Ok well mum is bogged down with all sorts of business things that i don't understand so i thought i would put a little post up here. The area of North Wales that we live in has a lot of events, i just quickly checked up the ones for Llandudno and there are more than 9 pages on the tourist information website (can be seen
here). The nearby towns are very accessible by foot bus or train so their events can also be considered.
In Llandudno we have an amazing teatre or maybe it should be called an exhibition centre. Its name is Venue Cymru and here is a list of their up and comming exhibitions
Exhibitions
SNOWDONIA - THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS
Exhibition by Dave Newbould
1st October 2010 - 17th January 2011
Snowdonia is one of those rare places where mountains and coast interact. The peaks are not large in world terms, but they are definetely 'real' mountains, rugged and shapely. The proximity of the sea means that the weather comes and goes quite suddenly. Because of this there are times of strong lighting and vivid colour, but the photographer must be ready as it can all change in an instant.
Dave first picked up a camera to record his love of mountains and mountaineering. He now enjoys nothing more than exploring the wild areas of Snowdonia searching for those special moments when light, atmosphere, shape and texture show this wonderful area at its best. His Christian faith motivates him to share what he sees of God's creative handiwork with a wider audience.
Dave is one of a handful of photographers still using film for his work.
www.davenewbould.co.uk
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PATRICIA HOPEWELL
November 17 - February 28 2011
Patricia was affected by the sea and coastal life when creating her recent work, endless washes of salt sea water, moving, merging, changing, overlapping, timeless. Her woven and nuno felted work reflect attraction towards light, transparent, filmy fabric with a
cutting edge. An abiding fascination for her has been illusion, 'things not being quite as they seem'. This ambiguity is reflected in her work, her pieces are loosely woven, fine gossamer drifts of cloth, memories of fine lace and silk from early days as a lingerie designer. She sometimes uses fine steel in her woven pieces, the steel perceived as hard and resistant can, however, produce the softest sculptural cloth. She has included in this exhibition felt vessels inspired by pottery from ancient Celtic and Beaker archaeological sources.
After many years living and teaching in the developing world, Patricia returned to Britain and studied Textile Design BA (Hons) at the London University of Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design. She is committed to bringing a lifetime's interest in textiles to adult education and to overseas development and training.
www.pathopewell.com
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PHIL BROWN
1st February - 30th April 2011
Phil Brown lives and works in Anglesey, where he was brought up. His background is in graphic design, which he studied at Bristol University. His career has included teaching Graphic Design as leader of the National Diploma course at Coleg Menai. After finishing his tenure, he set up his own graphic design business with a particular emphasis on developing his illustration work. His clients have since included Vodafone, Capital One, The Guardian Guide and Lexus.
In 2007 Phil retrained as a remedial and sports masseur and now runs a successful clinic on Anglesey, working with people to overcome muscular and skeletal pain and improve movement patterns. His attention has now firmly focused on this aspect of his career.
His recent paintings are the result of a desire to work more freely and personally. Indeed, to rediscover joy and fun in the creative process. Over the summer of 2010, Phil produced a series of abstract paintings inspired by a trip to San Diego years before. Phil had travelled extensively in the past and the ideas and recollections of the trip were ripe for exploration and expression through a looser, more fluid and spontaneous way of working. The San Diego paintings are a part of an on-going body of abstract work that Phil finds refreshing and exciting to explore as a complement to the manual therapy he works at with his clients. There is a synergy between movement therapy, which requires a creative and improvisational approach, and the application of painted marks to the surfaces of his canvasses.
You can view some of Phil's work and read more about his creative process at
http://philbrownart.blogspot.com/
All this information has been taken from Venue Cymru's website
It's so nice when you get a parcel sent to you as it doesn't happen that often. As soon as I read who it was from I realised it was the T-shirts my brother had had printed for us. Rebecca has always loved my brothers artwork from when he was at Harrogate Art College in the 60s. and even has some pinned up in her room. Having seen him in photos on his travels in Sweden in the 60s, wearing a T-shirt he had made, Rebecca was desperate to have one and as he was off to Glastonbury last year he had some made up as Rebecca felt people would want to buy them. So now we have some. 
The image was initially produced as a poster for one of his projects and this was photographed in many different settings. Now the plan is to continue the theme 40 years on of "taking the poster for a walk" but using the t-shirts instead and have photos of people wearing the T-shirt in all sorts of different places, situations etc. I will get my brother to forward some of his photos and include them another day. He has a website where he sells all sorts of things. Lewis Nostalgia. 
