Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a busy and popular venue, providing a range of entertainment and extensive facilities for workshops and activities.
One of the Arts Centre galleries
The Arts Centre's programme includes shows, exhibitions and films throughout the year. Its bars and cafés are also popular places to meet over a coffee or a lunchtime meal - especially as the hilltop location gives one of the best views in town.
Visitors vary from individuals and families coming to enjoy the events to schoolkids on visits, and the students and university staff who stop here for a break between lectures or to take exams in the Great Hall. Refurbishment and expansion has greatly increased the facilities available, and the centre now includes a theatre, studio theatre, hall, cinema, arts workshops, caf�s and exhibition galleries.
Shows and Films
A range of high-quality local and touring productions are staged at the centre, along with great music from pop to classical and dance and literary events. The cosy little cinema shows a range of films from major new releases to independent productions that you won't find screened anywhere else for miles. Annual Summer Shows and Christmas Pantomimes are Aberystwyth institutions.
Arts and Crafts
The two main galleries, along with the Ceramic Gallery and the Café Gallery hold regular exhibitions of a high standard, including touring exhibitions of national importance and the best of Welsh art and craft.
As well as the University's own bookshop, there's a shop filled with all manner of art-related gifts, craft items, nick-nacks, gadgets and a large range of CD albums.
In the run-up to Christmas, the centre is crammed with craft stalls as part of the Christmas Craft Fayre. It's another Aberystwyth tradition and always worth a browse - Christmas wouldn't be the same without it!
Activities
A range of workshops are also held, including courses on pottery, screen printing, drawing, painting and other crafts for adults and children. There are also a number of courses in music, dance, drama and literature.
Useful Information
- Location:
- Penglais Campus, SY23 3DE [Map]
- Open:
- Year-round, times vary
- Box office telephone:
- (01970) 623232
- Website:
- www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
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