Welcome

The Anglesey Arts Forum exists to promote the arts on Anglesey. Membership of the Forum is free and anyone interested or involved in the arts in any way is welcome to join. Anglesey based performers or groups please contact us if you would like to participate in Anglesey Performing Arts Weeks (APAW).

The Members’ Profiles tab above lists all the current members with details of their work. The Anglesey Arts Weeks (AAW) Open Studios tab gives details of the Open Studios and Galleries Weeks (1 – 16 April 2023). The Anglesey Performing Arts Weeks will next be held from 20 October to 5 November 2023. We hope you find the information on this site useful and, if you are not from Anglesey, that it encourages you to come over and visit our beautiful Island packed full as it is with creative people!

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ANGLESEY OPEN STUDIOS 2023

Painters, sculptors, photographers, film-makers, printmakers, installation artists, and craft workers will be delighted to welcome you to their studios during the Anglesey Arts Weeks (AAW): Open Studios and Galleries Weeks 1-16 April 2023. Anglesey is a beautiful Island so make a holiday of it – enjoy the beaches, and land and seascapes as well as visiting the artists, and enjoying the Walks.

Additions and unavoidable alterations to the Guide will be posted to: ww.angleseyartsforum.org or call the Ucheldre Centre (01407 763361).

Art and landscape walks

This year’s outdoor programme of popular walks and sketching tours is set out below. The walks will combine visits to artists’ studios with en-route insights into the landscape and history, which inspire many of our artists. Instruction is given on sketching walks, which are therefore suitable for both beginners and the experienced

TOUR 1: SATURDAY 1 APRIL 2023: A creative writing walk drawing inspiration from the surrounding land, sea and post-industrial landscapes led by Wil Stewart commencing at The Holyhead Breakwater Park.

TOUR 2: SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2023: An outdoor sketching, and wildlife ramble around the Holyhead Marina area with artist Christine Garwood and Guide Caroline Bateson commencing at the carpark above the Holyhead Sailing Club.

TOUR 3: FRIDAY 7 APRIL 2023: A studio and landscape walk with Walk Leader Kath Thomas commencing at Penmon Priory carpark, and linking the nearby artists’ studios.

TOUR 4: SATURDAY 8 APRIL 2023: A smart phone film making, and local interest walk to South Stack and back with film maker Angharad Parry and Walk Leader Kath Thomas commencing at the carpark above the Holyhead Sailing Club.

TOUR 5: MONDAY 10 APRIL 2023: A studio and landscape walk with Walk Leader Kath Thomas commencing at the Llangoed Village Centre carpark, and linking artists in the Llangoed area including Plas Bodfa.

TOUR 6: THURSDAY 13 APRIL 2023: Join storyteller Gillian Brownson for a walk down to Rocky Coast, and hear tales of mysterious mer creatures on the way! Commencing at 1030, 1230, and 1430 from the Breakwater Park lake.

TOUR 7: FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2022: A sketching, and wildlfe walk around Cemaes Bay with Guide Caroline Bateson commencing at the main Cemaes Harbour carpark.