The Arts Society Falmouth
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH THE ARTS
Funding and Grants
The constitution of the Society allows for the Committee to award grants to individuals and organisations from time to time when the Society has sufficient funds to meet its own ongoing needs and obligations.
The range of activities funded in this way are quite wide but is general in support of the arts in its widest sense.
These can be grouped as follows:
To see more of the sorts of activities supported click on the links above.
Art Acquisition
Falmouth Art Gallery - Children's Illustrated Book Archive and other artwork
FDFAS sponsorship of the Children's Illustrated Book Archive* is administered through Falmouth Art Gallery.
Other donations, following requests from the Gallery, relate to grants towards the purchase of miscellaneous works of art.
Date |
Purchase |
Donation |
Jun 2005 |
4 original Captain Pugwash illustrations by John Ryan* |
£400 |
Jan 2006 |
Noddy bookcover by Robert Tyndall* |
£225 |
Oct 2006 |
"The Parrot's Toast" original by Quentin Blake* |
£250 |
Jan 2008 |
Frank Hampson original artwork for Dan Dare* |
£625 |
Apr 2010 |
Grant helped to trigger additional funds for purchase of "Innocence" by Thomas Cooper Gotch* |
£1000 |
Jun 2012 |
"Venus attired by the Three Graces" original signed by Anne Killigrew (1660-1685), oil on canvas, 112 x 95cm, |
£300 |
Sep 2013 |
"Landscape, Cornwall (Quarry)", 1923, by Cedric Morris, oil on canvas, 61 x 45.7cm |
£250 |
2014 |
We agreed to support the purchase of the Preliminary design by Ernest Howard Shepard for cover of "The Wind in the Willows", by Kenneth Grahame, 1959 edn, pencil on paper, 9.5 x 15.8cm, signed E.H.S. The grant was not paid as the gallery was not willing to pay the auction price achieved. |
Student Support
FDFAS Art Award, University College, Falmouth
Various grants were made to different students in the years shown.
Date |
BA (Hons) course, History of Modern Art and Design |
Donation |
Jun 2003 |
"The 1950's Domestic Kitchen" |
£500 |
|
"The Poltesco Serpentine Factory and Cornish Serpentine Industry" |
£100 |
Jun 2004 |
"Where does real innovation reside in contemporary designer fashion?" |
£500 |
Date |
MA course, 20th Century Art and Design |
Donation |
Mar 2006 |
"Representation of Soviet Women in art by women artists" |
£250 |
|
"The DADA movement in Germany" |
£250 |
Sep 2006 |
"Reassessing assemblage: the emergence of post-modern art in mid-century California" |
£450 |
Sep 2006 |
Travel grant to attend conference on "Feminist Art", Sussex University. |
£50 |
Jun 2007 |
"Remember to Forget: Political Murals in Belfast as lieux de memoire after the Peace Accord". |
£450 |
Assistance in buying a digital camera for research on Relational Art. |
£50 |
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Date |
Nature of Funding |
Donation |
Jul 2012 |
Museum Assistant (Graduate Trainee) - During July & September 2012 Enabling the person to gain work experience in curating and exhibition work. |
£2000 |
Young Arts
Various grants were made to different students in the years shown.
Date |
Project | Donation |
2007 |
Funding an artist to guide AS-level students taking Art & Photography at Falmouth School in a project based on the exhibits and environment of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, leading to a public viewing of their work. |
£398 |
Jun 2015 |
Kennall Vale Primary School, Ponsanooth Project - for more information click here |
£500 |
Jul 2016 |
Mural Painting Falmouth - Spectrum - for more information click here |
£956
|
Sept 2021 |
Penryn College Art Project - for more information click click here |
£250 |
Jul 2023 |
Cornwall Music Service Trust - for more information click here |
£500
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