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โ๏ธTo do in 2025: discover a brand new skill
And maybe that is Japanese Woodblock Printing. Our course in February, guided by practitioner @adrianholmeswoodblock, teaches you to compose, carve and print your own designs using authentic Japanese tools & paper.
This is a unique opportunity to engage with traditions from both Japan and St Ives to produce ethereal, experimental prints.
๐๏ธ21 - 23 Feb 2025
๐St Ives, Cornwall
๐Book now via the link in our bio
#japanesewoodworking #japanesewoodblockprint #woodblock #woodblockprint #woodblockprinting #woodblockprints #woodblockprintmaking #stives #stivescornwall #cornwall
Give the gift of art this Christmas ๐
Is the daunting task of festive shopping playing on your mind? This year, you could buy a family member or a friend an unforgettable experience with one of our gift vouchers.
And we have an option for any budget. Vouchers come in any denomination from ยฃ10, so a ยฃ30 gift voucher could get them an online course, or a ยฃ400 voucher would give them the chance to join us for an inspirational 3-day course in our studios overlooking the beach!
Your first gift, sorted โ
๐ Tap the link in our bio
Noticing the often-overlooked ๐
Our upcoming 2-part webinar with Holly Razavi aims to encourage people to observe the often-overlooked details in their surroundings. Hear about Holly`s methods for deconstructing colours and forms to capture those fleeting moments in time.
๐ฅ Live broadcast: 3rd & 5th December, 16.00
๐ป Re-watch for up to 90 days after the start of the course
๐ผ Featured: Mousehole Harbour, @hollyrazaviart
Still chance to join ๐๐
Part two of @greghumphriesart online course, The Art of the Sun + the Moon is coming up. We saw some brilliant work (featured) come out of the first session as students learnt how to create an abstract painting evoking the feelings of the sun and the moon, and explored artists who have dealt with the subject of these celestial bodies in the past.
You can still catch up on part one - watch it before or after part two!
๐ฅ Live broadcast: Tues 19 November, 16.00
๐ Book now via the link in our bio
๐ผ Featured student artwork: `Autumn Sun`, Myrtle Watt
The art of appreciation ๐
That moment during the course when you all get to take a step back and appreciate your creative masterpiece!
This is always a rewarding time for students, tutors and the studio team. It might be the end of the course but everyone gets a chance to stop, pause and reflect before saying their goodbyes.
๐ธ `Discover Painting` course with @ilkercinarel
"Iona is a wonderful artist and empowering tutor who gave everyone the space to be themselves and develop their skills and talents without fear or criticism. A remarkable achievement." - Anita ๐ซ
Just one piece of incredible feedback following our course `Banish Fear of Failure` with Iona Sanders. You can join her course in January, kickstart the new year with a new found confidence:
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20 โ 22 Jan 2025
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Book via the link in our bio
Featured: Kitchen Table, Iona Sanders
โItโs really important to look at the world in a different wayโ ๐
Join us live with Holly Razavi, working from footage of the local landscape, Holly will guide you through her method of deconstructing colours and forms to create art that captures fleeting moments in time.
๐ฅ Broadcast live, Part 1: 3 Dec, 16.00
๐ฅ Broadcast live, Part 2: 5 Dec, 16.00
๐ป Re-watch the recordings again for up to 90 days
๐ Book now via our website
#hollyrazaviart #contemporaryart #contemporary #comtemporarypainting #landscape #minimalism #lslowry #bryanpearce #helenbradley #stives #cornwall
Porthmeor Programme LIVE Q&A ๐ฃ
Are you interested to hear more about our upcoming yearlong developmental programme?
Whether you are thinking about applying for our online or studio programme, you can join us via Zoom for a live Q&A with tutors Kate Southworth and Greg Humphries. We will be answering questions and offering further details on the aims of the course, so you can decide whether it`s right for you.
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Thursday 28 November, 18.00
๐ Sign up now via the link in our bio (Follow Porthmeor Programme Q&A)
Original Rebels Exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Museum ๐
A collection of work by artist tutor, Camilla Dixon, which traces the legacy of environmental and social activism in her work back to the time of Hepworth and Heron, is soon to be showing at Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, 22 Oct-24 Dec.
