listings


LLANTARNAM GRANGE ARTS CENTRE


St. David’s Road, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 01633 483321 / lgac.org.uk


Alastair Duncan: Interactive Tapestry Weaving Through themes that include landscape, architecture, con- flict, communication and interconnection, Alastair has created tapestries that have interactive audio woven into them. These can be activated physically by visitors through touch or proximity. (Until Sat 20 Aug)


BARTOSZ & EWA NOWICKI: WE’LL SHOW


BARTOSZ ALL COLOURS OF AFRICA Ffoto Newport, until Sun 24 July Admission: FREE. Info: facebook.com/ffotonewport


Jack Skivens Exhibition in the café here which is a spinoff from Skivens’ Pontypool Shop Jackets display on Pontypool High Street, and references the town’s history. (Until Sat 20 Aug) Francisca Omumah Showcase of sculptural jewellery and vessels in the gal- lery’s foyer. (Until Sat 20 Aug)


THE LOST ARC


Old Drill Hall, Bridge St, Rhayader. Sat-Mon + Thurs 9am-4pm, Fri 9am-9pm. 01597 811226 / thelostarc.co.uk


Sandy Craig: Lost Landscapes And Quiet Discoveries Paintings, drawings and etchings by this mid-Wales artist, exploring the persisting identity of places and objects, and moments of qui- etude in places experiencing change. (Until Tue 30 Aug)


M.A.D.E. GALLERY


41 Lochaber Street, Cardiff. Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. 029 2047 3373 / facebook.com/cardiffmade


Ellie Young: I Want to Believe Cut-out sculptures, painted clay reliefs and lenticular paintings of crowds from an artist professing to be interested in “mechanics of manipulation via media, TV and fictional versions of ‘The Truth’.” (From Sat 25 June until Sat 30 July)


MARTIN TINNEY GALLERY


18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales.com


Gwen John Twenty-five paintings and drawings from one of Wales’, if not the UK’s, most significant artists, who died in 1939. All work is for sale also, although the presumably substantial prices are not listed at the time of writing. (Until Sat 16 July The Welsh Landscape Work by John Elwyn, John Knapp-Fisher, Peter Prendergast, Gwilym Prichard and Sir Kyffin Williams, each among the high- est-regarded landscape painters from Wales working from the 1950s. (From Wed 20 July until Sat 20 Aug)


MID WALES ARTS CENTRE


Maesmawr, Caesws, Newtown. Thurs -Sun 11am-4pm. 01686 688369 / midwalesarts.org.uk


Positive Environmental Exhibition Climate change-themed mixed exhibition, expanding on a similar one held here last year and stating, “Our intention is to pro- voke awareness and involvement, inform, raise questions and encourage conversation so that we can all make changes to our behaviour with a view to slow down global warming.” (Until Sun 7 Aug)


MISSION GALLERY


Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. 01792 652016 / missiongallery.co.uk


Criw Celf Alumni Exhibition celebrat- ing artists who’ve been involved with this gallery’s education programme, Criw Celf, over the years; aiming to highlight con- temporary artistic talent in Wales as well as possibilities for future directions. (Until Sat 9 July)


Rosie Brown Sculpture and illustration from a Norfolk-born artist who often has


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nature and animals as her main theme in her art. (Until Sat 30 July) Linda Norris & Wai Kit Lam: Root & Branch Internationally touring show developed during lockdown one in 2020, aiming to physically exchange handmade artworks in order to form a creative net- work linking artists in Wales and Hong Kong with practitioners in other countries. (From Sat 2 July until Sat 13 Aug)


MOMA MACHYNLLETH


Heol Pen’Rallt, Machynlleth. Wed + Fri 10am-4pm, Thurs + Sat 10am-1pm. 01654 703355 / moma. cymru


Annie Giles Hobbs Highly regarded Welsh painter whose richly worked surfac- es take months at a time to complete and reference Celtic mythology and Gothic and Early Renaissance painting. See Art. (Until Sat 9 July)


Glasfryn Fundraising Exhibition Works by various artists to raise money for the conversion of Glasfryn, a new store for this gallery’s Tabernacle Collection. (Until Sat 9 July)


Robert Bryce Muir: Conversation With The Silent Sculptural head studies created to give identity to specific articles in the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights; this show debuted in London in 2009. (Until Wed 7 Sept) Tabernacle Art Competition Open art show with the theme of ‘home’. It costs £15 to enter or £5 for under-18s, and artists are asked to deliver one piece of work only from Mon 13-Fri 17 June. Various prizes are on offer also. (Until Wed 7 Sept) Terence Lambert: Nature Is In The Detail Renowned wildlife painter presents work including larger pencil drawings, ink on scraper board and mixed media paint- ings. See Art. (From Sat 16 July until Sat


