Rowena Cade
Builder (1893 - 1983)
Rowena Cade moved to Cornwall with her
mother after the First World War and bought the
rocky headland at Minack (from meynek,
meaning "rocky place" in Cornish) for £100 to
build a house there. Rowena became involved in
local theatre and in 1930 planned a theatre in
her garden with the help of gardeners Billy
Rawlings and Charles Angove. She shaped the
theatre seating and stage from the rock. There
were performances at the Minack every summer
and during the winter they continued to improve
and expand the theatre. Using sand brought all
the way up from the beach, Rowena invented a
way of making the theatre look like stone, even
though most of it is made from concrete and
cement. She decorated the seats with the
names of plays, performances and Celtic
designs before the concrete set.
Swoon/Caledonia Curry
STREET ARTIST (1977- present)
Swoon, born Caledonia Dance Curry in 1977,
is a Brooklyn-based street artist and studio
artist known for her large-scale paper cut
works and life-size installations. Swoon
received her degree in Fine Art from the
prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New
York in 2002. Heavily influenced by Gordon
Matta-Clark, Swoon's art consists of intricate
and fragile paper-cut portraits which are
based on the people she has met through her
life. She believes in projecting major social
issues through creativity and engages with
humanitarian efforts. Her massive installations
have been featured in galleries and museums
across the world and has held numerous
exhibitions in America, London, Paris,
Melbourne and Tokyo.
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