Camilla is passionate about using art to communicate thoughts, concerns or obsessions. Her upcoming one-day workshop `Art & Message` will help you identify what you want to say or explore, and then experiment with ways to create work around that, or incorporate these ideas into your existing practice.
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Art & Message, 25 November
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Find out more via the link in our bio
Featured: A Figure in a Landscape, Original Rebels, Camilla Dixon
This week, we welcome Brighton-based artist Julian Vilarubbi to our wonderful team of tutors.
After studying painting at the Royal Academy Schools in London, where he won the Richard Ford Award for travel in Spain, Julian has been creating landscape paintings based on travels throughout Europe and Russia. Julian works en plein air as well as in the studio, and drawing underpins all of his work.
Take a look at Julian`s upcoming courses in 2025:
๐น Figure in a Landscape, 19-22 June
๐ธLandscape & Composition, 29 Sep-1 Oct
๐ Find out more via the link in our bio
Featured: Swimmer at the Mixed Pond, Hampstead Heath, Julian Vilarrubi
This Friday: Live Webinar โจ๐ซ
This is your last chance to book and join our live webinar with Victoria Gillow. Learn new ways of working to inspire your creative process and discover techniques to create vibrant, expressive paintings.
Victoriaโs landmark and inspiration? The jaw-dropping expansive Hayle Dunes, and shoreline within the bay of St Ives.
๐ฅ Live: Friday 8 November, 10.30 (2.5hrs)
๐ป Re-watch again as many times as you like for the following 90 days
๐ Book now via the link in our bio
#contemporary #contemporaryart #expressiveart #expressivelandscape #landscape #landscapes #seascapes #painting #stives #stivescornwall
โItโs ok to be more generalist, to dip in and out of things a little bitโ
Watch our full film with Kitty Hillier on our YouTube channel, as we spend the day at her studio and out on the coast.
You can join Kittyโs courses in 2025:
๐น Mindful Ways to Abstraction, 2-4 May
๐ธ Abstract Coastline, 25-27 July
๐น Abstracting Nature, 26-28 Sept
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Expressive Painting in the Elements ๐
Guided by Amy Albright, follow in the footsteps of artists such as Helen Frankenthaler and Peter Lanyon, whose abstract expressionism will help to inform and inspire your own individualistic style. This is an opportunity to paint outside in various locations in St. Ives, from gardens to the dramatic shorelines.
Featured: Keynvor, @amyalbrightartist
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22 - 24 Apr 2025
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Book via the link in our bio
Welcome to new tutor, Roger Towndrow ๐
With over 30 years of experience teaching BA and MA Fine Art Courses, Rogers recent work has explored a range of subjects through drawing. This has included imaginative landscapes, plant studies influenced by 17th century botanical illustrations, and work based on studies from nearby Tehidy woods.
Learn from Roger in his upcoming 2-day course, `Not So Still Life` which has an emphasis on enjoying the process of drawing as much as making a finished piece.
๐ 1-2 February
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Book now via our website
#ThrowbackThursday to our summer workshops โฎ
We`ve been reminiscing on a magical, creative summer of workshops, when so many of you joined us and explored your inner artist. The studios were full of energy and we cannot wait to get planning for next year.
Visiting St Ives in February half term? We already have a number of one-day workshops available to book!
โDo we actually need paintings, anyway?โ ๐ญ
Watch @alicemumford full Brushworks film over on our YouTube channel or browse her upcoming courses in 2025:
๐นInside Outside, 10-12 February
๐ธSilver Light, 3-5 November
๐ Book now via our website or call 01736 797180
#painting #contemporaryart #contemporary #stillife #alicemumford #alicemumfordart #artist #artiststudio #cornwall
The Art of Painting the Ordinary ๐
We`ve been preparing for one of our upcoming online courses, with new tutor and artist, @hollyrazaviart.
Working from footage of the local landscape, Holly will guide you through her method of deconstructing colours and forms to create art that captures fleeting moments in time.
๐ฌ Live broadcast Pt. 1: 4:00pm, Tues 3 Dec
๐ฌ Live broadcast Pt. 2: 4:00pm, Thurs 5 Dec
๐ Book now via the link in our bio
โItโs your response to the objects you have in front of youโ
Our upcoming course with @ionasanders encourages you to look at things afresh and to realise that the fragment of a tile, the colour of a flower or the atmosphere of a place can all be used to inspire work.
