Speaker and Q&A: 'Staying Positive and Making Things Happen' - Catrin Jones
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
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The Aberystwyth symposium offers glass makers, and others interested in glass, the opportunity to get together, hear speakers and network. Catrin Jones will talk about the background and process of making glass artworks for the public realm, remaining adaptable, the challenges involved in working to a brief, a budget and to a deadline, culminating in her most recent project for 'The Leri', a new cancer unit for Bronglais hospital, Aberystwyth.
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09.30 Registration (coffees available in Art Centre Café)
10.00 Welcome CGS /BSMGP
10.30 Speaker and Q&A: ‘Unearthing Connection’ - Linda Norris will talk about her recent work (some of which is currently on show in Aberystwyth Arts Centre) using glass and glaze to investigate aspects of archaeology and illuminate overlooked craft in society.
11.30 Coffee Break (Arts Centre Café)
12.00 Pecha Kucha (members of CGS and BSMGP share an aspect of their practise)
13.00 Lunch (Arts Centre Café or bring a picnic)
14.00 Speaker and Q&A: Verity Pulford will talk about her love of learning and experimentation most recently enabled by her QEST scholarship and Arts Council of Wales funding. How play is fundamental to making her pieces. She will show images of her latest works and discuss their conception.
15.00 Speaker and Q&A: 'Staying Positive and Making Things Happen' - Catrin Jones will talk about the background and process of making glass artworks for the public realm, remaining adaptable, the challenges involved in working to a brief, a budget and to a deadline, culminating in her most recent project for 'The Leri', a new cancer unit for Bronglais hospital, Aberystwyth.
16.00 Tea and Round Table discussion
17.00 Summary
17.30 Optional tour of The Leri, Catrin’s commission at Bronglais Hospital
18.15 Optional Sea Swim
19.00 Optional Evening Meal Medina Café
Cost: £35 members CGS and BSMGP (non-members £40 and students £25)
Lunch and refreshments will be available to purchase from the Arts Centre Café. Parking in the Arts Centre Carpark is free at weekends.
If required overnight accommodation onsite can be arranged from £40pp at The Bunkhouse
We encourage members to apply to share an aspect of their practise in a Pecha Kucha style session. Petch Kucha sessions will last 7 minutes and participants will show 10 images of their work. Apply here