Events at Wheal Martyn- August to November 23
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Something for everyone at Wheal Martyn
This summer and autumn at Wheal Martyn, we are holding a number of events for visitors to get involved with.
Our Clayworks exhibition is a celebration of artists Jenny Beavan and Stuart Thorn, open until 10th September followed by our exhibition on Charles Rashleigh, Charlestown and China Clay running from 22nd September through until 23rd December.
We also have a number of activities great for families this summer, including the weekly creative clay sessions, a hands on, clay inspired activity session running throughout the summer holidays until 1st September, as well as our ‘Earth Treasures Trail’ involving navigating through the Wheal Martyn site while collecting stamps and doing creative clay activities open until 10th September.
Our ‘Waste-not clothes swap fundraiser’ will also be happening on 14th September, hoping to inspire people to bring along unwanted items and gain some ‘new to them’ clothing, all while helping to raise money for Wheal Martyn Trust.
Additionally, we have a number of music nights running throughout August until November, as below:
The Mevagissey Quay Notes - 24th August
Acapella Moonshine - 2nd September
Joe Francis – 7th September
Davey and Dyer – 5th October
True Foxes – 2nd November
Ticket prices are £5.00 per event (12 years and under are free) and timings vary. There will be a bar available to order drinks & pasties can be pre-ordered when booking tickets.
CLAYWORKS EXHIBITION
Jenny and Stuart have known each other since the launch of ‘CRAFT’, an IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE initiative, which was launched to make changes to the perceptions of Cornwall 1998.
Between them they have pursued many artistic connections linked to the china clay industry over the last 25 years: working commercially on particular bespoke commissions; instigating Cookworthy’s 300th anniversary, celebrating with a touring international exhibition; gleaning insights from on-site residences which have translated through their own personal expression in clay and paint, with joint exhibitions and workshops punctuating those 25 years.
This exhibition is a festive celebration of some of their achievements.
On display in the Roger Preston Gallery, Wheal Martyn, every day from 17 April until 10 September 2023.
Price included in general admission.
EARTH TREASURES TRAIL
There are many wonderful things to experience at Wheal Martyn! Sights, sounds, smells and history. Follow the trail and discover the clues to piece together your very own summer treasure.
Collect your booklet from the front desk (£1 per person). Navigate your way around the trail, collecting stamps and doing creative activities at different treasure stations, whilst gathering clues! When you have completed the trail, head to the learning space to create your own treasure to take home, using a portion of clay.
Open 10am - 5pm, 1 August - 10 September.
CREATIVE CLAY ACTIVITIES
Get creative with a range of hands-on, clay-inspired fun – from pottery painting (choose from three items) to pinch pot making, or modelling your own nature-inspired clay creature.
Find us in the activity/learning space, or ask at reception.
Activities cost from £1 upwards, in addition to the standard admission fee (valid for 12 months).
No booking required, activities are drop in.
THE MEVAGISSEY QUAYNOTES
Come along to listen to a four-man acapella group from Mevagissey on the south coast of Cornwall, with a wide repertoire of sea shanty to close harmony.
Bar and doors open at 6.00pm, performance starts at 7.00pm. There will be two 45 minute sets with a 20 minute interval.
Tickets are £5.00 per person (age 12 and under free)
As well as an opportunity to experience some fantastic Cornish music, this event helps support the charitable work of Wheal Martyn Trust, with money raised from ticket sales contributing to our fundraising.
Pasties available, pre-order essential £5.50 each
Steak Cheese & onion Vegan Gluten free
ACAPELLA MOONSHINE AT WHEAL MARTYN
Join us for an evening with ACapella Moonshine, an all-women shanty group who embody the spirit of the sea and the women who draw their life from it. Expect to hear a range of shanty and song, sure to keep you dancing all through the night!
Bar and doors open at 6.00pm, performance starts at 7.00pm. There will be two 45 minute sets with a 20 minute interval.
Tickets are £5.00 per person (age 12 and under free)
As well as an opportunity to experience some fantastic Cornish music, this event helps support the charitable work of Wheal Martyn Trust, with money raised from ticket sales contributing to our fundraising.
