2023
CAST’s contribution to ‘community, place and creative economy’ celebrated with investment from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The Trustees of the Cornubian Arts & Science Trust announced on 6 November 2023, that CAST, has been awarded £705,374
2023
The Trustees of the Cornubian Arts & Science Trust announced on 6 November 2023, that CAST, has been awarded £705,374
2023
This illustrated booklet offers a guided walk around the historic town centre of Helston
2023
CAST is seeking a ceramic artist as the tenant and manager of the fully equipped ceramic studio, Brickworks at CAST.
2023
CAST studio artists warmly invite you to join them for a one-day ‘Art Fair’.
2023
We are pleased to welcome Helston Community College back to CAST for their annual exhibition of A Level and BTEC students’ work.
2022
On Wednesday 28 September 2022, internationally celebrated artist Jeremy Deller visited CAST to give a talk and Q&A.
2022
On Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September 2022 CAST studio holders will open their doors to the public
2022
CAST is pleased to welcome four artists from Dartington’s MA Arts and Place for a two-week residency.
2022
CAST’s informal monthly reading group, led by Tom Greenall, will return on 10 October.
2022
This summer marks CAST’s tenth anniversary.
2022
CAST’s programme of free creative activities for children is back this summer, with two related strands
2022
CAST has developed a placement for an individual at the early stages of embarking on a freelance career
2022
We are excited to announce that our new ceramics studio will open in July.
2022
Mark Leckey’s Music & Video Lab will be a space for experimentation and discovery through video editing, music production
2021
CAST is seeking to engage an energetic and experienced ceramic artist or technician
2021
The sixth edition of the Cornwall Workshop will be led by British artist Elizabeth Price.
2021
We are delighted to announce that CAST has been awarded a Project Grant from Arts Council England
2021
CAST organised two creative stations for Bangers & Mash-Up festival held at United Downs from 15 to 17 October 2021.
2021
CAST’s Art Lab learning programme for schools returned in October 2021, with a bright new workshop
2021
During the autumn and winter of 2020 and into the first months of 2021, Adam Jackson and Jason Tripconey have been
2020
The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree is an exhibition, publication, and now online project
2020
Following the most recent Government advice on non-essential contact
2020
We are excited to announce generous support from Art Fund to develop CAST’s first venture in hosting international residencies
2020
CAST is thrilled to announce the generous support of the Garcia Family Foundation for an ambitious programme of creative learning
2019
The fifth edition of the Cornwall Workshop will be led by British artist Andy Holden.
2019
CAST is developing a new programme of arts and science workshops for local primary schools
2019
Work has begun on the creation of four new work spaces in the CAST building.
2018
Project Grants is the new open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects, funded by the National Lottery.
2018
Snow and ice in March put the brakes on construction work at CAST, and the thaw brought an unwelcome crop of burst pipes.
2018
Artists Robin Dowell and James Fergusson are looking for people to trial a field trip around St Buryan.
2017
Robin Dowell and James Fergusson are looking for people to trial a field trip around lesser known areas of Penryn.
2017, 2018
Choreographer Rosemary Lee is looking for women to perform in a new outdoor dance-work created for Par Beach.
2017
CAST is delighted to have been awarded a grant from Arts Council England’s Small Capital scheme to renovate the building.
2017
Artist Simon Bayliss is leading a Landscape Painters Anonymous field trip to Trencrom Hill from St Ives.
2017
The fourth Cornwall Workshop will be led by the distinguished British artist Christina Mackie.
2017
In July CAST will host a showcase of work by artists Bernard Irwin and Jesse Leroy Smith.
2017
A film about the Green School is now available to watch on the online archive cornishmemory.com.
2017
A new Cornwall-based artists’ moving image Critical Forum will be launched on Monday 13 February 6 – 9pm.
2016
In December CAST invited former pupils and teachers to celebrate the conclusion of Green School Revisited.
2016
A group of Associate artists from Open School East in London came to Helston in October to undertake a residency.
2016
In October artist Ruth Ewan led a workshop for artists and curators, discussing ideas for field trips.
2016
CAST has made a commitment to work with Cornwall College as part of the Groundwork project.
2016
CAST is working with the Art Writers Group to support a writer’s residency in West Cornwall.
2016
In August CAST invited the people of Helston to become ‘cardboard builders, architects, dreamers and visionaries’.
2016
In August CAST hosted a memory day in the Church Hall in St Keverne.
2016
In July CAST hosted a memory day for former pupils and teachers of the ‘Green School’.
2016
CAST has been working with LUX Artists’ Moving Image Agency to develop the third Cornwall Workshop.
2016
Arts Council England has announced that CAST has been awarded support from the Ambition for Excellence scheme.