ST IVES Rotary Club has donated £250 to St Ives September Festival from the proceeds of last year’s Spot The Artist painting sale.

Spot The Artist, which has become a festival ‘tradition’, will once again take place at Porthmeor Studios over the middle weekend of this year’s festival.

Local, national and international artists give their paintings, which are only signed on the back, and the keenest bargain hunters queue overnight in Back Road West for first pick of the paintings on offer.

The viewing days will on the Friday, September 19 and Saturday 20 (10am to 4pm) when art enthusiasts will try and recognise the works on view and target their potential buys before joining for the sale which will run from 9am until 2pm on Sunday, September 21.

First staged in 2006, the event is now regarded as one of the best charity art postcard sales in the country outside London with proceeds, which have exceeded £10,000, shared between arts organisations and other good causes supported by Rotary.

Festival information at www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk