Your Monthly Roundup: May
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May Features
Summer Workshops
Our 3-hour workshops are the perfect addition to your holiday itinerary, as well as being taster sessions for our longer studio courses.
This year, alongside our familiar favourites, we’re excited to introduce brand new workshops led by professional artists including Liz Hough, Emma McClure, and Roger Towndrow.
St Ives Food & Drink Festival
We’re pleased to share that we’ll be at this year’s St Ives Food & Drink Festival which is taking place on Porthminster Beach, 16-18 May! Join us in the Community Tent or try your hand at drawing and painting with our one-off beach workshops.
Return of St Ives September Festival
The countdown to St Ives September Festival is on and we are busy finalising our programme of workshops which will be running throughout the festival, 13-27 September. You can now register your interest so that you will be the first to hear about the launch of our workshops.
Artist Tutor Exhibitions
Cornwall Open Studios
24-26 May + 30 May-1 June
11am to 5pm daily | Various locations
St Ives Art 1914-1930, Sea Change
Various Artists
Until October 2025 | St Ives Museum
The Society of Botanical Artists
Featuring work by Hilary Jean Gibson
28 May – 7 June | Mall Galleries, London
Tips & Insights
In April, we celebrated the birthday of painter, printmaker and watercolourist J.M.W Turner (featured) who was born in 1775.
Artist tutor, and J.M.W Turner expert, Hilary Jean Gibson reveals how ‘colour beginnings’ formed the basis of the artist’s greatest oil paintings, and shows you how to create one at home.
Read more over on our blog!
This Month’s Read
On World Earth Day, we caught up with artist John Dyer.
As a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, an Artist for the Earth with EarthDay.org and the artist in residence for the Eden Project, John has had the opportunity to explore some of the world’s most exciting subjects through his art – with expeditions and residencies taking him worldwide, where he has painted the stories of the places and people he has encountered. Read more over on our blog!
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