
Plen-an-Gwary Fairfield, Redruth, Thurs 24th July 7.30pm
Port Eliot, St Germans, Fri 25th July 7.30pm
St Agnes AFC, Enys Parc, St Agnes, Sun 27th July 7.30pm
Roskilly’s, St Keverne, Mon 28th July 7.30pm
Lost Gardens of Heligan, Mevagissey, Tues 29th July 7.30pm
Trevarno, Crowntown, Helston, Wed 30th july 7.30pm
Penlee Park, Penzance Thurs 31st July and Fri 1st August 7.30pm
Carruan Farm, Polzeath, Sat 2nd August 7.30pm
Plen-an-Gwary, St Just, Sun 3rd August 7.30pm

Fine Food, Art & Craft Fair - Trereife House. Newlyn. 2 & 3 August 2008

Fancy an inspiring and highly enjoyable day out? Prepare your taste buds to be tickled and your artistic fancies to be satisfied at the forthcoming Fine Food, Art & Craft Fair to be held in the idyllic grounds of Trereife House. Newlyn.

Complete with stalls to browse, offering unique art from Cornish designer-makers, including paintings, sculpture, jewellery and photography, as well as quality locally produced fine food, including hand made chocolates, old fashioned cakes and a variety of cheeses, available to buy direct from the producers and makers, this proper country fair will be a fun day out for the whole family.

You can spend the day listening to the music, buskers, singers etc. We have a childrens' entertainer, face painters, a bouncy castle, rides and a variety of craft workshops throughout the weekend.

As an added extra to the many stalls you can spend the day wandering around the woods, relaxing on the lawn or having a picnic in the walled garden. Home-made refreshments will be available from the many stalls: cakes, crepes, soup, tortilla wraps and pasties plus locally made ice cream, freshly squeezed fruit juice and even some Spingo.

And if that is not enough there is even a small petting zoo with a lovely long necked Indian duck who is beautiful!

Open Saturday 2nd 10am - 4pm
Open Sunday 3rd 10am - 4pm.

£2 per adult, £1 per child, children under 5 free and a family ticket £5 (2 adults and up to 3 children).

Free Gallery Talks on Wednesday 30th July and Wednesday 20th August at 6.30pm

Gallery Talk 30th July at 6.30pm-7.30pm

NSA Artists: Richard Ballinger, John Keys, Simon Averill and Peter Webster will deliver a talk which describes their work within the Drawing Exhibition, its inspiration, themes, media and/or techniques used.

Gallery Talk 20th August at 6.30pm-7.30pm

NSA Artists: Naomi Frears, Stuart Ross, Bernard Evans, Amanda Lorens and Marion Taylor will deliver a talk which describes their work within the Drawing Exhibition, its inspiration, themes, media and/or techniques used.

The NSA exhibition takes a broad interpretation of drawing, utilizing a diverse range of media and scale, including site specific work, which will accommodate the breadth of artistic approach within the NSA.

The gallery talk is Free but booking is recommended. Please email Tressa on

tressa.lapham-green@newlynartgallery.co.uk or events@newlynartgallery.co.uk or Telephone 01736 363715

The Exchange Gallery, Princes Street, Penzance, TR18 2NL

www.newlynartgallery.co.uk

South West Music School performance - Monday 28 July

You are cordially invited to attend the above performance by the first 15 students of South West Music School. This performance marks the end of the students’ residential in Cornwall as well as the end of the first learning year of South West Music School.

During the course, students will have explored areas of rhythm, dynamics and musical structure (both on and off their instruments) all culminating into a creation of a composition by the students for their ‘Ensemble of Infinite Possibilities’.

Entry is free of charge but please RSVP to Lisa Tregale on l.tregale@swms.org.uk or on 01803 847011 to reserve a place.

Performance will be approximately of 45 minutes.

One Small Step... One Giant Leap - innovative dance theatre

You are invited to the best party on the planet!!!

Anyone who’s anyone is there, and everyone else wants to be there.

Put on your glad rags and join us this summer as Royal William Yard becomes the spectacular setting for innovative dance theatre.

Produced by the Barbican Theatre and commissioned by Plymouth Summer Festival, performers have worked alongside scientists, artists and makers to develop an original promenade performance. The result is an exciting mix of carnival, visual spectacle and dance theatre and will be performed indoors and outdoors at Royal William Yard in Plymouth. At the height of festivities... an old man explodes from the future to the present. He is covered in the imprints of generations. With his crystal ball of pictures and a tumult of questions, he tries to make himself heard above the raucous music of today.

This dynamic dance theatre performance will take place at Royal William Yard on 24th , 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th & 31st July and 1 st August from 8:30pm

We would like all our patrons to help us reduce the carbon footprint of the performance. Why not get a boat, bus, cycle or walk to Royal William Yard and start to make a difference today!

For bookings and further information on the performance and transport possibilities please call the Box Office on 01752 267131 or email info@barbicantheatre.co.uk .

