Plas BrondanwSusan Williams-Ellis
Foundation (SWEF)
Foundation (SWEF)
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770590
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770590
Sunday, 23 October to Friday, 16 2016
An installation inspired by locality and people.
Sunday, 9 April to Sunday, 7 May 2017
Presenting, a portrait of Mrs Spinks by Eleanor Brooks.
Sunday, 13 May to Sunday, 24 June 2018
Wil sees the pervasiveness of erosion in everything about us, yet as things gradually disappear, something else takes its place. Wil responds to that change in land, people, place, language and the passage of time. Experimentation with a need to find the unexpected is at the heart of Wil’s way of working, a way that often leads to humour and pathos and a questioning emotion.
Sunday, 29 July – Sunday, 2 September 2018
The title comes from an architectural term that refers to light entering a dark interior space from an adjacent room or area that has a window. The artist will explore this metaphor.
Annie's work is her response to the state of the planet, the effects of global warming, both environmentally and politically. This constant backdrop to her life intensifies her need to live as fully and as kindly as possible. Annie’s small sculptures, her work in fragile paper and her pieces about the landscape directly relate to humankind’s current, darkened state. ‘We need beauty now more than ever.’
Part of this exhibition is the result of Annie’s work as an artist in residence at Oriel Brondanw in 2018.
Saturday, 9 December 2017
Luggage Art.
International art and real-time web transmission. POP-UP exhibition.
Sunday, 14 April to Sunday, 26 May 2019
Oriel Brondanw is delighted to be able to present another series of Library Mini-shows under Peter Lord's curation. Each show will be formally opened by a Peter Lord talk; in 2018 these were sell-outs. We would like to thank David Mortimer-Jones for his support in preparing this exhibition.
1 Henry Clarence Whaite: Snowdonia in the Victorian Age. (14/4 – 26/5/19). We would like to thank David Mortimer-Jones for his support in preparing this exhibition.
2 Women Painted by Men – portraits 1736-1955. (2/6 – 14/7/19)
3 John Cambrian Rowland and Evan Williams: Ceredigion Painters in Caernarfon. (21/7 – 1/9/19)
Please reserve your seat for Peter Lord’s talk on the day of the exhibition opening:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
Monday, 21 May to Sunday, 1 July 2018
In this residency Annie hopes to allow herself the freedom to pursue different ways of working, and of responding through materials that she doesn’t normally use. Nevertheless her paintings will still be present.
Working in the old bedroom
Annie will mostly be working with materials that over the years she has wanted to explore further, but painting somehow prevented her from doing so. These weeks at Oriel Brondanw will allow her to focus less on her oil paints and figurative work and let her to concentrate on 3D pieces and drawing. Her aim is to focus on experimentation, improvisation and play, which will include air-drying clay, twigs, branches and paper.
This residency, later this year, will form part of Annie Morgan Suganami’s exhibition at Oriel Brondanw entitled ‘Borrowed Light’.
Annie will endeavour to be available to viewers during her residency so that her work may be discussed, but that cannot be guaranteed regularly. Should you want to talk to her specifically we recommend setting up an appointment by contacting post@susanwilliamsellis.org or 01766 770590
Sunday, 9 June to Sunday, 21 July 2019
Josie brings her personal insight on landscape to Oriel Brondanw. Her exhibition of new work will present our land and surrounds through fascinating textile. Intriguing as ever, and ever popular. Don't miss it.
Image: ‘Criccieth’ 14 x 10in (35.5 x 25.5cm) unframed.
Exhibited works by Josie will be for sale during the exhibition.
For more information:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
22/7/18- 9/9/18
Over the summer, Oriel Brondanw will present three small themed exhibitions of historic Welsh paintings from the Peter Lord Collection: 'Coal' from 15 April to 3 June 2018, 'Hugh Hughes' from 10 June to 15 July 2018, 'Work' from 22 July to 9 September 2018. To open each of the exhibitions, Peter will give a talk about the paintings.
