News, Stories and Updates
Free Workshop: Create A Pop Up Bird Card
Make your bird drawings fly off the page! Enjoy some nature games and stories…
Attention Dog Owners
Important Change of Policy – No Dogs Permitted in the Jackson Foundation Gallery from October 21st…
River Fal Virtual Tour
Take a virtual stroll along Kurt Jackson’s River Fal…
River Fal Collection Available
Our online shop has a new range of items relating to Kurt Jackson’s River Fal exhibition.
Kurt Jackson: River Fal Now Open!
Kurt Jackson’s newest exhibition River Fal is now open at the Jackson Foundation, St Just, Cornwall.
Free Workshop: Marvellous Moths!
Free Event for All Ages!
A special close encounter with wild moths.
We will observe the moths while they sleep and take the chance to draw their delicate patterns…
Free Workshop: Create A Wildflower Painting
Free event for all ages!
Create your own wildflower painting and findout about our fascinating local plant species.
We Won!
We won the award for Best Arts, Culture & Theatre in Cornwall at the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2025!
Closed Good Friday
We are closed on Good Friday!
Vote For Us!
We are a finalist in the Best Arts, Culture & Theatre in Cornwall category of the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2025!
Free Workshop: Make your own bug sculpture!
Free event for all ages! Make your own bug sculpture & find out about some fascinating local insect species.
Kurt Jackson: Sea Flower Now Open!
Kurt Jackson’s newest exhibition Sea Flower is now open at the Jackson Foundation, St Just, Cornwall.
Free Workshop: Make Your Own Butterfly Fridge Magnet
Free event for all ages! Make your own butterfly fridge magnet & find out about these fascinating creatures.
Valency Valley Extended
Kurt Jackson’s Valency Valley exhibition has been extended by a week, and will now come to an end on Saturday 1st March 2025.
2024 Round Up
It has been a(nother) busy year…
Christmas Opening Schedule
The Jackson Foundation is back to opening five days a week and normal opening times.
We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm.
Please note: We are closed Christmas Eve and all Bank Holidays.
December Opening Schedule
These are our opening times this December.
Sustainable Wreath Making Workshop
Join us at the Jackson Foundation for a wreath making session on Friday 6th December between 2 – 5pm.
Let your creative juices flow as you are guided through the process of creating your own sustainable dried wreath made from materials foraged in the St Just area.
Kurt Jackson’s Rivers – New Book
This book explores Jackson’s visual and written responses to the rivers that he has followed, from the continent of Africa to his home county of Cornwall.
Kurt Jackson – Valency Valley. New Exhibition Now Open.
This book explores Jackson’s visual and written responses to the rivers that he has followed, from the continent of Africa to his home county of Cornwall.
Closed Thursday 18th July
Please Note: We are closed on Thursday 18th July.
We are CLOSED on GOOD FRIDAY!
Please Note: We are closed all public holidays including Good Friday (Friday 29th March).
Flight of the Swans – Film Screening and Q&A
On Saturday 20th April, join arctic flight adventurer Sacha Dench – known as the ‘Human Swan’ – as we learn of her astonishing journey.
Opening Times January/February
We are now back to opening five days a week. We are currently open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm.
Opening Times December 2nd – 18th
For the next two weeks, we will reduce our opening hours. Until December 18th, we will be open Tuesdays and Saturdays only.
Late Night Shopping on Friday 8th December.
Join us for a glass of fizz and collect your Christmas shopping as we open late, between 5 – 7pm on Friday 8th December.
New Fowey Pieces Added
Kurt Jackson’s The Fowey exhibition has recently undergone a big rehang with new and previously unseen works added to give the show a fresh feel and a new perspective.
The Fowey Poetry Book
This fourth instalment of Jackson’s poetry book series series sees a selection of Jackson’s previously unpublished sketchbook drawings paired with poems composed while ‘out in the field’ creating the body of work that would become The Fowey exhibition.
28th October – Early Closure
Please Note: On Saturday 28th October, we will close early for the day at 1pm.
This is so that we can hosting our sold-out ticketed event in aid of Friends of the Earth.
Source to Sea – Charity Event
Join us for Source to Sea, an afternoon focussed on art, science, the environment and the indelible link that binds them.
Contact:
email: info@kurtjackson.com
telephone: +44 (0)1736 787638
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Opening Hours
(Until November 30th)
Mon: Closed.
Tue: 10am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm.
Wed: 10am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm.
Thu: 10am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm.
Fri: 10am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm.
Sat: 10am - 1pm, 2pm - 5pm.
Sun: Closed.
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