At our Archive meeting Jeanette Radcliffe reported on the contact she has made on behalf of the Newlyn FISH Trust with the Bath family concerning the former Ice Works. Jeanette has been in contact with Jane Robinson (great granddaughter of Richard R Bath who built the Ice Works) about the
The AGM will be held at 2 pm on Tuesday 11 November at the Boathouse. All are welcome
She modelled for the Newlyn Artists Annie Eliza Webb née Warren found fame as a model for some of the most iconic paintings made by artists from the original Newlyn Colony of Artists. She was born in September 1863 in Newlyn Town and lived on St Peter’s Hill. Her father
We have very little information about the painter Mary Duncan in the Archive and would like to find out more. (1885-1964) She was born in Bromley in 1885 and studied at the Slade and in Paris. She came to Paul in 1925 and began to exhibit at the Newlyn
We will be open again from Monday 15th January. Do come and visit us
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are having to close the Archive early for the Christmas period. We will be closed from 8th December until mid January. We wish you all our best wishes for the holiday season
Saturday, October 21 from 10 am to 2 pm was Newlyn Archive open day and the theme was Arts and Crafts. Our Boards displayed the local crafts of copper working, local potters and their pottery and the manufacture of Crysede fabrics. There was a live demonstration by local resident Freddie
If you were at school in 1991 you would be interested in a new collection of material in the Newlyn Gallery Collection at the Boathouse. Belonging to B was a project initiated by the then director of the Gallery and involved work with children in seventeen Cornish Primary Schools, five
Arts and Crafts Displays and Demonstrations by local CraftsmenCopper, Tin, and Pottery Films, a Raffle, Children’s Activities and a Quiz Come along on 21st October 10 am to 2 pm at The Trinity Centre, Chywoone Hill, Newlyn
George Bednar It is with great sadness that we have heard of the death of Friend of the Archive, George Bednar. He was a very private person and there are few personal details about him on record. He contributed a great deal of material to the West Cornwall Art Archive