#70: Offline Journal Newsletter : 3 June '24
Photography galore around Wales!
Hello again
Another short Newsletter to update you on photography events happening this week around Wales that may interest you.
Please note the VERY long (and growing) list of photography exhibitions and events running now and in the coming months via the button below or via the dedicated Exhibitions page I regularly update for Offline Journal Newsletter subscribers to read and share.
Also note we are entering Photography Degree Show season - info on two openings for the USW DocPhot and Coleg Gwent openings and shows in the same listings below.
Brian
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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY / EURO-WALES 92 GROUP
Readers of Offline Journal will recall the feature article on Robert Greetham’s impressive RITES & TRACES self-published photobook in issue #008.
Images from the book and his wider portfolio of forty years will be included in a new exhibition along with his fellow members of the EURO-WALES 92 GROUP of artists, opening The TURNER HOUSE gallery in Penarth at 6pm this Thursday 6 June 2024.
The exhibition runs until 14 July 2024.
GRADUATE SHOW OPENINGS
Neatly dovetailing with its 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Documentary Photography course at the University of South Wales will unveil the 50th graduate student show 6pm this Friday evening (7th June) in Ty Wilcox, Dunleavy Drive in Cardiff. (Click the postcode in address info below for location on Google Maps). All welcome.
Meanwhile in Cardiff city centre, students from the photography courses at Coleg Gwent will open the doors at lunchtime this Wednesday (5th) to their graduate shows in the High Street Arcade (just down High Street, directly opposite Cardiff Castle). A preview event will follow in the show space 6pm Thursday 6 June. All welome.
HALFTONE
USW DocPhot BA Degree Show
11am - 3pm daily, 8 - 13 June 2024 (Preview 6pm on 7 June)
CARNEDD @ Ty Wilcox, Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff CF11 0BA
@docphotusw on Instagram
COLEG GWENT FDa & BA SHOW
Photography Students end of year show
Opens midday 5 - 7 June 2024 (Preview 6pm on 6 June)
2-4 High Street Arcade, Cardiff (Map)
www.coleggwent.ac.uk
TALK-PHOTO @ ORIEL COLWYN
Colwyn Bay’s Oriel Colwyn gallery continues its TALK-PHOTO series of guest talks on photography this Wednesday with photographer Michelle Sank.
These events are proving popular with audiences and I got to enjoy the recent talk by Daniel Meadows and his conversation with Mark McNulty afterwards. A BAY VIEW exhibition of portraits shot in Colwyn Bay by McNulty showing in the Coed Pella Council Building in the town ends this Friday 7 June - well worth seeing if you can!
TALK_PHOTO events are free to attend but tickets are required for the limited seating in the gallery space. More info and link to book a free ticket for the upcoming Michelle Sank and/or future talks are available using the following link:
‘THE VALLEYS’ : MUSEUM CARDIFF
I’ll be offering my immediate observations on the new ‘THE VALLEYS’ exhibition that opened in National Museum Cardiff on Saturday 25 May in a future Newsletter, but suffice it to say you will likely be both impressed and inspired by the Art and large photography selection of work on show.
Go along!
Information on the new exhibition and opening times here: www.museum.wales
THE LIVING WELLS OF WALES
Author and photographer Phil Cope will be giving an expert talk on sacred springs, holy wells and spas as covered in his very interesting THE LIVING WELLS OF WALES title published in 2019 by Seren.
The talk will take place 2pm this Friday 7 June 2024 at the Glamorgan Archive building situated just beyond the Cardiff City Stadium. At time of writing, a limited number of free tickets are still available to book online via the following link.
www.ticketsource.co.uk
GARETH PHILLIPS @ FFOTOGALLERY
Three deconstructed photobook exhibits from the ‘CALIGO’ series by photographer Gareth Phillips are currently showing in Cardiff’s Ffotogallery as part of their new The World Without Us group exhibition which runs until 10 August 2024. More info on the work and other artists featured in the show can be found on the Ffotogallery website.