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Gold Medal (National Eisteddfod Of Wales)
The Gold Medal (Welsh: ''Medal Aur'') of the National Eisteddfod of Wales is awarded annually in three categories for excellence in Fine Art, Architecture, or Craft and Design. Background The National Eisteddfod of Wales is Wales' most important national cultural event, taking place annually. Its open exhibition of art and craft, ''Y Lle Celf'' (Welsh: 'The Art Space') is one of the highlights of the Welsh arts calendar. Gold medals are awarded in the Visual Arts section for outstanding contributions in different media: a Gold Medal for Fine Art has been awarded since 1951; a medal for Architecture has been offered since 1954 (though withheld and not awarded between 1954 and 1959); and a Gold Medal for Craft and Design has been awarded since 1985. Other awards are the Tony Goble Award, given to a first time exhibitor, and the Josef Herman Award, chosen by the public (Josef Herman, a Polish emigree, won the Fine Art medal in 1962). The Architecture award was endowed by Thomas Alwy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Y Lle Celf
Y Lle Celf (Welsh 'The Art Place', ) is an annual art, craft and architecture exhibition held during the National Eisteddfod of Wales, claimed to be the biggest temporary art exhibition in Europe. Description Y Lle Celf is created every year for the duration of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the country's celebration of Welsh language and culture. The exhibition is organised by the National Eisteddfod and supported by the Arts Council of Wales. To exhibit in the exhibition, artists and designers must be either born in Wales, have Welsh parents, or have lived or worked in Wales for at least three years prior to the submission deadline, or have the ability to speak, read or write Welsh. In 2010 exhibitors were chosen from 2,500 entries. Forty finalists were chosen to exhibit. The final selection is chosen by a panel of experts. Y Lle Celf is usually housed in a temporary building on the Eisteddfod grounds, though at Ebbw Vale in 2010 it was held in the disused basement of a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aled Rhys Hughes
Aled () is a male Welsh given name and may refer to: * Aled Brew, Welsh rugby union player * Aled Davies, Welsh rugby union player * Aled Edwards, Canadian structural biologist * Aled Haydn Jones (born 1976), Welsh radio producer * Aled James, rugby league player * Aled Jones (born 1970), Welsh singer and broadcaster * Aled Owen Roberts (1889–1949), Welsh politician, soldier and businessman * Aled Thomas, Welsh rugby union player *Aled Wyn Davies Aled Wyn Davies (born 3 August 1974) is a classical tenor from Llanbrynmair, in Powys, Mid Wales. He is a member of the Three Welsh Tenors with Rhys Meirion and Aled Hall. Early life Davies's family were evicted from the farm run by Davies ... (born 1974), classical tenor from Wales * Tudur Aled (1465–1525), late medieval Welsh poet See also * Åled, an urban area in Sweden {{given name Welsh masculine given names Welsh given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emrys Williams
Emrys is a Welsh name (the Welsh form of ''Ambrose'') and may refer to: * Allan Emrys Blakeney (1925–2011), tenth Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan (1971–1982) * Charles Emrys Smith, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Education *Emrys ap Iwan (1851–1906), literary critic and writer on politics and religion * Emrys Davies (1904–1975), Glamorgan cricketer and later a Test cricket umpire * Emrys Evans (1891–1966), Welsh classicist and university principal *Emrys Evans (rugby) (1911–1983), Welsh dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer *Emrys G. Bowen (1900–1983), geographer * Emrys Hughes (1894–1969), Welsh Labour politician *Emrys Hughes (rugby league), Welsh rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s * Emrys James (1928–1989), Welsh Shakespearean actor *Emrys Jones (geographer), Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics * Emrys Jones (actor) (1915–1972), English actor * Emrys Roberts (Liberal politician) (1910 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hastie
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfyn Lewis
Elfyn Lewis (born 1969) is a Welsh painter who won the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gold Medal for fine art in 2009 and the Welsh Artist of the Year prize in 2010.Laura Chamberlain (21 June 2010"Elfyn Lewis wins Welsh Artist of the Year prize" BBC Wales blog. Retrieved 24 August 2013.Kevin White (24 June 2010"Porthmadog’s Elfyn Lewis is Welsh artist of the year" ''Daily Post'' (North Wales). Retrieved 24 August 2013. Lewis was born in Porthmadog, Gwynedd and studied at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ..., before gaining an MA in Fine Art from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 1998.Karen Price (19 February 2010"Artist Preview: Elfyn Lewis - Bylchau, St David’s Hall" Wales Online. Retrieved 24 August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Fenoulhet
