Drawing with Wire Artist Jane Maddox will be running a workshop in which you can “draw with wire”.  Come and try out your sculptural skills by twisting and forming wire to produce a picture of any subject you like.  Wire will be provided but you may like to bring pliers, wire cutters, scissors and round sticks of [...]

Now Showing | Nick Hughes & Thomasin Toohie | Imagine That | Until 19th March Inspired by whimsy and a sense of the obscure, these two artists depict life in a world of fantasy. Newport-born painter Nick Hughes is largely self-taught. The artist works his pastels to create dreamlike surfaces in which tiny human figures [...]

22nd February – 9th March | International Women’s Day Exhibition | Lower Gallery The Washington is currently showing a collection of paintings, prints and sculptures by female artists including  Vernetta O’Connor, Eileen Allan, Eve Hart and Jean Francis, as part of International Women’s Day. International Womens Day:  Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the [...]

Café Sketching Join artist Lesley Dearne in the Washington Gallery Cafe, for some people watching and the chance to capture the relaxed cafe atmosphere. This is an opportunity to get your sketchbook out and loosen up with some quick and lively sketching in a fun relaxed atmosphere. The main aim is to enjoy this fun experience; it [...]

Hilary Brynaston will have a new collection Ceramics displayed throughout the month in the lower Gallery. Save the Turtles Bags are currently available to buy in lower gallery. Every year in the UK hundred of turtles suffocate by mistaking plastic bags in our seas for Jellyfish, Turtle bags have created a range of handy re-usable shopping bags so that [...]

Len Gibbs | The Glamorgan Coast | 12th March – 12th April 2010 | Lower Gallery The Washington will be showing a new collection work by Welsh painter Len Gibb. The exhibiton will include a collection of thirteen paintings inspired by the Glamorgan Coastline  -  From Tenby, Fishguard, Newquay, Laugharne to Aberaeron. Please join us for the [...]

Cardiff Drawing Group are running the following Workshops in Spring 2010: Still Life - Sunday 28th March 10 places available £6.00 each Fun Children’s Workshop Monday 29th March 10-12 8 places available, ages 7-14 Pen and Wash 2-4pm, 10 places available £6.00 each Pastel Workshop Tuesday 30th March, 10-12pm £6.00 per person. Life Drawing Thursday 1st April 7-9pm, 10 places [...]

12th April – 9th May | Woad and Rust | Lyn Griffiths & Pat Johnson & Daphne Lancaster| Lower Gallery A mixture of 2D and 3D work “All of the work in this exhibition is made from wool fibre (mainly Merino) with some silk applied in some cases printed using thermo fax screens.  The subtle colour is [...]

Life Drawing Workshop An opportunity to join artist, Pauline Williams during her regular monthly life-drawing session here at the Washington. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced artist, as individual tuition will be given to guide all students. Working directly from a life-model, students will be able to create several nude studies, focussing on different aspects of the [...]

From 23rd April the Washington will be showing a collection of new paintings by artist Jackie Morris in the Upper Gallery. In this body of work Jackie has re-focused her approach to abstract painting. The main images are taken from reproductions of art historical paintings, and the human figure is removed, allowing the fabric and [...]