Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium: 08/03/2009

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Tŷ Crawshay, Pontypridd: Ian Grainger Exhibit Runs 23 March to 24 April 2009

[Pictured above: The Grade 2 listed Tŷ Crawshay building on the University of Glamorgan’s Treforest campus.]

My dear and esteemed colleague Dr. Ceri Thomas writes to us:

3/3/09

Colleagues,

The next art exhibition in Ty Crawshay, Pontypridd, runs from 23 March to 24 April 2009. It is:-

Ian Grainger (1942-2007): selected works

Looking forward to seeing you at the private view on Thursday 26 March (6 - 8 pm). Details are attached.

Ceri

Dr Ceri Thomas
Curator - University of Glamorgan Art Collections
Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries
University of Glamorgan
The Lodge (A1/13)
Pontypridd CF37 1DL

Here is the info taken from the event poster:

Ian Grainger (1942-2007):
selected works
an exhibition of works on paper
Monday 23 March to Friday 24 April 2009
A35 gallery

Tŷ Crawshay, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL
Open Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm

Closed Friday 10, Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 April 2009

For more information please contact the curator Dr Ceri Thomas,
tel 01443 482077 e-mail cthomas1[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

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Wednesday, 11 March 2009

AHRC Ireland-Wales Research Network Symposium April 17-18

Posted below for your information are some highlights of the programme for the 3rd Symposium of the AHRC Ireland-Wales Research Network, to be held at Aberystwyth University on 17-18 April 2009.

The theme of the meeting is ‘Cultural Institutions and Creativity in Ireland and Wales’.

Please contact the organizers Paul O’Leary, Claire Connolly and Katie Gramich at irelandwales[at]aber[dot]ac[dot]uk

3rd Symposium of the AHRC Ireland-Wales Network:

Cultural Institutions and Creativity in Ireland and Wales
17-18 April 2009, Aberystwyth University

Room A12, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University

Friday 17 April

9 am Coffee and registration

10 am
Shaun Richards (University of ), ‘Did that play of mine ...? Conflict, Conformity and Commerce in the National Theatre of Ireland.’

Anwen Jones (Aberystwyth University ), ‘Dramas of Devolution - A History of the Idea of National Theatre in Wales and Ireland.’

11 am Coffee

11.30 pm
Niamh Hourigan (Cork University), ‘Media Power and People Power: A Comparison of Campaigns for Welsh and Irish Language Television Services’

Steve Blandford (Glamorgan University), ‘Questions of Identity and the Creative Industries in Contemporary Wales’

12.30 am
Title: ‘Theatre, Media and the Creative Industries in Ireland and Wales’

Interviews / Readings with Ceri Sherlock (BBC Wales)
Lloyd Trott (RADA)

1.30 — 2.30 pm Lunch

2.30-3.30
Michael Houlihan (National Museum of Wales), ‘Can authoritative, cultural institutions be creative? Accountability and creativity in National Museums.’

Andrew Green (National Library of Wales), ‘Making the far near: the National Library of Wales and digitisation’

3.30 pm Tea

4 – 5 pm
Fintan Cullen (Nottingham University), ‘The National and the International: Donating Modern Art in Dublin and Cardiff in the Early Twentieth Century’

John Wilson (University of ), ‘Industrialism and Culture: The Civic and National Context of Art in South Wales, c.1800-1914’

5pm Drinks LOCATION TBC

6.00 pm

Prof. John Horgan (Irish Press Ombudsman) and Geraint Talfan Davies (Chairman of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and of the Welsh National Opera) [Public Lecture]
‘Y Drwm’, National Library of Wales

7.30 pm Dinner

Saturday 18 April

10 am
Brian O Conchubair (Notre Dame University), ‘The Welsh Influence on the Irish Language Revival’

M Wynn Thomas (Swansea University), ‘Creating a National Consciousness: Cymru Fydd, Young Ireland and the Pan-Celtic movement.’

11.00 am Coffee

11.30 am
Rob Savage (Boston College), ‘Finding a Voice? The Irish language and Telefís Éireann 1960-1972’

Jamie Medhurst (Aberystwyth University), ‘ITV in Wales: Broadcasting's Poor Relation?’

12.30-1.30 pm Lunch

4.30 p.m. Symposium Close

AHRC Ireland-Wales Research Network