by Executive | 12 Jul, 2015 | Events
On Sunday 12 July, internationally renowned artist Rabab Ghazoul presented a participatory open rehearsal of song followed by a performance with Welsh choirs at The Welfare, Ystradgynlais, which brought to life the work of Polish émigré artist Josef Herman. Ghazoul,...
by Executive | 12 Jul, 2015 | Events, Uncategorized
Young artists inspired by Josef Herman and their local landscape Photo:Ffion Roberts Drakley A new exhibition of young people’s artwork inspired by the internationally renowned artist Josef Herman opened this week at the Welfare Ystradgynlais with a celebratory event....
by Executive | 4 May, 2015 | Events
Sarah Rhys’s residency is a research and development Arts Council Wales funded project. She has been exploring Ystradgynlais and the surrounding area responding to the place and landscape through a deep mapping, responding and creating interventions with drawings,...
by Executive | 20 Apr, 2015 | Eisteddfod, Uncategorized
Unwaith eto “Newyddion da a ddaeth i’n Bro” oherwydd bod Sefydliad Josef Herman Cymru, sydd â’i ganolfan yn Ystradgynlais, yn cyfranogi yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol eleni eto. Cynhelir yr Eisteddfod ym Meifod, Canolbarth Cymru. Mae’r...
by Executive | 12 Apr, 2015 | Events
‘Josef Herman’s Artist Contemporaries in Wales’ The Polish Jewish refugee artist Josef Herman’s connections with south Wales are relatively well known. He came to the then mining village of Ystradgynlais in 1944 for a fortnight and, captivated by...
