{"id":299950,"date":"2026-02-24T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/299950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:51:11","slug":"creative-studio-and-gallery-pellar-in-helston-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/299950\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative studio and gallery, Pellar, in Helston town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Joining the likes of Ka Boom, Rotten Records and Nosebag Curious, Pellar is run by Morgana Burke and Jemima Rose &#8211; two artists passionate about building community through creativity.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Pellar is run by Morgana Burke Nanni and Jemima Rose (Image: Pellar)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Inside the studio, visitors will find an evolving collection of work by local artists and makers, ranging from textiles and ceramics to paintings and handcrafted pieces. Art supplies will soon be added, expanding the space into a resource for both seasoned artists and curious beginners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The building previously housed the Flapjack Shack before Morgana and Jemima transformed it into the bright, welcoming studio it is today.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Workshops at Pellar<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pellar is already establishing itself as a creative hub, offering a growing programme of workshops:\n<\/p>\n<p>Create and Connect \u2013 Every Wednesday, 5:30\u20137pm Loosely guided drawing sessions for adults, featuring prompts such as Seasonal Veg Still Life, Beach Treasures, Flowers and Dreams and Magic.<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nancy\u2019s Art Club \u2013 Every 1st and 3rd Saturday, 10:30am\u201312pm A \u00a35 session for children aged three \u201310, offering creative activities devised by Nancy herself, age four. Grown\u2011ups are treated to a cup of tea while the little ones create.\n<\/p>\n<p>  The Team Behind the Studio<\/p>\n<p>\n  Morgana previously ran a gallery in Rome, while Jemima has worked in arts galleries across London. Both now live near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=Helston&amp;ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Helston<\/a> &#8211; Morgana in Mellongoose and Jemima in Cury &#8211; \u00a0and spend much of their time in town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Inside the studio, visitors will find an evolving collection of work by local artists and makers, ranging from textiles and ceramics to paintings and handcrafted pieces. (Image: Pellar)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their love for Helston\u2019s history, old buildings and traditions, especially the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=helston%20flora%20day&amp;sort=relevance&amp;headline_only=false&amp;site_id%5B%5D=96&amp;posted_date=&amp;posted_date_from=&amp;posted_date_to=&amp;pp=20&amp;p=0&amp;ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flora Day<\/a>, is shaping their plans for the studio.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They hope to build a portfolio of unique, locally made items and eventually invite more artists and makers into the shop. With Flora Day in mind, they are already exploring ideas for custom, one\u2011of\u2011a\u2011kind pieces.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Pellar is already establishing itself as a creative hub, offering a growing programme of workshops (Image: Pellar)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They are also involved in Helston\u2019s Spring Thing and have further workshops in development.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe really appreciate the support from the community \u2013 everyone has been really excited about it,\u201d they told the Packet.\n<\/p>\n<p>  When to Visit<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pellar is open:\n<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday &amp; Friday: 10am\u20133pm<\/p>\n<p>  Saturday: 10am\u20131pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joining the likes of Ka Boom, Rotten Records and Nosebag Curious, Pellar is run by Morgana Burke and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-299950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}