Back Lane West

01/06/2026

15/05/2026

We’re pleased to share a few images from Dew Point, a recent residency by artist Kirsty Lowry whose practice explores the elemental conditions of place as an influence on, and marker of, psychological state.

Kirsty’s intensive week-long residency turned Back Lane West into a temporary studio, filling the space with the evoking earthy scent of grass, dampened for use in weaving. Knot by knot a series of netted structures slowly grew, the artist’s hand twisting together fibres gathered from various sites of personal and ecological interest.

The works will continue to be formed over the coming months, so look out for more information on the upcoming exhibition at later in the year.

29/04/2026

RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY
We are pleased to invite expressions of interest from contemporary artists for applications for a month’s residency for this coming June.

This residence is offered free of fee with the support of Redruth Town Council. In recognition of this we are looking for artists that are interested in providing audience engagement / participation during Murdoch Day on Saturday 13th June.

We’re looking for artists eager to test ideas, challenge their practice, and activate the space. Whilst we are not necessarily looking for projects associated with William Murdoch, (who lived in a house adjacent to Back Lane West) proposals that recognise particular qualities of the locality, be they historic, social, geographic, architectural etc, would be of particular interest.

If you’re interested, please send a short expression of interest and your website to: [email protected]

We can’t wait to hear from you!

17/04/2026

Announcing our next resident: LowryMoth: Dew Point

LowryMoth is the studio of interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator Kirsty Lowry, in residence at Back Lane West for the first part of a new project Dew Point.

The dew point is part of an unnoticed but continually shifting elemental state that significantly influences ecological balance. The title is a nod to the artist’s enduring fascination in the elemental conditions of place as an influence on, and marker of, psychological state.

For Dew Point, Lowry is spending an intensive week at Back Lane West, 20 – 26 April, marking a return to the familiar landscapes of her upbringing in Cornwall, working with locally sourced natural and found material to create a series handmade netted structures that will form part of an installation to be presented at Auction House later in the year.

Open Studio: Sat 25 April, 11:00 – 16:00

Drop in to view the work in progress, with a chance to turn your hand to some of the processes involved in using plants as fibre.

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