Galleries - December 2012

a MID CORNWALL GALLERIES St Blazey Gate, Par, Cornwall PL24 2EG Open all year round. On the A390. Exhibiting some ofthe finest contemporary arts and crafts. *own art Mon–Sat 10–5 info@midcornwallgalleries.co.uk www.midcornwallgalleries.co.uk t 01726 812131 b THE NEW GALLERY Portscatho, Cornwall, TR2 5HW An Artists’ run showroom and studios established 1985. Subject ofthe book PORTSCATHO Portrait of a Cornish Art Colony. Artists include Chris Insoll, Trevor Felcey, Eric Ward, Grace Gardner, Andrea Insoll, Anne Plummer, David Shutt, Philippa Savage, Judith Green, Rod Walker, Howard Milton, Alice Mumford and visiting artists associated with Portscatho. Usually open Thur, Fri, Sat 10–12.30, 2–5 or appt. Please call: t 01872 580 445 NEWLYN c BUCCA GALLERY Badcock’s Block, Strand, Newlyn, Cornwall TR18 5HW Open Painting Show. Nov 15–Feb 23. An exhibition of new paintings selected from open submissions by 24. GALLERIES DECEMBER 12 MAP 9 ENGLAND CORNWALL A 3 9 A 3 0 A 3 0 A 3 9 0 NEWLYN ST MAWES TREGONY ST AUSTELL BODMIN NEWQUAY SENNEN PORTSCATHO MORVAH ISLES OF SCILLY ST AGNES ST JUST TRURO MARAZION MANACCAN FALMOUTH ST IVES PENZANCE PADSTOW a e d f c b emerging and established artists based in Cornwall. Wed–Sat 10.30–4.30 buccagallery@gmail.com www.buccacontemporary.com Bucca proudly supports Newlyn School of Art which offers short courses taught by over 20 ofCornwall’s known artists. www.newlynartschool.co.uk c NEWLYN ART GALLERY New Road, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 5PZ Kate Walters, The Secret Worth a Thousand. Dec 1–Feb 9. Paintings and drawings that explore the connections between the human and animal worlds. Deer, horses and female figures are depicted with a raw but intimate intensity in a series ofpaintings and drawings created especially for this exhibition. In the lower gallery there will be projected photographs, detailing the wonder ofnature in Walters’s small garden. www.newlynartgallery.co.uk Tue–Sat 10–5 t 01736 363715 PADSTOW d THE PADSTOW STUDIO 30 Duke Street, Padstow, Cornwall PL28 8AB Contemporary drawings and paintings by Sarah Adams, Kim Bentley, Rachel Budd, Mark Cazalet, Lynn Golden, Alison Pullen, Kit Surrey, Anita Taylor, Chris Thomas and Paul Thomas. Sculpture by Mo Farquharson and ceramics by James Campbell. www.padstowstudio.co.uk Thur–Sat 11–1, 2–5 or by appt t 01841 533777 TRURO e LEMON STREET GALLERY 13 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2LS Jason Wason: All Fired Up. A new body ofwork by one ofthe country’s leading ceramicists. Nov 10–Dec 1. Galleries 1 & 2 Christine McArthur: Winter Paintings. Dec 5–Jan 2013. Gallery 3 Christmas Exhibition by LSG artists. Dec 5–Jan 2013. info@lemonstreetgallery.co.uk www.lemonstreetgallery.co.uk Mon–Sat 10.30–5.30 t 01872 275757 Frank Bramley ‘Eyes and no Eyes’ 1887 at Penlee House Gallery and Museum Newlyn’s Cool Newlyn, so much part of the changes and development of British art in the 19th and 20th centuries, continues to be an important hub for artists working in west Cornwall today though its fortunes, in terms of gallery space, have waxed and waned. Happily, things seem to be on the up with a fresh impetus due, in no small part, to the opening last year of the Newlyn School of Art. Sited close to the original run by Stanhope Forbes, it provides a variety of courses by, and studios for, some of the best known local artists and teachers (Paul Wadsworth, Jessica Cooper, Neil Pinkett, Jesse Leroy Smith for instance) and is attracting students from across the peninsula as well as from ‘up country’. A new initiative from the school has been the opening of the Bucca Gallery in the old Badcock’s premises which, together with Helen Feiler’s gallery, has brought art back to the very centre of Newlyn. Both galleries have a seasonal feel to their December exhibitions – Bucca is showing small, affordable paintings by both well known and unrepresented artists (very much part of their ethos) while Helen Feiler provides an