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26: 197:, called Gelli Las. Some time after 1871 it became a farmhouse known as Llantarnam Grange. When the last occupier died in 1952, the building was purchased by Cwmbrân Development Corporation, becoming a postal sorting office. In April 1966, it reopened as Llantarnam Grange Societies Club. It was a place for club meetings, theatre performances and art exhibitions before being taken over as an arts centre by the trustees of Llantarnam Grange in 1983. 221: 228:
Located directly outside the centre is the Family Group sculpture by David Horn. The fibreglass sculpture representing "a family group facing the stresses and strains of growth in a new community" was presented to the people of Cwmbrân by the Cwmbrân Arts Trust. It was unveiled by
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The main gallery and gallery 2 house six temporary exhibitions throughout the year (featuring sculpture, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, paintings, photography and printmaking). At various times exhibitions of work from the local community are also displayed.
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in south-east Wales. It presents exhibitions promoting the applied arts, and extensive education and participation schemes of work to the local community.
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Llantarnam Grange normally holds as many as 24 original exhibitions every year and, between 2011 and 2014, saw visitor numbers increase by one third.
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Originally, the sculpture stood on a cobblestone base within a spiral walkway at the end of The Parade, near the south-east corner of
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Square. Unloved by the local population, it is currently in a state of disrepair caused by vandalism to the fibreglass and graffiti.
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The arts centre is a registered charity governed via a voluntary board of trustees and is a revenue-funded client of the
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MP on September 23, 1965. It was relocated outside the arts centre in 2001.
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Llantarnam Grange is on the site of a much earlier property owned by
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Community Council and independent trusts and foundations.
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The centre celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016.
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Cwmbrân
Wales
United Kingdom
Coordinates
51°39′N 3°01′W / 51.65°N 3.02°W / 51.65; -3.02
Arts centre
Official website
Welsh
Victorian
Cwmbrân
applied arts
Arts Council of Wales
Torfaen County Borough Council
Monmouthshire County Council
Cwmbrân Community Council
Croesyceiliog
Llanyrafon
Llantarnam Abbey

Leo Abse
General Rees
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
History
"Llantarnam Grange celebrates 50th anniversary (From Free Press Series)"
Torfaen Online Services
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Cwmbran arts centre visitor figures surge by third"
Family Group statue

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