Young love.

Newlyn School of Art to open in what was the Board School.

A NEW art school which is set to contribute to Newlyn's proud artistic heritage is opening after several years of hard work by its founder and director, local artist Henry Garfit.The school will draw on the talents and experience of 15 local artists, including Neil Pinkett, Jason Walker, Jesse Leroy Smith, Jane Ansell, Mary Crockett, Mark Spray and Paul Wadsworth, and will host short courses in oil painting, printmaking, drawing, stone carving, professional development and art history.

Newlyn School of Art, which will be based at the Old Board School, Chywoone Hill, is the creation of Mr Garfit, an artist who has worked in the area for eight years and the man behind the community of 15 art studios at Trewidden Garden, opened in 2008.

Mr Garfit says that he is "delighted that after several years of development work the school is now in a position to start taking bookings".

"The project was awarded a £30,000 Arts Council grant through Grants for the Arts, which is Lottery funded; the highest sum available to an application of this type.

"The funding has helped towards some of the equipment set-up costs but has not covered all the costs and so I have had to beg and borrow from friends and family to get the remaining funds we needed to start up the school."

"The school is a privately run, not-for-profit organisation with all surplus funds being ploughed back into buying new equipment and expanding the resources and facilities of the school.

"We received valuable business advice from Bryn Hackland, enterprise facilitator at Cornwall Development Company who has helped us make vital links with many local businesses.

"The school will offer a great deal to the local arts community with year-round access to high quality facilities and much needed part-time employment for artists to supplement their earnings.

"We also aim to cater to the many annual visitors to West Cornwall who come to the area because of its long-standing reputation for art."

Mr Garfit explained why Newlyn School of Art was chosen as the name for the school. "A fact which isn't known to everyone is that the well known art school in Newlyn was called the Forbes School of Painting and the term 'The Newlyn School' refers, in fact, specifically to the group of painters who were based here from the mid 1880s onwards," he added.

"The daughters of Billy Stevenson who own the building have been extremely supportive of the project and are also making efforts to find a permanent year-round public exhibition space for their father's extensive collection of Newlyn fishing memorabilia."

"I have had so many local people tell me proudly that they attended the Board School and we hope that the local community will feel able to use the school again."

Mr Garfit will be working closely with Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Newlyn Art Gallery and Tate St Ives to provide art history courses for the school as well as Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange to provide year-round professional development.

Penlee Gallery, director, Alison Bevan, said she was delighted that the school was opening: "Penlee House Gallery has long seen the potential for the success of such a present day art school."

The first course – Oil Painting, by tutor Neil Pinkett – starts on September 14.

The school's website – http://www.newlynartschool.co.uk – is now live and a course discount is now available.

Saturday Morning Blues.

Backing ropes coming ashore from the Kastel Paol  after another successful crab hunt.....

 those heavy clouds are back.......

 which may put a damper on painterly proceedings........

 not that the guys on the fully shelter decked Isle of Man crabber Chris Tacha would be too concerned...... 

 shore captain Milford Mike, the oldest mender in town does the business.......

 so this is where Col Gadaffi is hiding......

 only in Newlyn do you get fishy road kill.......

 stating soon, the Newlyn Festival of Arts when many local artists throw open their studio doors and run open sessions.......

 two generations of fishermen.......

 a sea of masts against a turbulent sky.......

 confront Tom on watch.......

 latest show at the Orion Gallery, Restless Nature.......

 all set for the big wedding in Porthleven, not looking too good on the weather front!......

doggy tales.

Fishy Friday, and it's Escabeche for tomorrow's big Porthleven wedding.

 De-scale, fillet and skin the fish.......

 in this case haddock......

 skinning starts from the tail end.......

 with the knife held flat against the work top.......

 prepare the lime juice - not forgetting to get the halved limes in the juicer the right way round......

 at two limes per pound of fish......

 brushed into the fillets.......and left for 15 minutes to 'cook'.......

 back at the stove fry in olly oil the garlic, ground cumin and and a dozen black pepper corns......

 adding a bay leaf per half pound of fillets........

 the fillets are now lime juice 'cooked'........

 add sliced onion, one per two pounds of fillet.......

 and heat through for 4 minutes before adding white wine vinegar.......

 quickly brown one side of the fillets, both if bigger fillets.......

 add the olly oil to the sauce and pour over the fillets while still hot......

 once, cooled, keep the trays of marinade covered fillets in the fridge till needed, in this case the wedding reception in Porthleven tomorrow afternoon. There are dozens of variations on Escabeche recipes.

Cousin Jack Nowell Down Under!

The current England Under 18 Australian touring side has one Jack Nowell - son of beam trawler skipper Michael Nowell - enjoying life down on the winninmg side! This will be welcome news for all those local people who saw fit to sponsor Jack a short while ago while he was still a student at Truro and Penwith College's Rugby Academy as he now appears to be weaving a path towards the ultimate goal of a full England cap when he comes of age.

Latest news! Cousin Jack has now been selected to play for England under 20s - looks like that place at the top is one step closer!

PZ192 - The Newlyn trawler Jacqueline as she was.

TRAWLING

Movie copyright Bristish Pathe.

This film, made in the late 1940s begins with a tour of the major British fishing ports of the day. Trawling is the subject of the film and it is to Newlyn that the film crew travel and aboard the trawler Jacqueline for a glimpse of how life is aboard a trawler for the skipper and crew. The action covers an entire trip and includes shots of how side trawling, the norm for the period, in some detail. These trawlers were known as 'sidewinders' as they towed the trawl from either sideof the boat.

The boat in question was, until a few years ago, the last remaining side trawler in the Stevenson fleet. Here is a picture gallery of images shot aboard her in the early 1990s. By then she had had a new wheelhouse and casing fitted and a whaleback - doubtless there were many fixtures and fittings aboard the boat from the orginal movie film.

TRAWLING - OUT-TAKES - Reel 1

TRAWLING - OUT-TAKES reel 2

TRAWLING - OUT-TAKES reel 3

Seafish 2 a week double - simple fish curry Thai style.

 Dressing for the veg side dish, cocunut milk, lime juice, lime zest from half a lime.......

 to start the fish dish, fry till crisp a few finely chopped shallots, garlic and chilli.....

 veg side dish, blanch some finely sliced greens of choice, recommend chinese cabbage.......

 back to the fish dish, a couple of 100 gms of fresh pineapple (tinned will do out of season).......should have been crushed more than in pic!.......

 fry a teaspoon of red (or green or yellow) Mae Ploy Chilli paste (in Penzance from Steve Chan's Emporium in the Market Place) in coconut milk and lime leaves (get a small tub from Chan's and keep them in the freezer) for a few minutes before seasoning and adding the crushed pineapple.......

 add your fish of choice - firm flesh is best.......

ready to go, toasted nuts and the lime dressing get added to the green veg side dish.