Sonja Benskin Mesher RCA October News

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14 September - 18 October

gallery's opening hours are 12-5pm (Tues-Fri)

studio art space

the cambria,aberystwyth,

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A giant pride of 100 individually decorated, life-size lion sculptures, will be taking up residence in and around the World Heritage City of Bath from May to October 2010 in a colourful cultural event to raise funds for local charities and bring a smile to the faces of residents and visitors alike.

The organizers have confirmed that ‘Llewelyn’ painted by Sonja Benskin Mesher RCA from, Llanelltyd, near Dolgellau, is the only artist from Wales to be involved in the project.

Llewellyn is now installed outside Bath Abbey

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A Book About Death, Belknap Mill, Laconia, New Hampshire.

October 15 – I November

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Ray Johnson and A Book About Death. Brookville, New York. October 31 – November 4

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Gallery 43, Shropshire

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New Art Originals. Hanbury Street, London

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Royal Cambrian Academy, ‘ A Visual Feast ‘ 23 October – 21 November

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International Drawing Competition Wroclaw. ‘The Touring Exhibition’ Poland

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‘The Fiction Project’ Brooklyn Art Library, 201 Richards St #16, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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6x4 Artspace Portsmouth

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Roger Jones Colwyn Bay . The Welsh Sale

23 October

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Tros Gynnal , Cardiff Central Library and The Atrium, 6 September onward.

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Arts & Business Wales, Cardiff

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Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire

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Altar Piece, Three' has been purchased for the Tabernacle Art Collection, MOMA Wales.

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‘The Empty Chair’ is in the MOMA, New York, Collection'’

LA County Museum of Art Research Library,

& & Fluxes Museum, Mount Vernon, Ohio

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My work is now represented by Ovenden Contemporary arts promotion agency based in Ely, Cambridgeshire and Ffin y Parc, Llanrwst

Llewelyn Too

' Soft Confies' Turn Berlin

Cambridge Open Studios

Jo Tunmer, Rhiannon Thomas and Craig Kerrecoe will be participating in this year's Cambridge Open Studios event at Jo's house/studio this July. The Private View is on Thursday 8th July from 6 to 9pm. Contact us if you would like an invite.

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The Film

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WELSH ART at FFIN Y PARC LLANRWST

WELSH ART

at

FFIN Y PARC

LLANRWST


Three times, now I have visited the Gallery, Welsh Art at Ffin y Parc, Llanrwst.


The house and 14 acre grounds have been lovingly renovated by partners Ralph Sanders and Roland Powell into an expansive art gallery and luxury seven bedroom country house hotel, with plans for a restaurant and tearoom in the near future.


“The idea for Ffin-y-Parc was born three years ago when we came to see a sad and lonely old house full of bats,” explained Ralph, 38. “It was rapidly falling into disrepair and disappearing behind a curtain of brambles and ivy.”


Since November 2007, Ralph and Rowland, 41 – a former Welsh actor – have been slowly restoring the house and its 14 acres of grounds situated within Snowdonia National Park. Driving up the avenue lined with bluebells, I was greeted by the lovely old house, cottages, and a reclaimed walled garden. The dogs Rothko and Archie came ambling out to greet me, and Ralph too, welcoming me into the Gallery.


This is my third visit. The first being a tour of the house and grounds, and seeing the collection of Welsh Art, not yet hung! The second visit, the Private View of the ‘The First Show’. The art work now hung, showcased the collection, from room to room, and on up the stairs. The gallery spacious and light does the work justice, from Shani Rhys James work hung high on the landing to Danny Markey’s jewel like townscapes at the entrance.


The Gallery was full of guests that evening, the piano music filling the lounge where the vast Peter Prendergast is hung, a testament to this great artist. Through the rooms I went, enjoying this eclectic mix of important works. Slightly overawed, I wandered out into the garden, and met with other Welsh artists, Jeremy Yates RCA, David Grosvenor and more.


This third visit, quiet, with Ralph and coffee, we view the work again, John Piper a favorite in the conservatory, and Mary Lloyd Jones’ painting in the hallway. We talk of the forthcoming events, the Solo Exhibition, THE LAND by Lisa Carter, over 40 new works, dramatic landscapes, from 10 June to 24 July.

So I will visit again!


Ralph told me, “I am very passionate about supporting and showcasing up-and-coming Welsh artists and every month the gallery will preview a different artist’s work, including paintings and ceramics which visitors will be able to view and buy.”


