PORTAL & ONE YEAR ON 2019
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
Until Sat 16 Nov
This exhibition will feature a selection of this year’s top graduates in applied arts – those who intend on moulding the further generations of applied artists. It is also a means of supporting new artists by promoting their work. An exemplification of this being Laura Quinn’s sustainable and recyclable glass designs by using digital technology: she wishes to influence the next generation by aiding the transition from handmade to digital.
Recent graduates will be exhibited in the Portal exhibition, including artist-blacksmiths who graduated from Hereford College of Arts. These include Frederick Andrews’ intertwining of nature and sound; Andrews is known for creating a series of stringed instruments called Aeolus, played in a harmonic tone using wind. Ben Pusey, whose forged steel constructs create shapes and experiences of ‘relaxation’, will also be featured. Estelle Burton, a designer specialising in glass art, metalwork, and jewellery, will divulge her close details in captured fleeting moments.
The exhibition will also feature One Year On artists – those who graduated last year. These will include Glasgow School Of Art graduate Eve Campbell, who uses printed surface designs that capture colours, shapes, and patterns within Scottish architecture and nature. Also featured will be the morphing of unwanted material, such as compressed paper and silver, into Alysia Freeman’s jewellery.
Admission: free. Info: 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk (MF)