Be inspired by the paintings to collage a layered tissue paper landscape based on a colour theme – browns for autumn, fresh greens for spring.

A guided tour of St Ives, including the Arts Club, Fore St. Methodist Chapel, St Ives Museum and Porthmeor Studios.

Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours. Tours will be offered at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesdays […]

Create a rubbing plate with a flora design and make a picture of rubbings from your design.

Take inspiration from his paintings in our current exhibition and create your own mixed-media master piece.

Taking inspiration from the Flora exhibition, choose a photo of a local landscape and decorate it with your own imaginative ideas of how plants and flowers might grow there.

See if you can find the seaweed paintings in the exhibition and create a mixed media seaweed artwork.

Take a look at the wonderful paintings of plants, trees and flowers and learn about botanical drawing with our team. Create a beautiful botanical drawing magnet to take home and display.

Join us for an insightful lecture by Kurt Jackson as he takes us on a journey through 150 years of environmental change in Cornwall through the lens of its flora. Learn about his discoveries and experiences along the way, his thoughts and meetings – what he found, saw and learnt. Along with prose and poems by the artist. This event is a must-attend for nature enthusiasts, environmentalists, and anyone interested in the history of Cornwall’s natural landscape.

Explore the exhibition and seek out Kurt Jackson’s painting named ‘Bioblitz’. Taking inspiration from this work, create a wild hedgerow collage full of creatures and flora.

Make a mini sketchbook and draw your own artist responses to the Newlyn School paintings, just like Kurt Jackson in the Flora exhibition.

Christmas is nearly here, and cards are to be sent! Design and make personalised Christmas cards using festive stencils.