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MOMA Wales to feature Six Young Celtic Artists New Works

artwork: Sandra Kennedy - "Chatting Stones" - Oil on canvas - 113 x 93 cm. - Courtesy MOMA Wales, Machynlleth. On view in "TÍR – Land; Terrain; Earth; Territory" from January 23rd until February 29th 2012.


Machynlleth, Wales.- The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA Wales) is proud to present “TÍR – Land; Terrain; Earth; Territory”, on view at the museum from January 23rd through February 29th. This exhibition is the work of six young professional artists, all of whom were born and brought up in small communities in North Wales, the Scottish Hebrides and the Irish Gaeltacht. All live and work through the native languages of their home community, and all six undertook residencies, during the Spring and Summer of 2009, in neighbouring cultures. Two were hosted by Aras Eanna on Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands of Co. Galway, two at Taigh Chearsabhagh in North Uist, and two at Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, near Pwllheli in Gwynedd. As well as their creative work, all worked hard to develop contacts between their home community and the one hosting them. The project is the work of the Celtic Neighbours Partnership, which exists to support artistic collaborations of all kinds between native language communities across the Celtic world.