Posts Tagged ‘Wales’
Material Matters September 28 – 16 November, 2013 Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery Carwyn Evans, Sian Green, Iestyn Gruffudd, David Hastie, Helen Jones, Wanda Zyborska From across Wales, these six artists work in a diverse range of ways and question a certain ‘materiality’ in contemporary Welsh sculpture. Gwynedd museum’s collection provides a rich source for […]
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Tags: Art museum, Arts and Entertainment, curator, Gwynedd museum, Helen Jones, Museum, Wales, Welsh language
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Tags: Arts, Great Orme, Great Orme Tramway, llandudno, Wales
Ynys Llanddwyn
A walk along Newborough Beach yesterday and around Ynys Llandwyn. The warmth of an end of summer wind wrapping itself around the sweep of the bay. Black volcanic cragginess against the sharp seagrass. It was a brisk walk along the sand and onto the crushed shell paths of the island. The skyline dominated by the […]
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Tags: Alexanders, Anglesey, Wales, Ynys Môn
This weekend is Focus Wales weekend in Wrexham, a four day music festival and conference held at multiple venues across the town. The festival showcases live performances by some of the best Welsh bands and international acts, alongside music industry panels and discussions. This is its 3rd year. So, you arrive in Wrexham on Friday […]
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Tags: Arts, Arts Council, Bedwyr Williams, Cadw, canal, Castell Dinas Bran, Ceiriog Valley, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, creative international, culture, day out, days out, Eagles Meadow, FOCUS Wales, heritage, Llangollen, manorhaus, Michael Rother, oriel wrecsam, print international, Tesco, this project, Trevor Basin, trip, valle crucis, venice biennale, Wales, welsh, wrecsam, wrexham, Wrexham F.C.
Wrexham Victorian Market
After the ridiculous mega crush of Manchester‘s European Markets, which seem to run from late November right up to Christmas, the Victorian Market at Wrexham this year was a pleasant surprise. I haven’t ever been before and I have to say, it was a lively mix of food, drink, entertainment, local crafts and christmassy things. […]
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Tags: Christmas, Elihu Yale, George Borrow, Giles, manchester, Mulled wine, North Wales, Wales, Welsh National Opera, wrexham, Wrexham F.C., Yale University
Tryweryn from my Scrapbook
The village of Capel Celyn and the Tryweryn valley near Bala were drowned in 1965 in order to supply water for the City of Liverpool. Eight hundred acres of land was drowned, as well as the school, the post office, the chapel and the cemetery, in order to create the Llyn Celyn (Celyn […]
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Tags: Afon Tryweryn, Capel Celyn, City of Liverpool, Harold Macmillan, Liverpool City Council, Llyn Celyn, Member of Parliament, Wales
Conference report: Evidencing the Impact of the Arts | News | a-n. The arts sector in Wales, as elsewhere in the UK, is facing big challenges. It is more important than ever to show what benefits the arts can deliver. In England there is much anxious anticipation about what the next government spending review might bring for […]
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Tags: Arts, England, Local government, Newcastle, Newcastle New South Wales, Organization, Spending Review, Wales
This summer there’s a major selling show of Anita Klein‘s work at Oriel Wrecsam, in Wrexham NE Wales. This is the first time that such a large group of work by the collectable artist has been seen in North Wales. The gallery offers Arts Council of Wales and Principality Building Society‘s Collectorplan scheme.
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Tags: anita klein, arts council of wales, london, North Wales, oriel wrecsam, Principality Building Society, RSS, Wales
A couple of weeks ago I made a visit to Caernarfon to see the Gwyl Arall Celf exhibition. It was great! Here’s what one of the exhibitors, Badge, wrote about a previous show: Last year I took part in a local arts festival called ‘Gwyl Arall‘ [which translates as ‘Another Festival’] with my series of […]
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Tags: Arts festival, Caernarfon, Contemporary art gallery, Gwead.com, Juno Award for Artist of the Year, Morgan Griffith, mostyn, Wales
Steffan Jones-Hughes 