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CLASS ACT AT TRAVELLERS GALLERY

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An entire art class and their tutor have entered work for this year’s Travellers Gallery Open Summer Exhibition held in Barry Station Café until 3^{rd September! Jane Hutt, who officially opened the exhibition, congratulated all the participants, including art tutor Steve Miller, who had encouraged his students to exhibit their work, most of them for the first time.}

"This Open Exhibition has attracted work from all over the Vale", commented Steve Miller, a Mind volunteer who helps to run the gallery in partnership with VOGA (Vale of Glamorgan Artists). The goodly crowd of friends and art lovers at the opening were also entertained by poetry and songs performed by Francis Page, Gethyn Clarke, Bryter Davis (vocals), Christopher Young and Clive Harris (guitars).

The exhibition will be open throughout the summer, Monday to Friday, mornings only. For more information, ring 01446 730792 or look at the websites

www.mindinthevale.org.uk and www.voga.org.uk.  If you require any further details on Steve Miller’s Art Course, please contact Steve on 07837436622.

Students Elizabeth Foster,Ceri Griffiths, Paul Griffiths, Linda Johns, Liam Roderkerken and Brian Power of Mind’s Tynewydd Centre Drawing class with their teacher Steve Miller and Services Co-ordinator, Caroline Chapman

 

POET PRAISES PAINTINGS AND CERAMICS

 

The well-known poet Francis Page performed three poems to celebrate the work of Barry artists Steven Miller and Nicala Hellinger, whose first two-person exhibition was officially opened by Paul Baker, Chair of VOGA (Vale of Glamorgan Artists) on 6th February. The goodly crowd of friends and art lovers at the preview were also entertained by songs and poetry performed by Bryher Davis, Clive Harris (on guitar) and Gethyn Clark.

 

In their art, both Steven Miller and Nicala Hellinger celebrate the power and beauty of the waters of Wales. Steve Miller wants his paintings, “ . .  to show the beauty of our natural environment, with its cascading waterfalls, lagoons, tidal systems, and standing water”. Nicala Hellinger adds that her ceramics “are meant to represent the strength and force, and also the fun and joy of water in our lives.” Steve’s colourful paintings and Nicala’s richly textures ceramics will be on view at the Travellers Gallery, Barry Station, mornings, Monday to Friday, until 26th March.

 

The Travellers Café is run by Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan as a work experience setting for people recovering from mental health problems, and the Gallery inside the Café is run in partnership with VOGA (www.voga.org.uk)

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WINTER EXHIBITION

Paintings, Drawing, Prints, Graphics etc

at

Travellers Cafe - Barry Station, Broad Street Barry

open weekdays 7am - 1pm until 29th January 2010

click here for more details

PASSIONATE COLOURIST SHOWS AT TRAVELLERS GALLERY, BARRY.

 

   

 The colour in Hilary Griffiths’ painting is intense and passionate, like the black and white of her photography. Both are currently on view at the Travellers Gallery, Barry Station. Although Hilary uses many techniques, she says, “The vein that runs through my work and unifies it is colour.  I use it instinctively.  Sometimes colour is there to convey an emotion but, conversely, it is often the emotion that is there in the first place that makes me paint using certain colours quite involuntarily.” 

 

Although she completed her training at Winchester School of art as a painter, Hilary is also intrigued by black and white photography, “because of its absolute lack of colour”. This forces her to rely on light and dark, “to express the emotion and meaning I get from colour”.

 

This lively exhibition has been arranged by Hilary working with Barry-based painter Alan Salisbury, member of the Welsh Group and a founder member of VOGA. The Travellers Café and Gallery is run by Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan as a work experience setting for people recovering from mental health problems. Hilary’s exhibition is open Monday to Friday, 7am to 1pm until Friday 13^th November. The deadline for the Gallery’s Open Winter Exhibition is also 13^th November, further details from the Gallery or from the website www.mindinthevale.org.uk or by ringing 01446 730792. For more about VOGA, visit www.voga.org.uk.

 

 

 

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ADVANCE NOTICE OF OPEN EXHIBITION

 

Calling all Artists!   This is an ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENTof an open exhibition, where anyone can enter work for a Traveller's Gallery WINTER exhibition over the Festive Season!

 

If you would like further information about the exhibition and how to enter your own work, please follow this link to our guidance sheet.

