RE: drawing, a multi-media exhibit
RE: drawing oriel Davies gallery open exhibition 2008
June 14-August 2, 2008
182 student and professional artists submitted to the selection process of this exciting exhibition; just over 40 artists were curated for the show. I was the only textile artist to be accepted to the exhibit which was an exciting melange of media ranging from traditional drawings of graphite on paper to installation pieces pushing the boundaries of the concept of what drawing can be.
I enjoyed the travelling to Newtown to see the exhibit, to pick up a copy of the exhibit catalogue, and to be part of the exhibit opening which was a great event with hundreds in attendance.
www.orieldavies.org Newtown, Powys, Wales, UK
Graduate Show 08
The Graduate Show 08, March 1-28, at the Oriel Dafydd Hardy Gallery, 12 Castle Square, Caernarfon, is all about unexpected relationships. Sixteen artists graduating this year form the University of Aberystwyth School of Art (SOA) Fine Art and Art History BA and MA programs are part of a curated group exhibition of over thirty art works displaying a range of contemporary artworks. Realistic oil paintings on copper accompany hand-made books, landscape paintings, etchings, a ‘conceptual cake’ performance piece, video installations, large-scale sequential photography and contemporary embroidered textiles inspired by traditional Welsh men’s 18th and 19th C. workman’s smock-frocks.
The work of Eloiza Mlls, Hazel Money, Tracy Smith, Hester Berry, Zoe Dunn, Bryony Purvis, Michael Nobbs, Jonathon Gupta, Sian Kingscott Smith, Sarah Haxby, Elizabeth Ragg, Dawn Olive, Rupert Lawler, Amy Jane Blackhall, Ruth Hogg and Freeda Lohr is on display thanks to a partnership between Glenys Davies: gallery coordinator, the support of the Oriel Dafydd Hardy real-estate business, which is also the entrance to the gallery, and SOA instructor Miranda Whall. Any emerging/young artist in Wales may apply for an exhibiton at this gallery; artists are not charged a commission which allows for reasonable prices on new art in a professional exhibition space open to the public.
e-mail: oriel@dafyddhardy.co.uk
The unexpected combination of media, arts and business partnerships make the Graduate Show 08 an inspiring, diverse and dynamic presentation! To see further works from these artists, and more, come to the School of Art Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degree Show Exhibition in Aberystwyth, May 19-29, 2008. For more information http://www.aber.ac.uk/art/galleries/
Awen Exhibition at the Gallery at Artisan Square, B.C. Canada
June 22nd-July 15th, 2007
