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56 Group Wales Papers Ffeil / File
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Marking 56 Years exhibition

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Marking 56 Years exhibition held at the Bay Art gallery, Cardiff, 2012, comprising printed invitation to private viewing; printed gallery programme; and publicity statement.

Publicity posters

Publicity posters for 56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibitions.

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PFC4/8 at NLW

A Taste Of The Avant-Garde: 56 Group Wales, 56 Years (2012)

Material relating to the publication in 2012 of the book A Taste Of The Avant-Garde: 56 Group Wales, 56 Years, written by author and curator David Moore and designed by artist Sue Hiley Harris, comprising press release; printed posters advertising illustrated talk and book signings by David Moore; printed invitation to book launch at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and a copy of the book.

Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting minutes; attendance list

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group Wales Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings, 1976-2000, 2004-2011, including members' ballot, 1984, committee members' reports and attendance lists, with related correspondence and other papers; together with introductory information by new secretary, 2012, and Extraordinary General Meeting agenda, March 2012, the latter including proposal and selection of new Group members and Fellowship members. Some folios annotated.

Lists of members

Lists of Group members, 1963-[2012] (some years missing), with addresses, telephone numbers and (in later lists) email addresses of members, some lists including the year individual members joined the Group and one list noting the ages of Group members; circular note, 2001, to Group members regarding membership ballot; and a letter, 1982, from Group secretary Mary Griffiths to the National Museum of Wales. Some folios annotated by Group secretaries Mary Griffiths and Bob Weir and others.

Executive committee minutes and Group minutes, attendance records and notes regarding the role of committee members

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group Wales executive committee meetings and Group meetings held April 1980 to August 1988 and May 1991 to November 2011, together with related correspondence and notes, papers relating to a Group membership ballot, 1987, papers to be read and discussed at meetings, attendance records for 1997 and notes regarding the role of the Policy & Action Committee, c. 1998. Some folios annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Group treasurer David Tinker and others.

Account summaries, etc

Papers comprising account summaries, 1984-1988; information relating to creditors and debtors, 1991-1995; balance sheet, May 1999; and income and expenditure account for 2011.

Current members' book and related material

Material comprises proposed design and layout for 56 Group Wales members' book and invitation to contribute text and images; printed booklet to publicise forthcoming book which features illustrations of members' works; printed invitation to launch of book at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and copy of book.

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DVD 6178.

Annual reports and chairs' reports

56 Group/56 Group Wales annual reports, 1961-1998, and Group chairs' reports, 2010-2011, together with related correspondence, photocopies press reports/reviews, chairman's agendas, secretary's covering letters, and a discussion paper by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. The Group annual reports for 1983-1984 and 1991-1992 are duplicated. Kept in a separate archival envelope but included in this folder are: Correspondence, 1992, 1994, 1998, relating to the receipt of Group annual reports by various Welsh bodies; a circular, 1987, to Group members from Group secretary Mary Griffiths; two postcards, 1997-1998, to Group secretary Bob Weir from art historian and author David Fraser Jenkins; and mailing lists for Group annual reports, 1987-1993, 1996/97. Some folios are annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths and others.

Exhibition: Oriel Canfas, Cardiff

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Oriel Canfas, Cardiff, 2011, comprising circular letters to Group members; and printed and photocopied invitations to private viewing.

Photographs of exhibitions: Czech Republic, Belgium and Wales

Photographs taken at Group exhibitions held at the Mirbachov Palace, Bratislava and the Galerie Umĕni, Karlovy Vary (as part of the Group's Czechoslovak Tour of 1986), the Czech Republic Tour exhibitions of 1991, the Libr'art exhibition held at the Halle aux Foires, Libramont, Belgium, 1994, the 50 Years of 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2006, the Mixing West exhibition held at Tenby Museum & Art Gallery, 2008, the All Of These Things exhibition held at Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, 2008, the Opening Show exhibition held at the Mumbles Road Gallery, Swansea, 2009, and the exhibition held at the Queen's Hall Gallery, Narberth, 2010.

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Photo books 6028, size B and 6029, size B.

File of Peter Seabourne as secretary

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Peter Seabourne, comprising letters, 2001-2006, 2009 and undated, to Peter Seabourne from Group executive committee members and other Group members; material from the Arts Council of Wales relating to funding, etc; material relating to the 56 Group Wales Annual Fellowship; Group statements, 2010 and undated; list of Group members' email addresses and telephone numbers; and memoranda by Peter Seabourne and Bob Weir, Group secretary from 1996-2001.

Members' exhibition catalogues: various artists

  • L/1 (c)
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  • 1965, [1968], [1973], 1976, 1979-1981, 1984, [1990], 1997, 2000, 2010
  • Part of 56 Group Wales Papers

Catalogues, some undated, of joint exhibitions involving both Group members and other artists. One catalogue annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

Exhibition: Queen's Hall Gallery, Narberth

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Queen's Hall Gallery, Narberth (Oriel Q), 2010, comprising circular information to Group members from Group past-chairman Peter Spriggs; printed invitation to private viewing; page taken from Queen's Hall Gallery exhibition programme; printed Queen's Hall Gallery newsletter, which includes tribute to former 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, who died in November 2009; photocopied article from Wales Modern newsletter; and gallery floor plan.

Opening Show exhibition

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Opening Show exhibition held at the Mumbles Road Gallery, Swansea, 2009, comprising printed emails and circular letter between Group chairman Peter Spriggs and the Mumbles Road Gallery and Group members; printed invitation to private viewing; and gallery floor plan. Printed invitation annotated on dorse by Group member Chris Shurrock.

Mix 56 exhibition

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 56 Mix exhibition held at the Wyndham Arcade Gallery, Cardiff, 2009, comprising printed exhibition flyer and poster.

Exhibition: Art Shop, Abergavenny

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at the Art Shop, Abergavenny, 2008, including printed email from the Art Shop to author and curator David Moore, which includes list of exhibiting artists; exhibition notice; printed invitation to private viewing; and gallery floor plan.

Exhibiting at Home exhibition

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Exhibiting at Home exhibition held at the Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, 2008, including printed invitations to private viewing; press release; papers regarding insurance and transportation; and gallery floor plan.

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