Cornwall Design Fair in association with Hidden Art- Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August 2010

Event information

• Open Saturday 21, 11am- 6pm and Sunday 22, 11am- 6pm
• Tickets £5 (including free entry to Trereife House and Curated Design at Trereife)
• Accompanied children under 16 FREE
• FREE parking
• Disabled access
• Food available from The Poets Cafe
• Extensive grounds to discover
• 1/2 mile west of Penzance on the A30 Land’s End Road

Contemporary design from designer-makers in the beautiful and historic grounds of Trereife House

A celebration of the quality and diversity of contemporary design and an opportunity to buy a wide range of furniture, interior products, ceramics, glass, lighting, jewellery, textiles and fashion accessories. The Cornwall Design Fair in association with Hidden art presents contemporary design from established names and up-and-coming designer-makers.

We are delighted to announce that The Design Fair in association with Hidden Art will return to the glorious setting of Trereife from 21-22 August. The event offers the public a fantastic chance to buy direct from the maker. The Hidden Art Cornwall Design Fair will present contemporary design from over 80 designer-makers with a wide array of products. Follow this link for a full list of members www.hiddenartlondon.co.uk/cornwalldesignfair.

The Gallery at Trereife will be hosting one of its most exciting exhibitions to date. ‘The Five From St. Ives’ include Anthony Frost, Bob Devereux, Colin Freebury, Stephen Prince and Russell Hedges. Follow the links on the menu bar under ‘Gallery’ for more detailed information about the artists and their work.

Furthermore, we are delighted to welcome the Penzance Literary Festival to Trereife. Pz-litfest 2010 is a ‘grassroots’ community festival, for everyone who enjoys reading and writing. So come and celebrate the creative and versatile literary life of West Cornwall with us! And prepare to be intrigued, inspired and entertained! We are one of six venues that will host Wednesday to Friday’s activities and you’ll find fascinating exhibits on book conservation and demonstrations of book-making and illustrating, and self-publishing. There will also be antiquarian Cornish books and books by festival speakers and local authors for sale. Follow this link for a full programme of events for pz-litfest 2010 or, alternatively, see below for festival activities taking place at Trereife.

Pz- litfest 2010- Trereife Programme

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21

Venue: Trereife Marquee

children books, talks about her portfolio.

14.30-15.30 Authors in conversation - Emily Barr and Sarah Duncan: ‘Writing

“Women’s Commercial Fiction”’

17.00-18.00 Authors in conversation - Helena Paterson and Noel Stuart: ‘Writers in Spirit’

18.00-19.00 Meet the authors: Drinks and bits party. £5

Trereife Stable Block – Kids’ space – Mainly for children

11.30-13.00 Angie Butler, ‘Giant Footsteps’ (Story/drama)

14.30-15.30 Michelle Cartlidge, ‘The Cornish Cats who went to Sea’ (Story- telling and craft activity)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22

Venue: Trereife Marquee

11.30-12.30 Authors and artists in conversation - Melissa Hardie, Judith Sayers

and Diana Wayne: ‘The Book as Art Object’

14.30-15.30 Poetry Performance: Alice Kavounas and Peter Wyton

17.00-18.00 ‘Light the Blue Touchpaper …’ - A creative experience with Jonathon Coudrille, Andrew Lanyon, Dr Angeline Morrison, Nadezhda Lisak, Patrick Carroll and Tony Apple

18.00-19.00 End of festival celebration: Drinks and bits party. £5

Venue: Trereife Stable Block – Kids’ space – Mainly for children

11.30-13.00 Moira Andrew, ‘Picture a Poem’ (Art and poetry)

14.30-15.30 A visit from Caroline Binch, children’s author and illustrator