MAGALI NOUGAREDE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES ARTIST RESIDENCY BULLETIN # 10 14 July 2016 This is where it ends… my last bulletin to close an epic, 10 months long adventure, as Artist in Residence at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. I am fortunate to have been invited...
Read MoreSome of you may recollect that I was given a piano a few months back, a gift from one of the gardeners, Ayshea Pinci, to help kick start the residency and furbish my poly-tunnel artist studio. After months of speculating about possible uses for the said...
Read Moreflora Audio Description Talking Pictures Aberystwyth Arts Centre - 12 July - 17 September 2016 Every Friday,12noon-1pm. FREE Providing deeper engagement for blind and partially sighted people to flora through Audio Description Talking Pictures. Audio Description is putting visual images or events into words to improve access...
Read MoreBULLETIN # 8 As one of my last visual interventions at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, it was decided that we would plant a tree to celebrate the arrival of the baby son of Piers Lunt, one of the gardeners working at the Garden. His,...
Read MoreAs serendipity has it a French friend, based on the vague notion that I was doing some research in a botanic garden in Wales, sent me an article from the French newspaper, Le Monde, called Plants –Those Great Communicators (my translation). The reception of this...
Read MoreTuesday 5 April 2016 Since finishing the residency at Llantarnam Grange Art Centre I have a had a few weeks working on other projects and catching up with general life back on Skye. Some thoughts...
Read MoreI was pleased with the different elements of the exhibition and how it all worked out. I didn’t get enough shoes made for the different habitats I had been thinking about but did manage to make enough work for the whole exhibition to stand as...
Read MoreThe French word for ‘soil’ is terre, which also means planet earth. Through my recent forays into horticulture and actual soil itself, I have developed an overwhelming awareness and understanding that ‘soil’ is not just a bit of mud that holds plants together, but that soil...
Read MoreCaroline Dear launched her show, footfall, Saturday 13 February. She presented her experiences from the residency, the places she had visited, plants and habitats she encountered and people that she met. The show runs until 12 March at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre. www.lgac.org.uk...
Read MoreWell it has been an intense week - I have been making as much as I can in the time available and it is never enough! I am working with new materials found close to the Llantarnam Grange Art Centre in Cwmbran; pine needles, Cyprus...
Read MoreIt is great to be back in Cwmbran at the Llantarnam Grange Art Centre. I arrived back in on Saturday to find a collection of gifts on the table in the exhibition space where I am working. Some beautiful plants which I will try and...
Read MoreRhizomatic roots have become my best friend! Conducting this Artist Residency has been exhilarating and overwhelming in equal measure when facing the infinite array and layers of knowledge or activities available at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (not talking about the mindboggling nature of trying...
Read MoreI have been back at home on Skye with the wind and the rain, weather to take notice of. I brought back some of the plant materials from the week’s gathering in Cwmbran and have used these up. Lots of ideas and options are being processed quickly...
Read MoreWell it has been a busy week - I have got to grips with the numerous roundabouts and nearly know my way round Cwmbran! I met with Steve Williams the Ecologist from Torfaen council who was extremely helpful, telling me about the various different habitats all...
Read MoreBulletin #1 I am now in Cwmbran after a 24 hour journey down from the Isle of Skye on Friday. I am settling in to Llantarnam Grange Art Centre where I’ll be resident both physically in person and virtually for the next four weeks. I am thinking...
Read MoreBULLETIN # 4 It was good to be back in my studio - polytunnel this week following the festive break. Although I never feel that this is the central theme of the residency, again and again I find myself photographing the actual polytunnel structure. I love...
Read MoreHanging Basket with invisible seasonal display. ...
Read MoreMy poly-tunnel corner / artist-studio is filling up rapidly with exciting stuff. There is: a piano, to play music to the plants 5 recycled chairs a supermarket shopping basket, that fits very satisfyingly on the gridded floor mat of the poly-tunnel (see picture) an empty plastic bag of Merlin’s Magic...
Read More"Some of you may recall my joyful excitement back in September when I was elected Artist in Residence at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Well after some period of preparation everything is now in place for me to begin. From this day I will...
Read MoreAfter an incredible response to our call, submissions from all the UK and beyond poured in for the opportunity to be artist-in-residence at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in Cwmbran. Just shy of 100 artists, musicians, performers, writers and composers put forward persuasive ideas for this...
Read MoreWe were overwhelmed by the amazing response to our call: submissions from all over the world bid to be artist-in-residence at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Over 280 artists, musicians, performers, writers and composers put forward amazing and passionate ideas for this unique opportunity....
Read MoreThe first of three publications to accompany flora has arrived and is available to buy. This programme focuses on the exhibition, introducing each artist's work and offering a compelling historical and contemporary art context in an essay by Frances Woodley. 32page, full colour. ISBN 978-1-870797-85-6 RRP £3 (plus P&P £1) For information...
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CALL FOR ARTISTS Oriel Davies announces the second of two flora artist residencies. As part of flora, an ambitious arts project, originated by Oriel Davies we invite professional artists working across any medium from Wales and further afield to apply for a residency at Llantarnam Grange Arts...
Read MoreA great evening's discussion was held on Saturday 20 June in Dolerw Park, Newtown at the site of Owen Griffith's new work Becoming Garden. Writers, activists and historians, Peter Linebaugh and Iain Boal spoke in-conversation with Owen setting the artwork in context, exploring the wider issues...
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FREE discussion in Dolerw Park, part of Becoming Garden, Owen Griffiths' commission for flora Saturday 20 June, 5-8pm, meet at Oriel Davies (park entrance) at 5pm. Arrive early and see the flora exhibition. FREE. Booking essential. Friends I am creating a way of life in which your ingredients...
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Some great snaps from the opening of flora on Saturday 23 May, featuring artist talks from Jacques Nimki, Clare Twomey & Ori Gersht. Officially opened by Louise Wright, Portfolio Manager, Arts Council of Wales. flora is a spectacular exhibition celebrating the significance of flowers in contemporary art at Oriel Davies and beyond. ...
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Call for Artists: Oriel Davies announces the first of two flora artist residencies. As part of flora, an ambitious arts project, originated by Oriel Davies we invite professional artists working across any medium from Wales and further afield to apply for a residency at the acclaimed and...
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Over the next eighteen months four new commissions, two artist residencies, and work on loan from national and international artists, private collectors and UK National and Regional collections will explore the powerful effect that flowers present within different arts practices. Three newly commissioned works will be...
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AN INVITATION to participate in creating a land artwork for the exhibition flora at Oriel Davies. [caption id="attachment_2702" align="alignright" width="300"] Owen Griffiths &The Green Room, Straw bale raised beds, Trust New Art[/caption] A 2-DAY PROJECT transforming a substantial part of DOLERW PARK. Working with the community to: Create a...
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Opening event: Saturday 23 May, 5-8pm with artist talks Ori Gersht, Jacques Nimki, Clare Twomey 5-6pm. Opened by Louise Wright Portfolio Manager of Visual Arts at Arts Council of Wales. As the iconic Chelsea Flower Show comes to a close Oriel Davies launches flora, a spectacular...
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Oriel Davies has been awarded a National Touring Grant from Arts Council of Wales enabling a hugely ambitious exhibition project titled flora to take place across the breadth of Wales this year and throughout 2016. Launches at Oriel Davies, Newtown, 23 May 2015. Comprising new commissions,...
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