Alma Artspace

Alma Artspace ALMA is a space for creativity, community and conversation. ALMA exists to promote and share contemporary art.

We believe that art is for everyone, and we want to share more of the things we are inspired by with our community. Based in Newquay, Cornwall, we deliver a range of high quality, accessible, engaging and inclusive creative events and public art projects, working with professional artists, across all disciplines. ALMA is a space for people to join together and interact with art in a positive way t

hat facilitates : opportunities for learning, social interaction, mental wellbeing, diversity and enjoyment.

ALMA is delighted to welcome artist Chloe Bonfield to Newquay. Join us for the exhibition opening on Friday 19 June, 5pm...
11/06/2026

ALMA is delighted to welcome artist Chloe Bonfield to Newquay. Join us for the exhibition opening on Friday 19 June, 5pm - 8pm featuring a live performance by Chloe and her musical collaborators Mimi Lawrence and Maria Christafouridi.

Strange Dreams is a series of projects specific to location, exploring material enquiries and site specific responses that are gently subversive - through painting, sculpture and sound.

During the course of the installation at ALMA, Chloe will create a call out for fragments of text from anyone who wants to share their dreams about their connection to the Cornish landscape.

There will be a free community workshop in the space (date TBC) where participants will explore connections between drawing and dreams, thinking about how collective dreaming can bring into being shared physical experiences.

The work from this exhibition will be developed and shared at other locations throughout the UK during 2026.

We look forward to welcoming you 🐚

Lots of lovely things happening in June at ALMA ~ ⚓️ Anchorhold exhibition by Rachael Coward and Melanie Stidolph contin...
05/06/2026

Lots of lovely things happening in June at ALMA ~

⚓️ Anchorhold exhibition by Rachael Coward and Melanie Stidolph continues until 16 June (open Thurs - Sat, 10am - 4pm or by appointment).

🌞 ALMA will be at the Newquay Orchard Summer Fayre running free drop-in cyanotype workshops, come and make some art using the sun!

🐚 Writer and curator Hettie Judah is bringing her series of ‘After Sessions’ to Newquay. We’ll hear from four artists about their current projects, followed by an informal Q&A led by Hettie - tickets £5 (+ fees) - also a last chance to view Anchorhold!

🌀 ALMA presents: a solo exhibition by Chloe Bonfield. Strange Dreams is part of an ongoing series of projects which are specific to location. Working in painting, sculpture and sound, Chloe will look at the connection between drawing and dreams. Opening on 19th June, 5-8pm - all welcome.

✨ Julia Albertoni is hosting her monthly Flow Writing Sessions at ALMA ~ an immersive and experimental session with space to play, write and explore new ideas.

Are you intrigued by what might happen during our Stone-themed printmaking workshop and walk around Newquay with artist ...
30/05/2026

Are you intrigued by what might happen during our Stone-themed printmaking workshop and walk around Newquay with artist ?

Well… this might explain things!

Join us next Saturday 6th June, 11am - 1pm for this fun and inclusive creative session. Rachael will be showing you how to use plasticine block printing and guided drawing exercises to document your journey as we explore the surfaces and textures of Newquay town, harbour and beach.

More info and booking link in bio 🪨

No experience required and all materials will be provided (and yours to keep for future adventures !) ~ kids are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are £15 each.

𝓐𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 is now showing at ALMA Artspace ~ a two person exhibition by and 🪨 ⚓️ Visit the gallery:Thursday - Saturday...
27/05/2026

𝓐𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 is now showing at ALMA Artspace ~ a two person exhibition by and 🪨 ⚓️

Visit the gallery:
Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm or by appointment.
The exhibition continues to 16th June.

Anchorhold grew from a synchronicity of interests between the artists and in response to the architecture of ALMA.

The installation draws inspiration from St Buriana of Cornwall and her voluntary enclosure as an Anchoress. The exhibition brings together Stidolph’s large-scale portraits on lightweight fabric with Coward’s delicate ceramic pieces that speak of utility and ceremony.

The show features new works by the artists made for the exhibition in response to research into sites of religious seclusion and the freedoms they might afford women. The intervention to ALMA’s front window aligns these sites of separation and concentration with the studio / gallery.

Stidolph’s portraits, created around a narrative with friends are anchored by Coward’s hardware inspired ceramics, which encourage a reading of the photographic limbs that slips into three dimensions. Placed together the Accidental Anchoress and her accompanying dark symbols bring a striking presence to the space.

Thank you to the brilliant women who feature in Melanie’s work – Tiffany, Victoria Robinson and Dr D Ferrett . Indebted to you all.

