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CWTSH COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTRE


226 Stow Hill, Newport. Thurs + Sat 12-3pm, Sun 1-4pm. Free. 01633 664498 / www.cwtsh.org


Paul Adrian Davies: Devotees Of Rock Diffusion Festival pho- tography exhibition featuring portraits of rock fans at various events. (Throughout October)


ELYSIUM GALLERY


210 High Street, Swansea. Tue-Sat 12-5pm. Free. www.elysiumgallery.com


Thread See Art for more on a show featuring work by Shelly Goldsmith, Raisa Kabir, Shona Robin MacPherson, Imogen Mills, Lasmin Salmon and Siwan Thomas. Curated by Angela Maddock, Ann Jordan and Lorna Hamilton Brown. It’s so titled because thread is used either thematically or literally by all four artists here. (Until Sat 16 Oct) Richard Ansett: No Place Like Home Realist photography, part of the Swansea Fringe Festival and which “explores sub- jects that maybe distressing including images of hunting, nudity, self-injury, and health issues which may also not be suitable for children.” (From Sat 23 Oct until Sat 20 Nov)


FFOTOGALLERY


Fanny Street, Cardiff. Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. 029 2034 1667 / www. ffotogallery.org


Tom Saater: Area Boys Diffusion Festival photography exhibition documenting a set of nogoodniks in Lagos. (Throughout October) Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui: Casablanca Not the Movie Diffusion Festival photography exhi- bition documenting the side of the Moroccan city that tourists don’t tend to see. (Throughout October) Salih Basheer: The Home Seekers Diffusion Festival photog- raphy exhibition concern- ing the Sudanese artist’s experience of colourism in Egypt, where he lives. (Throughout October) Fatoumata Diabaté: Man As An Object / Man As An Animal Diffusion Festival photog- raphy exhibition showing various traditional African masks. (Throughout October)


Maheder Haileselassie Tadese: Home: Walls Diffusion Festival photog- raphy exhibition from an Ethiopian photographer raising questions of identi- ty and home. (Throughout October)


Steven Chikosi: Mbira And Shona Spirituality Diffusion Festival photog- raphy exhibition looking at Zimbabwean musical instrument the mbira and its social and political


contexts. (Throughout October)


Wafaa Samir: Blue Diffusion Festival pho- tography exhibition by a Cairo photographer who presents a series of self-portraits.(Throughout October)


Sarah Waiswa: Ballet In Kibera Diffusion Festival photography exhi- bition featuring images of young ballet dancers in the Kenyan city of the title. (Throughout October)


FOUNTAIN FINE ART


Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon- Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.fountainfineart.com


Lesley Birch & Carys Evans Birch shows colour- ful, nature-inspired abstract paintings while Evans’ work focuses on the female form. Printmaker Judith Stroud also exhibits her wildflower and Swansea linocut prints. (Throughout October)


FRIARS WALK


Friars Walk, Newport. Free. 029 2034 1667 www.diffusionfestival.org


John Briggs: Spectacle Diffusion Festival photography exhibition featuring selec- tion from Briggs’ 40-year archive of Newport and its development. (Throughout October) Ron McCormick: A Lockdown Landscape Diffusion Festival pho- tography exhibition from a Newport resident who captured the city in quiet mode during the early 2020 lockdown. (Throughout October) Newport / Lab Diffusion Festival photography exhibition featuring work by eight students from the Documentary Photography course in Caerleon: Clémentine Schneidermann, Fergus Thomas, Daragh Soden, Lua Ribeira, Bandia Ribeira, Sebastián Bruno, Isaac Blease and Michael Alberry. (Throughout October)


Rhys Webber: Wales From Everywhere Diffusion Festival photog- raphy exhibition showcas- ing the multicultural nature of Maindee, in Newport. (Throughout October)


G39


Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff. Wed-Sat 11am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@ g39.org


No Time To Plan An Ending Second of two groups from the G39 Fellowship programme - Becca+Clare, Freya Dooley, Rebecca Gould, Rhiannon Lowe, Will Roberts, Neasa Terry - present a collection of new projects, ideas and proposals for works. This seems to only be displaying for one evening then the folowing day. (From Fri 15 to Sat 16 Oct)


GLYNN VIVIAN ART GALLERY


Alexandra Rd, Swansea. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 516900 / www.swansea.gov.uk/ glynnvivian


Carlos Bunga: Terra Ferma Portugese-born Bunga makes structures and interventions out of everyday materials such as cardboard, masking tape and wall paint, encour- aging viewers to rethink their experience of space and architecture. Urban and natural landscape are in dialogue throughout the show, drawing on Bunga’s own experiences of dis- placement and loss but also his nomadic life, mov- ing from place to place. (Throughout October)


LLANTARNAM GRANGE ARTS CENTRE


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


Portal 2021 See Art for more on this annual exhibi- tion, here featuring 19 grad- uate artists from Wales and England. (Until Sat 6 Nov) Criw Celf Work created on this Welsh art making young persons’ scheme, during workshops led by poet and printer Francesca Kay. (Until Sat 6 Nov) Pas-man Craft showcase for work by Joost Pasman who “applies technical Dutch design prin- ciples to the unique visual language of leather.” (Until Sat 6 Nov)


M.A.D.E. GALLERY


41 Lochaber St, Cardiff. Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. Free. 029 2047 3373 / facebook.com/cardiff- made


Relay Returns Work from Eden Dodd, Mylo Elliott, Abi Birkinshaw and Caitlin Flood-Molyneux. (From Sat 9 until Sat 30 Oct)