 

Make sure that you get sent the FURTHER DETAILS, nearer the time! Let the organisers know that you are interested, by sending them your contact details!

 

1) by email to admin@mindinthevale.org.uk 

 

or

 

2) by letter to:

29 ty-newydd rd

Barry

CF62 8HB

 

PLEASE NOTE: We encourage eveyone to take part, but there can be no guarantee to show all the work entered. We will show as much work as we can, judged by its quality, presentation and the available space. To allow room for more items, the maximum size will be A3 including frame (59 x 42 cms or 23 x 16.5 ins).

 

 

 

Young artists show their work

 

Pupils from Romilly School are showing their artwork at the Travellers Gallery at Barry Station, which is the school’s adopted station. The exhibition, called “These are Our Windows” involved artists Jean Francis and David Button working in collaboration with class teacher Fiona Rodgers and school Art co-ordinator Jane Mullane.  The six year olds created house facades with interiors behind each window and the reception class with Jane Mullane painted and collaged views of the Bristol Channel. The exhibition was officially opened by Jane Hutt, who has also arranged for the work to be shown at the Welsh

assembly after the Travellers Gallery exhibition closes on 14^th October. The Travellers Gallery is open Monday to Friday, 7am to 1pm in the Travellers Café which is run by Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan as a work experience setting for people recovering from mental health problems.

 

Artist Jean Francis is a member of VOGA (Vale of Glamorgan Artists), an artist group whose involvement with the community includes helping Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan to run the exhibition programme at the Travellers Gallery. Other recent community projects by VOGA include a Roman-themed exhibition, with a drawing workshop, at Dyffryn Gardens which was celebrating the centenary of the recently restored Pompeian Garden at Dyffryn’s European Heritage Weekend. VOGA has also provided the current exhibition showing until January 2010 in the Café at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant.

 

Future plans for the Travellers Gallery include an Open Winter Exhibition. For details, ring 01446 730792 or look on the website www.mindinthevale.org.uk 

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Charles Byrd show at Travellers Gallery, Barry Station.

 

 

Barry ‘boy’ Charles Byrd, aged 92, at his exhibition opened by the Deputy Mayor of Barry, Cllr Karl Kuhnell.

 

In addition to the large Charles Byrd exhibition in Art Central, a smaller exhibition of his joyful abstract paintings from the 1960’s will be open at the Travellers Gallery, Barry Station, through the summer. Travellers Café and Gallery is run by Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan as a work experience setting for people recovering from mental health problems.

 

None of the delightful paintings on display have been shown in public before, but they have been prepared for exhibition by his friend Cen Williams who said their glorious colours and lively designs would lift the spirits of everyone who saw them. Cen added that “they will oil the wheels of Mind” by their impact on people who work in and use the Café Gallery. Some visitors will be cheered, some might decide to go to another art exhibition, and some might even take up painting, all inspired by Charles Byrd. Charles then entertained the private view with stories of his early memories of Barry, where he had attended Romilly Road school, where he sang with the famous choir, and where he had never been given the cane! He then offered to donate his painting of Barry Docks to the town.

 

At the launch Mind in the Vale raised £65 from a combination of sales of a book about the work of Charles Byrd (generously donated and autographed by the artist) and donations. The lavishly illustrated book featuring a range of the artists work is still available for purchase at Travellers Cafe.

 

The Travellers Café Gallery is open Monday to Friday, 7am to 1pm. The exhibition lasts until Friday 11th September. Future plans include open exhibitions to be announced in the near future. For further information ring 01446 730792 or look on the websiteswww.mindinthevale.org.uk and www.voga.org.uk.

 

 

Drawing for Beginners at Tynewydd Centre

 

The Art Group who used to meet in the Tynewydd Centre on Friday morning have a new name: AIM (Artists In Mind) - they now meet on Wednesday evenings at Tynewydd Centre 6pm - 8pm. The course is open to anyone who wishes to improve their art ability, meet new people and gain confidence. If you are interested in joining the class or would like to find out more information, please contact Steve on 07837436622 or his website www.steves-world-of-art.com.

 

 

“Art is a therapy in its own right, it can help us to understand ourselves and gives a warm, relaxing and rewarding purpose to one’s self.”

 

 - Steven Miller (Course Tutor)