Launch your attack on litter!

Join in with Clean Cornwall Week – 17^th to 25^th September 2011

Do you get annoyed by the endless stream of litter hidden in your hedgerows?

Why not encourage some of the residents within your community to ‘do their bit’ and clean up your countryside!

It is so easy……. Simply choose your event date, and contact Stef Tiplady on info@cleancornwall.org or 07530 262428 who will be able to help provide equipment, training, posters, etc and answer any queries you may have about organising a group litter pick.

They are great fun, and a great excuse to get together and learn more about your local area.

Thank you for your continued support.

Stef

Stephanie Tiplady

On behalf of Clean Cornwall

PA/Project Officer

Waste & Environment Service

Cornwall Council, Windwhistle House

Cooksland Road, Bodmin

Tel:07530 262428

stephanie.tiplady@cornwall.gov.uk or info@cleancornwall.org

FALMOUTH FRAMEWORKS

FALMOUTH FRAMEWORKS

17 September – 19 November 2011

THIS autumn Falmouth Art Gallery invites you to view masterpieces, favourites and hidden gems from the town’s collection from a completely new perspective.  The major new Falmouth Frameworks exhibition celebrates the importance of the frame to the work of art it surrounds.  It is the culmination of the gallery’s groundbreaking three-year Falmouth Frameworks project.

There are few museum objects that are more neglected than historical and artist-designed frames.  Despite being an integral part of the work, frames are rarely conserved, catalogued or illustrated.  As a result of the Falmouth Frameworks project Falmouth Art Gallery is the first public gallery in the country to research, restore, catalogue, publish and exhibit both picture and frame as an aesthetic union.

“The exhibition will use an exciting selection of historical and contemporary works from the town’s collection to examine the artist’s relationship with the frame, from the early eighteenth century through to the present day” says Director, Louise Connell.  Featured are works by major British and international artists including Sven Berlin, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Thomas Gainsborough, Kurt Jackson, Dame Laura Knight, Arthur Melville, Ben Nicholson, John Singer Sargent and John William Waterhouse. 

A new book entitled Falmouth Frameworks by Brian Stewart, Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts has been published by Sansom & Company.  It is on sale at the gallery shop priced £25.

Falmouth Art Gallery has also planned an exciting programme of FREE workshops and events to accompany the exhibition.  Activities include frottage, decoupage, collage and monoprinting to name a few.  For this exhibition we’re also ‘getting in the frame’ so you get two workshops in on as we’ll be working on creating masterpieces and then framing them too!  Family workshops take place every Saturday, just drop in from 2 – 3 pm. 

Falmouth Frameworks is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Heritage Lottery Fund.  It can be seen at Falmouth Art Gallery from the 17 September – 19 November 2011.  Falmouth Art Gallery is open Monday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm.  Admission is FREE.  For more information about the exhibition or the accompanying workshops please contact Donna Williams on 01326 313 863 or email info@falmouthartgallery.com

ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM

ONE of the most remarkable locations on the planet will be brought to life at the Maritime Museum on Monday September 5.  

In 2007 Cornish based skipper and tall ship sailor Debbie Purser spent 52 days on board the tall ship Europa exploring the Antarctic Peninsula and re-tracing Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 800 mile voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia.

Join Debbie as she brings her incredible story to life in a Lunchtime Lecture at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth. This engaging lecture will see Debbie recount her first-hand experiences of sailing the Southern Ocean, a journey which she captured in a series of stunning photographs, taken with experienced wildlife filmmaker Roland Gockel.

Debbie says: “This was a bit of a busman's holiday for me as I run charter voyages in Cornwall.  Sailing a square rigger amongst the icebergs downwind in the Southern Ocean was definitely more hard core than the day job.  Photos of Falmouth Quay Punt Curlew cruising under the mountains of South Georgia were the temptation to go. Discovering I could sail there by tall ship was the snowy icing on the cake.”

The talk, entitled Square Rig Sailing in the Southern Ocean, is part of a programme combining a lecture and lunch, which explores different historical and nautical themes. The lecture and set lunch is from 12.30pm at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, on Monday September 5 and costs £14.50. To book your place please call 01326 214546.

Next tall ship to visit Falmouth

The Dutch brig Mercedes will be setting sail on day trips in the bay around Falmouth on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

The ship, one of the youngest in the international tall ship fleet, was launched in 2005 making her the youngest tall ship afloat.

Unlike most ships in her class, Mercedes was built specifically with the needs of the corporate entertainment market in mind and has a very comfortable interior.

The Dutch ship, rigged as a brig, has two masts, each carrying five square sails and sailors are offered the chance to set the sails themselves, if they choose to.

Members of the public do not need any experience of sailing or any special equipment or clothing to take part in the sails. Sailings are at 11am to 3pm or 5pm to 9pm and include a meal aboard.

For more information, or to book online, please visit http://www.tallshipsfalmouth.co.uk/.

New seating for Falmouth

In its quest to highlight Falmouth’s unique qualities, the Falmouth BID has appointed local design firm Mor to collaborate with Falmouth School and develop what will be the third Falmouth BID initiated and funded public seat for Falmouth.

The project responds directly to feedback from holiday visitors and local people who identify that the main thoroughfare areas of Falmouth would benefit from having more places to sit on. The Falmouth BID acted upon this by commissioning locally designed and crafted benches, that also celebrate Falmouth’s fascinating artistic history.

To read all about the project click here