MARTIN TINNEY GALLERY


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


Clive Hicks-Jenkins: Adventures In Books Original artworks for three of Clive’s most recent projects, all published this year: Beauty And The Beast, a collaboration with Olivia McCannon; The Owl And The Nightingale, made for Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s trans- lation of the medieval poem of that title; and Bird House, made for a series of Bantam picture books. Open Tue-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat 10am-2pm. (From Thurs 7 until Sat 30 Oct)


57 MISSION GALLERY


Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free. 01792 652016 / www.mission- gallery.co.uk


An Artist In The World: Jane Phillips Award Featuring work from Thibault Brunet, Jason & Becky, Helen Dennis, Laura Edmonds, Harry Gammer-Flitcroft, Ryan Moule and Brett Swenson. (From Fri 8 Oct until Sat 13 Nov)


NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF


Cathays Park, Cardiff. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / museum.wales/cardiff


David Hurn: Swaps Cardiff debut of an exhibi- tion 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, specifically ones who were part of Magnum Photos, for his own work. (From Sat 23 Oct until Sun 27 Mar) 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. (From Sat 23 Oct until Sun 16 Apr 2023)


NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM


Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2057 3600/


by Welsh painter Jonathan Powell, devised by Steph Goodger and Julian Rowe, and which brings together a group of artists who share interests in prehistoric art, the primitive, the shaman- istic and the mysterious. In association with Elysium Gallery in Swansea. (Until Sun 14 Nov)


ORIEL CRIC


Beaufort Street, Crickhowell. Mon- Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-1pm. Free. 01873 813669.


15th Anniversary Exhibition Lucy Corbett, Tim Rossiter, Patricia Statham Maginness and Kay Leverton are among those in this mixed exhibition which includes paintings, prints, ceramics, jewellery and sculpture. (Until Sun 7 Nov)


ORIEL DAVIES


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


Steve Attwood Wright One of two showcases of contemporary weaving here this autumn, Wright lives in this area and has work spanning decades on show here. (From Sat 9 Oct until Fri 24 Dec)


Blanket Coverage Llantarnam Grange tour- ing exhibition curated by Laura Thomas and featuring contemporary woven blankets by makers from across Wales, the UK and internationally. Makers include Llio James, Beatrice Larkin, Angie Parker, Eleanor Pritchard, Sioni Rhys Handweavers, Catarina Riccabona, Margo Selby, Maria Sigma, Wallace Sewell, Meghan Spielman, Laura Thomas & Melin Tregwynt. (From Sat 9 Oct until Fri 24 Dec)


ORIEL MOSTYN


12 Vaughan Street, Llandudno. 01492 879201 / www.mostyn. org


museum.wales/swansea


Miniature Memories: Souvenir Badges Of Wales


advertising or otherwise celebrating various parts of Wales. (Throughout October)


ORIEL MYRDDIN Church Lane,


Vintage badges


Jacqueline de Jong: The Ultimate Kiss See Art for a preview of this superb-looking show look- ing back at several decades’ worth of work from this Dutch Situationist-adjacent painter. (From Sat 9 Oct until Sun 6 Feb)


Carmarthen. 01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk


Criw CelF 21 A curated sample of the young peo- ple’s work created through- out 2021 under the Criw Celf scheme. (From Thurs 7 until Sat 16 Oct)


ORIEL CARN Castle Ditch,


Caernarfon, Gwynedd. carn.post@gmail.com / www.carncelf.com


Walking in Two Worlds group exhibition curated


ORIEL MYRDDIN Church Lane,


Carmarthen. 01267 222775 / www.orielmy- rddingallery.co.uk


Criw Celf 21 A curated sample of the young peo- ple’s work created through- out 2021 under the Criw Celf scheme. (From Thurs 7 until Sat 16 Oct)


ORIEL Q


The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed- Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www. orielqnarberth.com


Under New Made Clouds Artists Ruth Sargeant, Jess Woodrow and Sian Jones respond to the landscape around them in the mediums of landscape, painting, instal- lation, video and audio. Open Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm. (Until Sat 9 Oct)


ORIEL Y BONT


University Of South Wales, Ty Crawshay Building, Llantwit Rd, Treforest. Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm. Free. 01443 480480 / gallery. southwales.ac.uk


Speak To Me...


Exhibition created by artists Marina Iodice and Robert Oros, featuring work result- ing from a weekly group for Syrian and Sudanese refugees now living in this region, native speakers tak- ing creative writing work- shops, and graphic artists who made posters based on the conversations that took place in these meetings. Held over from last spring. (Until Fri 22 Oct)


QUEENS ARCADE


Cardiff city centre. Free. 029 2034 1667 / www. diffusionfestival.org


Sunil Gupta:


Christopher Street Diffusion Festival photog- raphy exhibition featuring photos shot in gay NYC circa 1976. (Throughout October)


Maryan Wahid: Motherland Diffusion Festival photography exhi- bition featuring portraits of the artist, who pays respect to the older Pakistani women in her family. (Throughout October) Allie Crewe: You Brought Your Own Light Diffusion Festival photography exhibition featuring portraits of transgender people photo- graphed in Crewe’s home. (Throughout October)


QUEEN STREET GALLERY


Queen Street, Neath. Tue-Sat 10am-3pm. Free. 01639 631081 / www.queenstreetgallery- neath.co.uk


Found An exhibition of textile art by the Art Textiles: Made In Britain group. (Until Sat 30 Oct)


THE RED LION


47 Stow Hill, Newport. Free. 029 2034 1667 www.diffusionfestival.org


Ron McCormick: Last Orders Diffusion Festival photography exhibition documenting the people and fortunes of this very pub in the pandemic era. (Throughout October)


RUTHIN CRAFT CENTRE


Centre For The Applied Arts. Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire. 01824 704774 / www.ruthin-


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