Artys Kemeneth applications are now open! 📣
FEAST's Artys Kemeneth (Open Smaller) Grants are for £500 – £1,000 to support projects that are deeply embedded within a community.
There are no limitations on who can apply. Whether you are an artist, individual, community leader, charity, community group, or organisation, the important thing is that these grants focus on genuine community needs rather than organisational or artistic development.
Applications close: Monday 16th February 2026
Review and project chats: Wednesday 11th March 2026
Decision date: Wednesday 18th March 2026
Find out more about Artys Kemeneth and apply now on the FEAST website - link in our bio
📷 Image: Queer Potter Club
📣 Full Programme Announcement! 📣
🗓️ With just less than a month to go, we are excited to announce our full programme!
🔥 Flamm 2026 will see 28 exhibitions, artworks and events in 15 venues across Bodmin over the festival weekend.
🎟️ From interactive sculptures and evocative sound experiences to immersive films and reimagined train journeys, Flamm 2026 invites you to explore, connect and see Bodmin just a little bit differently.
See more on our website and we will see you there! 🔗 Link in Bio 👆
@intobodmin@bodminjail@discovering_42@bodminkeep@bodmingeneral@bodmin.creative.studio.gallery@bodminrevival
Flamm is part of @creativekernow , and the 2026 commissions are funded by Cornwall Council’s Experience Bodmin project.
#FlammCornwall #Flamm2026 #FlammBodmin #contemporaryart
🌟 Artys Bosvena Projects 🌟
We’re excited to introduce nine community-focused projects joining Flamm 2026 – all made with Bodmin at the heart of them and funded through Artys Bosvena!👇
✨ HERE by Alexander Prynne @alexanderprynne – an immersive work exploring neurodivergent safe spaces.
✨ Bodmin Speaks – an interactive story-sharing experience led by Bodmin Open Circle @rjworking & Kaleigh Barclay @kefi.design.studio .
✨ No Rules, Just Words with Robert Gillett @beneath_the_tracksuit – community poetry workshops and performance.
✨ Dislocated Dresser with Carlos Zapata @carloszapataart & Discovering 42 @discovering_42 – family automaton-making fun!
✨ Kinsman Ticket Tapestry by Hannah Jacobs @h.j.dance with Kinsman Estate – collective collage about journeys.
✨ Re:Rooted by Small Acts @smallactsliveart x Kitty Hillier @kittyhillier with KBSK @kbsk_cic – moving sculpture, dance and navigation through Bodmin.
✨ The Storybook of Bodmin with Amanda Young & SkillSHARE – walk-in story installation celebrating personal narratives.
✨ Brickfield Bodmin by Rosanna Martin @rosanna_martin_ & Tim Hutton @timhuttonart – make your own Bodmin clay brick.
✨ Woven Voices: The Bodmin Dress Project by Rebecca Wood @rebecca_wood_mua & Elaine Foster-Gandey @elainefostergandeyart – a community textile artwork weaving stories and memories.
💛 Thanks everyone for the amazing ideas - we can’t wait to see them come alive!
💬 Find out more about the projects on Flamm website!
#Flamm2026 #flammcornwall #visualartcornwall #bodmin
✨✨PAID RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY ALERT✨✨
As part of our ABC project we are offering a two-week paid residency opportunity during March 2026 at CMR Project Space. Please note that accommodation is not provided, but studio space is free. The £500 fee covers the development of a project that engages new audiences in Redruth, helping to connect new people with CMR and reach audiences it may not currently engage with.
Please email your CV along with:💌
A project proposal (up to 300 words)
Your artist statement (up to 250 words)
A short statement (up to 200 words) explaining how this project links to your practice
✨✨DEADLINE: 31st January 2026✨✨
Please send all information to [email protected]
If you have any questions, feel free to email us.
ABC is a collaboration between three Redruth-based, artist-led project spaces: Auction House, Back Lane West, and CMR Project Space. Each organisation brings a distinct approach to contemporary art, united by a shared commitment to supporting artists and fostering critical dialogue.
Through exhibitions, workshops, and events hosted in everyday venues - including shops, pubs, cafés, and the local library - ABC seeks to challenge perceptions of contemporary art, making it more open, inclusive, and relevant to a wider audience.
The year-long programme began in May 2025 with Back Lane West commissioning Colin Robins’ portrait series celebrating Redruth’s diverse community 'Anthology of Rural Life: Redruth Pictures’ which was later shown at Auction House in May. Since then, ABC has delivered a series of informal interventions across the town including projects by artists Victoria Motika and Millie Tams, alongside a GIF-making workshop led by Rachael Jones at the Oxford Inn, and there’s plenty of activity planned throughout the final 6 of ABC
ABC looks to remove the barriers around contemporary art. It’s not about art-speak or exclusivity - it’s about honest, accessible experiences shared with the people of Redruth.
