{"id":295,"date":"2015-10-11T20:39:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleyholidays.co.uk\/?p=295"},"modified":"2024-03-10T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T15:30:40","slug":"art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valleyholidays.co.uk\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Local artists and opportunities to design your own art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"a\"> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">We are blessed with an extraordinary number of local artists and crafts people.\u00a0 For example, you can see at least 18 different studios around Cardigan Bay through the Open Studios initiative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiganopenstudios.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cardiganopenstudios.co.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 This peaks around the August Bank Holiday.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"a\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">Our most local artist, Philippa Sibbert from Capel Iwan both produces lovely work <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/philippasibert.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/philippasibert.weebly.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_a97ed173-a136-48b8-970c-a0bcc4b4e996 --> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artholidayspembrokeshire.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.artholidayspembrokeshire.co.uk<\/a> \u00a0If you would like to have a go at producing something yourself &#8211; <b>Studio Llwyndrain<\/b> &#8211; carry out Art taster days &#8211; a great opportunity to be creative as a family.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"a\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">Newcastle Emlyn, 4 miles away, has even more talented local artists <\/span> <span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">&#8211; <\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">Gabrielle Dudley&#8217;s gallery is worth a visit &#8211; she paints beautifully and produces the most amazing tiles: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabriellesgallery.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gabriellesgallery.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">The Makers Mark gallery showcases many local artists and crafts people, including another local artist from Newcastle Emlyn &#8211; Helen Elliott <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenelliott.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.helenelliott.net<\/a> and Diane Matthias from Henllan, just up the road <\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianemathias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dianemathias.com<\/a>\u00a0 We also have Sculpture Heaven &#8211; a beautiful garden not far from Newcastle Emlyn, showcasing their stunning sculptures\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sculptureheaven.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sculptureheaven.co.uk<\/a> &#8211; we own several examples of their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artpembrokeshire.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/artpembrokeshire.co.uk<\/a> lists more than 70 different artists in Pembrokeshire and shows examples of their work.\u00a0 A trip to St David&#8217;s will take you to the heart of a thriving artistic community and the art gallery at the visitor&#8217;s centre there is well worth a look.\u00a0 There are lots of other galleries in the city (the UK&#8217;s smallest) and the surrounding area too <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stdavids.co.uk\/artpage.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.stdavids.co.uk\/artpage.htm<\/a>.\u00a0 We particularly enjoyed a visit to Steve Robinson&#8217;s glass studio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverobinsonglass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.steverobinsonglass.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A visit to\u00a0the galleries along King street in Carmarthen, near the castle, is a must for art lovers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">Some more galleries in Pembrokeshire:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenbymuseum.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tenbymuseum.org.uk<\/a> Tenby museum with 2 art galleries with regular changing exhibitions<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raulspeek.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.raulspeek.co.uk<\/a> A very colourful gallery showing the work of this talented Cuban artist in beautiful Solva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orielyparc.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.orielyparc.co.uk<\/a> St Davids visitor centre with a selection of crafts, artist&#8217;s materials and a stunning art gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oriel-y-felin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.oriel-y-felin.com<\/a> Oriel-y-felin gallery, 5 Nun Street St Davids<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestudioatpenrallt.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thestudioatpenrallt.co.uk<\/a> Penrallt Farm, Newport.\u00a0 Owned by artists Helen Beazley and Marc Morley (Helen writes the Lavender Road series under the name Helen Carey).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">The mill used to produce its own craftwork in the form of woollen cloth and blankets.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we don&#8217;t have any of the original cloth, but you can see examples of Welsh blankets and quilts at the Jen Jones quilt centre in Lampeter <\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jen-jones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.jen-jones.com\/<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"> or Jane Beck&#8217;s Welsh Blankets at Tregaron <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welshblankets.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.welshblankets.co.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are blessed with an extraordinary number of local artists and crafts people.\u00a0 For example, you can see at least 18 different studios around Cardigan Bay through the Open Studios initiative www.cardiganopenstudios.co.uk.\u00a0 This peaks around the August Bank Holiday.\u00a0 Our most local artist, Philippa Sibbert from Capel Iwan both produces lovely work http:\/\/philippasibert.weebly.com\/ http:\/\/www.artholidayspembrokeshire.co.uk \u00a0If &hellip; 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