If you missed this exhibition this could be the next best thing.
How galleries have replaced churches……..methinks!
Category: Art
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…
In 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!
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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Lost in Lace and the 10 Leonardo drawings, along with vegetable chilli and great company
– a memorable day for Paul, Fran, Linda, Sandy and Diana.
Anyone else out there interested in comics?
Are there any illustrators, writers or artists out there interested in getting together to share skills on comics?
As most people know, I’ve become very interested in comics following publication of the comic book I wrote with Kirsti Evans about Asperger Syndrome – “Something Different About Dad“. Since then I’ve become involved in the use of comics in medicine and medical education through a series of international conferences organised through Graphic Medicine. I’m also now working on the use of comics in archaeology through the Visualisation in Archaeology workshop and conference project at Southampton University.
I think comics are a much underrated medium, and bring together image and text in really exciting ways – I think they have great potential for educators in all fields as well as those interested more generally in story-telling and narrative.
Is anyone out there also working on comics or comics-related stuff in and around Oswestry? Are you interested in getting together to share ideas, etc.? If so, leave a comment and I’ll get in touch.
"My Child" - Can Candan, 2012. Independent documentary film - www.indiegogo.com/My-CHILD-Parents-of-LGBTs-in-Turkey-speak-out
We don’t often post about independent film and video art on this blog, but there’s no reason why we shouldn’t.
“My Child” is a new documentary directed by my friend and former colleague, Can Candan (in Turkish you pronounce “C” as a “J”, so his name is pronounced Jan Jandan). I worked with him and his wife many years ago in Turkey when he was working on films about the impact of archaeological projects on local communities. Now he’s doing somewhat more political material – which can be a dangerous thing for a film director in Turkey. Can and his wife have been active recently in courageously opposing the unlawful detention of intellectuals and artists in the country – something we imagine can’t happen in a country like Britain.
The link above will take you to the indiegogo film site where there is a trailer for the documentary.
If anyone’s particularly interested in seeing the finished film, you can find Can on Facebook, and I’m sure he can tell you how to get hold of a copy.
