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Sat 6th Jul 13 Sat 13th Jul 13 WORKSHOP Sat 6th Jul 13 Sat 6th Jul 13 STARTS 9.30 am OPEN to PUBLIC Basic Camera Skills With Richard Booth 9.30am – 4.30pm Members of MWA £38 Non-members £40 (to include teas, coffees and a light lunch) Tutor – Richard Booth GET BEYOND SHOOTING IN AUTO MODE A one day workshop designed for those who wish to develop their skills with the digital camera for more creative and professional looking results. This workshop is specifically for digital SLR cameras with manual controls. For more information, and to book your place contact info@midwalesarts.org.uk You will need a DSLR camera and preferably a tripod. Richard’s photography career has included commercial commission work alongside various personal projects and contracts with several photo libraries specialising in architecture and music, (AKG, RIBA, Lebrecht, the architectural association). He has had work published in USA, UK, other parts of Europe, and Japan. Richard exhibited at the Architectural Association, London in 1999 and 2000 and, more recently, at The Great Oak Cafe gallery, Llanidloes in 2008 with showings at Silent Voices gallery, Hay-on-Wye, The Gallery, Bishop’s Castle, and a one man show at The Courtyard Gallery, Hereford. Currently, work can be seen at the Maesmawr Gallery, Caersws. Of his work Richard says, “Many aspects within our environment are often taken for granted or overlooked completely. Using the camera as my tool of enquiry, my interest lies in the possibilities revealed by close observation of the landscape and its components. The ordinary, on closer inspection, can become the extraordinary.” Fri 22nd Mar 13 WORKSHOP Sat 13th Jul 13 Sat 13th Jul 13 STARTS 9.30 am OPEN to PUBLIC An Introduction To Landscape Photography With Richard Booth 9.30am – 4.30pm Members of MWA £38 Non-members £40 (to include teas, coffees and a light lunch) Tutor – Richard Booth This one-day workshop will teach you how to shoot landscapes and buildings, through class based work and in-the-field exercises. This workshop is specifically for digital SLR cameras with manual controls. you will need a tripod and preferably a remote release control but this is not essential. If you have graduated neutral density filters, please bring them along. For more information, and to book yor place contact info@midwalesarts.org.uk Sun 14th Apr 13 EXHIBITION Fri 22nd Mar 13 Sun 27th Oct 13 STARTS 11-4 OPEN to PUBLIC Past Present Future NEW SCULPTURE TRAIL: Carved Stone Sculpture by 3 generations of master sculptors with local connections: John Paddison, Nick Lloyd, Rhys Jones, Jean Lawley Maitland, Saffron Waghorn. We are very pleased to announce this latest expansion of our sculpture trail. It builds on our existing collection and makes use of newly reclaimed areas of the farm. We are grateful to the artists concerned for loaning their works. Thu 18th Jul 13 EXHIBITION Sun 14th Apr 13 Sun 18th Aug 13 STARTS 11am OPEN to PUBLIC Relative Values The artistic gene, new Art dynasties, can you see any relationship between works in this exhibition by practising artists who are also Father and Daughter or Mother and Son, Father and Son, Mother and Daughter? This evolving exhibition begins with works by Nicky and Peter Arscott, can you work out who painted what? See artists Thu 17th Oct 13 POETRY EVENT Thu 18th Jul 13 Thu 18th Jul 13 STARTS 8pm OPEN to PUBLIC Mid Wales Poetry Open Mic Evening Our regular open mic poetry evening in the relaxed atmoshpere of the gallery, for all those who enjoy poetry. • Bring a favourite poem to read • Read or perform your own work • Or just come and listen! Guest poet: Gill McEvoy Gill McEvoy lives in Chester where she runs several regular poetry events: Zest! open floor poetry nights; The Poem Shed, a small workshop group; the Golden Pear poetry reading group; and Poem Catchers which offers poetry writing workshops in Cheshire and elsewhere. Gill has 2 pamphlets from Happenstance Press: "Uncertain Days" and "A Sampler", and a full collection from Cinnamon Press "The Plucking Shed". A second full collection "Rise" is due this year from Cinnamon Press. She is a Hawthornden Fellow. Hosted by Jane Dards Admission £3. All welcome. Licensed bar. Cafe-style seating. A