News, Stories and Updates
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This fourth instalment of Jackson’s poetry book series series sees a selection of Jackson’s previously unpublished sketchbook drawings paired with poems composed while ‘out in the field’ creating the body of work that would become The Fowey exhibition.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.
The Fowey Private View
Photos from the private view for Kurt Jackson’s latest exhibition, The Fowey.
Kurt Jackson – The Fowey
Kurt Jackson’s latest exhibition, The Fowey is now open to the public.
The Fowey runs until February 24th 2024 here at the multi-award winning Jackson Foundation Gallery, St Just.
Kurt Jackson Painting Prize Draw Reveal
We’ve had over 2,400 entries for this RNLI fundraiser, raising more than £24,000!
But the draw has now closed…
…It is time to pick the winner.
RNLI Exhibitions Have Come to an End
After welcoming over 15,000 visitors and raising in excess of £24,000 for the RNLI, our lifeboat exhibitions have now come to a close….
Lafrowda Day!
On Saturday 15th July our opening hours are slightly different due to Lafrowda Day, the culmination of St Just’s annual festival of art and music.
On Saturday 15th July we will be open 10am to 12pm, 1pm – 3pm.
Three in a Row!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! For the third year in a row, you, the public have voted the Jackson Foundation as Best Art Gallery in Cornwall in the Muddy Stilettos Awards.
It means the world to us to know that you love what we do!
Vote for the Jackson Foundation!
Thanks to your nominations, the Jackson Foundation has reached the final for Best Art Gallery in Cornwall in this year’s Muddy Cornwall Awards!
Now we need you to vote for us one final time so that we can win!…
Jackson Foundation Closed 7th, 8th, 9th June
Essential maintenance will force the Jackson Foundation to close Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th of June. The gallery will open as usual on Saturday 10th June.
The RNLI at the Jackson Foundation
With the RNLI set to celebrate 200 years of service, the Jackson Foundation is honoured to host two exhibitions exploring the lifesaving charity’s work in Cornwall through paint, poetry and photography.
Win a Kurt Jackson Painting Worth £3,500
Enter the prize draw to win a the original Kurt Jackson painting Sennen flowing tide, with a value of £3,500. All proceeds go towards supporting the invaluable work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the charity that saves lives at sea.
Maintenance Closure
The Jackson Foundation will be closed mid to late January…
January Opening Times
The Jackson Foundation opening times for January and February…
The Community Print – Help Us Raise £30,000 for Charity
The Jackson Foundation is releasing a new limited-edition Kurt Jackson print to raise £30,000 for charities in the St Just area.
Building Work – Partial Closure
Building work at the gallery has forced a partial closure. Due to ongoing building work at the Jackson Foundation, we are having to close the upstairs gallery beginning November 15th. The downstairs galleries will be open as normal (although it may get will be a...
November Opening Times
The Jackson Foundation has extended its opening period…
Helford River – New Catalogue out now
Catalogue to accompany Kurt Jackson’s exhibition Helford River at the Jackson Foundation Gallery, St Just.
Closed to hang new show – reopening March 19th
The Jackson Foundation is closed between February 27th and March 18th, reopening Saturday March 19th. The gallery will reopen with three new shows, Kurt Jackson's Clay Country and Mermaids’ Tears and Sally Baldwin's Fragile Earth. Invited artist Sally Baldwin's...
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Opening Hours
(Until November 30th 2026)
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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Please Note: We are closed all public holidays.
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