ooooh we won! (well... almost.....)

what a glamorous time we had last week attending the Cornwall Today inaugural Awards at the Headland Hotel in Newquay.

We had been shortlisted with 4 other galleries from the whole of Cornwall and our fellow nominees included The Tate Gallery, Penlee House and Falmouth Art Gallery - so we were definitely the underdog amongst the big publicly funded spaces!

It was a very swanky black tie affair with a red carpet, lots of champagne and even goodie bags under our seats (it felt a little like being at the Oscars)

There were lots of categories such as Best Hotel, Best Charity, Best Attraction etc and when the crunch came and it was time to announce the winner of Best Art Gallery.......
we missed out to Tate, St. Ives - not wholly unexpected!

I have to admit to being very proud that we featured on such a prestigious shortlist and I was delighted to walk away with my "Highly Commended" award which is now sitting in pride of place in the gallery window.

me and my husband Dom proudly showing off our "Highly Commended" award

 
thanks to everyone at Cornwall Today for laying on such a wonderful evening of food, music and entertainment for us all.

Roll on next year, when I will double my efforts to beat those big public galleries!

click here to read a lovely article about us winning our award:

Penzance Gallery Owner Delighted