Installation photos by

Workshop! Join artist Rachael Coward for a Stone-themed walk around Newquay, using Plasticine block printing and guided ...
19/05/2026

Workshop! Join artist Rachael Coward for a Stone-themed walk around Newquay, using Plasticine block printing and guided drawing exercises to document the journey.

We will take a circular route, exploring the town, harbour and beach before walking back to ALMA.

Along the way we will be hunting for interesting surfaces and textures which you can capture to make your own collection of unique prints and drawings.

Your ticket will include a pack of materials which we will use on the walk, which you can continue to use to create prints whenever inspiration strikes.

£15 per ticket (this is suitable for an individual or a family with up to 2 kids).

Additional activity packs are available at £5 each.

Suitable for ages 8+ (children must be accompanied by an adult)

Meet at ALMA Art Space, and wear weather-appropriate clothing suitable for walking.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-printmaking-walk-with-rachael-coward-tickets-1988823412364?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

ALMA presents... a special evening for artists and creatives, hosted by the curator and author - Tues 16 June, 6pm-8pm....
19/05/2026

ALMA presents... a special evening for artists and creatives, hosted by the curator and author - Tues 16 June, 6pm-8pm.

This event is part of Hettie’s series of ‘After Sessions’, taking place at local arts venues across the country and it is a chance for creative people in Newquay (at any stage of their career) to get together, share ideas and ask questions.

The session will take place at (just over the road from ALMA) and it will start with introductions from four invited artists, followed by an informal Q&A, led by Hettie.

We look forward to welcoming the following artists (all of whom have recently shown work with ALMA) to talk about their practice and current projects:

Bridgette Ashton
Rachael Coward
Leila Galloway
Melanie Stidolph

will be joining us for the evening with copies of Hettie’s recently published book: ‘How to Enter The Artworld After …a late start, a first career, illness, raising children, a crisis of confidence or leaving it in disgust.’

There will also be a final opportunity to view Melanie Stidolph and Rachael Coward’s exhibition ‘Anchorhold’ - now showing at ALMA Artspace.

Tickets are £5 (+ booking fee) : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-enter-the-art-world-after-with-hettie-judah-in-newquay-tickets-1988160945909?aff=oddtdtcreator
�[Please contact us if you would like a free ticket as we have a few available]

Photo credits:
1 - Bridgette Ashton
2 - Rachael Coward by
3 - Leila Galloway
4 - Melanie Stidolph by .studio
5 & 6 - Hettie Judah and ‘How to Enter the Artworld After…’

To launch the 2026 season of exhibitions and events, ALMA is excited to present: Anchorhold16 May – 16 June 2026PV 16th ...
02/05/2026

To launch the 2026 season of exhibitions and events, ALMA is excited to present:

Anchorhold
16 May – 16 June 2026

PV 16th May, 6pm - 8pm

Anchorhold is a two person show by Rachael Coward and Melanie Stidolph. The exhibition brings together existing works and new pieces in conversation.

Coward’s fragile works reference the practical hardware of the shoreline, shifting between utilitarian and symbolic offerings. These delicate ceramic pieces sit alongside the slippery draping of Stidolph’s printed fabrics, depicting characters in communion with the rocky edges of Cornwall’s coast.

Together they create an installation for ALMA that embodies the sanctity of the studio, aligning it with the religious space of the Anchorhold. These spaces of voluntary enclosure sat adjunct to places of worship, inhabited by an Anchorite or Anchoress with limited sightlines to the outside world.

The exhibition is accompanied by a Stone Walk printmaking workshop with Rachael Coward (Saturday 6 June, 11am - 1pm) and an ‘After Sessions’ artist talk and Q&A + book signing with curator and author Hettie Judah (Tuesday 16 June, 6pm - 8pm).

More details and event booking links to follow.

Save the date! We’re hosting a pop-up market with some of our friends. Saturday 17 Jan, 10am - 4pm at ALMA Artspace. Clo...
07/01/2026

Save the date!

We’re hosting a pop-up market with some of our friends.

Saturday 17 Jan, 10am - 4pm at ALMA Artspace.

Clothes, vintage, surf gear, homeware, decor, music, art and REALLY GOOD TIMES!

All welcome. Cash or card payment accepted 👌

It also coincides with at so you know it will be a good day…

Come along ✨

29/11/2025

What a beautiful night! 🪉

Thank you , and for temporarily transforming St Michael’s Church into the most incredible immersive soundscape.

Thanks also to for providing the most perfect banners for the backdrop and to for documenting the evening. Thanks to Jude from Millstone for the best sound around, and to Pentire, UMMI, Morewine and Bluntrock for the refreshments, Daz the barman, Al the doorman, for the harp, and .bakehouse for the delicious Swedish treats.

And thanks to everyone who brought a ticket ~ your support allows us to keep bringing exciting art, music and culture to Newquay…. More to come in 2026!
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