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Oriel y Parc Events
For more information about Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre visit the Oriel y Parc website.
Courage and Community – RNLI 200 Cymru
29 June 2024 – 1 June 2025
In 2024 we celebrate 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the charity dedicated to saving lives at sea. There are six lifeboat stations and 13 RNLI lifeguarded beaches along Pembrokeshire’s beautiful but hazardous coastline. Be inspired by the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, with games and activities for the whole family. One of two exhibitions in Wales to celebrate this special year, the collaboration between Amgueddfa Cymru, the RNLI and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority also sees displays at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.
Image © RNLI / Nigel Millard
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Discovery Room Windows - Ty Hir Crafts
Wednesday 5 June – Saturday 3 August
Ty Hir Crafts showcase their unique handmade items. Combining natural and recycled materials with vibrant colours is the principle of their design concept. Silk scarfs, recycled coffee sack bags and decorative wood turned pieces create a shared interpretation of the Pembrokeshire coast.
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The St Davids Room - Hawthorn - Ddraenen Wen by Maggie Brown
Friday 7 June – Sunday 4 August
Hawthorn - Ddraenen Wen expresses Maggie’s lifelong connection with nature. Taking this iconic shape of the Pembrokeshire windswept tree, Maggie has chosen it to be central to her study.
Maggie will return over time to some of these local old hawthorn trees where she will continue to paint, draw, and record them through the different seasons, different weathers, acknowledging the wildlife that depends on them and exploring the wild, local places they inhabit. Maggie hopes her paintings can evoke a sense of being in the moment, allowing the viewer to share in her observation of nature and perhaps even help in its conservation.
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The Tower - Life in Colour by Rachel De Wreede
Friday 7 June – Sunday 28 July
The constant influence of the beautiful colours of Pembrokeshire are in Rachel’s thoughts and evolve on the canvas. The changing seasons are a source of inspiration, such as the pink of the campions in summer or the slate blue skies over the sea in winter. Rachel’s colour palettes reflect the National Park’s beauty, and each piece reminds you of Pembrokeshire’s radiating aura.
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Legends of the Sea Trail
Saturday 20 July – Sunday 1 September
£4 per child
Become a member of the RNLI crew – complete the missions, on the islands and sea around Oriel y Parc, to rescue those in danger and earn a reward.
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Handmade Craft Fairs by Makers Bizarre
Tuesday 23 July, Tuesday 30 July, Tuesday 6 August, Tuesday 13 August, Tuesday 20 August, Tuesday 27 August
10.30am – 4.30pm
Free entry
Join us in our courtyard for a market of handpicked local stallholders selling handmade crafts and produce.
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Wednesday Club! Artist-led Children’s Art & Crafts with Hannah Rounding
Create Ocean Navigation Charts
Wednesday 31 July, 11am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 2.30pm
£8 per child, booking essential
Join one of our local artists to create your very own masterpiece. Sessions include using recycled materials and creating eco-friendly artworks, using our current exhibition ‘Courage and Community: RNLI 200 Cymru’ for inspiration.
Taking inspiration from historic Micronesian stick-navigation charts and current digital GPS maps, create your own ocean charts of the St Davids coast.
£8.00
Wednesday Club! Artist-led Children’s Art & Crafts with Kerry Curson
Stars & Story Stones Workshop
Wednesday 7 August, 11am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 2.30pm
£8 per child, booking essential
Join one of our local artists to create your very own masterpiece. Sessions include using recycled materials and creating eco-friendly artworks, using our current exhibition ‘Courage and Community: RNLI 200 Cymru’ for inspiration.
Explore the stars in our night sky and make your own story stone to add to a collaborative tale inspired by the constellations above us.
£8.00
Summer Craft Market
Saturday 10 August, 10am – 3pm
Support local makers with our Courtyard Summer Craft Market. Discover new arts, crafts and local producers with lovely gifts and keepsakes for visitors and locals alike.
Free Entry
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Wednesday Club! Artist-led Children’s Art & Crafts with Kate Evans
Fantastical Boat Collages
Wednesday 14 August, 11am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 2.30pm
£8 per child, booking essential
Join one of our local artists to create your very own masterpiece. Sessions include using recycled materials and creating eco-friendly artworks, using our current exhibition ‘Courage and Community: RNLI 200 Cymru’ for inspiration.
Create a fantastical boat collage from fragments of beautiful hand marbled paper.
£8.00
Wednesday Club! Artist-led Children’s Art & Crafts with Kate Freeman
Beach finds - Drawing and Mark Making
Wednesday 21 August, 11am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 2.30pm
£8 per child, booking essential
Join one of our local artists to create your very own masterpiece. Sessions include using recycled materials and creating eco-friendly artworks, using our current exhibition ‘Courage and Community: RNLI 200 Cymru’ for inspiration.
Join Kate to make contour drawings of seaweed, shells and rock formations of the local area, using mini sketchbooks that will be handmade from recycled paper.
£8.00
Wednesday Club! Seaweed Printing Workshop
Wednesday 28 August, 11am – 3pm
£4 per child, drop-in sessions.
Create a beautiful piece of artwork using inks and foraged materials.