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Storiel - Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery




Exhibitions

Merched Chwarel 13 April - 7 September

Merched Chwarel is a group of four artists – Marged Pendrell, Jŵls Williams, Lisa Hudson and Lindsey Colbourne – whose work is connected to the quarries of North Wales where they each live and work. They will be joined for this project by the curator, Jill Piercy.

As a group of emerging and established artists, Merched Chwarel have developed their ideas with the support of a research and development grant from the Arts Council of Wales. They used this initial phase of their collaboration to search for traces of women’s footsteps and explore physical presence in a previously male‐dominated environment. Their research process was based on walking together in the quarries together with community engagement that developed a layered inquiry exploring industrial heritage, identity, mapping, connection to place, language, mark making and the response of contemporary ‘Merched’ to the quarry legacy.

Wil Rowlands - Moving On 14 September - 4 January

In response to changes in the land, people, language, the paintings explore erosion of things we see and feel and considers how another beauty takes its place.

Dylan Arnold - Hidden Wales - 14 September - 16 November

Where once there was life and energy, these now hidden and forgotten places sit in suspended silence. These atmospheric photographs offer a glimpse of stories from that past that are slowly fading.

Kim Atkinson + Ian Phillips 14 September - 2 November

Bardsey, Holy Isle. The rugged coast, wildlife and people at work portrayed in limited edition relief prints by these two wel- respected artists.

Exhibition opening - Wil Rowlands, Dylan Arnold, Kim Atkinson + Ian Phillips

29 August- 13 September 2019

Join us at the Opening Friday 13 September 6.30 – 8.00 pm

Cefyn Burgess, Sian Owen - Slate - 24 August - 12 October

24 August - 12 October 2019

Examples of carved slate at Storiel. These were carved by quarrymen in the 19th century, mostly found at Dyffryn Ogwen. Also shown are contemporary woven textile designs and mixed media prints inspired by patterns on carved slate.

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