Artstream Competition

Enter the ArtStream free draw and win either

A] a framed screenprint by Glenn Ibbitson. "Consignment: batch 40 unit1" a signed limited edition [of 10] printed on ply;

or

B] a handstitched and bound 74 leaved sketchbook [140gsm; 11 x 15cm] by Carole King, with original screenprinted 'Hills and Dales' design cover.

Step 1 -the easy bit. Go to the Artstream facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/ArtstreamNE

and 'like' this page -many of you have already got this far.

Step 2 -bit trickier… write a one sentence, five star review on the page, telling the world just what it is which makes ArtStream Gallery so special. Be original; the more off the wall your comment is, the better! *

You have until midnight Monday 10th August to submit your comment.

The names of all contributors will be included in a draw; to be made on Tuesday, August 11th by Pam Judge; media coordinator for this year's Ceredigion Art Trail

*Reviews may be used in future ArtStream publicity acknowledging the writer with initial, surname and town location only. No contact details will be made public at any time.

Visual Intrigue at Artstream Gallery

'Maps and Codes' is a themed exhibition which explores the use of symbols to interpret the landscape. Hidden images are revealed using ultraviolet blacklight and messages are coded using flowers. Poppy seeds recreate the lines of the WW1 trenches, roads, hedges and chromatography patterns.

An artist chooses how to reveal some aspects of the world they see while deliberately obscuring or cryptically encoding others. Some codes and symbols are fairly clear, for example, those appropriated from ordnance survey maps to create abstract landscapes; others may include signs made from details of objects, which might not immediately be clear to a general public, but would be immediately apparent to anyone associated with, say, the woollen industry.

Carole has been mapping the landscapes of West Wales, re-interpreting aspects of its industrial and social past through paintings and original prints. Because her technique shuttles between fine art skills and traditional domestic crafts the works reflect a free-ranging, intuitive quality, as rigorously organised as a quilt design.

Maps and Codes is at Artstream Gallery, Cawdor Hall (under the clock) Newcastle Emlyn. Open Tues-Sat 10-5pm June 23rd-July 4th

Artstream Gallery in print

Jenefer Llewellyn Ferguson wrote this great article and took pictures at the opening of our gallery in Newcastle Emlyn

Featured in the Tivyside this week.