NEWLYN SCHOOL OF ART’S CANOPY EXHIBITION DRAWS ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE UK AND AS FAR AFIELD AS ASIA

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Canopy is a dynamic and immersive exhibition of experimental and challenging multimedia artworks by 16 artists who are completing Newlyn School of Art’s 2016 Artist Mentoring Course. The show runs from 10am - 6pm on Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th November and is held at Penzance’s iconic PZ Gallery, a 1920s art deco building and former car showroom, at 7 Coinagehall Street, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4AY. Throughout the exhibition weekend (Saturday and Sunday), all the artists and tutors will be discussing the artworks at the gallery and visitors are welcome to come any time and listen in. The opening evening is from 6 - 10pm on Friday 25th November and all are welcome.

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“This will be a great social occasion with the host of artists and course tutors who are among Cornwall’s leading artists including Gareth Edwards, Sam Bassett, Matt Benington, Rachael Reeves, Jessica Cooper, Kate Walters and Faye Dobinson,” said Jesse Leroy Smith, course lead tutor. “Canopy will be a very visual event with video projections on the facade of the building, a vandalised car, large free-hanging paintings and intimate drawings.”

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The Director of Newlyn School of Art, Henry Garfit, will also be present. “Now in its fourth year, the One Year Artist Mentoring Course is a singularly powerful, fascinating and positive experience made real by those who take part in it,” said Henry Garfit. “This year, the course has drawn artists close to launching themselves professionally from across the country and as far afield as Manchester and even Taiwan.”

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“The Canopy exhibition reveals something of the unity the 2016 group has experienced over the course through their shared desire to understand how their work fits into the world around them and how they can most clearly communicate their artistic vision to others,” added Garfit.

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Works are for sale and a raffle of 16 original artworks by each of the 16 artists will be held from 8 - 9pm on Friday 25th November. Raffle tickets are £2 each and can be purchased in advance from www.newlynartschool.co.uk

About the Canopy Art Show: The 16 exhibiting artists are: Anita Reynolds, Jill Bevan, Tanya Krzywinska, Rita Brown, Kathryn Campbell, Sally Tripptree, Daun Marshall, Hils Tranter, Mike Thorpe, Michelle Ohlson, Trudy Montgomery, Winnie Lyn, Warwick Samuel, Lesley Young, Laura Robertson and Clive Matthews. For more information about the exhibition and artists please visit: www.newlynartschool.co.uk

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Newlyn School of Art is a dynamic and innovative art school situated in the heart of the famous artistic colony of Newlyn in Cornwall a few hundred yards from where the Forbes School of Painting was run by Stanhope Forbes, the 'Father' of the Newlyn School of Painters, between 1899 and 1938. Founded in 2011, the School provides a wide range of high quality and exciting short art courses many of which are taught on the dramatic coastline of West Cornwall; all taught by over 30 of the most respected artists working in Cornwall today. For more information on the shorter courses or the range of longer courses provided by the art school please see: www.newlynartschool.co.uk