PORTHMEOR STUDIOS – Friday, September 16 to Sunday, September 18

St Ives Rotary’s hugely popular Spot The Artist charity sale of paintings has become a middle weekend September Festival “tradition” at Porthmeor Studios.

First staged in 2006, the event is now regarded as one of the best charity art postcard sales in the country outside London with many local, national and international artists donating their work which is only signed on the back.

The viewing days are on the Friday and Saturday (10am to 4pm) when you can try and recognise the works on view and target your potential buys before joining the Sunday morning queue for the sale which runs from 9am until 2pm. The keenest bargain hunters will have once again “camped out” and queued overnight in Back Road West for first pick of the paintings on offer.

Proceeds, which for several years have exceeded £10,000 a year, are shared between arts organisations and other good causes supported by Rotary.