Can you believe I’ve never been to the Tate or V&A and I’m going to be doing an Art degree in September? Nope neither can I, it’s embarrassing. This summer I will rectify this, bellow is a list of things I’d like to do from now till Uni, with or without my friends company;
• Visit Glastonbury – I’ve been once before and thought it was one of the loveliest places
• Visit Cambridge – All of us have memories of being somewhere, being completely and utterly happy and uncomplicated. My memory took place in Cambridge where I went on a school trip and we punted. I’ve been dying to revisit ever since.
• Visit Hay-on-wye – Last year I was looking for a list of books for uni, Hay-on-wye being the book capital seemed the perfect place to go. I loved it there, the amount of book surrounding me in one small town was overwhelming and it had some of the second best vintage shop I’ve been in – First being in Totness.
• To Kayak down the River Wye – More specifically through Symons Yatt, on a buoyant pub-crawl.
• London – There is a massive long list of things I loved to do in London. Camden market, Tate, V&A, China town, Portobello market, Camberwell market, British museum, Natural History Museum… basically a lot of museums and markets. I’d have to stay over a night or two to be able to fit all of that in.
• National Museum Cardiff – I’ve lived in Wales my whole life. all almost twenty years, and I’ve never ever been to the National Museum; yet another thing I’m ashamed of. I really want to sit and draw, make little studies, try and improve my life drawing skills.
• The Fleece – February I went to go see – prepare for fan girl-ing; my favourite band ever! Frightened Rabbit, it was the best gig I’ve ever been to, I was right at the front, my stomach touching the stage, if I wasn’t afraid I’d get a restraining order I could have touched Scott (Lead singer) I could actually see the wet collecting in his beard. Moving on, the venue they played in is called ‘The Fleece’, it has a capacity of 450 people; it’s like quaint, small and gets really warm, making it perfect. I fell in love with Bristol that night. I’d love to live there, in a flat. I’ve completely romanticised it.
Think that’s all of the stuff I’d like to do this summer that I’ve thought of so far anyway.
To start this off I visited an exhibition and a museum today, in Newport. The Exhibition is called ‘Shift’. My old Tutor, David Garner - a Welsh Artist originally from Ebbw Vale, South Wales. He studied at Newport and Cardiff College of Art and the Royal College, London. He’s exhibited widely throughout the UK and Ireland including the National Museum, Cardiff, the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow and the City Gallery, Leister. Garner is one of Wales’ leading visual artists.
Dave’s work is heavily influenced by industrial South Wales and the closure of the coal industry, which resulted in deterioration of many mining communities like Dave’s hometown.
As well as being a very talented fine artist Dave is also a lovely person who’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. All in all he’s a very inspiring person.
If you’re in the area and you’re interested in having a look it’s running till June 28th
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