Mini show 3: Work
Sunday, 22 July to Sunday, 9 September 2018
On the wall panels:
Edward Owen, Penrhos, Self-Portrait, 1732
Anon, The Milliner, c.1820
Anon, John Jones, Carpenter to Sir Charles Morgan 3rd Bt and 1st Lord Tredegar, c.1850
Richard Sebastian Bond, The Basket Maker’s Cottage, 1845-65
John Cyrlas Williams, Colarassi Studio, Paris, 1926-7
John Roberts, Llanystumdwy, Hugh Hunter Hughes, Pwllheli, c.1845 – Doctor
William Roos, Ned Parri, 1873 – Huntsman
Mervyn Levy, L.S Lowry drawing the Stockport Viaduct, 1975
On the easels:
JJohn Cambrian Rowland, Yr Farmer, 1842
Anhysbys, Capten John Evans, Milford House, Aberaeron, c.1840 – Ship Captain
Shani Rhys James, The Yellow Gloves, 2015
John Roberts, The Marquis of Anglesey, 1832
On the shelves:
Christmas Evans (Staffordshire ceramic after Hugh Hughes), c.1845 – Preacher
The opening event at 14.00 Sunday, 22 July 2018 will feature a talk by Peter Lord.
Wednesday 12 September 2018
The launch of Celwydd Oll, a volume of short stories by Sian Northey was held at Oriel Brondanw on Wednesday evening, 12th of September 2018. The publishers are Gwasg y Bwthyn and the price is £8. Sian Northey was interviewed by Dylan Williams and songs were performed by Manon Steffan Ros. Oriel Brondanw wishes well to the author and to the book.
Sunday, 21 April to Sunday, 2 June
Catrin's art is instantly recognisable. Her paintings are known for being grounded in the experience of living in Wales. This exhibition, however, will showcase a new sea-life theme inspired by Susan Williams-Ellis' work.
Image: ‘Plas Brondanw’ 66 x 41.4cm Framed.
Exhibited works by Catrin is for sale during this exhibition.
For more information:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
25/03/2018 - 06/05/2018
Presenting paintings of Eleanor Brooks' landscapes and another look at Mrs Spinks' bedsit.
8/7/19 - 18/8/19
From her base at Oriel Brondanw Sian Hughes this July and August will be doing field work for her project Fragments in Time.
Sian works with porcelain clay rolling it paper thin and pressing it into the landscape. She is planning to use this process to make impressions from plants, geology, industrial remains and elements of the Traeth Mawr. When these fired fragile pieces are lit from behind, captured layers of objects and history will emerge.
You will have a chance to meet Sian and learn more about her work in progress. Look out for dates nearer the time to find out when she is available.
Should you want to talk to her specifically we recommend setting up an appointment by contacting post@susanwilliamsellis.org or 01766 770 590
Sian’s project has been funded by a ‘Research and Development’ grant awarded by the following bodies:
Sunday, 8 September to Sunday, 20 October 2019
A selection of old maps relating to this part of the world. This exhibition will be opened with a talk by Mike Parker, author of Map Addict, Mapping The Roads, On the Red Hill and more. Maps: combining the functional with the decorative.
This exhibition will be opened with a talk by Mike Parker, author of Map Addict, Mapping The Roads, On the Red Hill and more.
The Traeth Mawr and Traeth Bach estuaries, either side of Plas Brondanw, were major topographical features on the earliest of maps, and major travel obstacles. Although the Ogilby strip map of 1675 shows a path across the ‘Sands’ the shrewd knew that the wise course was to use ferries or guides. The memory of the splendour of the lost three mile estuary of the Traeth Mawr – on the shores of which Plas Brondanw would have stood for almost 250 years – still hangs over the area, and the older maps in this small exhibition remind us of the change that Madocks brought about in 1811 with the building of the Cob.
All seats have been reserved by now.
Note that Mike Parker’s talk will commence at 1.30pm and not 2.00pm, our usual time.
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
Wednesday, 26 July to Monday, 28 August 2017
Birds and landscape through photography.
