Denbighshire Archives and Ruthin Gaol Museum have been shortlisted to win a workshop by top artist, Kelvyn Smith, as part of the ‘Museums at Night 2014’ festival of arts, culture and heritage.
Winning the Culture 24 competition would mean that the Gaol will host Mr Smith’s Letter Press Workshop and create a modern artistic archive using traditional methods in a contemporary way.
For this interactive Museums at Night extravaganza Mr Smith will be taking his extraordinary Letterpress Workshop on the road. Under his direction and with the support of his team of assistants, the public will be invited to create a typographic archive, the content of which will be defined by the venue, its visitors and its collection. The process of creating the content, thinking of the word(s), setting the type, choosing the colour & paper, inking up the type & printing the final work by hand defines what will be an extraordinary visitor experience.
Denbighshire Archives and Gaol Museum is one of only three Welsh venues shortlisted to win an artist of their choice and the public vote will decide if the archive and museum will win, and host the event worth over £2000. Please vote for Denbighshire at- www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/museums-at-night/art462293-Connect10-Vote-Mr-Smiths-Letterpress
Artist biog- Mr Smith’s Letter Press Workshop is the well-oiled brainchild of Kelvyn Laurence Smith. Chiefly concerned with all things typographic and with quality workmanship, his focus is on creating beautifully crafted contemporary printed matter using traditional wood and metal type.
From limited edition artworks to a range of commercial commissions for British Airways, Marks & Spencer and Pret a Manger, Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop was set up following a career teaching graphic design & typography at art schools across the land including Middlesex, Brighton, Westminster and Northumbria.
