Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Nov 19 2024 21 ep. 29 mins 3
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An archive of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery talks, interviews, guides and music, ranging from historical to contemporary subjects, led by artists, curators, educators and historians. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is is part of the City & County of Swansea and is supported by the Arts Council of Wales and through grant aid from CyMAL.

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Out of this World talk: Chris Parry – The life of Margaret Watts Hughes

Nov 19 2024 52 mins  
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 world of mystery that sound rev

Rhodri Davies And Joan Jones, William Blake's Prophecy In Spirit Mirror

Mar 14 2022 5 mins  
Rhodri Davies And Joan Jones, William Blake's Prophecy In Spirit Mirror by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 1

Mar 14 2022 5 mins  
Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 1 by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 2

Mar 14 2022 6 mins  
Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 2 by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Curators Tour; Gilly Fox, Not Without My Ghosts - The Artist As Medium

Mar 02 2022 29 mins  
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. Gilly Fox, Assistant Curator a

Gloomy Mayhill Walk by Joan Jones

Feb 08 2021 13 mins  
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 Chwefror 2020. Gwrandewch unwai

David Turner - Disability and Blindness

May 27 2017 47 mins  
The Victorians viewed sight as the ‘sovereign’ of the senses and considered 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 century blind people became inc

Bob Gelsthorpe - In Conversation

Jul 08 2016 23 mins  
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 during November 2015.

Aled Simons - In Conversation

Dec 08 2015 20 mins  
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.

Tiff Oben, Old Masters - Community Cafe

Nov 09 2015 40 mins  
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 2014