STUDENT Amy Cornhill is the latest young artist to have received recognition for her work from Liskeard Arts.

The charity is the local branch of the nationwide Arts Society, and until last year was known as Liskeard Decorative and Fine Art Society.

It has more than 100 members from all over South East Cornwall and among its activities provides recognition and some financial support to college pupils creating art in Liskeard, Callington, Torpoint and Saltash.

For the past few years a small committee of members, with the permission of a school’s art teacher, has visited the colleges in Liskeard, Callington, Saltash and Torpoint at the end of the final term to view the art produced at AS level.  

They have attempted to select at least one student (often more) from each school. Selected pupils are asked to exhibit their work at meetings and presented with a cheque.  

The amount of support can vary from year to year depending on the total number of pupils chosen.  

Amy is a student at Callington Community College.

Liskeard Arts also holds monthly talks in The Public Hall, Liskeard, from September to May,

The next is on Tuesday, February 13 at 7.30pm when Louise Schofield will be speaking on ‘Temples, Tombs and Treasures:  In Search of the Queen of Sheba’.  

British Museum curator Louise led the archeological dig in Ethiopia which discovered an enormous ancient mine - the source of the wealth the fabled Queen of Sheba took to Solomon, at the start of one of the world’s oldest recorded love stories.  

Members are free and guests (£6) always welcome.

Although the monthly talks are the Society’s main activity there are also small groups taking care of Visits and Tours, Church Recorders, Heritage Volunteers and Young Arts.