Pasties available, pre-order essential £5.50 each
Steak Cheese & onion Vegan Gluten free
JOE FRANCIS AT WHEAL MARTYN
An amazing songwriter with an extraordinarily soulful voice, Cornishman Joe Francis has released two critically acclaimed albums and shared stages with many international artists such as Seal, Paolo Nutini, Seth Lakeman, Richard Thompson, Cara Dillon, Rosanne Cash, LeAnn Rimes, The Waterboys and more. He’s recorded albums at Abbey Road and Sun Studios, Memphis, appeared live on BBC Radio 2 and was recently featured in the prestigious Total Guitar Magazine.
As well as an opportunity to experience some fantastic music, this event helps support the charitable work Wheal Martyn Trust, with money raised from ticket sales contributing to our fundraising.
Bar open. Doors open at 6.30pm, performance starts at 7.00pm.
Tickets are £5.00 per person (age 12 and under free)
Pasties available, pre-order essential £5.50 each
Steak Cheese & onion Vegan Gluten free
WASTE-NOT CLOTHES SWAP FUNDRAISER
Bring along your unwanted items and go home with some ‘new to you’ clothes.
It’s time to start thinking about the autumn/winter wardrobe and what better way to update it than a clothes swap! Not only do you get some ‘new to you’ items to wear but you are helping the planet too.
£3 entry and minimal price per item.
6.30pm - 8.00pm.
EXHIBITION: CHARLES RASHLEIGH, CHARLESTOWN AND CHINA CLAY
2023 marks the bicentennial of the death of Charles Rashleigh who built Charlestown in the late 18th century. Although initially built to ship tin and copper, Charlestown became one of the major clay ports in Cornwall. Learn more about the life of Rashleigh and his legacy in Charlestown.
Free to enter - included in museum admission.
Find the exhibition in our Roger Preston Gallery.
DAVEY AND DYER AT WHEAL MARTYN
Neil Davey and Jen Dyer are two of the leading proponents of Cornish traditional Celtic music and are members of internationally acclaimed Cornish band Dalla. Between them they have toured everywhere from Sydney to New York, Tokyo to Vancouver, participating in many prestigious festivals and venues across Europe, including The Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury, Lorient Interceltic Festival and Celtic Connections amongst UK performances.
They love to bring it all back home, ‘where it do belong to be’ in their native Cornwall, and have performed in all the main Cornish arts festivals and celebrated venues such as The Minack Theatre, Eden Project, The Hall for Cornwall and Carnglaze Caverns as well as countless smaller venues.
They play bouzouki, fiddle and viola, and the repertoire of Cornish Celtic music, both new and old, ranges from stonking Celtic jigs, reels and polkas, to the exotic almost Balkan sound of some of the Cornish five-steps, as well as some heart-meltingly beautiful and hypnotic slower pieces.
As well as an opportunity to experience some fantastic music, this event helps support the charitable work Wheal Martyn Trust, with money raised from ticket sales contributing to our fundraising.
Bar open. Doors open at 6.30pm, performance starts at 7.00pm.
Tickets are £5.00 per person (age 12 and under free)
Pasties available, pre-order essential £5.50 each
Steak Cheese & onion Vegan Gluten free
TRUE FOXES AT WHEAL MARTYN
True Foxes are an up-and-coming, BBC Introducing South West, female duo from West Cornwall. Comprising of cousins Amie Parsons (lead vocals/ guitar) and Chloe Payne (vocal harmonies/bass), they blend pop-folk songwriting, soft rock country and atmospheric harmonies, to create hauntingly beautiful and catchy melodies.
After building up a fanbase through local open mics and social media, in 2022, they were featured on multiple radio stations, including BBC Radio Cornwall and Devon, appeared on BBC Spotlight and have performed at over 140 different venues and events in major cities across England, Scotland and Wales on two UK support tours.
True Foxes are already the ones to watch in 2023 after gaining popularity within the Cornish music scene after hitting major UK festivals such as Boardmasters and performing on the mainstages at Tunes in the Dunes, Great Estate, Rock Oyster and RattlerFest.
As well as an opportunity to experience some fantastic music, this event helps support the charitable work Wheal Martyn Trust, with money raised from ticket sales contributing to our fundraising.
Bar open. Doors open at 6.30pm, performance starts at 7.00pm.
Tickets are £5.00 per person (age 12 and under free)
Pasties available, pre-order essential £5.50 each
Steak Cheese & onion Vegan Gluten free
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