To celebrate the Society’s centenary, this exhibition will feature work by current members alongside paintings by past members
Founded on 26 January 1927, the St Ives Society of Artists was the first arts organisation in the town to provide permanent exhibition space for its members. It welcomed eminent artists – both Cornish and former Cornish residents; many of them Royal Academicians.
The Society’s first home was in the Porthmeor Studios, Back Road West. In 1945, the Society moved across the road into the empty Mariner’s Church; originally built in 1905 for the fishing community. It remains at this venue to this day.
To celebrate the Society’s centenary, this exhibition will feature work by current members alongside paintings by past members held in Penlee’s collections.
Galleries 2,3,4. A selection of Newlyn School paintings on view upstairs in Gallery 5.
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Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE
01736 363625
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1 April - 31 October: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
1 November – 31 March: Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm
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