Cardiff Bay trip in February

We are going by train to Cardiff Bay on Sunday, February 26, 2012. The trip will include a walk around the wll and locks. There is much to see on the Bay Walk including the Norwegian Church, The Coal Exchange, the Millennium Centre and the Senedd. We arrive at Cardiff at 11.40am and arrive back to Newtown around 8pm. For more details contact the Gallery 01686 625041

Christmas Quiz Evening 9 December

A date for your diaries! This year our annual quiz evening will be held at the Gallery on Friday 9 December. The evening will also be our Christmas event with the Cafe open for drinks and nibbles. The shop will also be open - an opportunity for your christmas shopping and to make the most of your Friends discount! More information soon.

Friends Trips for 2012

At the last meeting we began to formulate the trips for 2012. Here are the plans, specific dates will follow soon: Joanne Hodges is the trip organiser. 

March/April:  Manchester 
People will have the option to visit art galleries such as The Lowry, the Manchester Art Gallery,  The John Rylands University Library or The Imperial War Museum North. Or simply get some great shopping done in Manchester!

June/July:  Herefordshire 
A visit to Kentchurch Court considered by many as one of the most important historic houses in England. It is also the ancestral home of the Scudamore family. Afterwards we will visit The Laskett Gardens owned by Sir Roy Strong who has created the largest private formal garden in England since 1945.

September:  Bromsgrove
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings. Home to over 27 different structures which have been rescued and re-built in rural Worcestershire. The Museum is spread over 19 acres and includes a wildflower meadow, period gardens, a traditional cider and cherry orchard as well as the amazing collection of buildings.

Next meeting: Monday 19 September

The next meeting of the Friends of Oriel Davies is at 4.30pm, Monday 19 September in the Oriel Davies Education Room. Items on the agenda include firming up trips for the coming few months and organizing and planning the Quiz Evening which will take place in December. All welcome!

Visit: Rene Magritte: The Pleasure Principle

Saturday 17 Sepember 2011
Friends trip to Rene Magritte: The Pleasure Principle at Tate Liverpool.
Coach leaves Newtown 8.30am. Also picking up from Flash, Welshpool, 9pm. For cost and details, please ring the Gallery reception on 01686 625041 or email desk@orieldavies.org

René Magritte (1898–1967) is one of the most revered and popular artists of the 20th century. During summer 2011 Tate Liverpool presents René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle, the first major exhibition of the Belgian surrealist in the UK in ten years. The Pleasure Principle aims to focus on the less explored aspects of Magritte’s life and artistic practice, and on themes including the artist’s use of pattern and artifice, ideas and revelation, and visual fracture and eroticism.