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 unwaith eto ar y daith hudolus hon drwy strydoedd a llwybrau Mayhill.

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Gloomy Mayhill Walk by Joan Jones

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 increasingly critical of charity and the attitudes of pity that underpinned it. This talk explores these arguments and their relevance to disability activism today. Glynn Vivian’s own sight declined in later life, and the talk also examines the experiences of people with visual impairments.

David Turner - Disability and Blindness

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.

Bob Gelsthorpe - In Conversation

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.

Aled Simons - In Conversation

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

Tiff Oben, Old Masters - Community Cafe

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 2014

Emma Gifford Mead - Artist Talk

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.

Joan Jones - In Conversation

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.

Clare Woods - In Conversation

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.

Barry Plumber, From the Sacred Mountain... - Community Cafe

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.

Rachel Trezise - In Conversation

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.

Dr Ceri Thomas, Views From The Collection Part Three - Community Cafe

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.

Andreas Ruthi, When the object is the subject - Artist Talk

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.

Dr Ceri Thomas, Views From The Collection Part Two - Community Cafe

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 power, politics, history and memory, and considers the role of illusion, authenticity and the manipulation of perception. Her work often takes the form of sculptural assemblages or installations where items are continuously arranged, layered and edited.

Zanne Andrea - Artist Talk

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.