Date/Time
Date(s) - 19/01/2015 - 26/03/2015
4:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Location
Wrexham Methodist Church
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Wrexham is to host what has been described as ‘the best denominational collection of modern art outside the Vatican’. For ten weeks between 19 January and 26 March forty works from the collection will be on display across two venues; the Oriel Sycharth Gallery at the University and the Wrexham Methodist Church in Regent Street.
The collection is one of the best kept secrets of the Methodist Church. It was the initiative, in the early 1960s, of a Methodist layman, Dr John Morel Gibbs of Penarth near Cardiff. Today the collection comprises 50 works including works by Patrick Heron, Graham Sutherland, Eric Gill and Ceri Richards, and is regularly exhibited across the UK.
Launching at 4pm on Monday January 19th, from Tuesday both venues will be open 9.30am – 4pm Monday to Saturday. In addition a full programme of concerts, seminars, conversations and workshops will accompany the exhibition. Entry to the exhibition and to all events on the programme is free.
Further details can be obtained by ringing 01978 293950 or by visiting www.glyndwr.ac.uk/orielsycharthgallery or www.wrexham-methodist.org.uk.
