Events open to all (2024)
Publicised on Instagram, X, Facebook and CASW’s website
Booking for Online Talks open approx. 4 weeks before event
No booking required for Live Talks
Location for Live Talks: The ‘Heartspace’, Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Ave., Cardiff CF5 2YB
All Talks 7.00 pm & Free
Parking available on site.
January
30
Online Talk Nigel Prince,
Director of Artes Mundi AM10.
February
27
Online Talk Christine Roychowdhury, artist,
Why I paint and how I paint it.
Booking via Eventbrite
March
26
Online Talk Tim Dodds, artist,
Painting from Models.
Booking via Eventbrite
October
1
Live Talk, Cardiff School of Art & Design Alice Briggs,
The rural as a place for and of cultural production
29
Live Talk, Cardiff School of Art & Design Gordon Dalton,
Painting Solastalgia: Depicting the post-industrialist coast through contemporary landscape.
November
26
Live Talk, Cardiff School of Art & Design Angharad Pearce Jones:
A life in steel.
CASW organises regular talks, both live and online, open to everyone as part of its commitment to promoting engagement with contemporary art and artists. See Features for previous talks online and in print as well as podcasts.
If you support contemporary art and artists in Wales by becoming a member of CASW, you can take part in the regular talks, visits and study tours in the UK and abroad which CASW organises for its members.
Events for CASW members (2024)
Monthly talks, study tours in UK and abroad and gallery visits are organised for members, who are notified directly through CASW’s regular e-bulletins (which also include booking information) and an annually published calendar.
February
10
Zoe Gingell, artist and curator,
Curating in relation to Museum Collections.
March
3 – 9
Study tour to Newcastle and the North East.
23
Paul Vining, ceramicist,
Ceramics at Cardiff: the transformative years.
27
Event at Insole Court, Cardiff.
April
17
Afternoon visit to Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to view art collection.
24
Day visit to Blenheim Palace to view contemporary art.
27
Art in the House in Swansea.
May
8
A walk along the art trail linked to the Beacons Way.
18
Sue Roe, biographer, Writing Artists’ Lives
(on Gwen John and approaching artist biography).
June
Date to be confirmed Visit degree shows at Cardiff College of Art and Design.
July
27
AGM.
September
10
Day visit to Compton Verney.
21
Gary Raymond, editor of Wales Arts Review,
Understanding art and writing about it.
October
28
Iwan Bala, artist and writer,
Culture as site-specific artform.
November
7
Annual Dinner at Cardiff and County Club.
December
7
Ceri Thomas,
Ernest Zobole
Landscape/Colour Series 1 (2015)
Sophie Southgate
Ceramic