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IT IS very much a case of calling all artists for
the forthcoming second Festival of the Arts in Newlyn which has an
extended five-day programme of events, embracing art and craft, music
and dance, and much more, from November 5 to 9. One of the main
attractions will surely be the exhibition of fine art in Newlyn Art
Gallery which has entered into a full working partnership with the
festival. The exhibition it is hosting will embrace a wide range of
disciplines, sculpture to ceramics, painting to photography, and all
artists living or working in Newlyn are eligible and invited to submit
a single work for this exhibition. Those wishing to do so, or in need
of further information, should contact Annie Metcalfe on 01736 351937.
The
festival is also running an education programme involving the pupils of
Newlyn School who will be working to produce a set of exhibits that
will be professionally curated and displayed in Newlyn Art Gallery as
part of the main fine art show.
Another
major attraction is certain to be the site specific art at Orchard
Cottage, courtesy of its owner Mrs Pat Garnier. A house which has been
a home to artists since the era of the celebrated Newlyn School of
Artists, during the last century a number of studios were built in its
garden, most of which have survived and are still in active use. The
festival has involved the art department of Penwith College in a
project for which its students are making and installing pieces
throughout the undulating wooded terrain of the garden.
In
the spirit of the festival, Mrs Garnier is also preparing a piece based
on a collection of the chimney pots that remain from the original
18th-century cottages that were converted to make the present house.
Mrs Garnier is also willing to speak to anyone who wishes to have more
details of Orchard Cottage and its connections to working artists both
past and present; call 01736 368737.
The
garden of Orchard Cottage will be open to visitors 10am to 4pm,
November 7 to 9, no appointment necessary. Invigilators will be present
to direct the curious in the direction of the art works and, as a
bonus, some of the studios in the garden will also be open for viewing
of the resident artists' works. Another welcome feature of this year's
festival will be the opening of a number of studios under the banner of
Open Doors. Further details of these can also be obtained from Annie
Metcalfe while festival brochures can be obtained from Newlyn Art
Gallery.
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