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Oriel Dafydd Hardy looks for new a home
Laura Chamberlain
A Caernarfon art gallery that has supported and exhibited the work of emerging north Walian artists for the past four years is looking for new premises for its future development. Oriel Dafydd Hardy is an alternative, youth-focused arts venue that currently runs from the basement of Dafydd Har...
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拢27.5m boost for Pontio arts centre, Bangor
Laura Chamberlain
Pontio, the new arts and innovation centre planned by Bangor University, has received a massive boost with the announcement of a funding injection worth 拢27.5million. The university unveiled plans for the project earlier this year, which is set to include a 550-seat theatre, cinema space, studio theatre and an outdoor amphitheatre, plus social facilities such as bars, dining and family friendly park areas. The Pontio project will receive 拢12.5m from the European Regional Development Fund, and 拢15m from the Welsh Assembly Government towards the 拢37m cost. Other funds will come from the Arts Council of Wales and the university. An artist's impression of the Pontio project at Bangor University. Read more on the story on the 成人论坛 north west Wales website.
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National Museum Wales unveils William Dyce painting
Laura Chamberlain
National Museum Wales today revealed that it has made an important purchase for Welsh art - William Dyce's painting Welsh Landscape with Two Women Knitting, dating from 1860. William Dyce's Welsh Landscape with Two Women Knitting, 1860 漏 Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. The painti...
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Bangor University unveils 拢35m arts centre plan
Laura Chamberlain
Bangor University has recently unveiled plans for a new 拢35m Arts and Innovation Centre that will include a theatre, cinema space and an outdoor amphitheatre, plus social facilities such as bars, dining and family friendly park areas. An artist's impression of the Pontio project at Bangor Uni...
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Mostyn preview on Radio Wales Arts Show
Laura Chamberlain
This week's 成人论坛 Radio Wales Arts Show takes a sneaky peak at the newly redeveloped and rebranded Mostyn (formerly Oriel Mostyn Gallery) in Llandudno, following its three-year, 拢5.1m refit and expansion. Mostyn reopens officially to the public on Saturday 22 May 2010 but, ahead of the grand u...
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Half-term art and craft workshops at Swansea's Glynn Vivian gallery
Laura Chamberlain
Children of all ages have the opportunity to get arty this half term holiday as the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea is staging free art and craft workshops. Activities on offer for children aged from five to 16 include script writing and performing, teepee making, sculpture making and textiles workshops. Photograph of young people at previous arts workshops at the Glynn Vivian Gallery 漏 Ken Dickinson 2010.
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Renovation begins on Neath's Gwyn Hall
Laura Chamberlain
Work has begun on the refurbishment of Gwyn Hall in Neath following the fire that largely destroyed the community arts centre in 2007. Holder Mathias Architects are responsbile for the renovation, which is set to include a 400-seat state of the art community theatre, 70-seat cinema, studio, new cafe and entrance area. The project is due to be completed in the autumn of 2012. An impression of the 拢7m renovation of Gwyn Hall. Photograph 漏 Holder Mathias Architects.
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Barbican boss to take helm at Wales Millennium Centre
Laura Chamberlain
The director of one of Europe's largest arts centres is to take over as the chief executive of the Wales Millennium Centre. Mark Taylor, currently at the helm of the Barbican in London, will step into Judith Isherwood's shoes as she moves on from her role at the iconic arts venue in the heart...
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Arts and innovation centre for Bangor University
成人论坛 Wales Arts
Design work has started on an arts and innovation centre at Bangor University which will house cutting edge teaching and learning facilities and a range of indoor and outdoor performance spaces including a theatre. University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Fergus Lowe, who is leading the p...
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A new Chapter
Nicola Heywood Thomas
Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre is being officially re-launched this week. It's had a glossy new look and, more importantly, the former school has undergone major structural changes and improvements over the last 12 months or so. The re-development has cost the best part of 拢4 million and has com...
