O S I  R H Y S   O S M O N D   A R T   P R I Z E   2 0 2 3

Forthcoming Event Friday 30th June 7pm

The winner of the fourth O S I  R H Y S   O S M O N D   A R T   P R I Z E will be announced at a prize-giving ceremony to be held at Llansteffan Memorial Hall during the evening of Friday 30^th June 2023. The artworks submitted for the competition by students of Carmarthen School of Art will be displayed in the hall during the weekend 30^th June – 2^nd July 2023. Of those, selected works will be displayed at Oriel Osi until the end of July 2023.

This year’s theme is Cultural Alzheimer’s, a phrase coined by Osi Rhys Osmond in a critical analysis of Welsh culture. This is the subject of the first essay in the book of the same name in which the author asserts: One of the principle causes of our cultural Alzheimer’s is our internal estrangement – we don’t know our own country, our history, or the other language.

Entry is free and all are welcome to join in the celebrations with live music, to look at the artworks and to enjoy a glass of wine and tasty canapés at a very reasonable price.

The raffle prize, drawn on the evening, donated by this year’s sponsors John Edwards and Kamaruddin Mukri, is a unique single copy framed print of a painting by Osi, now on display in Oriel Osi where raffle tickets are for sale at £2 each.