Wild Wales
17th February - 26th February

In 2014 James took up photography, specialising in natural history. In 2015 he was awarded two gold awards for collections entered in the prestigious national Koestler Awards. 

We are pleased to offer a voice to James through the display of his photography. More information on the Koestler Trust, their work and the awards can be found on their website.

We are pleased to welcome back to Oriel Colwyn 'A Fine Beginning' with their 'Made in Wales II' exhibition, opening on March 1st, St David's Day.

A Fine Beginning is a Welsh photography collective that gives photographers creating work in and around Wales a platform for their projects.

Displaying work from members Abbie Trayler-Smith, Gawain Barnard, Francesca Jones and James O Jenkins, the show also features 27 photographers who have had projects featured on the blog. The artworks range in date from the past to the present day. 

More information on the A Fine Beginning collective and their blog can be found HERE 

‘Made in Wales II’ exhibiting photographers include:

Abbie Trayler-Smith, Celia Jackson, Clémentine Schneidermann, Craig Bernard, Daragh Soden, Eleanor Whiteman, Francesca Jones, Gareth Phillips, Garry Stuart, Gawain Barnard,  Geoff Charles, Huw Davies, James A Hudson, James O Jenkins, Jooney Woodward, Lewys Canton, Lua Ribeira, Mandy Thomas, Mark Griffiths, Marta Giaccone, Mike Harvey, Mira Andres, Nathan Klein, Neil Turner, Pete Davis, Peter Jones, Rob Hudson, Robert Haines, Roger Tiley, also including our past exhibitor Stephen Clarke, who's solo exhibition Shifting Sands was shown here at Oriel Colwyn in 2013.

Saturday 20th February
1pm - 3pm

Lightbox is a FREE monthly photography workshop for young people aged between 12 and 16.

Returning after it's winter break, Lightbox gives an opportunity for young creatives to work on fun photographic projects and learn new skills with Oriel Colwyn's curator and photographer, Paul Sampson.
 

Each Lightbox session runs for two hours and is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. We aim to make these sessions inclusive to all, don't worry if you haven't got a camera - we have a selection here you can borrow for the sessions.

In January we ran 'Pixelsticking' workshops at the Take pART festival in Venue Cymru, it's a fabulous festival was really busy but you may have seen us!  
Take a peek at the fabulous results made by young people HERE 


A new schedule of Lightbox dates for the first half of 2016 is now available at www.orielcolwyn.org/lightbox 

Many gallery and photography supporters have been donating their old used equipment to our darkroom project and more recently have been voting for the project via the North Wales Police 'Your Community, Your Choice' Participatory Budget Fund.

We are extremely grateful for the continued support and wonderfully proud to announce that with your help, we have won the funding required to complete the darkroom.

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Planning is now taking place to build, equip and facilitate the darkroom for photographers, both old and new. Important educational and community use will also form part of a programme that will add to the vibrant North Wales photography scene.

A resource to inspire creativity.

Follow Oriel Colwyn on Twitter and Facebook for regular updates as the project progresses.