IN BRIEF...

If you're a regular reader of Artcymru you may well have noticed that we failed to update the web site on Friday the 28th of June. This disgraceful omission was not an oversight, or a lapse in concentration, rather the inevitable result of our two-day excursion to the opening of the "Dreaming Awake" exhibition in London.
For those of you unfamiliar with the "Dreaming Awake" exhibition you can read the full report within our article archive. However, to make it short - the exhibition is collaboration between Keith Bayliss, Jaroslav Mykisa, Roger Moss, Tony Goble, Iwan Bala and Clive Hicks-Jenkins.

It all began back in the last millennium (1999), and the exhibition has now finally returned to the UK after having spent several months in the Czech Republic. All of the participating artists work separately, but are united in their friendship with fellow exhibitor Czeck born Jaroslav Mykisa, an architectural stained glass artist now living and working in Swansea.

Caroline Williams (long-suffering wife of our editor Nigel Williams ) at the opening at the Czech embassy

Both Bernard Mitchell, an exhibitor within "Dreaming Awake," and I, had invites to the opening of the show at the Czech Embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, and therefore, because the trip was an overnight stay, the Artcymru site was neglected for a day.

However, it was all worth while with the opening being a really good night with Keith Bayliss, Jaroslav Mykisa, Roger and Sally Moss, Bernard and Anne Mitchell, Tony Goble, Nigel and Caroline Williams and the author David Greenslade being amongst the Welsh representatives present, along with many of the Czech refugees who were housed in Wales during the second world war.

The exhibition was warmly received and some decent networking established for possible future shows.

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' DREAMING AWAKE'


Bernard Mitchell next to a collection of his portraits at the "Dreaming Awake" exhibition opening at the Czech Embassy in London

Jaroslav Mykisa standing in front of a painting by
Clive Hicks-Jenkins

Keith Bayliss (second from left) and Roger Moss (second from right) at the opening

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