17 Sept)


MOSTYN 12 Vaughan Street, Llandudno. Tue- Sun 10.30am-5pm. 01492 879201 / www.mostyn.org


Cwrdd  Mi Wrth Yr Afon Film, sculpture, textiles and participatory activities resulting from or related to a programme that launched in Conwy earlier this year; aimiing to “highlight connecting threads between art, the land and people living in north Wales,” it’s itself inspired by the below-ground ‘networks’ that connect trees and other types of flora. (Until Sun 28 Aug)


Temporary Atlas: Mapping The Self In The Art Of Today Works which explore alternative, complementary ideas to cartography, aka drawing maps, by Sanford Biggers, Seymour Chwast, Jeremy Deller, Sarah Entwistle, Enam Gbewonyo, Rochelle Goldberg, Ibrahim Mahama, Paul Maheke, Otobong Nkanga, Kiki Smith, Walid Raad and three Welsh artists Manon Awst, Adéolá Dewis and Paul Eastwood. (Until Sun 25 Sept)


NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF


Cathays Park, Cardiff. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 0300 1112333 / museum.wales/cardiff


David Hurn: Swaps Cardiff debut of an exhibition that initially showed in London in 2017, and will be absorbed into the David Hurn collection here on closing. It features documentary photography work which Hurn swapped with peers, specif- ically ones who were part of Magnum Photos, for his own work. Extended from its original closing date of April. (Until Mon 29 Aug) Wildlife Photographer Of The Year


Documentary photographer Bartosz Nowicki has had notable exhibitions, including one capturing Cardiff City’s first season winning promotion to the Premier League. He’s also travelled back and forth from Guinea since 2010, on account of his wife coming from there, and on his most recent visit earlier this year daughter Ewa worked with him as an ad hoc photographic duo. This is the pictorial result, its title referencing the warm familial welcome Bartosz enjoys from the in-laws.


Drawn from nearly 50,000 entries, this global competition is represented here with 100 selections, presented by London’s Natural History Museum. Prices: £10/£7 concessions/free members and under-16s. (Until Mon 29 Aug) The Rules Of Art? Artists ranging from Rembrandt to Thomas Jones, Pablo Picasso, Gwen John, Maximilian Lenz, Clare Woods, Bedwyr Williams, Caroline Walker and Clementine Schneidermann feature “in a way that questions social and political power and shows how artists have pursued a shared purpose: to push, subvert, question and reimagine what art can be,” say the Museum. (Until Sun 16 Apr)


NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY


St Fagans, nr Cardiff. Daily 10am-5pm. 0300 1112333 / museum. wales/stfagans


Wales Is… Proud Display about LGBT+ history in Wales which will include objects from Pride events, banners and campaign badges from Amgueddfa Cymru’s collection. (From Fri 15 July until Thurs 23 Feb)


NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM


Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 0300 1112333 / museum.wales/ swansea


Trawsnewid Welsh LGBTQ+ history, culture and artwork are celebrated through select archival objects and new artworks produced by Amgueddfa Cymru Producers of the Trawsnewid project (which is aimed at LGBTQ+ people aged 16-25). (Until Sat 16 July)


ORIEL DAVIES


The Park, Newtown. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Free. 01686 625041 / orieldavies.org


Gini Wade Prints from a Llanidloes- based artist who works in various other media but displays lithographs and lino cuts here, drawing on “myths, dreams and the natural world, with a dash of the dark side”. (Until Fri 26 Aug) Ashrah Suudy: East In Colour Documentary photography work from a Cardiff resident, looking at the city’s Somali community and in particular the women’s colourful clothes contrasted with the greyness of their surroundings. (Until Mon 28 Nov)


ORIEL MÔN


Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, Anglesey. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 01248 724444 / orielmon.org Jenny Holland: Brushes With Land And Sea Impressionistic paintings in oils and acrylics, using brushes and palette knives, and inspired by scenery around Anglesey and the Llyn Peninsula. (Throughout July) Criw Celf Collected work from the 2021 crop of this scheme for young Welsh artists, funded by the Arts Council Of Wales.. (Until Sun 2 Oct)


ORIEL PLAS GLYN-Y-WEDDW


Glynyweddw Estate, Llanbedrog, Pwlhelli. Daily 10am-5pm. 01758 740763 / oriel.org.uk


Elin Huws Tapestry weavings inspired by the landscapes, seascapes and poetry of Wales. (Until Sun 10 July) Niki Pilkington Welsh illustrator pro- ducing fashion portraits that have gained her a client list including Ted Baker, Paul McCartney and MTV. (Until Sun 10 July) Nesta Eluned Welsh painter working abstractly in oils by the looks. (Until Sun 10 July)


Summer Exhibition With work by over 90 artists, and the option to buy pieces and take them home on the day. (From Sun 10


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