The Poly
24 Church St, Falmouth : 01326 319461
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
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Exhibitions // Coming up
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Secret Postcard Exhibition: ARTIST CALL OUT!
Calling all local painters, sketchers, designers & doodlers!
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Poly Members’ Summer Exhibition Call for Entries!
The Poly Members’ Summer Exhibition is a long-running, annual art show that welcomes applications for 2D and 3D works in all media and artistic disciplines. This exhibition is a celebration of the artistic talent from our community and all members of The Poly are welcome to submit artwork.
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KELLGREN, HAYES & BUCKNELL
Lee Kellgren, Derek Hayes and Grant Bucknell are all local artists who have studios at the Old Grist Mill in Penryn. They work in a range of media: oil paint, acrylic, ink, collage and printmaking. Subjects range from life drawing to portraits and from contemporary landscape to boldly abstract design.
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VICTORIA GILLOW: SHORE TO SHORE
An exhibition that continues Victoria’s painting journey into places that hold memories. From the shallow shores and the river beaches on the Carrick roads, of Victoria’s childhood, to Falmouth Bay where she now lives, where the estuary becomes sea.
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Landscape Take Five - Wild Cornwall
MARY TAYLOR, ANN RICHARDS, KAREN NEEDHAM, SALLY COLE, SARAH TREWHELLA. An exciting exhibition from Landscape Take Five demonstrating their love for Cornwall in all its Wildness, with a selection of textiles, glass, ceramics, paintings and prints in acrylics and ink.
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James A. Grant: Reinventing The Ride
Award-winning British photographer James A. Grant uses his lens to explore the culture, community and quiet moments that exist where land meets sea. Whilst most surfers live the oxymoron of riding on equipment made from some of the most toxic materials on Earth, this photographic series aims to challenge that contradiction.
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JULIA MACKENZIE: UNCHARTED – A HOMECOMING
An exhibition about Julia's great grandfather ( John Henry Lowry 1876- 1935), a master mariner from Falmouth whose adventures can be found in three small hand written diaries.
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Layla Ousley, Georgie Hare and Nic Danning: Printed Sea, Painted Shore & Beads of Light
An exhibition featuring the work of Layla Ousley (printmaker), Georgie Hare (painter) and Nic Danning (Jewellery maker)
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CATHY EASTMENT, GORDON VIRGO, JANIE CAMERON, VICKI CLARK: SALT STONE AIR
An exhibition bringing together the work of four artists whose practices are shaped by an attentiveness to elemental forces— fluidity, structure, and space.
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BETHAN MCFADDEN, JO HOUSE, MARTIN TOMSKY: THE EXQUISITE CORPSE
A mixed media, multi-faith anatomical being, contemplating death, dissolution and transformation.
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Secret Postcard Exhibition
A fun, vibrant fundraising exhibition which sees local artists exhibit their designs on A6 postcards!
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CHARLOTTE EASINGWOOD: REFLECTIONS
Through ceramics and illustration Charlotte explores an imagined connection to animals.
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Time and Water (PG)
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær...
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Award winning trad violinist Sean Morrison opening the 2026 Enys Festival with celebrated folk trio Tarren. ...
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A Wimbledon line judge for 20 years, comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to spill the Pimms on tennis gossip from the...
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