Lafrowda Festival

Lafrowda Festival will be taking place between 11th-19th July, and the theme this year is It's Playtime. A range of free community and schools workshops will be happening from now until the big day on the 19th, resulting in some happenings, like the Lafrowda Cinema Bus, a game of street chalk consequences, a sculpture and poetry trail from St Just to Sennen to St Buryan, Wanted posters and the traditional willow images and lantern for the processions. For full details of these and other events like the Bring Your Own Vinyl Disco, Comedy night and first night of Nick Whitby's new play produced in St Just's own open air Plen, see website lafrowda-festival.co.uk.

Tamsin Young
tamsineey@yahoo.co.uk

New Exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Hospital

7th July 2008 - 3rd October 2008

You are warmly invited to view our New Exhibitions by Suzy Sharpe and Margaret Hocking in the Trelawny and Link Corridors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. For sales and price enquiries, please contact the General Office on 01872 252690.

The Fifth Annual Improving Working Lives and Tri-Arts Staff Photography Competition will be exhibited at West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance.

For more information, please contact Timandra Manders, Arts Facilitator on 01872 252 297

First Thursdays – late night gallery openings in Penzance

Celebrating a resurgence of contemporary art in West Cornwall and taking inspiration from the success of the Time Out First Thursdays, which take place in London with great success, we are pleased to launch the first First Thursday late gallery openings centered around the Chapel Street area of Penzance. Taking place from 6.30 until 8.30 on the first Thursday of every month

The event is open, and is hoped that it will act as a cultural focal point to an increasingly energetic and enthusiastic audience

Support and enjoy the diversity of exhibitions taking place
www.firstthursdayscornwall.org for further information

Participating Galleries:
1 The Exchange - Princes Street - www.theexchangegallery.co.uk
2 Cornwall Contemporary - 1 Parade Street - www.cornwallcontemporary.com
3 Hilton Young - 10 Chapel Street - www.hiltonyoung.com
4 Goldfish - 56 Chapel Street - www.goldfishfineart.co.uk

Footsbarn Theatre present A Midsummer Nights Dream

Thursday 10th to Sunday 27th July 2008 Thurs, Fri, Sat. at 8pm. Sun at 6pm. Tues.15th July at 1pm at CARRUAN FARM CENTRE, POLZEATH, CORNWALL PL27 6QU

After 15 years, this landmark production returns to Cornwall….. and many Footsbarn fans are looking forward to seeing and hearing one of their favourite productions again - in the tent. The tour begins in July and will take the play all over the world performing in theatres and festivals.

Footsbarn Theatre is one of the world’s leading touring companies, performing for the most part in one of their circus big tops. Renowned for exciting adaptations of classics by Shakespeare & Moliere, this multinational company transcend the barrier of language with their unique blend of visual theatre, music and magic.

Footsbarn began life in Cornwall in 1971, rehearsing in a barn owned by the late Oliver Foot, hence their name. In 1984, the company left Britain to take its brand of theatre to international audiences and remained without a base until 1991 when a farm was purchased in central France, La Chaussée. This is their first return to Cornwall for nearly ten years.

Tickets Adult £16. Child £8. Group reductions
buy on line from www.crbo.co.uk tel:01726 879500 or local rate 0845 094 0428

www.footsbarn.com www.carruan.co.uk

The Lab – for 14-19 year olds interested in the arts at Exchange Gallery Penzance

Every Fortnight Thursdays 4.30-7.30pm
Exchange Gallery
Penzance

The Lab aims to be an autonomous space run by young people for young people and will enable 14 to 19 year olds with an interest in the arts, to become actively engaged in contemporary visual culture. Getting involved in The Lab will be a unique opportunity for young people to gain first hand experience of life as a practicing artist, designer, maker and/or curator. Lab members will design, deliver and curate an exhibition or event for the Engine Room at The Exchange.

The Lab builds on lessons learned from international models including Zone Moderna, Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Room 13, UK, plus a short pilot project developed by the gallery which worked with a ready-formed group of BTEC Art and Design students from Penwith College, with the support of Creative Skills. These students worked closely with artist Lucy Willow to design, deliver and curate an exhibition to launch the new education space at The Exchange. The result was a lively collection of young artists’ thoughts and ideas.

The Lab will initially use the Engine Room at The Exchange as its base whilst the gallery hopes to secure a dedicated space adjoining the gallery building in the near future.

The Lab will happen fortnightly on Saturdays.

For more information contact:

Claire Lloyd, Deputy Director/Learning and Inclusion Manager
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Princes Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2NL
claire.lloyd@newlynartgallery.co.uk
Tel. 01736 363 715
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk

NSA: The Drawing Show 12th July – 5th September 2008

The Exchange, Princes Street, Penzance, TR18 2NL Tel: 01736 363715. www.theexchangegallery.co.uk
Open Mon –Sat: 10am-5pm, Sundays: Closed

Drawings by NSA members, selected by Mary Doyle and Kate Macfarlane, Co-Directors of The Drawing Room in London, are presented in The Drawing Show – the group’s first exhibition in the new Exchange gallery, due to celebrate its first birthday in July.

