Coming Soon: The Legend of King Arthur: A Pre-Raphaelite Love Story
Visitors across the country have been flocking to our magnificent touring exhibition and this summer, it is coming to Falmouth for a spectacular finale. The exhibition tells the story for the first time of the links between the world-famous legend of King Arthur, the renowned Pre-Raphaelite artists and Cornwall’s Arthurian heritage. It brings together over 60 iconic works of art from public and private collections and is an exclusive opportunity to see the entire Lady of Shalott series of paintings by John William Waterhouse exhibited together for the first time in the UK. "A swoon of a show" The Times Curated by Natalie Rigby,
The Legend of King Arthur: A Pre-Raphaelite Love Story
The Legend of King Arthur: A Pre-Raphaelite Love Story is a touring exhibition that will depict the triangular interdependency that exists between Arthurian legend, Pre-Raphaelite artists and locations linked to the Arthurian legend, with a focus on Cornwall. The exhibition will introduce new audiences to the story of King Arthur, combine arts and heritage and increase awareness of the rich cultural heritage of Cornwall locally, nationally and internationally. The exhibition brings together major loans from public and private collections of Pre-Raphaelite art both in the UK and overseas. All artworks selected will be specific to the King Arthur story as told by
Gwen and Fred Whicker: A Loved Local Couple
In this collection's highlight, we draw attention to Gwen and Fred Whicker, two married artists who spent time living in Falmouth.
Donna – Access and Interpretation Manager
Job title access and interpretation manager (job share 16 hours per week) What you actually do a lot of writing! I focus on exhibitions and marketing, mainly creating the written elements for gallery exhibitions, developing the marketing strategy for cultural services and writing grant applications. Where people can find you falmouth art gallery, usually in the ‘ideas hub’ office. Your favourite artist in falmouth art gallery collection I’ll always have a fondness for john singer sargent’s ‘portrait of charles napier hemy’ as it helped me get my job here but my favourite painting has always been ‘in the coulisse – behind the scenes’ by dame laura
Half Term – Free Family Art Workshops
This half term Falmouth Art Gallery is running a series of free art workshops for families inspired by the new 'In Her Shoes' exhibition. Here's what's happening: Tuesday 1 June - Experimental Ink Drawing with Viv Wednesday 2 June - Shoe Sculptures with Eve Thursday 3 June - Flower Art with Jo To ensure everyone has plenty of space workshops will take place over a series of one hour timeslots from 10 am - 3 pm. If you would like to attend please book your space here: https://falmouth-art-gallery.myshopify.com/products/half-term-creative-art-workshops-for-all-the-family
World Book Day
Jayne from Falmouth Library has recorded a lovely selection of children's poems to celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 4 March. She has chosen poems from 'A World Full of Poems', 'I am the Seed that Grew the Tree' and 'Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6t6SXIr5mM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYko_VJuRHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRHYQUopAGk
The Great British Art Tour
While museums and galleries are closed The Guardian newspaper is working in partnership with Art UK to bring the art to us with their daily Great British Art Tour articles. We were very happy that they decided to stop off in Falmouth to look in depth at our most popular painting, Study for the Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse. You can read the aritcle here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/04/the-great-british-art-tour-falmouth-lady-of-shalott-by-waterhouse
Cold Porcelain – Make&Take adults
Cold porcelain clay is an interesting material: simple to make at home, gives great results. It’s malleable and easy to mould, but it becomes hard and plastic-like once it dries. MATERIAL NEEDED: * 1 cup (240ml) Cornflour * 1 cup (240ml) PVA glue * 2 tablespoon of vinegar * 2 tablespoon of cooking oil Would you like to try it? Download the PDF tutorial cold-porcelainDownload
Macramé for beginners – Make&Take adults
MACRAMÉ is a fascinating (and slightly complex!) craft. Understanding and memorising all the different knots can be quite tricky as they rely on particular hand movements, so ideally you would need somebody to show you those movements. Nevertheless, even the most complex projects are combinations of simpler basic knots that you can practise making. MATERIAL NEEDED: * Any thread you have available, in at least 2 or 3 different colours. Ideally lace making or embroidery thread, but even normal cotton or wool would do. * A pair of scissors * Something to secure your piece while working (e.g. a piece of sticky tape or a clipboard). Ready for
Doodle Mandala – Make & Take adults
A MANDALA is a geometric (normally circular) configuration of patterns. In various spiritual traditions, making mandalas is a way to relax, focus attention and a form of meditation. Drawing MANDALAS can help you become more mindful and calm. MATERIAL NEEDED: Fine liners (but if they’re not available, normal pens or felt-tip pens would do too). Paper plates (or alternately circles cut out from a normal sheet of paper/card) Intrigued? Why don't you have a go? Download the PDF tutorial Mandala-doodleDownload