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Material relating to the Spirit of Time, Spirit of Place: Contemporary Czech Painting & Sculpture exhibition held at the Davies Memorial Gallery, Newtown, 1991, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and the Davies Memorial Gallery; printed exhibition catalogue; printed invitations to private viewing; and other related correspondence. Most folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Correspondence (one letter duplicated), 1988-1989, including circular letters, between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and assistant Group secretary Betty Evans and Group members; miscellaneous Group papers (one paper duplicated), including Annual General Meeting minutes and Group annual report; and memoranda by Betty Evans. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at St Michael's Gallery, Derby Cathedral, 1990, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and St Michael's Gallery, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and Group members; printed programme of gallery events; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales 1991 exhibition tour of the Czech Republic held at the Úluv Gallery in Prague, the Alšova Jihočeska Galerie in Hluboká nad Vltavou near České Budějovice, the Západočeská Galerie v Pizni in Plzeň, the Rabasova Galerie in Rakovnik and the Muzeum Beskyd in Frýdek-Mistek, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Group assistant secretary Betty Evans and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; printed invitations to private viewing; minutes of meeting to discuss exhibition; reports by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli relating to Czech Republic visit; details of exhibiting artists and works; exhibition catalogue texts; press release; papers relating to insurance of exhibited works; press cuttings from Czechoslovak sources; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths and Betty Evans, one annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Correspondence and related material, 1987-1990, mainly between Group secretary Mary Griffiths, assistant Group secretary Betty Evans and Group executive committee members and various correspondents, including the British-American Arts Association, the National Welsh-American Foundation, the British Council and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), regarding a proposed Group exhibition in Philadelphia and its funding; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Transparencies of Group members' works, some dated. In folders.

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Photo book 6107, size E.

Material relating to 56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1990-2012, including correspondence, printed invitations to private viewings, details of exhibiting artists and works, exhibition catalogues, and press releases and other publicity material.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 40th Anniversary Exhibition held at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, Tenby Community Education Centre and St David's Hall, Cardiff, 1997, including correspondence between Group secretaries Julian Sheppard and Bob Weir and exhibition venues and Group members; gallery floor plans; printed invitation to private opening; printed St David's Hall events programme; details of exhibiting artists and works; publicity statements; photocopied extracts from exhibition visitors' book; and memoranda by Bob Weir. Some folios annotated by Bob Weir.

File of 56 Group Wales assistant secretary Betty Evans, comprising letters, 1987-1991, to Betty Evans from Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli and William Wilkins, former Group secretary Mary Griffiths, and Group member Chris Shurrock; letter, 1989, to Group treasurer David Tinker from Group chairman Arthur Giardelli; notes compiled by Mary Griffiths for information of Betty Evans; and circular letter, 1990, from Betty Evans to Group members. Most of Arthur Giardelli's letters to Betty Evans illustrated with drawings of birds.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's exhibition tour of 1986-1987 held at the Mirbachov Palace in Bratislava, the Dům Umění in Brno, the Galerie Umění in Karlovy Vary and the Eastern Slovakia Gallery in Košice in what was then Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), comprising cushion-lined red box with clasp containing silver medal of the Czechoslovak Society for International Relations, awarded to the 56 Group Wales for services to the contemporary visual arts.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Cardiff to Camden exhibition held at Cardiff Old Library and Swiss Cottage Library, Camden, 1989, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and assistant secretary Betty Evans, Cardiff Old Library, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and Group members; printed invitations to private viewings; details of exhibiting artists and works; draft texts for exhibition catalogues; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

File of 56 Group Wales chairman Arthur Giardelli, comprising letters, 1987, 1989, to Arthur Giardelli from Group secretary Mary Griffiths, Group treasurer David Tinker, Zdenĕk Vaniček of the Czech Embassy in London, and the Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales); letters, 1988-1989, to Mary Griffiths from Group treasurer David Tinker and Group member Peter Prendergast; correspondence, 1988-1989, between Mary Griffiths and Dr Silvia Ilečková of the Slovak National Gallery; letters from Isabel Hitchman of the Welsh Arts Council to the Czech Ministry of Culture; draft letters from Arthur Giardelli; and miscellaneous Group papers, including annual report and Group statements. Some folios annotated by Arthur Giardelli. One letter triplicated.

Correspondence, 1987-1993, between Group secretaries Mary Griffiths and Julian Sheppard and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales) and letters, 1987, from Group treasurer David Tinker and Group publicity officer Michael Williams to the Welsh Arts Council, together with related material, including funding application forms, copy of paper by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and report by David Tinker on Welsh Arts Council seminar. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths, one annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales exhibition held at Pembroke Dock Library, 1988, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Pembroke Dock Library, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; list of invitees to private viewing and printed invitation; details of exhibiting artists and works; texts for publicity poser and exhibition catalogue; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths, some by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Moving Pictures exhibition tour held at Newport Centre, Ely Library, Abergavenny Drama Centre and Fairwater Comprehensive School, Cwmbran, 1987-1988, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues, the South-East Wales Arts Association (SEWAA) and Group members; press release; details of exhibiting artists and works; printed copy of Link newsletter; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

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.

Material relating to the Eight New Members exhibition by 56 Group Wales members Alain Ayers, Paul Davies, Maggie James, Kieran Lyons, John Mitchell, Philip Nicol, Emrys Williams and Michael Williams held at the Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College, Cardiff, 1986, comprising headed information sheet relating to the exhibition.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's 56 in 88 exhibition held at Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, 1988, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Mostyn Art Gallery, the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales), Group members and others; list of invitees to private viewing and printed invitation; details of exhibiting artists and works; Mostyn Art Gallery printed events programme; draft text for exhibition catalogue and catalogue mailing list; publicity material; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Material relating to the 56 Group Wales's Cardiff to Camden exhibition held at Cardiff Old Library and Swiss Cottage Library, Camden, 1989, including correspondence between Group secretary Mary Griffiths and Swiss Cottage Library (which includes gallery floor plan) and the Welsh Arts Council (later the Arts Council of Wales); correspondence between Group assistant secretary Betty Evans and the British Council in London and Group members; lists of invitees to private viewings and printed invitation; mailing lists for exhibition catalogues; press release and other publicity material; and details of exhibiting artists and works.

File of 56 Group Wales secretary Mary Griffiths, comprising correspondence, 1986, between Mary Griffiths and Group executive committee members Arthur Giardelli, David Tinker, William Wilkins, Michael Williams and Peter Ellis; letter, 1986, to Group member Tom ('Diz') Gilhespy from Mary Griffiths; and correspondence, 1986, between Mary Griffiths and the Association of Artists and Designers in Wales (AADW). Some letters annotated by Mary Griffiths, Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and Group publicity officer William Wilkins. Nearly all Arthur Giardelli's letters to Mary Griffiths illustrated with drawings of birds.