The show takes a broad interpretation of drawing, utilising a diverse range of media and scale which accommodates the breadth of artistic approach within the NSA. Artists will have considered the scale and architecture of the gallery when creating drawings, exploring the gallery in unusual and challenging ways.

Further information can be downloaded here.

Action for Children's Arts launches manifesto

Action for Children’s Arts, the UK's umbrella body on behalf of all arts organisations providing arts for and working with children, has launched the UK’s first ‘Manifesto for Children’s Arts’ at its conference at The Unicorn Theatre in London.

The delivery of the Manifesto was well-received by the packed house that consisted of senior government officials, politicians, school teachers, children’s rights workers, and delegates from all areas of the arts.

The Manifesto calls for government, political parties, schools Arts Councils, arts organisations, local authorities and the media to all help develop special policies for producing and promoting the arts to children and to work to raise the profile of this vital but often marginalised and under funded area. It is in direct accordance with Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which states that all world’s children are entitled to have access to the arts.

www.childrensarts.org.uk

Innovative Live Arts Degrees to Feed Creative Industries

Cornwall College St Austell has launched two exciting University-level courses approved by the University of Plymouth, designed to meet the needs of the performing arts industry. Students and creative professionals from across the county now have local access to Live Arts Performance and Live Arts Management Foundation Degrees.

These unique courses offer dynamic paths into performing arts and creative industries and students from across the UK are likely to be attracted to study in Cornwall. Creative industries in the UK is purported to be worth £421 million a year and Cornwall alone employs over ten thousand people.

Based at Cornwall College’s The Keay Theatre, the two degrees interlink as students work as one training performance company. Performers and managers work alongside each other, with practicing professionals, to take responsibility for every aspect of performing in and managing a company. Students are encouraged to develop an entrepreneurial spirit towards professional and community events across the county and further a field.

Jenny Cleverley the programme manager explained; “Live Arts is not a genre in its own right but a new, collaborative way of working – a fusion of experimental practices to create new work. In a post-modern, media-rich world, barriers are being broken down between all genres of performing arts. There are increasingly innovative and exciting opportunities for creative work - these live arts programmes are designed to feed and support the country’s creative industries.”

John Latham, Principal of Cornwall College said: “Foundation Degrees are innovative University-level qualifications developed with employers, so they fit perfectly into the world of work. They allow students to boost their professional development. We are offering a wide range of University-level courses across the College and with the development of the Student Union, it’s an exciting place to study.”

Good news for the Arts from the Comprehensive Spending Review

Government investment in the arts is set to be boosted over the next three years, with the announcement of an extra £50millon going to the Arts Council England by 2011.

The organisation's funding will rise from £417 million this year to £467 million in 2010/11, a real-terms increase year-on-year of 1.1 per cent (or 12 per cent in cash terms across the whole period). Grant aid to England's national museums and galleries will increase from £302 million this year to £332 million in 10/11, an increase of slightly above inflation.

The funding comes from DCMS's settlement in the 2007 spending review, and makes clear the Government's commitment to supporting excellence in the arts in this country.
James Purnell said:

"The spending review settlement is an excellent deal for arts, museums and galleries in this country, with real terms rises across the sector, plus additional investment through the Arts Council.

"The extra £50m that the Arts Council will receive by 2010/11 will ensure that artists, performers and companies get the chance to continue producing world-class work for growing audiences.

"Our arts and culture matter. They are a key part of the life and identity of our country, and that's why the Government has invested heavily in them since 1997. This country can hold its own on the international stage, producing brilliant, world-class and groundbreaking work. This year's settlement will help ensure our arts sector - one of the nation's greatest success stories - can go on to achieve even more."

Source: DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT News Release (117\2007) issued by The Government News Network on 12 October 2007

Local authorities now required to provide positive activities for young people

The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has issued a statement that from the beginning of this year all local authorities will be expected to secure access for young people to 'positive activities', including youth clubs, sports facilities and art projects. The Government will provide £4.5 million in each of the financial years 2006-7 and 2007-8 for local authorities to develop and publicise local things to do and places to go. This is alongside the DfES' £115 million Youth Opportunity and Capital Funds, which provide money for youth-led activities, and to create or improve places for young people to go within their community.

'Positive activities' might include sports clubs, cultural events, volunteering schemes or art projects but the scope is broad and activities can be educational or recreational - so long as they contribute to young people's well-being. Local authorities will also be expected to consult young people on activities and facilities currently available to them as well as any new ones they would like to see in the area, to publicise these, and to keep the information up-to-date.

More information available from the Every Child Matters website

Extra funding for music and singing for young people

At the Music Manifesto's 'State of Play' festival held on 16 and 17 January, the Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, announced a £10 million to boost music and singing for young people. The extra funding comes as part of the Government's announcement of how it will deliver on the next stage of the Music Manifesto, which was launched in 2004. The £10 million is in addition to £25 million committed for instrumental tuition next year.

Mr Johnson described music as a worthwhile activity in its own right and a 'powerful learning tool which can build children's confidence, teamwork and language skills' and improve educational achievement generally. The Music Manifesto is a joint initiave between the National Campaign for the Arts and Dance UK.

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