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * '' Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Boot
The Wellington boot was originally a type of leather boot adapted from Hessian boots, a style of military riding boot. They were worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The "Wellington" boot became a staple of practical foot wear for the British aristocracy and middle class in the early 19th century. The name was subsequently given to waterproof boots made of rubber and they are no longer associated with a particular class. They are now commonly used for a range of agricultural and outdoors pursuits. Design and use Wellington boots in contemporary usage are waterproof and are most often made from rubber or polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a halogenated polymer. They are usually worn when walking on wet or muddy ground, or to protect the wearer from heavy showers and puddles. They are generally just below knee-high although shorter boots are available. The "Wellington" is a common and necessary safety or hygiene shoe in diverse industrial settings: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedwyr Williams
Bedwyr Williams (born 1974) in St. Asaph is a Welsh artist. He works across varied media including drawing, painting, writing and video.. Biography He studied at St Martins School of Art and Ateliers, Arnhem. In 2004, he won a Paul Hamlyn Award for the Visual Arts and in 2005 he was Welsh artist-in-residence at the Venice Biennale. He was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize in 2006. His work ''Walk a Mile in My Shoes'' was a rack of 41 pairs of size 13 shoes. In 2011, Williams won the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales for his mixed media sculptures and artworks, including carved wellington boots filled with straw. His 2011, Lionheart & Lightsout brass sculpture was installed in Swansea Kingsway by Locws international’s Art Across the City event. The sculpture commemorates two Swansea cage fighter dressed in drag on a night out, who were assaulted. The subsequent fight was documented on CCTV and became an internet hit in 2009. For 2012 Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carwyn Evans
Carwyn is a Welsh male given name, and may refer to one of the following: *Carwyn Davies (1964–1997), Welsh international rugby union player * Carwyn James (1929–1983), Welsh rugby union player and coach * Carwyn Jones (born 1967), Welsh politician and former First Minister of Wales *Carwyn Williams Carwyn Williams (born 25 July 1965) is an ex-professional surfer from Mumbles, Wales, who "rose to global prominence" in the 1980s. Williams grew up in the Langland Bay area, near Mumbles. He had a strong Welsh rivalry during the 1980s with ... (born 1965), Welsh surfer {{given name Welsh masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanedeyrn
Llanedeyrn ( cy, Llanedern) is a former village, now a district and community, in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales, located around 3.5 miles from the city centre. The parish of Llanedeyrn rests on the banks of the river Rhymney and is visible nesting on a hill side above the A48(M), westbound on the approach into Cardiff. The name The name used in English "Llanedeyrn" is in fact the perpetuation of an erroneous Welsh form. In Welsh, the name as it stands is pronounced anˡe·dəɪrn In English, it is pronounced anˡɛdɪnas if the name were Lanedin, with Welsh becoming and the difficult, for non-Welsh-speakers, “Edeyrn” becoming an easier “Edin”, perhaps from familiarity with the name of the Scottish city of Edinburgh. The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (The Lives of the British Saints, 1908) states that there has been confusion between the names Edern and Edeyrn, and that Edern is "the Latin Aeternus, but it is commonly written in later Welsh Edeyrn, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Edwards (artist)
Sean Edwards may refer to: * Sean Edwards (racing driver) Sean Lawrence Guy Edwards (6 December 1986 − 15 October 2013) was an English professional racing driver, whose career highlight was winning as co-driver the 2013 Nurburgring 24 Hours. He died as a passenger in a private testing incident in O ... (1986–2013), English professional racing driver * Sean Edwards (politician) (born 1962), Australian politician * Sean Edwards ''(Neighbours)'', fictional character on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' {{Human name disambiguation, Edwards, Sean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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