The Celebration of Contemporary Welsh Painting, which has taken place in 13 venues across Wales since July last year, aims to give exhibition space to some of Wales’s most significant painters and those who are up-and-coming, as well as featuring high-quality work from students in colleges and/or schools. As it has from the beginning, the Celebration of Contemporary Welsh Painting will aim to ensure that at least 50 per cent of the featured artists are women, reflecting the many talented but previously under-represented women painting in Wales.
Established in 1878, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest independent museum in Wales, with a focus on the story of Tenby and surrounding area through prehistory, social history and art.
The second of the museum’s two impressive art galleries will be hosting the Celebration exhibition, and will include artists such as Claudia Williams, one of Wales’s most popular and collectable artists, Grahame Hurd-Wood, a renowned Pembrokeshire artist who often paints en plein air, Meirion Jones, whose work is an expression of living in the community and landscape of West Wales. Also exhibiting is Nicholas Jones, known otherwise as Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers, who had his first solo exhibition at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery in 2018.
The exhibition officially opens on Saturday, January 7 and is open to the public from Wednesday 11. It runs until Saturday, February 18. Further information available from the Curator Mark Lewis: [email protected] or www.tenbymuseum.org.uk
To find out more about all the previous exhibitions in the 2022-23 Celebration of Contemporary Welsh Painters, visit www.cowcp.co.uk