chance to view the current exhibition. For more information, contact Jane Dards (01686 689082 or email jane@janedards.co.uk) or Cathy Knapp (MWAC) Wed 5th Jun 13 POETRY EVENT Thu 17th Oct 13 Thu 17th Oct 13 STARTS 8pm OPEN to PUBLIC Mid Wales Poetry Open Mic Evening Our regular open mic poetry evening in the relaxed atmoshpere of the gallery, for all those who enjoy poetry. • Bring a favourite poem to read • Read or perform your own work • Or just come and listen! Guest poet: Emma Purshouse. Emma is a freelance performance poet, writer, stand-up comedienne and workshop facilitator. She lives in the City of Wolverhampton a few miles north of Birmingham. Emma performs her work nationally, is a published author and winner of poetry slams. See: http://www.emmapurshouse.co.uk/ Hosted by Jane Dards Admission £3. All welcome. Licensed bar. Cafe-style seating. A chance to view the current exhibition. For more information, contact Jane Dards (01686 689082 or email jane@janedards.co.uk) or Cathy Knapp (MWAC) Fri 9th Aug 13 WORKSHOP Wed 5th Jun 13 Thu 6th Jun 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC Enamelling Master Class Enamelling MASTERCLASS with Edward Heath, Cathy Knapp and Elizabeth Turrell Supported by Glasu 5th & 6th June Day or residential. Limited places. Sponsored by Glasu. Free tuition. This 2 day course is open to practising artists, working in any medium and at any stage of their career who wish to learn or develop their skill in enamelling. There will be opportunities to experiment and share knowledge. Edward Heath trained and worked with Stefan Knapp on large scale international murals before becoming head of Enamelling at Kingston School of Art. He later set up and ran H&C Design Co. Elizabeth Turrell is Senior Research Fellow in Enamel at the Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE, she has a world wide reputation as a renowned enamel artist, researcher and academic and is in demand internationally. Cathy Knapp worked with her husband for many years and studied enamelling at Central School of Art. She is an experienced qualified teacher, taught enamelling and was Head of a School Art Department for several years. Sat 8th Jun 13 WORKSHOP Fri 9th Aug 13 Fri 9th Aug 13 STARTS 10am OPEN to children Drawing Animals With Artist Nicky Arscott. Come and enjoy learning how to draw animals on the Art Farm at Maesmawr. Real life opportunity to study animals and get technical help and advice, materials provided. All levels of ability welcome. 10-12 or 1-3 £10. All day £15( bring a packed lunch) concessions for families. Thu 13th Jun 13 WORKSHOP Sat 8th Jun 13 Sat 8th Jun 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC Enamelling Workshop Taster Session A one day free taster session open to artists and students interested in learning how to enamel (fuse glass to steel). Expert tuition on hand provided by Edward Heath and Cathy Knapp. You will have the opportunity to experiment with different methods of application and produce a finished tile. Materials included. Sponsored by Glasu Sun 2nd Jun 13 WORKSHOP Thu 13th Jun 13 Thu 13th Jun 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC Felting Workshops With Nicola Knapton and Karen Gomm. Felt is the earliest known fabric and remains of felt have been found dating from the Bronze Age. Felting is an easy process to learn and exciting results can be obtained very quickly. Using the wonderful Mid Wales landscape as just one source of inspiration Nicola is an experienced teacher and practising artist. She will guide you through the process and encourage you to develop your ideas, whether you want to make something to wear, or a piece of fine art or sculpture. Weekly sessions start on Thursday afternoons from 13th June. Materials included. £25 per session Sat 17th Aug 13 EXHIBITION Sun 2nd Jun 13 Sun 7th Jul 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC New Felt Design Nicola Knapton is a trained Textile artist and workshop leader who has now chosen to use felt and explore it's potential as a sculptural and picture making medium. An exhibition of Felt work by Nicola and Karen Gomm will be in the gallery and series of Felt workshops will be held on Thursday and Saturdays this summer at the gallery. Sun 18th Aug 13 WORKSHOP Sat 17th Aug 13 Sun 18th Aug 13 STARTS 10am OPEN to PUBLIC Ceramic Sculpture Week End You will have the opportunity to hand build imaginative forms and structures in inspiring surroundings using clay and learn how to use and build a Raku Kiln Taught by Vicky Ware and Cathy Knapp. Vicky lives and works in her studio in Llawryglyn and is currently working on scale 'pillar project'. She exhibits locally and nationally. This is a 2 day weekend course and reasonably priced 4 * residential accommodation is available on request. Party bookings considered for up to 10 people. 