Winter Festival 2023 celebrates community, inspired by the themes of artistic solidarity and creating collectively from the exhibition The Casablanca Art School. Enjoy performances, talks, workshops and more.
This festival is for all ages, including creative activities for families and young people, with discounted entry of £1 at Tate St Ives.
Programme
Families: Resources available at the Families Welcome Desk
Time: Throughout the festival
Location: Heron Mall, Level 1
Head to the Families Welcome Desk to pick up our Sketchbook or Art Explorer cards and get creative. Or have fun exploring the galleries with our Explorer Backpacks and Tate Shapes activities.
Artists in Residence: Together for Change with Redruth Press
Time: Throughout the festival
Location: Foyle Studio, Level 3
Casablanca Art School tutor Mohammed Chabâa once said ‘the poster is a painting that is accessible to all’. Contribute to poster designs with festival artists in residence Redruth Press who use and share accessible and engaging print processes to generate striking posters that record, publicise, and provoke discussion. For the festival they invite everyone to come ‘together for change’ – what message do you want to share?
Music: Community Choirs
Time: Between 11.00–14.00 on Saturday and Sunday, and 15.30–16.00 on Saturday
Location: Gallery 8, Level 2
Discover local choirs singing at the heart of the festival in the beautiful, curved gallery facing Porthmeor Beach.
On Saturday:
11.00–11.30 Cornwall Music Service Trust’s Combined Primary Schools Choir
12.00–12.30 Cornwall Music Service Trust’s Youth Chamber Choir
13.00–13.45 Levow an Bys (Voices of the World)
15.30–16.00 Cantiamo
On Sunday:
11.00–11.30 WILD Young Parents Choir
12.00–12.30 Vocal Presence
13.15–14.00 St Ives Combined Chapels’ Cornish Carol Choir
Performance: Connecting Forms by Shallal and Matthew Thomason
Time: 14.30 on Saturday and Sunday
Location: Gallery 8, Level 2
Experience this new performance work by community dance collective Shallal, with composer Matthew Thomason, in partnership with Tate St Ives. This collaboration takes inspiration from Barbara Hepworth’s Single Form (1961-64), sited at the United Nations Plaza in New York. Connecting Forms embodies values of equity, collective unity and friendship whilst responding to human experiences of loss and legacy.
This will be BSL Interpreted on both days.
Workshop: Giant Jewellery
Time: 10.30–12.30 and 14.00–16.00
Location: Gallery 6, Level 3
Be inspired to make your own beautiful embossed giant jewellery using cardboard, string and foil. Create eye-catching shiny jewellery to wear as you explore the galleries. This activity is designed for families but open to all.
Talk: 10 Minute Talks
Time: Popping up throughout the festival
Location: Around the galleries, Level 3 (see in house for further details on the day)
Hear Tate staff share their personal responses to favourite artworks in the Tate Collection.
BSL Interpreted talks will take place at 14.00 and 15.30 each day.
Workshop: Slow Looking
Time: 16.00
Location: Gallery 6, Level 3
Be curious, take a longer look at artworks in The Casablanca Art School exhibition and participate in conversations that generate collective interpretations of them. These light-hearted sessions are inspired by Look Groups, small gatherings of people who get together regularly in their own communities, to talk about art, artists, and ideas.
This will be BSL Interpreted.