A World of Mystery: the life of Margaret Watts Hughes The name of Margaret Watts Hughes will not be familiar to many, but it certainly should be. A Dowlais born, child vocalist of great fame, who grew to be known across the country for her voice. Fascinated by sound she invented a way of making the human voice visible. To her there was an invisible…

Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 2 by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Airتوسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 1 by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Airتوسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Rhodri Davies And Joan Jones, William Blake's Prophecy In Spirit Mirror by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Airتوسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Curator Gilly Fox guides us around the Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition, 'Not Without My Ghosts, The Artist As Medium'. Fox talks about the varied work in the exhibition, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day, looking at how artists’ have engaged with séances, channelling, automatic writing and other paranormal investigations. Gil…

Artist Joan Jones performed ‘Gloomy Mayhill Walk’ as part of our Glynn Vivian Art Night: Supporting LGBT+ History Month in February 2020. Listen again to this captivating journey through the streets and pathways of Mayhill. Perfformiodd yr artist Joan Jones 'Gloomy Mayhill Walk' fel rhan o Noson Gelf Glynn Vivian: Cefnogi Ms Hanes LGBT+ ym mis Chwe…

The Victorians viewed sight as the ‘sovereign’ of the senses andconsidered its loss highly disabling. From the late eighteenth century onwards charitable institutions provided education and training for blind children. Wealthy philanthropists such as Richard Glynn Vivian supported blind people’s charities, but from the middle of the nineteenth cent…

Bob Gelsthorpe is an artist, writer and co-director at Bit Studios. Faith is the key driving force in his practice-based research, which includes drawing, performance, photography, sculpture and curatorial projects. The work dictates the medium, as opposed to a medium focussed practice. Bob recorded this talk while he was our Artist in Residence du…

Artist, musician, collector, performer and designer Aled Simons joined Learning officer Tom Goddard to talk about his practice and time on his residency, recorded in July 2015.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

In this episode Lecturer and artist Tiff Oben presents the first in a series of three talks, searching for the Masters, overlooked makers, objects and the obscure, in a personal response to the Glynn Vivian Collection. Recorded in September 2014توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

In this episode, join Emma Gifford Mead as she discusses her curatorial practice including highlights from her time at Oriel Davies, Parasol Unit, and the British Council, leading up to curating the Jeremy Deller exhibition at the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2013. Recorded in March 2014توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Joan Jones was our Artist in Residence from December to January 2015. In this episode, Joan and Learning officer Tom Goddard discuss Joan's influences, life and experiences during the residency.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

This episode is an extract from Last year’s Wakelin award winner Clare Woods, who was recorded in September 2014 in conversation with Amanda Farr, director of Oriel Davies and selector of the award.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

In Association with Swansea Remembers, Art historian and artist Barry Plummer, discussed the life of Augustus John, as part of a series of talks that looked at artists from the Glynn Vivian collection, and the complex relationship with War.Recorded in July 2014.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Writer Rachel Trezise discusses Cosmic Latte, her current collection of short fiction stories. Rachel won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2006 and her first full length play, Tonypandemonium, was staged by National Theatre Wales in autumn 2013 and won ‘Best Production in the English Language’ at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards in early 2014.…

Dr Ceri Thomas presents the concluding part in a trilogy of talks spanning one hundred years in the history of visual culture in South Wales from 1910. Part Three was recorded in April 2014.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Swiss painter Andreas Rüthi, gave a talk about his work and the European tradition of still life painting in relation to modernism and more recent critical writing on still life, recorded in May 2014.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Dr Ceri Thomas presents the second in a trilogy of talks spanning one hundred years in the history of visual culture in South Wales from 1910. Part Two was recorded in March 2014.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery ‘Artist in Residence’ programme is an opportunity for the community to interact, exchange and engage with an artist and to offer artists an opportunity for reflection, research and collaboration. Zanne studied Fine Art in UWE, Bristol, gaining a Masters Degree at Bath Spa in 2013. Zanne explores the relationship between…

Dr Ceri Thomas presented a trilogy of talks spanning one hundred years in the history of visual culture in South Wales from 1910. Part One was recorded in January 2014.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Welcome to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery's online audio channel "On Air". Over the coming months you will have the opportunity to listen to talks, discussions and conversations from the gallery's audio archive.توسط Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air