Sunday, 21 May to Sunday, 25 June 2017
Thirteen contemporary artists react to Thomas Pennant's 18th century travels.
Landscape, Movement, Art.
10/6/18 - 15/7/18
Over the summer, Oriel Brondanw will present three small themed exhibitions of historic Welsh paintings from the Peter Lord Collection: 'Coal' from 15 April to 3 June 2018, 'Hugh Hughes' from 10 June to 15 July 2018, 'Work' from 22 July to 9 September 2018. To open each of the exhibitions, Peter will give a talk about the paintings.
Mini show 2: Hugh Hughes
Sunday, 10 June to Sunday, 15 July 2017
On the wall panels:
Hugh Hughes, Anne Richardson, Caernarfon, c.1812–20
Hugh Hughes, Mr a Mrs Lawford, Y Mymbls, c.1821–3
Hugh Hughes, Thomas Charles Hughes in his 12th year, 1844–5
Hugh Hughes, A Mother and Her Two Daughters, 1848
On the easels:
Hugh Hughes, View on the Mawddach, c.1847
Hugh Hughes, Jane Davies aged 10 months, 1825
On the shelves:
Christmas Evans (Staffordshire ceramic after Hugh Hughes), c.1845
Books:
Hugh Hughes, The Beauties of Cambria, 1819-23
Cofiant Christmas Evans, with an engraving of Hugh Hughes’ work, 1839
Yr Hynafion Cymreig, with engravings of Hugh Hughes’ work, 1823
John Davies, Allwedd Dduwinyddiaeth, with an engraving of Hugh Hughes’ work, 1823
The opening event at 14.00 Sunday, 10 June 2018 will feature a talk by Peter Lord.
Wednesday, 6 September to Sunday, 24 September 2017
Helfa Gelf's first collaboration with Oriel Brondanw.
Twenty-three artists exhibit 52 pieces of art in assorted media.
Sunday, 14 October to Sunday, 4 November 2018
A hundred years on from her birth Oriel Brondanw takes a look at the various phases of Susan Williams-Ellis’ life in art, illustration and commerce.
Susan Williams-Ellis is best known for her Portmeirion Pottery but there is more to her artistic life than the innovative ceramics. At different times in her career Susan found artistic expression in commissioned and non-commissioned illustration, in painting, in clothes, fabric and furniture design, and even in masks. She left a vast amount of sketches and various items which inspired her work, all of which throw light and shade on her life as the first-born child of landed and eminent parents, and as an individual striving to find her voice.
Sunday, 2 June to Sunday, 14 July 2019
Oriel Brondanw is delighted to be able to present another series of Library Mini-shows under Peter Lord's curation. Each show will be formally opened by a Peter Lord talk; in 2018 these were sell-outs.
The Mini-show themes this year will be:
1 Henry Clarence Whaite: Snowdonia in the Victorian Age. (14/4 – 26/5/19)
2 Women Painted by Men – portraits 1736-1955. (2/6 – 14/7/19)
3 John Cambrian Rowland and Evan Williams: Ceredigion Painters in Caernarfon. (21/7 – 1/9/19)
Please reserve your seat for Peter Lord’s talk on the day of the exhibition opening:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
15/4/18 - 3/6/18
Over the summer, Oriel Brondanw will present three small themed exhibitions of historic Welsh paintings from the Peter Lord Collection: 'Coal' from 15 April to 3 June 2018, 'Hugh Hughes' from 10 June to 15 July 2018, 'Work' from 22 July to 9 September 2018. To open each of the exhibitions, Peter will give a talk about the paintings.
