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AP-listed contemporary landscape painter Sarah Jane Brown has an exhibition opening at Cardiff's Off the Wall Contemporary Art Gallery on 11 May, running until 5 June.  It's a joint show, along with artist Stephen Lovatt, and the gallery is at The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff CF5 2DQ.  See Sarah's website www.sjbart.co.uk for further details 

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUMMER

During May, Art Matters at the White Lion Street Gallery in Tenby is hosting an exhibition by 17 members of the Swansea Print Workshops. The work encompasses lino prints, mixes of print and stitching, cyanotypes, collagraphs, etchings, screenprints, drypoint and wood engravings. Subjects include landscape, still lifes, images of flora and fauna, townscapes, the human figure in contemporary, mythical and historical scenes and abstract work based on squares, grids, the seasons and architectural features - in short, something for everyone! The show opens on 1 May and continues until 28 May, with an opportunity to meet some of the artists on Saturday 5 May from 2.00 to 4.00 pm (everyone is invited). The gallery is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day except for Wednesdays. For further information call 00 44 (0)1834 843 375, or view the entire exhibition on the gallery website: www.artmatters.org.uk

Milford's Waterfront Gallery is currently host to two exhibitions of striking mixed-media work: 'Homecoming', by Colour Sargeant Barry John MBE, and, in the Foyer Gallery, 'Collectivism' by Jeff Walker.  Both shows run from 20 April until 26 May; for more details, contact Mavis Evans on 00 44 (0)1646 695 699 or visit the Waterfront's website www.thewaterfrontgallery.co.uk

Also in Milford, PureART Gallery's new show will be a joint exhibition of work by Anne Kerr and Jonathan Pitts. It opens on 28 April, and will run until 19 May; call 00 44(0)1646 694591 or email gallery@artpure.co.uk for more details.

Oriel y Parc landscape gallery in St Davids is hosting its most ambitious show yet of the work of Graham Sutherland.  From 1 April until 1 July 2012, the entire gallery will be devoted to this seminal 20th-century artist, whose Pembrokeshire works inspired generations of British - and overseas - artsts.  The paintings, sketchbooks and ceramics designs are drawn from the National Museum Wales'/Amgueddfa Cymru's extensive collection of Sutherland's works.  For more details, please contact Oriel y Parc on 00 44 (0)1437 720392, or info@orielyparc.co.uk 

Emrys Art Mini Art Competition 2012 Launched

Emrys Art shop/gallery's 6th Mini Art Competition is now under way - a little earlier in the year than previously, but Tom Learmonth of the Haverfordwest store writes that so many people have been asking about it that they are going for it now! The format is the same as last year- the square canvas gives the most flexibility for both artists and for display. There is a First Prize of a £250 voucher, runner-up prizes, children's prizes and a Student Prize of a £100 voucher.

Works must be delivered or sent to the Haverfordwest or Carmarthen shop by 12 May 2012, and all work delivered before this will go on display right away. Judging will be by John and Margaret from White Lion St Gallery in Tenby, and the works will be displayed until end of June in Carmarthen; end of July in Haverfordwest.

For futher details, contact Emrys Arts on 44 (0)1437 779 646 or visit their website www.artwales.co.uk

HAVERFORDWEST SHOWS NEW SPIRIT

Regular visitors to Haverfordwest’s High Street will have noticed a new gallery presence over the last couple of months.

Spirit of Enterprise shop and gallery has been open at No. 44 High Street since the end of November 2011, and is going some way to correct our County Town’s historical lack of art-display space.

It’s also offering much-needed opportunities for the County’s budding artists. A Pembrokeshire Business Initiative (PBI) project, Spirit of Enterprise provides training and offers free premises for ‘test trading’ to Pembrokeshire-based artists over the age of 16 who wish to learn all aspects of how to start and run theirbusiness.

For details of this exciting venture, please email David Fletcher, Spirit of Enterprise Co-ordinator at info@spiritofenterprise.org.ukor phone PBI 01437 760693.

AND A LITTLE FURTHER AFIELD...

'MAY-HEM' AT CARMARTHEN'S ORIEL MYRDDIN

Textile students at Coleg Sir Gâr’s School of Creative Arts are encouraging the public to join them in a workshop day at Carmarthen’s Oriel Myrddin gallery for a day of creative fun. The second-year degree group will be offering set sessions in an event they’ve called 'May Hem', which includes needle felting, giant knitting, buttons and brooches, loom weaving and embroidery from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday 12 May.

The day will include interactive demonstrations of knit, weave, stitch, print and digital design, and workshops using alternative materials such as recycled plastics, clothing and organic wools and cottons to create new and exciting textiles.  Please call 00 44 (0)1267 222775 or check their website www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk for further details.

LOOKING FORWARD

Check out Wales' 2012 Cultural Olympiad commission, Marc Rees' Adian Avion on www.artiststakingthelead.org.uk – more later...