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Art Makes You Speak - Sketchy Welsh's Guide to discussing Art
Josh Morgan (Sketchy Welsh)
12 September 2024
Josh Morgan (Sketchy Welsh)
12 September 2024
Maps, art and decolonisation
Ellie King, Assistant Maps Curator, National Library of Wales
6 September 2024
Ellie King, Assistant Maps Curator, National Library of Wales
6 September 2024
Decolonising the National Art Collection
Morfudd Bevan, Art Curator, National Library of Wales
29 August 2024
Morfudd Bevan, Art Curator, National Library of Wales
29 August 2024
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Idyll and Industry: Curating the exhibition at the National Library of Wales
Mari Elin Jones, Interpretation Officer, National Library of Wales
16 August 2024
Mari Elin Jones, Interpretation Officer, National Library of Wales
16 August 2024
Teulu (Family) Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Ffion Rhys, Curator and Elin Vaughan Crowley, Artist - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
3 June 2024
Ffion Rhys, Curator and Elin Vaughan Crowley, Artist - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
3 June 2024
New poems by pupils across Wales
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
7 May 2024
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
7 May 2024
Dhruva Mistry: From study to sculpture
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
24 April 2024
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
24 April 2024
Behind the Scenes: Conservation
Sarah Bayliss and Kitty Caiden, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
15 April 2024
Sarah Bayliss and Kitty Caiden, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
15 April 2024
Con Brio Centrepiece: A P&O Makower Trust commission
Andrew Renton, Head of Design Collections, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 March 2024
Andrew Renton, Head of Design Collections, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 March 2024
Cyfoes Exhibition: National Library of Wales
Morfudd Bevan and Nia Dafydd, National Library of Wales
19 March 2024
Morfudd Bevan and Nia Dafydd, National Library of Wales
19 March 2024
Immersive Heritage and Folklore: A project for Amgueddfa Cymru and Llenyddiaeth Cymru
Annabel Moller
29 February 2024
Annabel Moller
29 February 2024
Artes Mundi 10: A new work for the Derek Williams Trust and Amgueddfa Cymru
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
9 February 2024
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
9 February 2024
Comparing two artists: John Selway and Denys Short
Nicholas Thornton, Head of Fine and Contemporary Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
18 January 2024
Nicholas Thornton, Head of Fine and Contemporary Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
18 January 2024
A new acquisition: David Shrigley's Pulped Fiction
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 December 2023
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 December 2023
New British Sculpture of the 1980s
Jennifer Dudley, Art Collections Management and Access Curator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
20 November 2023
Jennifer Dudley, Art Collections Management and Access Curator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
20 November 2023
Broken Yet Beautiful
Apekshit Sharma, Curatorial Intern, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
14 November 2023
Apekshit Sharma, Curatorial Intern, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
14 November 2023
Art in Hospitals: Working with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Sara Treble-Parry and Steph Roberts
15 September 2023
Sara Treble-Parry and Steph Roberts
15 September 2023
7 Quick Questions with Chloe Jones from the Demystifying Acquisitions Group
Chloe Jones
31 July 2023
Chloe Jones
31 July 2023
Demystifying Acquisitions: label writing, conservation and going against the grain – a look behind the curtain
Abraham Makanjuola
28 July 2023
Abraham Makanjuola
28 July 2023
The Chester Play of the Deluge - David Jones from sketch to print
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 April 2023
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 April 2023
What Can you Do in a Gallery?
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
5 April 2023
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
5 April 2023
Brutally Honest: The Female Genital Mutilation Series by Paula Rego
Melissa Munro, Senior Curator: Derek Williams Collection
12 February 2023
Melissa Munro, Senior Curator: Derek Williams Collection
12 February 2023
The Rules of Art? A discussion with artist Caroline Walker
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 February 2023
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 February 2023
Welsh Football and Art
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
25 January 2023
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
25 January 2023
Cynfas Issues
Issue 9: Sustainability
Historical attitudes towards cut flowers and making sustainable choices today
Lowri Kirkham
25 July 2022
Lowri Kirkham
25 July 2022
Issue 8: Making New Work – Artists Respond to the Now
Making New Work: Artists Respond to the Now
Amgueddfa Cymru and Arts Council of Wales
20 December 2021
Amgueddfa Cymru and Arts Council of Wales
20 December 2021
Issue 7: Power, Money and Visual Culture
The Writing on the Wall: Marginalised Communities and Graffiti as Resistance
Georgia Day
24 November 2021
Georgia Day
24 November 2021
Issue 1: Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter: Moving from Black History to Black bodies, the politics projected onto them and the memories they hold.
Umulkhayr Mohamed
13 October 2020
Umulkhayr Mohamed
13 October 2020
Liquid Gold: looking at the liquidity of meaning and merit ascribed to gold across time and cultures
Sharon Kostini & Maoa Eliam
13 October 2020
Sharon Kostini & Maoa Eliam
13 October 2020
Reimagining Ndidi Ekubia’s The Punchbowl and ladle as an allegory for identity, hope and change
Korkor Kanor
13 October 2020
Korkor Kanor
13 October 2020