@feast_cornwall@auctionhouseart@backlanewest
It’s #VillageHallsWeek with @acre_national ! The Creative Communities team at @creativekernow is celebrating the massive contribution village and community halls make to rural communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
From @carntocove performances filling halls with live performance, to @cfylm_cornwall transforming spaces into community cinemas, to @feast_cornwall roadshows and funded projects – village halls are where magic happens.
None of this would be possible without the extraordinary volunteers who keep these spaces alive. These village hall heroes give their time and energy so generously to make these community buildings such unique and special places.
Join us this week as we celebrate our village hall and community centres, and the people who keep them thriving!
It’s that time of year where we are receiving the last of the end of project evaluations for those who have been awarded grants that were funded or part-funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Reflecting back on the past 18 months of this funding, today we’re focusing on the FEAST Festival Enhancement Grant. We’re loving hearing all the fantastic feedback from those Cornish festivals who received FEAST funding to run their community activities and events during their festival.
@creativekernow@cornwallcouncil@montol_festival@nansledan.arts.festival@cornwallpride@int_food_festival_for_cornwall
FEAST is hitting the road again in 2025, and we're headed to a place near you!
As ever, these roadshows are a two-way street. We want to hear from you – share your plans, your challenges, and your questions about FEAST and Creative Kernow. We'll chat to you about the FEAST grant application process and the grants on offer this year.
Wednesday 5th February
Women's Institute Hall, St. Just
13:30 – 15:30
Thursday 6th February
Moresk Centre Auditorium, Truro
13:30 – 15:30
Wednesday 12th February
St. Germans Eliot Hall Community Hall, St. Germans
13:30 – 15:30
Thursday 13th February
@trenance_cottages , Newquay
13:30 – 15:30
So get these dates in your diary and book your free space by heading to https://buytickets.at/creativekernow
Join us for our first Festivals' Network meeting of 2025!
Wednesday 26th February, 2pm - 4:30pm
at the Wesley Methodist Church, Camborne.
We'll chat about the future of the Festivals' Network and FEAST grants available to festivals. This is a great opportunity to network and meet others behind the organisation of Cornwall's community-led festivals.
Register your free place so we know how many chairs to put out - link in our profile
#FEASTCornwall #CreativeKernow
FEAST Open Small Grants & Festival Enhancements Grants: Apply by 20th January 2025!
Our rolling Open Small Grant & Festival Enhancement Grant programme offers up to £1,000 for projects which meet the FEAST criteria. communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly?
Our rolling Open Small Grant & Festival Enchancement Grant programme offers up to £1,000 for projects which meet the FEAST criteria.
Find out more and apply on the FEAST website: /open-smaller-grants/ (link in our profile)
Image: The Poetry Plane and its Eco-airfield, created by Sally Crabtree, which saw a cargo of poems -written by members of the Bodmin community on seeded paper - fluttering from the sky at Bodmin Airfield. Where the poems landed, they will grow into flowers, creating a lasting symbol of peace and friendship with nature.
The Poetry Plane and its Eco-airfield was supported by FEAST's Open Small Grant.
#FEASTCornwall #CreativeKernow
Nadelik Lowen onan hag oll!
What a year it's been. Thank you to all the artists and communities who've made it special with outstanding work across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in 2024. It's been a privilege to support such brilliant projects.
Our office is now closed until 6th January - until then, Merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us at FEAST!
FEAST Festivals' Network: First Aid Training 🚨
Calling all festival organizers! We're hosting a Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course on Monday 2nd December at @liskerrett in Liskeard.
Join us to learn life-saving skills for your team, volunteers, and freelancers.
Delivered by Phoenix professional trainers, the certification will be valid for 3 years.
We are pleased to be able to offer this course to the members of the FEAST Festival's Network at an exclusive subsidised rate of £40 (usually £86 full cost!)
Due to limited spaces, festivals are allowed a maximum of two places each.
Secure your spot - link in our profile
#FEASTCornwall #CreativeKernow #Liskeard #CornwallFestivalsNetwork
Are you a festival or event organiser looking to boost your online presence? Want to harness the power of video to engage your audience and promote your events? This workshop is for you!
FEAST x @cornwall_365 Festivals' Network Training: A beginner’s guide to social media video content for festivals & events
Wed 27th Nov, 10.30am - 1.30pm
Liskeard Library, PL14 6AB
Join us for "Lights, Camera, Engagement!", where you'll learn how to create attention-grabbing video content for platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, even if you’ve never made a video before.
Book your free space now - link in our profile
