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Open Call Art Exhibition
Exhibition 7th March - 15th May 2026
Opening Day: Sat 7th March
Theme: ‘Holding the Future’ | ‘Dal y Dyfodol’
We are interested in artwork that explores the future; hopeful, apocalyptic, prophetic or scientific. Themes could include environmental or cultural issues. These works can reflect how you feel, they can be a commentary on our current trajectory or your dreams and ideas for better ways of being.
Physical work can be any size, 3D or 2D. It can be for exhibiting inside or outside the building. We will have two screens to show performance or screen based work. We are open to all suggestions and you are welcome to meet us in the space to discuss possibilities.
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1st MARCH
EXHIBITION
29th MARCH
CONFERENCE
Cass Meurig
Cass Meurig is a Christian musician living in Bala. She writes and performs songs based on scripture to Welsh folk tunes, mostly in the Welsh language. A singer, storyteller and one of the best-known players of Welsh traditional music on the fiddle and crwth, she has recorded and performed throughout Wales and internationally.
Becca Nunes
Becca currently lives in Cardiff and coordinates UCCF’s Arts Network, supporting arts students to explore the relationship between their faith and creative practice. With an Undergraduate Degree in Fine Art, and Masters Degree in the Social History of Art, Becca interested in the role of power and ideology in the development of the visual arts. She is also currently supporting the church in their thinking about the relationship between art, theology, and public life.
Nathan Munday
Nathan Munday is a minister (Heath Church, Cardiff) and writer from Carmarthenshire. His creative work spans many genres: in 2016 he came second in the New Welsh Writing Awards with his creative non-fiction book Seven Days: A Pyrenean Adventure published by Parthian in 2017. In 2024 he was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award with his first novel Whaling (Seren:2023).
SPEAKERS
Christine James
Christine James has lived in Cardiff for nearly forty years, but her roots are deep in the industrial Rhondda valley. She was Professor and Head of the Department of Welsh at Swansea University, where she lectured mainly on medieval Welsh literature. Christine was the first female Archdruid of Wales and is also the first woman to become Recorder of the Gorsedd. Her fascination with the language, history and traditions of Wales, along with her family and personal Christian faith, are the most prominent threads that weave through her second collection of poetry, rhwng dau feddwl (2024).
Christine James
Christine James is a Welsh poet and academic. She served as the first female Archdruid of Wales from June 2013 until June 2016. Like all holders, she qualified by winning a major literary prize at a previous National Eisteddfod. She was elected Cofiadur (Recorder) of the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod in 2017, again as the first woman to hold the post. She is a recipient of the Wales Book of the Year.
She is an emeritus professor in the Department of Welsh, Academi Hywel Teifi, Swansea University, and is an elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and of the Academi Gymreig (the Welsh Academy).
1st MARCH
DAYTIME WORKSHOPS
FREE family-friendly workshops with Hadau artist are taking place on 1st March to celebrate the launch of this year's HADAU Exhibition. No booking required!
Linda Porter
Painting
Photorenga
Poetic Photos
Ros Chicken
Clay
More workshop details coming soon!
PROGRAMME
8:30
Registration
9:00
Welcome and Intro
9:30
TALK 1: Cass Meurig
9:50
Intro to Making
10:15
TALK 2: Becca nunes
11:10
Coffee Break
12:05
TALK 3: Christine James
13:00
LUNCH
14:10
TALK 4: Nathan Mundy
14:40
TALK 5: Ann Brown
15:30
Coffee Break
16:15
Forum & Panel Discussions
17:35
"Works in Progress" curated by the team
18:00
Conclusion
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