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QUEER REFLECTIONS Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Fri 22 July-Sun 18 Sept


Amplifying and introducing queer art in heteronormative spaces, the On Your Face collective present a collection of artwork visualising what it means to be gay/lesbian, queer and/or neurodivergent in Wales today. The project hopes to rethink how we view the traditional by


gender within traditional art spaces. It’s headed by London artist Fox Irving, who focuses on queerness, marginalised


focusing on sexuality


mental health in their work, often using playful activism to empower others.


communities and and


On Your Face are a social enterprise who aim to be an inclusive and diverse queer platform, and who look to showcase and provide a variety of events for Wales’ LGBTQ+ musicians, designers, writers, artists and photographers. Contributors in this instance include Cardiff-born graphic designer Lucy Venning, multimedia artist Seren Thomas


and installation and performance- focused Rachel Norman.


The project will take already existing, very much restricted pieces of the Glynn Vivian’s permanent collection of art, repurposing them to fit with the narratives of LGBTQ+ people and others. Queer Reflections not only looks to the pieces themselves but the gallery space they sit within: atmospheres which contribute to the art as much as the art itself. Each member of the OYF collective


from the collection and contributed their own reflections of what they see within their chosen piece. In a similar sense, creating new pages of a well-read book using live performance, installation, workshops and communal art practices to form the conversation.


has selected artwork


Admission: FREE. Info: glynnvivian.co.uk EMMA WAY


AMITAI ROMM: HUM Spike Island, Bristol Sat 23 July-Sun 18 Sept


Danish artist Amitai Romm’s first UK exhibition deciphers data from one of the world’s oldest continuous datasets of carbon sequestration, the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide through an environmental sensing system set up in a mature beech forest in east Denmark in 1996, based on the idea of the afforestation of land.


Studying at the Jutland Art Academy, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Vienna


Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and after a number of solo exhibitions including shipping containers and packing materials, the Copenhagen- based Romm has created a contemporary art piece of various materials featuring satellite dishes made of plant fibres, water tanks, laboratory pumps and a small collection of fibres.


and the Royal


As the exhibition’s name evidently suggests, the world this artist has created is one that communicates through both sculpture and sound through low-frequency drones; Hum will be on show at Bristol’s esteemed multimedia space Spike Island for two months.


Admission: FREE. Info: spikeisland.org.uk EMMA WAY


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CELEBRATION OF WELSH CONTEMPORARY PAINTING


Cyfartha Castle Museum & Gallery / Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil


Fri 8 July-Fri 23 Sept


Celebrating work created by contemporary mixed media artists across south, mid and west Wales, the third Celebration Of Welsh Contemporary Painting runs until February across 11 different Welsh venues. Opening in early July in two Merthyr Tydfil venues, later it’ll show at Ardent Gallery in Brecon, Cardiff’s Craft In The Bay, Brecon’s Found Gallery, Glasbury Arts in Powys and two on the Pembrokeshire coast, Oriel Y Parc and Tenby Museum.


Capturing movement through landscape paintings, visual artist Maggie James’ paintings are an extension of her interest in ever changing scenery. Maggie is just one example of the artists included: these 11 exhibitions open space up to showcase original talent including students and up-and-coming artists, for people of all ages to view and enjoy. Additionally, the celebration features an online exhibition as a taster of what’s to come.


Admission: £2.30 (Cyfarthfa Castle) / FREE (Redhouse). Info: cowcp.co.uk EMMA WAY


CHEPSTOW FESTIVAL


Chepstow’s one-day arts returns


of community creativity in hopes of showcasing both professional and amateur art for people of all ages to enjoy and engage with. From 9.30am, the day will feature a complete programme of events including flat art, pottery, animation, sculpture,


to celebrate another year festival


crafts, music, drama and dance groups across multiple venues and outdoor spaces. Moot Hall is at the back of the Beaufort Hotel for all those who struggled last time.


photography, artisan


Whether you fancy watching some live music at the Bandstand, following the Sammy The Seal sculpture trail through the town or testing your hand at Aardman figurine building at a model making workshop, the festival aims to offer an exciting range of activities to entertain. Park and ride facilities will also be provided at Chepstow Racecourse from classic buses to transport you to all the goings on. The organisers are hoping that the festival will be as much of a success as previous years.


Admission: FREE. Info: chepstowfestivalarts. co.uk EMMA WAY


OF ARTS Various locations, Chepstow Sat 16 July


TERENCE LAMBERT: NATURE IS IN THE


DETAIL MOMA Wales, Machynlleth Sat 16 July-Sat 17 Sept


Terence Lambert is one of Britain’s premier wildlife artists, and his exhibition at MOMA Mychynlleth is certainly one to crow about. He’s said that by working for half a century and spending a lifetime totally absorbed by nature, he’s built an intimate knowledge of the complexity of the natural world.


Lambert spent 25 years illustrating many books, including Lamberts Birds Of Garden And Woodland and Collins British Birds. “[They] gave me a reputation for painting birds, but the whole of the animal world could be found in those illustrations,” he continued. His work has also been reproduced in more than 40 publications such as Birds In Wales and Mid-Wales Companion.


“This exhibition is mainly pencil and ink drawings. [It] includes my largest pencil work to date, Study In Black And White, a triptych which is 5m long. Life-sized avocets and black-winged stilts are the subject for the work.” MOMA will also be showing some of Lambert’s mixed media paintings.


Admission: FREE. Info: moma.cymru RHONDA LEE REALI


Adam Charlton


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