- MOMA, Wales
MOMA or Museum of
Modern Art adjacent to Y Tabernacl ( _en. The Tabernacle) is located inMachynlleth ,Powys ,Mid Wales .The Tabernacle was converted in the mid-1980s from a Wesleyan chapel into a centre for the
performing arts . Since then the Museum of Modern Art has grown up alongside it, with six exhibition spaces.The
Auditorium of The Tabernacle has excellentacoustics andPitch Pine pews to seat 350 people. Chamber and choral music, drama,lecture s and regularly take place here. A Steinwaygrand piano has been purchased; translation booths, recording facilities and a cinema screen have been installed; the oak-beamed Foyer has abar ; and extensive access for the disabled has been made possible by a lift.The
Machynlleth Festival takes place in the Auditorium in late August every year. During the week eminent performers take part in events ranging from recitals for children tojazz . Special features are theHallstatt Lecture on some aspect of Celtic culture and theGlyndwr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to theArts in Wales.For the rest of the year the centre can be hired for performances, rehearsals and gatherings. Ty Llyfnant houses music teaching rooms and an art studio while the Green Room doubles as a Language Laboratory where
Lifelong learning classes are held.Exhibitions
Throughout the year MOMA shows "Modern Welsh Art", a constantly changing exhibition featuring leading
artist s from Wales. Individual artists are spotlighted in a series of temporary exhibitions. In August expert judges and then the public choose the winners of theTabernacle Art Competition .The Tabernacle Collection
Paintings and drawings from the
Tabernacle Collection are shown in rotation. Works in this permanent collection include "Portrait of William McElroy" byAugustus John , "Toasting" byStanley Spencer and "Portrait of a Woman" by PercyWyndham Lewis . MOMA Wales owns "Waterfall, Ogwen", "Cottages, Cilgwyn", "Carreg Cennen" and "Road above Deiniolen" by SirKyffin Williams . TheBrotherhood of Ruralists is represented by Graham Arnold's "Last Poems (A E Housman)" and "Journal 1997" and by Ann Arnold's "Clare's Countryside" (8) and "The River Dyfi". There are also two drawings ofDylan Thomas by his friendMervyn Levy .Peter Prendergast ("Early Winter, Nant Ffrancon Valley" and "Study for Early Winter, Nant Ffrancon Valley") received the Glyndwr Award in 2004, whileShani Rhys James ("Night Kitchen I") is the designated recipient for 2007.Further reading
* Mike Parker & Paul Whitfield: "The Rough Guide to Wales" (Rough Guides, London, 2003) ISBN 978-1-84353-120-3
*Alistair Crawford : "Made of Wales" (Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust, Machynlleth, 2000) ISBN 978-0-9519971-3-0
* Paul Binding: "A commemorative essay commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, Wales for the 20th anniversary of The Brotherhood of Ruralists" (Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust, Machynlleth, 1995)
* David Alston, Lynda Morris & Tony Curtis: "The Painter's Quarry: The Art of Peter Prendergast" (Seren, Bridgend, 2006) ISBN 978-1-85411-409-9
* Shani Rhys James: "The Black Cot" (Gomer, Llandysul, 2004) ISBN 978-1-84323-152-3
*Walter Michel : "Wyndham Lewis: paintings and drawings" (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1971) ISBN 978-0-520-01612-5External links
* [http://www.momawales.org.uk Official site in Welsh and English]
* [http://www.artinwales.250x.com Contemporary Artists in Wales]
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