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St Ives Art Tours Art tours of St Ives, hosted by Nicky Ferguson and featuring tours of St Ives exploring the art and artists of the town both past and present.

Welcome to St Ives Art Tours! Join Nicky every Monday for her '𝐀 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬’ tour, reviewing
the artists who visited and lived in St Ives from the 1800's onwards and exploring the town's thriving, vibrant art scene as it is today. Also, join Nicky every Tuesday for her '𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐩𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡: 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫' tour, featuring an in-depth look at the sculp

tures situated in St Ives town and a fascinating insight into Hepworth's life.

2024 Calendar now open for bookings

Tours start at 10.30am, lasting approx. 90 minutes. For more info go to: https://www.stivesarttours.com/

22/04/2025

Today is Earth Day! Barbara Hepworth showed a deep connection to the natural world and a strong belief in the vital balance of life, she was an environmentalist and demonstrated a broad concern for the wellbeing of the planet and it’s inhabitants.🌎

‘We must restore the balance or we will disintegrate’

Join Nicky to find out more about Barbara Hepworth on the tour today starting at 10.30am. Tickets available from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

Images: ‘Epidauros II’ 1961

21/04/2025

John Milne with his sculpture ‘Kiss’

John Milne was a prominent member of the St Ives group of artists and worked with Barbara Hepworth as an assistant for two years.

He was a little known artist in St Ives at the time but his work is simply beautiful. He said of his work:

‘I often cast works with more than one type of finish in order to be absolutely sure that the final result is the most perfect that I can obtain.’

See more, learn more about the sculptor and his work, join Nicky on her tour today starting at 10.30am. Tickets available from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

15/04/2025

Join Nicky for a walk around St Ives to explore the sculptures of Barbara Hepworth and learn more about her life and love of the Cornish landscape. The walk will take place rain or shine. Tickets can be booked online or in person at the library and visitor information centre, or on the St Ives Art Tours website.

31/03/2025

Don’t miss the art tour today at 10.30am meeting at the library!

These are just some of the artists Nicky talks about during the walking tour around St Ives.

‘2000 Ocean III’ Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
‘Three Angels’ 1964 Bryan Pearce
‘The Harbour’ 1926 Christopher Wood
‘White House and Cottages’ 1930-2
Alfred Wallis
‘Meditation’ 1947 John Wells
‘Suspended Forms’ 1967-8

Tickets available from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

29/03/2025

🪁🪁Today is St Ives Kite Festival!🪁🪁
What a great day to go to the Island and join in with everyone flying their kites between 1-3pm. The sky will be full of colour!

St Ives Art Tours loves the kite festival and will be there.🪁💖

These two paintings of kites in the sky are by Wilhelmina Barns Graham, we’re guessing she loved to watch the kites flying on Porthmeor Beach!🪁

‘Fun Day Kites and Balloons St Ives’ 1998
‘Kite Series 4’ 1975-6

25/03/2025

Todays tour is ‘Barbara Hepworth: Bronze, Marble, Stone’

Although ‘Dual Form’ seen here, has moved to Camborne whist the Guildhall is undergoing redevelopment Nicky will still be talking about Barbara Hepworth’s beautiful sculpture.

The sculpture ‘Epidauros’ is also inaccessible at the moment due to roadworks but we will view it from afar and find out more about Barbara Hepworth’s fascinating life and her passion for sculpture and living next to the sea in St Ives!

Join Nicky today for a walk around St Ives. Tickets available from the library and tourist information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

24/03/2025

‘A Walk Amongst Artists’ tour starts today at 10.30am from the library. We look forward to seeing you there.

During the tour we will visit the Crypt Gallery, St Ives Society of Artists, Penwith Gallery, Porthmeor Studios and Alfred Wallis’ house along with much, much more on the history of art in St Ives!

Buy tickets from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

17/03/2025

‘The Fisherman’s Farewell’ 1928. Christopher Wood.

What a wonderful painting looking back at the time when St Ives was a fishing harbour.

In the background you can see Smeatons Pier with the two lighthouses and, further along, the three arches. The luggers on the sea awaiting the fishermen casting off from the shore ready for their days catch. The fisherman in the foreground, about to depart, is said to be Ben Nicholson with his wife Winifred and their son Jake.💖

Take a stroll around St Ives and find out more with Nicky, ‘A Walk Amongst Artists’ tour starts today from the library at 10.30am.

Tickets available from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

11/03/2025

‘Contrapuntal Form’ 1950-51. Barbara Hepworth.

Hepworth was invited to make a sculpture for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The photographs show Hepworth working on the 11ft sculpture in her garden here in St Ives, the sculpture was carved from Irish blue limestone. After the festival, in 1953, it was presented to the new town of Harlow in Essex.

Nicky’s tour today, ‘Barbara Hepworth: Bronze, Marble, Stone’, starts at 10.30am and looks at the life, loves and sculptures of the artist.

Tickets available from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

10/03/2025

Find out more about the artist John Wells who settled in Cornwall after the First World War. Wells was co-founder of the Crypt Group and the Penwith Society of Arts.

Join Nicky today 10.30am at the library for ‘A Walk Amongst Artists’ tour.

Tickets available from the library and visitor information centre or online at:

https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173652915/events/428648575

https://www.stivesarttours.com/

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