Artist Studio · Residency
Borlase Smart John Wells Trust
Artist studios and residencies in the historic Porthmeor, Trewarveneth and Anchor Studios
The Borlase Smart John Wells Trust is a charity offering high quality studio space for artists working in Cornwall. It owns and manages three historic artists’ studios: Grade II* Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, and Trewarveneth Studios and Grade II* Anchor Studio in Newlyn, providing 25 studios for artists and 2 studios for the St Ives School of Painting.
The Trust has two studios at Porthmeor (5 and 9) and Anchor Studio in Newlyn, which are available for residencies and short term tenancies. We also have a talks programme, and our Borlase Smart Room is available to hire. Porthmeor is also celebrated for its fishing connections, originally built for the St Ives pilchard industry, the Porthmeor Cellars are still used by fishermen.
The studios are well known for the many internationally significant artists who have been (and continue) to work here, including: Julius Olsson, Stanhope Forbes, Frances Hodgkins, Ben Nicholson, Patrick Heron, Francis Bacon, Terry Frost, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible