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Fishguard Arts Society

Cymdeithas Celfyddydau Abergwaun

StopPress:

Fishguard Arts Society will take a selected "Little Jewels Exhibition" to Kyoto, Japan, April 7th -19th 2009.....details for submission on ArtsfestCalendar.

http://www.arton-kyoto.com

Artsfest 2008

For Information on the forthcoming Portrait Show

and the Opera Playhouse production "Christmas in the Parlour"

Tickets £6.00 are on sale in Seaways Bookshop, Fishguard

click link: ArtsfestCalendar

This page is updated this as we go along.

Life Drawing

Life Drawing on Friday afternoon from 1pm until 4pm.

Life Drawing is in the e.Learning Centre, Ysgol bro Gwaun, Fishguard.

Last session this term December 5th

Information about work of members who have websites on

member's websites

Anyone wishing to join the Society or would like more information or members wishing to have their sites linked to this one please send to:

fishguardartssociety@yahoo.co.uk

Campaign for Drawing

'The Big Draw'

Saturday, October 11th Fishguard Market Hall

10.30am-3.30pm...free.....all ages

'What the Seagull Dropped!"

The Big Draw 2008 in Fishguard was a great success with good community involvement.

Come and see the large seagull and printed zigzag books with each page displaying a new print of what the seagull might have dropped displayed in the Library Gallery for the rest of the month.

One of the themes for the Big Draw, this year, concentrates on book illustration.

Carol King and Glenn Ibbitson led the day.

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Events and Exhibitions which involve members will be advertised here as well as Calls for Entries for Exhibitions or films

Other Events

The Summer Exhibition at Tregwynt Mansion now finished. Visitor numbers were good and the comments made were most appreciative of the high standard of work.

The Fishguard Arts Society AGM was to be held at 7pm on August 4th in Tregwynt Mansion.

The new Committee can be seen at the bottom of this page.

Chair's letter to the AGM click here

The 'Shore Move" Animation Workshop led by Jacob Whittaker was a film making success producing a series of short films. Congratulations to Hannah and Gwen who filmed starred, directed and wrote ' Message in a Bottle" which can be seen on http://www.youtube.com/user/PhynodereeFilms

and on Google Earth

'A Seaside sketchbook' also compiled in the Workshop can be seen on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0uOxsKfnFA

A compilation of films, including the 'Big Draw film ' The "Not Quite' the Last Invasion!' are on DVD and are showing and for sale at Tregwynt during the Exhibition

An interesting and diverse Print Exhibition of work by members was open in the Library Gallery, Fishguard until the 30th of July.

A small reception and presentation of the Emrys Art Print Prize and Runner up Prize by Tom Learmonth was held in the Gallery on Saturday 5th July. Ann Jones and, runner up, Carole king were warmly congratulated by Tom who said he chose the pieces that he would most like to have and were essentially print in nature.

Ann Jones,Emrys Art prize Carole King

Jackie Morris has won the Highland Schools Book Award for "The Snow Leopard" for best picture book.
It also won a major prize in France for the French edition, called La Panthere Blanche
The book comes out in paperback in October.

The Pembrokeshire Banner/ Baner i Benfro

Scale draft

Fishguard Arts Society is supporting the making of a Pembrokeshire banner to be carried in the St David's Day Parade in Cardiff.

click here for related page and more information.

Three of our members, Glenn Ibbitson, Geoff Yeomans and Sarah Hope are selected exhibitors in the Biennial Wales portrait Award. The Exhibition is in the National Library of Wales Aberystwyth until 31st May and later in St David's Hall, Cardiff from 14th September - 25th October. For a full list of venues and details about the Award see www.walesportraitaward.org.uk

Glenn Ibbitson"Naughty Girl'

Geoff Yeomans "Self portrait"

Sarah Hope "It's in his look "

"Tregwynt Treasures" with Bois y Wlad and Sarah Davies was great success and thank you to all that helped make it so.

Photographs by Philip Clarke

A film of Sarah's work can be seen by clicking: Sarah Davies.Movie

Gwenno Dafydd opened our 'Coast Sea and Sky" Exhibition on the 22nd March, to a very appreciative crowd. Both the Selected and Open Exhibitions are full of excellent and enjoyable works showing that Fishguard Arts Society can hold it's own with any Exhibition of work anywhere. Gwenno sang unaccompanied the song she has written for St David's Day which has been adopted by the National Grid for Learning and the Welsh Assembly for our National Day.

The Exhibition in Fishguard junior School closed on April 3rd.

Sales were fair considering the early Easter and staggering of the holidays. Sitters generally enjoyed their stint and visitor numbers were relatively good with many positive and pleasing comments left by them.

Geoff Yeomans, Sarah Davies and Megan Crofton enjoying their sitting!

The judges for the Selected Exhibition were Perryn Butler and Rosemary Holcroft

Sheila knapp Fisher won the FAS Judges' Prize for the best exhibit

Andie Clay won the box of Pastels

Geoff Yeomans won the Cuthbert Mill Prize

Philip Clarke won the Jackson's voucher

Freddie s'Jacob won the watercolour DVD

Marion Vare won the SAa Prize, Sea and Sky DVD

Philip Clarke receiving his Jackson's Voucher from Gwenno Dafydd for his black and white Photographs

Philip Clarke's Photographs of the Exhibition Opening follow

Sheila Knapp Fisher receiving the "Judges Prize" from Gwenno Dafydd

Photographs from The "Junk" Workshop run by buzz knapp Fisher and Sponsored by PAVs

Photographs from Carole King's Monotype Workshop

The Living Willow Workshop

Many thanks to Nick and Gill Chilton, Fishguard Garden centre where the workshop took place

Audrey Walker

Temptation' by Audrey Walker

The Textile Museum, Washington DC
Audrey's work "Temptation" is in "Private Pleasures": Collecting Contemporary Textile Art" at the Textile Museum in Washington DC. Private Pleasures highlights the role of collecting contemporary textile art has played in the shaping of art history as a discipline.

The Last Invasion Tapestry

The Last Invasion Tapestry Exhibition is open to the public in it's dedicated gallery in the newly renovated Fishguard Town Hall. Entrance is free into to this fascinating and visually enthralling exhibition. Open during library hours.

click here for more information:

For the 'Big Draw" Film " Not Quite The last Invasion "

click here:The Big Draw 07

A film of two members Denys and Eirian Short on the link below:

click here:Film on Denys and Eirian Short

For Information on the work we did with with SeaTrust.org.uk and the BBC including the film, "The DolphinCoast" which is a compilation of works by member's of FAS

Click here

More Great Shows!

For photographs by Phillip Clarke click here

Photographs from "Little jewels,"Siop Dj and the Opening in the Primary School of the Artsfest Exhibition, the Town Show, the Drypoint Workshop, Black and White Cookery Workshop,Willow Workshop and the Children's Workshop andThe Big Draw can be seen on

Exhibition 2007 and 2007 Events and Workshops

If you would like to see previous exhibitions and workshops photographs link to

2006 Exhibitions and Workshops page

Annual General Meeting 2008

Monday, 5th August at Tregwynt Mansion, Granston, Fishguard

Election of Officers:

Chair: Gaynor McMorrin

Vice Chair: Peter kitney

Treasurer: Alan Jowett

Membership: Penny Ross

Secretary: Cynthia Evans

Minute Secretary: Wendy Davies