Artists represented at Welsh Art, Ffin y Parc:


Ben Hartley, Ceri Richards, Claudia Williams, Danny Markey, David Lloyd Griffith, Donald McIntyre, Elfyn Jones, Gwilym Prichard, Harry Holland, John Elwyn, John Knapp-Fisher, John Piper, Jonas Plosky, Josef Herman, Kevin Sinnott, Lisa Carter,
Louise Schrempft, Mary Lloyd Jones, Maurice Cockrill, Nathan Ford, Nick Holly, Peter Prendergast, Ray Howard Jones, Shani Rhys James, Sonja Benskin Mesher RCA,

Sir Kyffin Williams, Tessa Newcome & Will Roberts.

Cambridge Art For Autism Raised over £1800!

The Cambridge Art For Autism exhibition & fund-raising event took place in Cambridge last Thursday, to raise funds and awareness for the National Autistic Society. The exhibition featured several OC Artist members and raised over £1800 for NAS. 

Congratulations to all involved!

Wales, and my work

Each day I am greeted by the history, culture, the landscape and stories of Wales. Each waking moment I am ingesting these images, words, memories and moments.


And so, as I work the ideas and thoughts from this immersion leak out into the painting and drawing. How can it not?


The peace and solitude of my old house, creates a private place for me to work, to reveal what is within and without. This privacy gives me strength and courage to speak out, without embarrassment and fear.


I find interest in local places, Llyn Celyn, Slate fences, the Power House at Trawsfynydd. These images mix with personal feelings, and become one. I listen to the people, their thoughts and opinions, and find that then the work will take on new direction, and challenges.


The work is affected by new landscapes so go to small places to refresh, and regenerate the work. I see the swallows and walk the Red Bog in Tregaron . I go to Pembrokeshire, to the beaches, and collect stones and sea washed glass and pottery…………..


I walk in the Welsh landscape and think, and balance the inside with that outside.


I know that my work is as it is, from being here. It is earthy, ancient, and enclosed, with the marks of the making.


Wales is now my home, and my work.

A Book About Death - Nebraske

Matthew Rose May 17 at 12:45am Reply
OPEN CALL FOR A BOOK ABOUT DEATH POST CARD

Single Postcard Work
SIZE : 4 X 6 INCHES
BASED ON THE THEME “A Book About Death”

Mail your postcard to:
RNG Gallery1915 Leavenworth St.
Omaha NE, 68102

Artists Robert Gilmer and Louise Millmann will feature a new exhibition of A Book About Death from the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery in New York City, along with new works.

It will be featured as part of their upcoming exhibition entitled "Til’ Death Due Us Part" at the RNG Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.

The exhibition opening will be July 31.

IMPORTANT: ONCE YOU'VE sent your 4x6 postcard to the RNG Gallery, please SEND YOUR IMAGES TO vivmaudlin@yahoo.com IN JPEG FORMAT APPROX 900 x 600 PIXELS – OR around 200K.

They will be posted on the A Book About Death, OMAHA BLOG http://abookaboutdeathomaha.blogspot.com/

NOTE: The only requirement is the text A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, must be seen somewhere on the postcard. (ANY LANGUAGE.) All postcards will be exhibited in the RNG Gallery, Omaha Nebraska along with the complete original set of cards from the NYC “A Book About Death" exhibition, curated by Matthew Rose

DEADLINE for submissions: JULY 19, 2010

Postcards will not be returned. They will become part of the "A Book About Death" collection at the RNG Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.

History of the project so far : http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/
http://abookaboutdeatharchive.blogspot.com/
http://abookaboutdeath.net/

“A Book About Death” is a collaborative project conceived by American artist Matthew Rose for the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City, where the original exhibition took place from September 10 – 22, 2009. The Omaha Exhibition is curated by Robert Gilmer and Louise Millmann and assisted by: Honey Millmann and Viv Maudlin. Info: vivmaudlin@yahoo.com

Please spread the word across the planet. Thank you...

Also, exhibitions are in the works for Montreal, Beijing and other cities. If you are an artist involved in this project, or a curator interested in putting together and exhibition, please get in touch.

John Lyons Selected Retrospective at Williams Art

John Lyons, the brilliant Artist & Poet from Cambridgeshire, is being honoured with a selected retrospective exhibition at Williams Art in Gwydir Street, Cambridge, this month. The exhibition runs from 12th to 26th May with a Private View on the evening of 15th May.

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