Mini show 1: Coal
Sunday, 15 April to Sunday, 3 June 2018
On the wall panels:
Evan Walters, Courting, 1927
Archie Rhys Griffiths, Miners Returning from Work, 1927
Maurice Sochachewsky, Their Burden, 1937
Vincent Evans, The Farrier’s Shop, c.1936 and The Accident, c.1940
On the easel:
Archie Rhys Griffiths, Ar y Domen Lo, c.1930
Archie Rhys Griffiths, Egwyl y Glöwr, c.1929–32
On the display shelves:
Archie Rhys Griffiths, Miners Descending, 1925
Archie Rhys Griffiths, Ar y Domen Lo, c.1930
Archie Rhys Griffiths, Egwyl y Glöwr, c.1932
On the book shelves:
Idris Davies, The Angry Summer, 1943 (first edition)
Gwyn Jones, Rhondda Roundabout, 1934 (first edition)
Lewis Jones, Cwmardy, 1937, and We Live, 1937, 1939, etc
The opening event at 14.00 Sunday, 15 April 2018 will feature a talk by Peter Lord.
Sunday, 15 September to Sunday, 3 November
This year, 2019, will see the launch of Oriel Brondanw's first Agored/Open exhibition. Artists working in any medium will, through a selection procedure, get the opportunity to exhibit their work at this unique location.
For more information:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
Sunday, 1 July to Sunday, 22 July 2018
An exhibition consisting of loaned paintings, photographs and other original pieces of art, all telling their tale of how different our country would be if it were not for the efforts of this pressure group that Clough Williams-Ellis helped to establish and promote.
Clough Williams-Ellis, Plas Brondanw’s remarkable guardian was one of the founders of Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales and for many years one of its most influential members. It was therefore fitting for Oriel Brondanw to make room in its timetable to help CPRW celebrate 90 years of work. The exhibition consists of loaned paintings, photographs and other original pieces of art, all telling their tale of how different our country would be if it were not for the efforts of this body.
Sunday, 9 September to Sunday 7 October 2018
Artists from North Wales will get a chance to exhibit their work at Oriel Brondanw. Contact your Helfa Gelf representative to see how you can get involved.
Despite the dreadful weather, Helfa Gelf’s first collaboration with Oriel Brondanw in 2017 was an outstanding success. Twenty-three artists exhibited 52 pieces of art in assorted media at this idiosyncratic space.
This year 38 artists will be exhibiting 89 exciting works, and by now works by the Helfa Gelf artists are being exhibited in the Plas’ Library as well as in the rest of the Oriel. Congratulations to all.
Sunday, 10 March to Sunday, 14 April 2019
A look at the various phases of Susan Williams-Ellis’ life in art, illustration and commerce.
Susan Williams-Ellis is best known for her Portmeirion Pottery but there is more to her artistic life than the innovative ceramics. At different times in her career Susan found artistic expression in commissioned and non-commissioned illustration, in painting, in clothes, fabric and furniture design, and even in masks. She left a vast amount of sketches and various items which inspired her work, all of which throw light and shade on her life as the first-born child of landed and eminent parents, and as an individual striving to find her voice.
Note:
Library exhibition, 10 March to 7 April 2019.
The House exhibition, 10 March to 14 April 2019.
Please reserve your seat for the opening:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
'John Cambrian Rowland and Evan Wiliams - 'Ceredigion Painters in Caernarfon' - Peter Lord
Sunday, 21 July to Sunday, 1 September 2019
Oriel Brondanw is delighted to be able to present another series of Library Mini-shows under Peter Lord's curation. Each show will be formally opened by a Peter Lord talk; in 2018 these were sell-outs.
The Mini-show themes this year will be:
1 Henry Clarence Whaite: Snowdonia in the Victorian Age. (14/4 – 26/5/19)
2 Women Painted by Men – portraits 1736-1955. (2/6 – 14/7/19)
3 John Cambrian Rowland and Evan Williams: Ceredigion Painters in Caernarfon. (21/7 – 1/9/19)
Please reserve your seat for Peter Lord’s talk on the day of the exhibition opening:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590
Sunday, 28 July to Sunday, 8 September 2019
The photographer Chris Clunn is Gwynedd based but international in outlook, and the themes of his exhibition will reflect this. To those who are not aware of Chris' work this overview of his powerful, idiosyncratic and perceptive observations of people, mostly, will be memorable.
For more information:
post@susanwilliamsellis.org
01766 770 590