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Exhibitions
Tickets are no longer available to purchase online. You can still purchase tickets for Fringe events (where applicable) through the Borough Theatre on 01873 850805. Tickets will be held for collection at the Borough Theatre.
Abergavenny Museum
Castle St, Abergavenny, Gwent NP7 5EE
Tel: 01873 854 282
www.abergavennymuseum.co.uk
Owen Sheers Exhibition
Saturday 17 September – Friday 28 January 2012
Thursday & Friday: 11.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10.00am – 5.00pm
FREE entry
An exhibition based on Resistance - the novel by Owen Sheers, which is set in the nearby Olchon Valley. Look at the wartime stories unique to Abergavenny, including the themes explored in the novel and the making of the film. Plus artefacts, film props, memorabilia and oral histories.
The Art Shop
8 Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EH
Tel: 01873 852 690
www.artshopandgallery.co.uk
The Art Shop Festival Fete
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September
Enjoy The Art Shop's food festival! Buy hand printed Kitchen Utensil wrapping papers, thick linen aprons, big recipe scrap-books and textiles for your table by Jessie Chorley and Cornelia O'Donovan RCA, alongside tableware by new makers. Listen to a blend of folk, jazz and Irish music- a live performance by acclaimed musicians Pippa Marland and Rob King 'Carmina'. All spilling out onto the street outside their shop.
Exhibition at The Art Shop
Tuesday 13 September - Saturday 1 October
Tuesday - Saturday, 9.15am - 5.00pm
The Art Shop Fete continues inside with cupboards, crates and shelves full of familiar and new ceramics. Exquisite stoneware by Kaori Tatebayashi, terracotta tableware by Dan Hides, fine thrown porcelain by James and Tilla Waters to name but a few. Graphic designer, David Meldrum, one of the guest speakers at the Festival, will be showing work from 'The Food Illustrator Project', a culinary journey he undertook last year.
Cellar Gallery
Courtyard, St John's Street, Abergavenny
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September
Christine Hunt
Exhibition by local artist Christine Hunt. Including 'Queen Victoria Rhubarb' and a print of an original oil painting based on the Festival. Christine and fellow-artist Caroline Downey (jointly known as Galleries in the Black Mountains) will be opening a new gallery later in the year.
Craft Renaissance
Kemeys Commander, Usk NP15 1JU
Tel: 01873 880 879
www.craftrenaissance.co.uk
Open every day: 10.30am – 5.00pm
Food for the Soul
New ceramics by South Wales Potters. Tableware – textiles and woodturning, Welsh landscapes, festival photographs by Anthony Carter and artwork by schoolchildren on the 'Five a Day' theme. All featured over the festival weekend. Stunning barn conversion with café and free parking. Exhibition opens Saturday 10 September.
Holy Trinity Church
Baker Street, Abergavenny
Tel: 01873 853203
Earth, Water, Fire and Air
Saturday 17 September, 10.00am – 4.30pm
Sunday 18 September, 1.00pm – 4.00pm
See the room decorated with the four elements. Also starring contemplative music and Cibi Quilters textiles. FREE refreshments served on bus plus children's activities in the church.
Martin's Framing & Gallery
Old Police Station, Baker Street, Abergavenny NP7 5BB
Tel: 01873 856633
www.martinsframing.co.uk
Festival of Art
Friday 16 September – Saturday 24 September
Artists featured include Peter Howson OBE, John Bellany, Jame Pritchard, Peploe and Cadell, Michael Barnfather. Welsh artists include Goff Danter, Haydn Gear, Chris Prosser and Julia Menzies. Helena Jay will be carrying out 10 minute portraits of people and animals. There's also a deli stall and handmade jewellery by Charlotte Jones.
Martin's Framing & Gallery – Art Competition
We are asking children aged 4 – 16 years to produce a piece of artwork on an A4 or A3 sheet of paper. Any medium. Theme: The Abergavenny Food Festival. Anything to do with food, whether it is a table set with the family Sunday roast, an orchard of apple trees - or something a little different like Andy Warhol's cans of tomato soup!!
The competition will be split into three age ranges, age 4 – 7, 8 – 11 and 12 – 16 years of age. The prize for the winner in each category will be to have their artwork professionally framed by Martin and exhibited in Martin's Gallery during the Food Festival. All other entries can be collected from the gallery during the Festival weekend.
The judges of the competition are Welsh artist, Goff Danter and gallery owner, Martin Fletcher. The closing date for the competition is at the end of the school summer term, on July 21st 2011. We will be approaching local, Abergavenny schools to ask them to get their pupils to enter, but individuals are welcome to approach us with artwork directly.
Our Lady & St Michael's Church
10a Pen y Pound, Abergavenny NP7 5UD
Tel: 01873 857750
www.stmichaelscentre.org.uk
Exhibition of Medieval Vestments
Saturday 17 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm
A rare chance to see Medieval ecclesiastical treasures of Wales, including a red velvet chasuble from the reign of King Henry VII, probably made by ladies of the
Royal Court. Other vestments are attributed to the Court of Queen Katherine of Aragon. Due to the delicate nature of the silks the vestments can only be
on display briefly.
United Reformed Church
Castle Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EE
The Six Quilters Exhibition
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September
Free Entry: Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm
Sun 11.00am – 5.00pm
Third annual exhibition to coincide with the Festival weekend. Quilts will be hanging from the balconies and draped over pews. Some quilts and smaller items are for sale. Monies raised will help fund the work of Women's Aid in Monmouthshire.
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