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We support and promote women’s achievements through research and documentation, exhibition, publication and by providing training and educational activity.

05/11/2026

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOP | SAT 21 NOV 10:30-4

Kyra will share some ideas, activities and materials developed through DEEP TIME MOVING research and practice so far, and you will be invited to engage, explore and respond through moving, writing, making and discussion.

A unique opportunity to be in creative dialogue with the themes of this work - time, place and change - in the particular context of the Hypatia Trust.

Places are limited to ensure a spacious experience, and to allow me to incorporate one-to-one input, where relevant, within the small group context.

Advance booking required via profile link.

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UP FROM UNDERNEATH is Kyra Norman | DEEP TIME MOVING in Residence at The Hypatia Trust for Hypatia’s Rest Regeneration and Research Residency Series, November 2026

Kyra Norman is an artist, dancer, choreographer and DJ based in West Cornwall. Her residency at Hypatia, UP FROM UNDERNEATH, focuses on her ongoing body of work DEEP TIME MOVING, a long-term, multidisciplinary art work exploring dance and geology as complementary ways of knowing, and experiencing, time, place and change.

Photos: DEEP TIME MOVING

04/11/2026

TODAY 12-3pm | Join our Resident Artist Kyra Norman and explore the Hypatia Archive through the lens of , a long-term, multidisciplinary art work exploring dance and geology as complementary ways of knowing, and experiencing, time, place and change.

Tag us in your discoveries!

03/11/2026

BRING YOUR BOOK RECS & TBR | FRI 2 NOV 7-9pm

A Bookish Evening with bevy collective is this Friday at ours. All book lovers welcome!

Make friends with local book lovers and bring home a new, highly recommended book. Everyone leaves happy!

Register for this free event at the link in our bio.

02/11/2026

BOOK LAUNCH AUTHOR TALK | SAT 14 NOV 7-9pm

Leonard is elderly, overweight, and battling with failing eyesight. The last thing he wants is a stranger moving in.

After years spent caring for her mother, Vanessa has been left struggling to find work. Leonard is her only option.

As the lives of two very different people intertwine, something unexpected happens: assumptions begin to shift, boundaries between obligation and companionship become less certain, and a friendship is forged.

Creatures of a Brief Season is a novel about intimacy born of necessity, and what it means to rethink your life when the one you’d imagined hasn’t gone to plan.

Join us to discuss Clare Owen’s new novel and to talk how writing honestly about aging, illness, and end-of-life care is not simply documenting decline but expanding our understanding of what it means to be human.

Tickets £4 on the door | DM to save your spot

A companion workshop will take place on 12 and 13 February, consisting of two three-hour sessions for women who would like to explore their experiences of being a carer (in whatever form that may take) through a series of gentle creative writing exercises.

30/10/2026

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PRESENTATION | TUE 10 NOV 7-9pm

In this informal evening gathering, Kyra will share excerpts from her personal archive of writing, images, film, sound and movement amassed through DEEP TIME MOVING research and practice so far....

Kyra will be joined by geologist Beth Simons, a collaborator on Deep Time Moving, who will introduce us to the geology of West Cornwall.

DEEP TIME MOVING is a creative, original, growing body of multidisciplinary work rooted in Cornwall, inviting us consider and share contrasting ways of seeing time and place, and how we experience change, from the personal to the planetary.

Tickets are £11/£9 prebookable in our profile link.

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UP FROM UNDERNEATH is Kyra Norman | DEEP TIME MOVING in Residence at The Hypatia Trust for Hypatia’s Rest Regeneration and Research Residency Series, November 2026

Kyra Norman is an artist, dancer, choreographer and DJ based in West Cornwall. Her residency at Hypatia, UP FROM UNDERNEATH, focuses on her ongoing body of work DEEP TIME MOVING, a long-term, multidisciplinary art work exploring dance and geology as complementary ways of knowing, and experiencing, time, place and change.

