Bridging Arts accounts 2018-19

We operate on a shoestring but we do produce annual accounts and a report which should be of interest to supporters.  Click on the following link to read our latest annual accounts and report: Bridging Arts Annual Report 2018-19 Very many thanks to all our supporters and our local Trustees who have worked so hard […]

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Feedback from dance sessions with older people

Thanks to a grant from Localgiving’s Magic Little Grants programme, we were able to stage dance/exercise sessions for up to 30 older people at the Masbro Centre, Hammersith, London. The Centre runs a befriending service for isolated and disadvantaged older people.These sessions were led by Italian dancer Simone Sistarelli. He started with simple warm up […]

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New work from Max Whetter

Great to see Max Whetter’s second year show in his degree course at Cornwall College, Pool, last month. Some very interesting takes on the famous self portrait by the 18th century Cornish artist John Opie at the Royal Cornwall Museum. Max won our competition for a new skateboard design in 2016. At the time he was working as a burger chef in Newquay.

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Extra history at Trevithick Day this year

It was a blustery day but spirits were high at the Donald Thomas Centre, Camborne, where we staged part of our exhibition Playing For Camborne at Trevithick Day on Saturday. Trevithick Day is when the town celebrates its heritage – lots of fun and lots of people.Alison Pooley looked amazing in a World War One […]

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Camborne seeks out its World War One heroes this Trevithick Day

Trevithick Day (27 April 2019) in Camborne will have an extra layer of history this year as the town searches for the descendants of a group of miners from Dolcoath who joined up in 1914 and served throughout World War One. The descendants of some of these men still live locally and are keen to […]

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Pete Kirby – skateboard

Local artist Pete Kirby created this ‘Fakir’ deck for our 2012 skateboard design competition WHATEVER IT TAKES.  Here’s a web gallery of some of the other boards. Pete talking about his board: “Beyond the obvious comparisons with ‘fakie’, a simple skate manoeuvre and ‘f****r’, a sardonic term of affection, Fakir is a statement about the […]

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