๐จ Banish Fear of Failure
๐๏ธ 20-22 January
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Book now via our website
#painting #paintingclass #stilllife #acrylicpainting #acrylic #stives #cornwall
Abstracting Zennor in Autumn ๐
As the clocks go back this weekend, and the days get shorter, it can be a more challenging time for some when it comes to staying creatively inspired.
We have a huge library of online courses, available to watch on demand, such as Martha Holmesโ two part course focusing on Zennor. Or join us live for one of our upcoming webinars!
๐ Visit our website for all our online courses
#onlineart #onlineartcourse #learnonline #abstraction #abstractart #markrothko #markrothkoart #marthaholmes #zennor
New for 2025: Changing Tides ๐
Explore the ever-changing ebbing and flowing of the ocean and learn how to create the effect of light shimmering on water with the use of cold wax and oils.
During three-days, guided by artist @kieranstiles, learn to build confidence in representing light, and also the textural quality of the natural world.
๐ 24 - 26 Mar 2025
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Find out more via the link in bio
Through Art & Message ๐ฌ
Join us in November for a new one-day exploratory workshop helping you to transform your ideas, thoughts and obsessions into art.
Artist Camilla Dixon will help you identify what you want to say or explore, whether personal, political, or even philosophical, and encourage you to experiment with ways to create work around your chosen message.
๐ 25 November
๐ St Ives, Cornwall
๐ Book now via our website
๐ธ Pictured: Camilla Dixon, Original Rebels Exhibition 2024
EVEN MORE 2025 STUDIO COURSES ๐ฉ
The learning never stops. Explore magical landscapes, or learn to paint minimalist landscapes, discover the world of abstraction or experience painting on the wild and wonderous St Ives coast path.
So much to explore. Keep an eye out for more brand new courses coming soon.
๐ Browse our 2025 studio courses via the link in our bio.
Just launched at @tatestives ๐
From today, you can discover the vibrant textile works of Romani artist Maลgorzata Mirga-Tas, in her first major museum exhibition in the UK.
From 19 Oct -5 Jan, experience Mirga-Tas` visual storytelling which comes from a feminist perspective and challenges stereotypical representations of Roma people.
๐ผ Pictured: Maลgorzata Mirga-Tas, Roma in front of the house, 2024. ยฉ Maลgorzata Mirga-Tas
๐ธ Photo: Marcin Tas
[POSTPONED] Part Two live broadcast will now take place on 19 November, 16.00
Live Webinar: The Art of the Sun + The Moon ๐
Join us tomorrow for the first of two live broadcasts with Greg Humphries, where we will be exploring the process of creating art inspired by the sun and the moon, through techniques guided by abstraction, surrealism and symbolism.
๐ฌ Part One: 16.00, Friday 18 Oct (tomorrow)
๐ฌ Part Two: 16.00, Friday 25 October
๐ Sessions last approximately two hours
๐ Book now via our website
Explore the relationship between nature and artistic expression ๐
During our next Artist Landmarks webinar, join local artist Victoria Gillow, as she shares her connection to the Hayle landscape and how it inspires her work.
Learn techniques for working on location, as well as how to use memory and tactile experiences to get your creative process flowing.
๐ฅ Pre-recorded material & tasks available now
๐ฌ Live broadcast, 8 November, 10.30
๐ Book your place via our website or call 01736 797180
โThe calendrical cycle mirrors the creative cycleโ ๐
Calendrical Art is an 8-part online series spanning the entire calender year. Explore the significance of four cross-quarter days, two solstices and two equinoxes, and learn to create work thatโs in tune with these major transition points.
Gain an insight through our Calendrical Art Introduction before joining us for the first of eight sessions on Samhain, 31 October.
๐ Find out more via the link in our bio
#calendricalart #calendrical #equinox #esotericart #contemporaryart #contemporary #painting
MORE 2025 STUDIO COURSES ๐ฉ
Get started on a wonderful watercolour journey in St Ives, explore the possibilities of painting with soft pastels, or discover a contemporary take on the centuries old process of Japanese woodblock printing.
Oh, and there`s more. Lots more.
๐ Browse our 2025 studio courses via the link in our bio.