17th and 18th August or by arrangement Work will be fired 2 weeks later. £70 for 2 day course including refreshments .There will be a small fee for materials and firing charged according to weight and size. Contact info@midwalesartsfor a booking form/ more information Sat 29th Jun 13 EXHIBITION Sun 18th Aug 13 Sun 29th Sep 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC Open Exhibition 'food For Thought' This year the subject matter for our ‘Open Exhibition’ is ’Food for thought’ and it is wide open for your interpretation. Dates: 18th August –29th September 2013 Please submit up to 5  j peg images by 8th July with title, medium, size, a brief biography and resume to info@midwalesarts.org.uk. We will let you know our decision by 20th July If successful we will invite you to bring a number of works to the gallery for final selection before the end of July Please come and visit us beforehand, keep an eye on our web site and don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any further information. Fri 16th Aug 13 WORKSHOP Sat 29th Jun 13 Sat 29th Jun 13 STARTS 10 OPEN to PUBLIC All Day Felting Workshop With Nicola Knapton and Karen Gomm. Felt is the earliest known fabric and remains of felt have been found dating from the Bronze Age. Felting is an easy process to learn and exciting results can be obtained very quickly. Using the wonderful Mid Wales landscape as just one source of inspiration Nicola is an experienced teacher and practising artist. She will guide you through the process and encourage you to develop your ideas, whether you want to make something to wear, or a piece of fine art or sculpture. 29th June in the newly converted art studio. Materials included. £40 contact MWAC to book your place Sat 10th Aug 13 WORKSHOP Fri 16th Aug 13 Fri 16th Aug 13 STARTS 10-3 OPEN to Families Drawing Animals Family Day With Artist Nicky Arscott. Come and have fun learning how to draw, paint and print animals on the Art Farm at Maesmawr. Real life opportunity to study animals and get technical help and advice, materials provided. All levels of ability welcome. £20 per family (based on one adult and 2 children £5 per extra child) bring a packed lunch, refreshments available Sun 14th Jul 13 WORKSHOP Sat 10th Aug 13 Sat 10th Aug 13 STARTS 10am OPEN to Adults Drawing Animals (adults) With Artist Nicky Arscott. Come and enjoy learning how to draw and paint animals on the Art Farm at Maesmawr. Real life opportunity to study animals and get technical help and advice, wide range of materials provided. All levels of ability welcome. £25 Thu 11th Jul 13 EXHIBITION Sun 14th Jul 13 Sun 11th Aug 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC French Exchange Artist and Sociologist Anne Guibert-Lassalle presents a new series of “Plumes et trames – Feathers and fibres” Variations with fabrics and pigments. Devices based on the same head of grouse with an open beak. Illustrating an extract from Jean Giono’s novel, Le chant du monde, The Song of the World, first published in 1934. This short and funny text about spring and birds plays on vocal repetitions. So the text itself suggests the use of a same picture echoing in different forms. Born in1960 in Algeria, she spent a nomadic childhood in Africa and France, and studied French, Greek and Latin literature, decorative arts, English and oriental languages,. She taught French in Scotland, then spent some years analysing geopolitics for the French army. At 45, she decided to return to work full time in the visual arts. Mother of 6, she left Paris to live in a tiny village by the sea in Brittany. In her work she mixes traditional pigments and fabrics. She is a doctor in sociology of arts, teaches