BaY arT
54 Bute St, Cardiff Bay. 029 2065
0016
Artists have colonised Cardiff Bay
since the 1970s, back when it was
viewed as a derelict, crime-ridden
dockyard. With Lottery support, they
helped turn a former squat into a
trendy gallery with onsite studios for
16 artists. The new gallery aims to
nurture emerging talent, as well as
‘they turned a former squat
showcase national and international
art.
into a trendy gallery’ GlYnn ViVian arT GallerY
bay art, cardiff
Alexandra Road, Swansea.
01792 516900
The jewel of the Swansea art scene.
The lower galleries feature a regular
ment Corporation outlined plans oriel canFaS exhibition programme of national and
to redevelop Cardiff docks, they 44 Glamorgan Street, Cardiff. international art, whilst the upper
decided to make art integral to the 029 2066 6455 galleries are devoted to Swansea
overall scheme. Hence the Cardiff Based in the Canton area of Cardiff, china and porcelain, as well as
Bay Arts Trust (CBAT) was born. Canfas provides a diverse platform modern painting of the 20th century,
Having installed 70 artworks in the for contemporary visual art in Wales. including work by local favourite Ceri
locality, CBAT now focuses on its Bute Owned and run by an artists’ co-op, its Richards.
Street gallery, which runs exhibitions mission is to provide communication
related to the practice of public art. between the art world and the com- alBanY GallerY
munity. Sells paintings, sculptures, 74 Albany Road, Cardiff.
TacTileBoScH GallerY & photographs and fine art prints. 029 2048 7158
STUdioS One of Wales’s longest-running com-
Andrews Road, Llandaff North, FFoToGallerY mercial galleries, the Albany hosts
Cardiff. 07951 256255 Turner House Gallery, Penarth. a monthly exhibition programme of
Situated in a 200-year-old Victorian 029 2034 1667 leading Welsh and British artists,
laundry next to the picturesque Taff Established in 1978 as one of including work by members of the
Trail, tactileBOSCH has built up a Britain’s first galleries to specialise Royal Academy, New England Club
reputation for exhibiting established in photographic art, Ffotogallery and Institute Of Painters. Special
international artists alongside up- has gained a strong reputation for attention is given to Wales’s favourite
coming local talent. Its festival-like showcasing the best in contemporary landscape painter of recent times, the
opening nights – with live music, photography from Wales and around late Kyffin Williams.
performances and a well stocked bar the world. Alongside its exhibition
– are particularly popular with the programme, the gallery runs seminars craFT in THe BaY
capital’s cultural students. and workshops on everything from The Flourish, Cardiff.
photographic history to improving 029 2048 4611
your holiday snaps. Housed in a beautifully refurbished
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