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ORO ART PRIZE 2025

GWOBR GELF OSI RHYS OSMOND ART PRIZE

Llansteffan Memorial Hall – Saturday 28th June – 7pm

Join us to celebrate this event organised in conjunction with the Carmarthen School of Art to commemorate the life and work of Osi Rhys Osmond, the internationally known artist, author and teacher who lived and worked in Llansteffan until his death in 2015. Osi was an inspirational Head of Foundation at the School of Art and was adored by his students for the enthusiasm he engendered.

On display in the Hall will be printed examples of work by the eight shortlisted students on this year’s Foundation course. The name of the winner of the ORO Art Prize for excellence will be announced during the evening. In addition, those attending will have the opportunity to vote for a People’s Prize.

The prize for the raffle which helps fund the event is a framed unique print of a painting by Osi (image above). This can be seen on display at Oriel Osi on the Square in Llansteffan, where raffle tickets can be bought. The draw will be made during the prize-giving evening by this year’s generous sponsor Christine Kinsey.

Free entry – Wine and beer to purchase – Live music

The exhibition will continue in the Memorial Hall on Sunday 29th June where there will also be a second hand book sale to raise funds for the hall.

ORO ART PRIZE 2024

The prize for the raffle is this framed unique print of a painting by Osi

GWOBR GELF OSI RHYS OSMOND ART PRIZE

You are invited to join a celebration at Llansteffan Memorial Hall

on Saturday 29th June 2024 at 7pm

The event organised in conjunction with the Carmarthen School of Art commemorates the life and work of Osi Rhys Osmond, the internationally known artist, author and teacher who lived and worked in Llansteffan until his death in 2015. Osi was an inspirational Head of Foundation at the School of Art and was adored by his students for the enthusiasm he engendered.

On display in the Hall will be printed examples of work by the eight shortlisted students on this year’s Foundation course. The name of the winner of the Osi Rhys Osmond Art Prize will be announced during the evening. In addition, those attending will have the opportunity to vote for a People’s Prize. All artworks will be displayed in the hall during the weekend of 29^th June – 30^th June.

The prize for the raffle which helps fund the event is a framed unique print of a painting by Osi (image above). This can be seen on display at Oriel Osi on the Square in Llansteffan. The draw will be made during the prize-giving evening by this year’s generous sponsor Simon Thirsk.

Free entry – Wine and beer to purchase – Live music by James Hancock-Evans

The exhibition will continue in the Memorial Hall on Sunday 30th June where there will also be a second hand book sale to raise funds for the hall.

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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.

A framed art print of this painting by Osi Rhys Osmond is the 2023 raffle prize – tickets for sale at Oriel Osi

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Forthcoming Event Friday 1st July 7pm

The name of the winner of the third Osi Rhys Osmond Art Prize will be revealed at a function in the Memorial Hall, Llansteffan during the evening of Friday July 1^{st .} Entry is free and all are welcome to join in the celebrations with live music, to look at the art work of shortlisted entrants and to enjoy a glass of wine and tasty canapés at a very reasonable price.

The raffle will also be drawn. The raffle prize, selected by Patron Dr Chris John, is a unique single copy framed print of a painting by Osi and is on display in Oriel Osi (image and related poem below). Only 200 tickets have been printed for sale at £2.50 each, therefore a very good chance of winning a valuable work of art.

A book launch of Osi’s essays will also take place.

The entries by students of the Carmarthen School of Art will be exhibited in Oriel Osi on The Square, Llansteffan from Saturday July 2ndfor the whole of the month.

Correspondence by Osi Rhys Osmond

I cherish those unconsidered moments

When we find ourselves unaware

Between things

Times of completion or of waiting

Rising, dressing, gathering, resting

We pause in disregarded places

Posed in unexpected correspondence

Irregular, tangential

Sitting, lying, walking

Strangely unaligned for customary communicate

Then, unconsciously between each other

But as one

We talk, think, dream and stare

The world seems vacated

There is no beginning and no end

Time has vanished

There is only us

And we, are one.

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In conjunction with Carmarthen School of Art

The competition is for a drawing or painting on the theme ‘Y Filltir Sgwar’ – Your Own Patch, a subject dear to Osi’s heart.

Hosted at Llansteffan Memorial Hall on 28th June 2019…

‘Fantastic evening for the inaugural Osi Rhys Osmond Art Prize 2019. Thanks to all that helped to make this happen, what a great exhibition and event. Congratulations to the winner Megan Anwen Scales.’

‘Noson wych ar gyfer Gwobr Gelf gyntaf Osi Rhys Osmond 2019. Diolch i bawb a helpodd i wneud i hyn ddigwydd, beth yw arddangosfa a digwyddiad gwych. Llongyfarchiadau mawr i’r enillydd Megan Anwen Scales.’

Panel of judges : Luke Osmond, Julia Griffiths Jones, Carol Gwizdak and Paula Phillips Davies