Events at Newlyn Art Gallery
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Newlyn Art Gallery New Road Newlyn Penzance Cornwall TR18 5PZ
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SOCIAL FABRIC
Social Fabric is an exhibition of textile-based art showing across both our venues, presenting the work of contemporary female artists whose practices revalue old wisdoms and techniques using traditional textile skills with fresh perspectives.
Participating artists: Lyn Barlow, Ali Bassett, Nicole Chui, Lenka Clayton, Julie Cook, Aya Haidar, Elizabeth Loveday, Angela Maddock, Amarjeet Nandhra, LOW PROFILE, Jamila Prowse, Celia Pym. (See Read More below for details of the artists and their work)
At the heart of this exhibition is The Workroom. Inspired by the Newlyn Industrial Needlework Classes of the 1890s, it will actively seek to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to produce objects of utility, comfort, and warmth.
BERNARD IRWIN
These small, intense, paintings are made in parallel to Bernard’s much larger paintings and as such, constitute an integral part of his thinking through daily studio activity. The large paintings, by their very nature, take time. Freed from the technical demands and extended time frame of the very large paintings, these small works allow for continuous and fluid thinking. Working on several at any one time enables Irwin to explore ideas in a more open and discursive way than is possible in the big paintings. While these small works are fully realised paintings, some have also proved to be effective studies for his large-scale works. The intensity and concentrated focus of these paintings serve to enhance their scope and drama.
Titles are carefully considered, poetic, and hint at deeper and elusive meaning. Alluding to traditional genres such as landscape and still life, the paintings themes of transcendence, transformation, growth and renewal, seek the possibility of spiritual transcendence in the modern world.
NEWLYN WALKING TOURS
Join us for a unique behind-the-scenes tour of Newlyn’s back streets, where you’ll meet local artists, explore historic studios and workshops, and uncover the village’s fascinating, often hidden, past. As both a thriving fishing port and a home for contemporary artists, Newlyn’s story blends its industrial roots with a vibrant cultural heritage.
Led by Newlyn Art Gallery’s Director, James Green, and long-time Newlyn resident and Gallery team member Kathy Hill, this tour offers an insider’s look at the village’s history. For over 150 years, Newlyn has been a haven for artists, and you’ll discover how today’s leading creatives continue to be inspired by its unique landscape. We’ll visit studios that have been in continuous use for more than 130 years and delve into the Newlyn Tidal Observatory’s remarkable century-long collection of tidal data, still vital to modern climate research and artistic inspiration.
During the tour, we’ll explore the current artistic life of the village while reflecting on its rich industrial and cultural heritage. Hear stories of how Newlyn’s environment has shaped the work of local artists in unexpected ways, and enjoy rare insights into the life of the gallery itself.
The tour begins at Newlyn Art Gallery at 10:30, where you’ll be welcomed with coffee and cake at our scenic Garden Café. The day concludes back at the gallery at 16:00.
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