From mid January 2024, Krowji will be welcoming its new café, named ‘The Grow Box Café’. This will be run by the owners of The Grow Box – Redruth, Fran and Martin Hitchcock. A message from our new café owners: ‘Hi, we are the team who are excited to be taking over the café in January. […]
Creative Kernow are reflecting on the success of the inaugural Flamm Festival that took place in Redruth at the end of October. The new arts festival attracted over 10,000 visits to exhibitions and installations over the festival weekend. Funded by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth programme, which is managed by Cornwall Council, […]
We are excited to announce that we have added a Box Office to the suite of services we offer event producers, venues and community organisations. The Cornwall 365 Box Office sits alongside our much-loved Cornwall 365 What’s On platforms, offering a wraparound service that includes promotional opportunities as well as ticketing. If you would like […]
by CEO Fiona Wotton When trying to embed a new habit, research suggests that preparation is key to success. Just as the professional chef wouldn’t dream of starting service without considering their mis en place – the physical set-up by which the relevant utensils and ingredients are gathered together or put in place, the reluctant […]
After a tense wait, we were awarded the happy news on Friday 4th November that Creative Kernow had been invited to join the Arts Council National Portfolio for the period 2023 – 2026. This funding will support our vision to enrich and energise creative communities all over Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It will […]
Last weekend, I bundled my husband and two sleepy pre-teens into the car and travelled up to St Austell to catch a performance of GLAM by Etta Ermini Dance Company and Van Huynh Company. After a frantic drive up the A30 dodging the Royal Cornwall Show traffic and a hilarious running circuit of White River […]
Creative Kernow, along with one of our creative economy support programmes Screen Cornwall, are proud to partner with Cornwall 2025 – Leading From the Edge, our region’s bid to be ‘City of Culture’ for 2025. What is City of Culture? City of Culture is a competition run once every four years by the […]
Tresorys Kernow is a pilot project to breathe new life into towns and villages, using culture and heritage to bring some joy in the context of Covid recovery and climate adaptation. Tresorys Kernow has been conceived and developed by Cornwall Museums Partnership and Creative Kernow working in partnership with communities, artists and businesses. This pilot […]
by CEO Fiona Wotton 17th December 2021 Tradition dictates that this is the season to feel fat and thankful while looking back over a year of achievements and golden memories. Over the course of the last 12 months my expectations of success have had to shift to accommodate some very challenging circumstances – […]
Screening of Ian McCarthy’s Wild Cornwall – Out on the Edge at the Old Bakery Studios in Truro, along with Q&A with the director as part of C Fylm’s The Great Big Green Week film festival by CEO Fiona Wotton Sustainable September was Creative Kernow’s month-long exploration of sustainability in all its forms, and a […]
Creative Kernow CEO Fiona Wotton’s update on the tragic fire at Krowji last month. 30/06/21 May 16th should have been a day of optimism – the eve of re-opening and summer was coming. Early that Sunday morning I was jolted awake by a mobile call, tears and rain blurring a panicked drive to Krowji and […]
by CEO Fiona Wotton It has been an exceptionally busy May! In the space of a few weeks, Creative Kernow has submitted applications for almost all our public funding, some for this financial year and some extending as far as 2026. The uncertainty around how to sustain our programmes was counteracted by the strong ideas, […]