illustration and visual arts and acts as curator to an annual textile art fair in Central Brittany, called Détissages (www.détissages.fr).This is the first time her work will be seen in the UK Sat 3rd Aug 13 EXHIBITION Thu 11th Jul 13 Thu 11th Jul 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC Farming The Old Kingdom Exhibition Of Photographs Over the last 4 years Chris Clunn has taken a series of black and white photographs of hill farmers that work in this rugged, mountainous and most uncompromising regions of Northwest Wales. The result is a collection of poignant images documenting the world of these people whose lives are entrenched in the land, rich with heritage, language and history. Sat 25th May 13 WORKSHOP Sat 3rd Aug 13 Sat 3rd Aug 13 STARTS 10am OPEN to PUBLIC Drawing On The Harp Welsh Harp teacher Kay Davies along with Gay Roberts invite you to a Harp workshop in the inspiring atmosphere of the Sculpture Hall with a difference. Cathy Knapp will lead a drawing session in the morning, drawing instruments and musicians from life and an afternoon session of painting to music . Bring along your Harp or preferred drawing materials. ( Some drawing materials will be available) and enjoy a lively, arts day with a delicious lunch included. Harp workshop £35. Drawing workshop £25 Fri 31st May 13 MUSIC EVENT Sat 25th May 13 Sat 25th May 13 STARTS 8pm OPEN to PUBLIC Peace Love And Potatoes.... John Hegley In Concert Come along with a picnic and start the summer season in the company of John Hegley. He was born in Newington Green, North London and educated in Luton, Bristol and Bradford University. His first public performance monies came from busking his songs, initially outside a shoeshop in Hull, in the late Seventies. He performed on the streets of London in the early Eighties, fronting the Popticians, with whom he also recorded two sessions for John Peel, and has since been a frequent performer of his words, sung and spoken, on both local and national radio. He has produced ten books of verse and prose pieces, two CDs and one mug, but his largest source of income is from stages on his native island. An Edinburgh Festival regular, he is noted for his exploration of such diverse topics as dog hair, potatoes, handkerchieves and the misery of human existence. He is an occasional DJ, dancer and workshop leader, using drawing, poetry and gesture. He has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts from what is now the University of Bedfordshire, and once performed in a women's prison in Columbia. We eagerly await his performance in a former sheep shed cum Sculpture Hall in Wales! EXHIBITION Fri 31st May 13 Fri 31st May 13 STARTS OPEN to PUBLIC Astronomical Landscapes- New Sculpture Chris Williams undertook an artist's residency in 2012, staying at MWA, supported by the Welsh Arts Council. We are delighted that he has chosen to exhibit 9 simply beautiful works made from locally sourced, native species of wood and inspired by the rhythms and contours of our landscape here where they reflect a true sense of place. Artist Statement: Astronomical Landscapes is an exhibition of sculpture that combines natural materials many with a Welsh origin sourced not far from the surrounding landscape of Mid Wales with the scientific and theoretical world of astronomy, cosmology and physics. The forms represent dramatic landscapes of gravity and energy that exist as unobservable masses of great size, yet these sculptures bring this subject to a human scale and attempt to reveal them in a more accessible way and open them up to a wider audience. The connection with this area of Mid Wales is further reinforced by the use of the co2 Laser cutter at Coed Cymru, Tregynon to cut the components that make up the work. Techniques of Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture were employed to design and make the sculptures before they were assembled at the artist’s studio. My approach to the construction of my art work stems from my background training and experience as a furniture maker and craftsman. I make work from traditional materials, usually timber, both natural and man made. I employ my various hand making skills when constructing my work which includes wood turning, carving and cabinetmaking.