Photos: DEEP TIME MOVING

29/10/2026

Kyra Norman of is in Residence at The Hypatia Trust for our Rest Regeneration and Research Residency Series

Kyra Norman is an artist, dancer, choreographer and DJ based in West Cornwall. Her residency at Hypatia, Up From Underneath, focuses on the ongoing body of work , a long-term, multidisciplinary art work exploring dance and geology as complementary ways of knowing, and experiencing, time, place and change.

For November 2026, Kyra will be spending time with, and sharing, her personal archive of writing, images, sound and movement amassed through Deep Time Moving research and practice so far; bringing those materials into a productive conversation with the diverse materials within the Hypatia collection — finding serendipitous overlaps, contrasting ways of seeing time, place and change, and new understandings of these themes.

“My residency is framed by the questions: as moving bodies on a moving planet, what might we learn from a slow, patient, embodied attention to the ground beneath our feet? How does the Earth, here, respond to challenge and change? And how can an imaginative engagement with distant shifts help us to envision future moves, individually and collectively?

“I hope that this month, and Hypatia’s incredible archive, will provide the time, space and inspiration to bring me a new, deepened understanding of where Deep Time Moving might turn, next, and I’m excited to share this process with anyone who wants to come get involved.

Join Kyra at the following residency events in November:

📚 Wednesday, 4 November 12–3pm: Hosted Open Drop-In sessions

📚 Wednesday, 11 November 12–3pm: Hosted Open Drop-In sessions

🎙️ Tuesday, 10 November: Evening event — further details coming soon

👩‍🎨 Saturday, 21 November: Daytime workshop — further details coming soon

📚 Wednesday, 25 November: 12–3pm: Hosted Open Drop-In sessions

Follow Kyra’s residency journey here The Hypatia Trust

28/10/2026

INTRODUCING OUR RESIDENCY SERIES: REST, REGENERATION & RESEARCH

Integrating our en-suite, self-contained apartment into our residency series, Hypatia partners with researchers, academics, writers, artists in order to host residents who will benefit from a period of rest, regeneration, and research as part of their academic, professional, artistic and personal development.

We hope to host two residents in the 2026-2027 season.

Our resident in November 2026 is Kyra Norman of , who says:

“I hope that this month, and Hypatia’s incredible archive, will provide the time, space and inspiration to bring me a new, deepened understanding of where Deep Time Moving might turn, next, and I’m excited to share this process with anyone who wants to come get involved.”

Follow Kyra’s residency here at The Hypatia Trust.

27/10/2026

FREE POETRY WORKSHOP | MON 2 NOV 6:30-9pm
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Have you been affected by male-perpetrated violence? Take part in a safe and supportive poetry workshop with the theme of Bearing Witness. We will be exploring ways of writing about how we, as women, can re-frame negative experiences into more positive renditions of our stories.

is inviting women to channel their experiences into artistic energy during our poetry workshop on Monday 2nd November in Penzance.

Delivered by local female poets, the workshop will provide a safe space for sharing, expressing and creating.

You are also invited to submit to the Bearing Witness Exhibition on December 9th, should you wish. Part of Penzance’s 16 Days of Activism, this community exhibition and reflection event highlights women’s voices, experiences and creativity. Contributions could include words, images, artwork, audio, film or spoken testimony. We want to create a space where women’s stories can be heard, witnessed and respected.

DM to save your spot as spaces limited.

20/10/2026

Have you been affected by male-perpetrated violence?

Mor Poets are inviting women to channel their experiences into artistic energy during our poetry workshop on Monday 2nd November in Penzance.

Delivered by local female poets, the workshop will provide a safe space for sharing, expressing and creating.

You will have the opportunity to share your poetry publicly as part of ‘Bearing Witnessʼ, an exhibition during 16 Days of Activism 2026.

To find out more about the exhibition, head to the link in our bio or DM for more info.

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