News: Schools

27 Apr 2026

Finding Words Through Art: Reflections on the First Poetry Pathways Workshop

By Tom Retchford Tom Retchford is Poet in Residence at Falmouth Art Gallery. He has completed his Gold Arts Award and is now developing poetry workshops for neurodiverse people in the community. On 23rd February 2026, we welcomed a group of students from Penryn College’s Area Resource Base (ARB) to the Gallery for something new: […]

07 Jul 2025

THE HERDS public climate change artwork is brought to life for the children of Falmouth Primary Academy

Following a successful bid to Art Fund, Falmouth Art Gallery has hosted a landmark community project as one of 44 community galleries and museums to bring public artwork THE HERDS to life for the children of Falmouth Primary Academy school. In April, ever-growing herds of life-size puppet animals began stampeding into cities across Africa and […]

06 Feb 2024

Printmaking for Schools

We run printmaking workshops for schools (KS1, 2 & 3). These sessions are 1.5 – 2 hrs and are free of charge. This post takes you through some of the options available.