Cornish Culture and Context Creative Industries in Cornwall

Cornish Culture and Context

Creative Industries in Cornwall Alias - Nurturing artist led projects in the South West Arts and Business - Bringing arts and businesses together for shared benefit Arts Council England South West - Funding and developing the arts in the South West Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles of Scilly - Promoting the role of creativity in improving health and wellbeing Audiences South West - Helping more people in the South West to experience culture Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden - Sculptor Barbara Hepworth's atmospheric studio and museum in St. Ives Bridging Arts - Tackling difficult issues in society using art and art-related activities Carn to Cove - Bringing music, dance, theatre and film to Cornish communities Cornwall Arts Centre Trust - Creative industries company running a number of projects Cornwall Design Forum - A network for designers based in Cornwall Film Festival - Annual film festival held in November Cornwall Music Forum - Inspiring, Supporting, Connecting and Promoting Music in Cornwall Music Service - Instrumental and vocal tuition for students at Cornish schools and colleges Cornwall Visual Arts Forum - networking and debate for Cornish visual artists Creative Partnerships - Creative Partnerships fosters innovative, long-term partnerships between schools and creative professionals Creative Skills - Advice and support for Cornwall's creative businesses and practitioners Cumpas - Developing and celebrating Cornish music The Du Maurier Festival - Festival of literature and the arts in Fowey each May

Creative Industries in Cornwall • • • Digital Peninsula Network - A network for media, ICT and digital creative professionals in Cornwall The Eden Project - The world famous biomes host a range of arts events and activities European Region of Culture Campaign Organisation (EROCCO) - Campaign to celebrate rural culture by establishing an EU Region of Culture programme in parallel to the EU Capital of Culture programme FEAST - Funding is available to make great art happen across Cornwall Hall for Cornwall - Cornwall's largest performing arts venue based in Truro Kernow Education Arts Partnership (KEAP) - Work in a variety of settings to make the arts and creativity at the heart of work with young people Kneehigh Theatre - Cornish theatre company that works in a variety of settings from village halls to castles; from Truro to New York! Krowji - Studios, offices, cafe and meeting rooms for creative businesses and artists at the Old Grammar School, Redruth, Cornwall Leach Pottery - Bernard Leach's recently restored studios and gallery space Minack Theatre - Open air theatre carved into the cliffs near Land's End Newlyn Art Gallery / The Exchange, Penzance - Showcasing the very best of national and international contemporary art - including that produced in the region.

Creative Industries in Cornwall • • • The Poly - Arts centre in the heart of Falmouth Porthmeor Studios - Historically important artists studios in St. Ives Projectbase - Commissioning internationally established artists to work with local communities to present exciting and innovative projects Relays - Cultural activities for young people in the run up to the 2012 Olympics Ri. O (Real Ideas Organisation) - Social enterprise organization that runs a variety of programmes for young people South West Music School - Training for talented young musicians in the South West Screen - Championing the creative media industries in the South West Sterts Theatre - Open air theatre on Bodmin Moor Tate St Ives - The Tate Gallery in St. Ives presents modern and contemporary art, often created in or associated with Cornwall University College Falmouth - University college specializing in art, design, media and performance located in Falmouth, Penryn and Totnes Wildworks - Cornish theatre company that makes large scale landscape theatre The Works - Developing dance and theatre in Cornwall

Minack. Theatre The Minack Theatre is Cornwall's world famous open-air theatre. The Summer season of theatre runs from May to September presenting drama, musicals and opera in this most dramatic of settings. Minack in Cornish means a rocky place and the black headed crag below theatre has always drawn local fishermen. Until the 1930’s they had the gorse filled gully to themselves and the cliffs echoed to the cries of gulls not actors. From 1931 until she died in 1983 the Minack Theatre was planned, built and financed by one determined woman - Rowena Cade. “

Hall for Cornwall www. hallforcornwall. co. uk “Hall for Cornwall is a thriving theatre in the heart of Truro, Cornwall. Over the course of the year we welcome over 180, 000 theatre goers to everything from classical to rock concerts, and pantomime to touring productions from the West End. Hall for Cornwall has an enviable reputation for dance with an equally broad range of performance styles to be enjoyed here from such companies as Rambert Dance Company, Richard Alston and Duchy Ballet. ”

Kneehigh Theatre www. kneehigh. co. uk “From our home in Cornwall, Kneehigh have built a reputation for creating vigorous and popular theatre for audiences throughout the UK and beyond. In Cornwall, 1980, a village school teacher began to run theatre workshops in his spare time. In due course a mixture of people became involved, a farmer, the sign writer from Tesco, several students, a thrash guitarist from a local band, an electrician. No actors. . . nobody who had been trained. The workshops took place in the spirit of cheerful anarchy and casually slipped into performance, and finally the production of shows. ”

Visual Arts www. tate. org. uk/visit/tate-st-ives Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, exhibiting work by modern British artists. The three-storey building, designed by architects Evans and Shalev, lies on the site of an old gas works, overlooking Porthmeor Beach.

Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden www. tate. org. uk/visit/tate-st-ives/barbara-hepworth-museum-and-sculpture-garden • Visiting the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden is a unique experience that offers a remarkable insight into the work and outlook of one of Britain’s most important twentieth century artists. Sculptures in bronze, stone and wood are on display in the museum and garden, along with paintings, drawings and archive material. is a unique experience that “Visiting thepture Barbara Garden Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden is a uniqueinsight experience that the work and outlook offers a remarkable into remarkable insight into the work and ofoffers onea of Britain’s most important twentieth century outlook of one of Britain’s most important artists. Sculptures in bronze, stone and wood are on twentieth century artists. Sculptures in bronze, display thearemuseum garden, along with stone andinwood on display inand the museum paintings, drawings and drawings archiveandmaterial and garden, along with paintings, archive material. ”

Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange www. newlynartgallery. co. uk “With two venues we are able to offer a wide and varied programme showcasing the very best of national and international contemporary art, as well as work by some of the best artists currently working in the region. ”

Royal Cornwall Museum www. royalcornwallmuseum. org. uk “The Royal Institution of Cornwall – the organisation that owns and manages the Royal Cornwall Museum and Courtney Library – was founded in 1818 for ‘the promotion of knowledge in natural history, ethnology and the fine and industrial arts, especially in relation to Cornwall’. This is still at the heart of everything we do, from collecting, display, exhibitions, education, publishing and our outreach programmes. ”

Dance Carrick Dance www. carrickdance. co. uk “In 1994 the Dance and Drama teacher of Penair got together, at an informal meeting, with a couple of dance teachers from neighbouring secondary schools and decided to work together and pool resources so that ideas could be shared and top choreographers employed for joint workshops - and for the benefit of all. By the end of that first year, a Committee was formed; all of the seconday schools in the Carrick area were represented; a project bank account was opened; 8 joint workshops took place and the 5 schools involved held 4 Celebration Sharing Evenings of high quality dance. ”

Krowji www. krowji. co. uk “Krowji is Cornwall’s biggest creative sector cluster, providing studios, workspaces, offices, The Melting Pot Cafe, meeting rooms and other facilities for a wide range of creative businesses at the Old Grammar School buildings in Redruth. ” “Krowji is home to a vibrant creative community which currently includes painters, jewellers, furniture makers, ceramicists, textile artists, web designers, theatre companies and musicians”.

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Combined Truro Schools Project

Music and Music Venues • Cornwall Music Service • Acorn Theatre • Hall for Cornwall