The Washington Gallery will be holding life drawing classes suitable for a range of levels with experienced artist Pauline Williams. Please bring your own drawing equipment. Thursday 14th January – 7.00 – 9.00pm: £12 per place Sunday 31st January – 1.00 – 5.00pm: £20 per place New Additional  Date: Thursday 25th February – 7.00 – 9.00pm: £12 per place Places [...]

Sing in the spring! Singing Workshop at The Washington Gallery, 1-3 Stanwell Rd, Penarth Saturday February 6th, 2pm – 6pm £15 (£12 concessions – students, pensioners, unwaged) It’s 2010 and what better way to approach the year than with confident, powerful and resounding voices! This lively and inclusive singing workshop will help you shed some of those winter blues [...]

15 June – 6 July Our Landscape, our Art, our Time Opening Friday 19 June 6- 9pm To coincide with an exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Dan Llywelyn Hall and Raphael Pepper will be exhibiting at the Washington Gallery with a collection of paintings prints and drawings that form the preparatory works to the Transfiguration [...]

The revised bid for Heritage Lottery Funding has been submitted this week and the wheels are now in motion for the Pavilion Project to begin taking shape. The full outline of the project is now in the hands of the Heritage Lottery Fund and they will make a decision later this year as to whether this [...]

Aneurin Jones’s work is at one with rural Dyfed. The work seems to grow organically from the land and is seen as iconic art in the eyes of so many. There is a timeless quality to the work – the individual in solitude, a gathering of country people, the sanctity of the earth and the flamboyancy of the Welsh [...]

The Washington Gallery Art Club is now taking bookings for the New Year.  The workshops are led by tutor Sarah Wall. Children are invited to take a 10 week block booking, priced at £50 – £5 per class. The first class will take place: Thursday 21st January 4pm – 5pm The children will experience a range of activities [...]

A dynamic light installation in the water surrounding Penarth Pier on Dec 5th 2009 commissioned by Ffotogallery and The Washington Gallery. This visually stunning landscape intervention is the closing event to Ffotogallery’s Vision On season. It will highlight the ‘Save the Penarth Pavilion Campaign’ and celebrate its 80th Birthday “Night falls over Penarth.A stream of glowing orbs [...]

Harp Workshop | Sunday 7th February | With Kathryn Rees-Peak. Make it your New Year’s resolution to try the harp in 2010! The workshop consists of a whole day of classes for beginners and improvers, followed by a recital to include performances by the students. £30 for the day including the recital. £5 for entry to [...]

January is Education Month at the Washington Gallery. From 10th – 24th January, the Gallery presents a wonderful exhibition of work produced by children from Barnardo’s Community Links project, along with work produced by Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice and New Leaf Literacy Project, Newport. Then from 25th – 31st January, Stanwell and Evenlode Schools present a selection [...]

Friday 26th November 2009 – 4th January 2010 The mixed exhibition will showcase artists within a 200km distance / 26kg Carbon Dioxide emission equivalents to reduce transport emissions, and each piece will have its carbon footprint along with its price.  Artists will be asked to consider their mode of transport in delivery.  The exhibition will run from Friday [...]

Make a felt Christmas tree decoration at the Washington Gallery! On Saturday 19th December trained artist Sarah Wall will lead art and craft workshops for two different age groups. 10.30am – Midday (7-10 years old)   1.00pm – 2.30pm (11 years old and over) £10 per child – book early! To register your child or for further information, call us on [...]