September News
September Exhibitions
Join us for the opening of our two September exhibitions, Flight by ART Texiles Made in Britain and What Shapes the Land by Nadia Epping
Both shows open on Saturday 5th September at 2pm
ART Textiles Made in Britain: Flight
September 5th - 26th
Opening Saturday 5th September, 2pm
Art Textiles: Made in Britain are a group of textile artists from around the UK. Formed in 2013 with the aim to promote British art textiles, to introduce them to new audience, and to continually explore new and vibrant work both as individuals and as a group.
Nadia Epping
What Shapes the Land
Exploring the unexpected beauty of post-industrial Wales
September 5th - 26th
Opening Saturday 5th September, 2pm
"I have had a longstanding fascination with the Welsh landscape, since first visiting as a teenager. I am equally inspired by the industrial past of the south Wales valleys, quarries within Bannau Brycheiniog National Park or the slate mines of north Wales. My work also draws inspiration from visits to UK coastlines in Pembrokeshire and beyond."
Porthcawl Plein Air
Thanks you to all the artists who took part in our plein air event in Porthcawl this past weekend. We had a lovely time despite the weather!
Work from the event will be exhibited at the galleyr in October.
Calls For Art
The Art of the Romans
Good News!
We are extending the deadline for our After the Romans Call for Art
We’ve had lovely entries so far and if you are currently working on something there is now more time to enter.
New deadline: 19/09/26
Call Out: Noir
We’d like to invite artists to submit artwork to our Noir exhibition with artwork featuring a high contrast, minimal colour palette with black (noir) being the prominent colour.
Entry Fee: £15 per artwork
Submission Deadline: Sunday 4th October 2026.
Call Out: Pantomime
A call for art based on the theme ‘Pantomime’ to celebrate the traditional Christmas treat.
Entry Fee: £15 per artwork
Submission Deadline: Sunday 1st November 2026.
OPEN 27
Queen Street Gallery will be holding their ninth Open Art Competition in February 2027.
The competition provides an exciting opportunity for amateur and professional artists to celebrate creativity side by side in Queen Street Gallery's exhibition space.
Entries are now open!
Neath Arts Festival is back for 2026!
An exciting line-up of literature, art, theatre and music awaits. Stay tuned for more news!
15–19 October 2026
Post-industrial Welsh landscapes and slate mines are sex cam exactly the sort of subject that usually gets overlooked, so Nadia Epping's take on it sounds worth the trip on its own — and pairing it with a textiles show called Flight is a clever bit of curation. I get a lot of my fun from the UK platform X, so finding a gallery quietly doing something this interesting was a real treat. Two exhibitions opening the same afternoon, plus that plein air event in Porthcawl where everyone stuck it out despite the weather, sounds like a proper day out. The extended deadline for the Romans call for art is good news too — might even tempt me to have a…