A Passion for Art

Exhibition and book to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Friends of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, 1958-2008.

Alexandra, Princess and Queen

“Alexandra, Princess and Queen” will be the first exhibition in Britain dedicated to this popular member of the royal family.

Laura Ashley Exhibition

This summer’s special exhibition at Newtown Textile Museum is called “Laura Ashley: Designs, Patterns and Motifs” and it is the second part of a three-year project on this world-famous fashion company.

Land Exhibition

For its summer show, the gallery has extensively researched artists from the UK and Europe, and has brought together some of the most exciting practitioners in contemporary art.

Mentioned in Dispatches

From long before Balaclava Ned to the war in Iraq, Wrexham people have served in the armed forces. This exhibition will include over a hundred years of military memorabilia from the museum collections and stories about the daring dos of Wrexham’s many wartime heroes.

Welsh Costume …

…the truth behind the myth. An exhibition curated by Michael Freeman, curator, based on his ongoing research into the subject. It will show Welsh costume as it really was, not as the romantic cliché ridden stuff of Victorian postcards.

Attic Gallery Summer Group Show

This group show provides an opportunity for all the artists the gallery represents to exhibit their latest work. It is a rotating show so new work will be brought in throughout the summer. As well as paintings there will be graphics, sculpture, stained glass, and Welsh pottery on display.

Porcelain: Ritual & Process

This exhibition aims to present a pictorial essay that charts the rituals and processes that occur within the studios of five artists.

Botanica 2

With flowers as a central theme, the exhibition "Botanica 2" features porcelain and paintings by Elaine Hind and Helen Lush. Elaine Hind uses flowers such as echinacea, rudbeckia and sunflowers both in bloom and as seed heads to develop her ideas into vessels, lamps and sculptures.

On Reflection

Women artists selected from the collections of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.