The Covid-19 pandemic and the local and national lockdowns that accompanied it have affected the moods of millions of us who found ourselves stuck inside with limited contact with friends or loved ones.

However, despite the ongoing uncertainty around Covid-19 and its restrictions on human interaction, there is still hope for the Cornish arts community, with arts groups, museums and recording studios all still being set up during the coronavirus pandemic.

Porthleven Arts Community - an arts-focussed community interest company (CIC), Sirens Studio - a sound recording studio set up by award-winning Falmouth university students, and Gweek Players - a Cornish-based local amateur dramatics group, have all found ways in which they can continue their activities despite Covid-19's best attempts at scuppering them.

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Porthleven Arts Community CIC is a recently-formed group that is looking to raise the profile of arts and artists in the Porthleven area.

The group are currently working on a project that hopes to see an old BT phone kiosk on the Harbour Head turned into a rolling art gallery which will showcase the work of artists from Porthleven and also further afield.

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Suzie Inman, one of the directors of the CIC, said: "It was a strange thing to start up in the middle of a lockdown in a way, but in another way quite a few of us had a bit more time and so there was more of an impetus to do it.

"There's a lot of artists here and they haven't necessarily got a joint place to be or a voice or a place that provides them with information.

"We've been sharing opportunities for artists across Cornwall and beyond using our Facebook group.

"There's been a lot of interest and interaction with it and it also gives us a way to be able to apply for funding as well.

"We're also hoping that every autumn we'll be able to run a ten-day arts festival which will use existing venues within Porthleven and showcase exhibitions, classical music and also a film festival.

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Aline Turner, who is part of the Gweek Players, said of performing a production during lockdown: "It's been very difficult in many ways, we had twice fortnightly readings and we've kept together that way.

"The difficulty is that we've had to do it on our own, it's challenging but fun, and we've tried to find various ways around it.

"Our lifeblood is the audience."