Your Monthly Roundup: April
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April Features
Summer Workshops
From July to September, we’ll be running a refreshed programme shaped by your feedback, including a new selection of one-day courses. These longer sessions offer more time with your artist tutor and the chance to fully immerse yourself in the studio experience.
Whether you’re looking to try a brand-new medium or build confidence, each workshop is designed to be fun, relaxed and supportive.
Take a look at what’s coming up – we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
St Ives September Festival
Join us in St Ives this September for a two-week celebration of music and the arts, taking place from 12–26 September.
We’ll be hosting 3-hour sessions each morning and afternoon, Monday to Friday, led by ten of our professional artist tutors.
Register your interest now to get early access and be first in line when bookings open.
St Ives Food & Drink Festival
From 15–17 May, the stunning Porthminster Beach comes alive for the St Ives Food and Drink Festival – with live music, incredible food and drink stalls, and special demonstrations from some of the area’s most exciting chefs.
Heading to this year’s festival? Come and find us in the Community Tent – enter our prize draw and ‘make your mark’!
Exhibitions
FORM Art Festival – Falmouth
15-17 May | Princess Pavilion, Falmouth
Free Entry
Celebrating Falmouth’s vibrant creative culture, FORM Art Festival returns for its fourth year with talks, workshops, and a 3-day art fair at Princess Pavilion – featuring several of our artist tutors, including Adrian Holmes, Kitty Hillier, Martha Holmes and Laura Menzies.
Aleksandra Kasuba
Exhibition: 2 May–4 Oct 2026
Tate St Ives | Free for Members
From 2 May, Tate St Ives will present the first UK museum exhibition of the work of Aleksandra Kasuba.
The exhibition spans seven decades of work, exploring Kasuba’s journey, from her early paintings and mosaics to her later sculptures and architectural designs.
Cornwall Open Studios
Exhibition: 23-31 May
Various Venues | Free Entry
For over twenty years, artists across Cornwall have opened their studios to visitors from near and far as part of Cornwall Open Studios.
Discover which artists are taking part and plan your route ahead of a week filled with an inspiring variety of work.
This Month’s Watch
Discover our how-to series for creative inspiration.
Get inspired with our latest how-to tutorial from artist Liz Hough – perfect to spark ideas while you work.
This Month’s Read
There’s something compelling about an artist who refuses to stay still – someone whose work is shaped as much by movement and observation as it is by tradition. Julian Vilarrubi is one of those artists.
We caught up with him ahead of his upcoming studio courses – Figure in a Landscape and Landscape + Composition.
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