Lecture with Clarrie Wallis of Tate Britain

 Saturday, January 21, 2012 

Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am to 2pm 

Clarrie Wallis, Tate's curator of contemporary British art, comes to Glasbury to reveal exactly what is involved in buying art for the nation, curating exhibitions by many of the leading lights on the contemporary art scene, including Damien Hirst, Richard Long and Cerith Wyn Evans, and offers an insight into why contemporary British art has enjoyed such great success over the last 15 years.

The timetable for the day: 

10.30-11am – coffee/tea

11am-12.30pm – lecture

12.30-2pm – buffet lunch  

Coffee, lunch and a glass of wine are all included in the ticket price.

Ticket prices £16/£13 – Member’s discount applies 

Tickets: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Craft Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or by email to boxoffice@glasburyart.co.uk 

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Gwernyfed Drama Studio at 7.30pm 

 Supported by Night Out Scheme and Pembertons Bookshop

A concert given by five members of the Mid Wales Chamber Orchestra, the new professional orchestra for Mid Wales, formed in spring 2010 to bring high quality classical music to concert audiences, schools and communities across Mid Wales. The String Quintet is led by Marcia Crayford, who made her Royal Festival Hall solo debut while still a student at the Yehudi Menuhin School and went on to perform concertos with Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Michael Tippett and Sir Simon Rattle. Her performance of the Elgar Violin Sonata was recently named the benchmark in the BBC Music Magazine.

The programme for Glasbury Arts will be:

Schubert                       -  Quartettsatz

Mendelssohn                -  String Quintet no 1 in A major Op. 18

Mozart                         -  String Quintet no 4 in G minor K516

Ticket prices £10/£7.50 – Member’s discount applies

Tickets: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Craft Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or by email to boxoffice@glasburyart.co.uk 

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Glasbury Village Hall at 8.30pm  

Enjoy a cabaret-style evening of late-night jazz as the smooth, smoky vocals of Ruth Bowen are brought to Glasbury.

Ruth has been entertaining audiences around the country for the last twenty years with her super-smooth vocals and strong, swinging bass. Tonight she is playing with her favourite line-up of sax/flute, guitar and drums.

Gardenia Swing will play a wide variety of jazz and swing numbers - tunes made popular by artists such Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and more recently Diana Krall, Stacey Kent and Clare Teal. But be prepared for a few musical surprises!

Dessert and coffee will be served.

Ticket prices £9/£7 - Member’s discount applies 

Tickets: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Craft Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or by email to boxoffice@glasburyart.co.uk 

Presented by Gwernyfed High School Astronomy Club 

Following the sell-out success of their previous Night with the Stars, Gwernyfed High School Astronomy Club return with an all-new presentation. To meet demand for tickets there will be two presentations on consecutive nights.

The growing group will be expanding on their astronomy portfolio and examining some of the more remarkable objects in our universe, focusing on black holes, birth clouds and the likelihood of life being created from it all.

In addition to this, students will be providing the artwork for many of these abstract discussions and a selection will be available to view. The scope of the project has become more focused than the first project … but the beauty really IS in the detail....”  

Ticket prices £13/£11 – Member’s discount applies 

A buffet meal is included in the ticket price

Tickets: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Craft Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or by email to boxoffice@glasburyart.co.uk