Sketching this Saturday at Radio Cafe!
Don’t forget, there’s sketching at Radio Cafe in Oswestry this coming Saturday between 6 and 9pm. Bring your art stuff (and a funny hat if you can stand the embarassment) – the cafe’s just at the top of Bailey Street, by the market. There’s tapas, cocktails, wine, beer, teas and coffee on sale. Great atmosphere and a great way to spend a dull winter weekend evening.
Thanks to Sue for forwarded 
this information – an opportunity for local artists……Penant is an inspirational place……
Pennant Melangell Arts and Heritage Group
Grwp Celfyddydau a Threftadaeth Pennant Melangell
CALLING ALL ARTISTS
A call is going out to artists and craftspeople to create and submit work for an exhibition in May: ‘Art and Craft in the Celtic Spirit’.
The event will be held in the ancient church of St Melangell, three miles from Llangynog at the head of the Tanat Valley and famous for its historic shrine and its remote and beautiful setting. It will run for two weeks from Saturday 26 May.
The exhibition’s title can be interpreted imaginatively and the organisers, the church and Pennant Melangell Arts and Heritage Group, hope to receive art or craft entries in a wide range of media, in traditional or modern style and in two or three dimensions. Work can be offered for display or for sale, with a commission in aid of the church and the St Melangell Centre: up to three items can be entered.
The exhibition is being held around the traditional feast day of St Melangell and will be accompanied by other events, to include a children’s hymn competition and a treasure hunt. It will be opened by the archaeologist Margaret Hill, who will give a talk on ‘Early Celtic Art and Craft’ and close with a concert on 10 June featuring the well known Montgomeryshire folk singer Linda Griffiths, with her daughter Lisa. The events are intended to honour the theologian and Celtic scholar Canon Donald Allchin, who died last year and loved the church at Pennant.
Entries are requested by 14 May. Full details and an entry form are available from Pam Parnell, 1 Glen Pennant, Llangynog, Oswestry, SY10 0EP. Enquiries to sparnell115@aol.com or 01691 860188.
The attached photograph shows St Melangell’s Church, Pennant Melangell.
For immediate publication.
Submitted by:
John Hainsworth
Pennant Melangell Arts & Heritage Group
Tanymarian
Llangynog
Oswestry
SY10 0HA
01691 860549
john@rhiwarth.fsnet.co.uk
The Vikings are Coming! via Allan Harris on Flickr.
Spent the weekend up in York for the last day of the Jorvik Viking Festival. Swords, fire, fur and lots of shouty, bearded members of the Regia Anglorum re-enactment group. They had a big fight on the fields of the York racecourse, burned a ship, set off a bunch of fireworks and then retired to the pubs and clubs of York to drink and feast and make merry. All looked very spectacular – and there were loads of photo opportunities with Vikings on mobile phones and shopping at Marks and Spencer’s through the day.
Unfortunately, my camera failed at the last moment, so I had to nick this photo from Flickr, from Allan Harris’ photostream. Judging by his friends and photos, he’s possibly a re-enactor himself – or just a big Viking fan!
Anyway, next year I’m taking my sketchbook instead…
What’s on AtThe Willow Gallery – Feb – MarchIn the current exhibition Jood Gough a painter and printer has turned to 3D and Jas Davidson a sculptor has turned to drawing and painting…..an
interesting experiment!
Today I paid a visit to Rowanthorn in Bailey Street Oswestry and met Mike who runs it. Mike kindly allows Inside Out Art group to display works in a back area of the shop, and it was great to see Maddy’s work there looking great.
For the ARTWORKS project I have recently decided to make artworks in response to the Rowanthorn business. I was stunned by the colours, and of course also the fabrics, and this place has got me all enthused! Couldn’t leave without buying a scarf. It’s an Alladin’s cave. Don’t forget to drop buy sometime…. Welcome to our new website!
Marches Independent Photography
Marches Independent Photography is holding an exhibition of member’s work. We invite you to come and enjoy this, our fifth exhibition at:-
The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock
From 25th February until 15th April
We are a small informal group of photographers based around Shropshire and the Marches. All of the pictures on show have been selected by the person who produced them and not by a panel of judges. In this way we hope the exhibition reflects our aim of encouraging diversity and innovation alongside the development of classic photographic skills.
We welcome new members and visitors to any of our meetings.
Visit our website to see more of our work and news of meetings: www.mipgroup.org.uk
One of the greatest things about graffiti and street art in general is the way in which it utilises the urban, architectural environment as part of the composition of pieces. They are true site-specific works, as without their environment, their location and context, they mean so much less. Thoughtful, accomplished, responsive, interactive – if only more gallery-based work were like this. [Pictures via Diana Baur]
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Artists – say goodbye to all those gungy and unmanagegable bits of bubblewrap. Pay just a little more and continually re-use these bags.
They are amazingly strong and waterproof made to measure (or standard sized) bags for carrying paintings, and what’s more if you need any in a hurry, you can depend upon Gary to get them to you as in “almost yesterday!” You just email what you want and he will phone you for card details.
I cannot praise the product or the company enough.Stiffy Bag – The Art Bag Thanks Gary.
