Celf
Celf is pleased to announce their second annual Summer Show. The exhibition will highlight work by gallery artist Shani Rhys James, Mary Lloyd Jones, Kevin Sinnott, Harry Holland, John MacFarlane, Eleri Mills, Stephen Young, Clive Hicks Jenkins, Annette Marie Townsend, Patrick Volk, Sally Moore, Iwan Gwyn Parry, Sigrid Muller, Vivienne Williams, Catrin Williams, Sarah Thwaites, Daniel Crawshaw, Philip Archer, Mary Griffiths, Richard Barrett, Oliver Gaiger, Karina Rosanne Barrett, Carl Chappel, Gethin Evans, Clarissa Galliano, Lynee Cartlidge and Sally James Thomas.
In addition to new work by gallery artists, they are also delighted to introduce St. Ives artist Gareth Edwards into the fold, a contemporary artist of abstract landscape paintings.
Born in London in 1960, Gareth is a graduate of University of London and postgraduate of Goldsmiths College of Art, London. He now lives in Newlyn in West Cornwall, and works in the Porthmeor Studios in St. Ives, Cornwall, adjacent to the Tate Gallery. He exhibits regularly in the UK and internationally in Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.
His poetic works aim to articulate the intricate relationship between art and nature, thoughtfully balancing elements of traditional landscape painting with abstraction. Demonstrating a powerful approach to process, Gareth’s work invites us to contemplate ideas of the human journey – our physical journey through time and space, and our psychological journey of existence. At their heart, his paintings aspire to a state of beauty and to what the artist describes as ’emotional weather’, exploring equivalents in external environment and internal atmosphere.
Pam
Pam, formerly Made in Roath, a common art collective, is an artist-run organisation that works at a grassroots level to support an ecosystem of inclusive, artistic activity in the east of Cardiff. They work with broadcast, print, growing, cooking and eating with artists and communities, particularly those who are lesser heard, and less likely to have access to resources.
Pam runs projects and programmes from their spaces at 1a Inverness Place and Braeval Street Studios, including a darkroom, community garden and sound studio. Each project is the result of a direct need within the community, and their aim is for these to be long-term and embedded.
Pam Open! – 10th July-9th August
Hosted by g39
Oxford Street, Cardiff, CF24 3DT / 029 2047 3633 / Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm
Truly open calls can be hard to find, but this exhibition is truly art for art’s sake – and one that Pam has proudly pioneered since 2009, at the very first Made in Roath festival. The results are always a wonderful, inclusive and eclectic exhibition, much like Roath herself.
Own Art / Ein Celf is an interest-free loan available for purchasing work, with no deposit required, from art galleries throughout Roath and beyond. Find out more at www.ownart.org.uk.
