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Oriel Davies has been through a period of significant transformation. As a result, Oriel Davies has strengthened as an organisation whose activities inside and outside the gallery are now integral to the social and cultural life of Newtown.

Celf is the National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales.

The celf project is funded by Welsh Government and sees us partnering with the National Museum, National Library and eight other galleries to bring the contemporary collection to our community over the coming years. We’ll continue to work primarily with contemporary artists.

This is a new phase for the gallery and taps into the heritage of our region and explores the impact the Davies Family have had on our local, national and international cultural heritage.

It will build on ideas explored in the 2006 exhibition Radical Visions, and bring examples of the Davies Collection back to Powys from the National Museum and National Library.

But the legacy of the Davies family extends far beyond the world of fine art. From music to fine printing, from education to international politics, from the fight against tuberculosis to the Girl Guide movement, the Davies sisters and their brother David, 1st Baron Davies of Llandinam, put their time, money and energy into enriching the lives of the people of Wales.

A major part of this phase will be to increase the number of loans so that we can bring the Davies sisters’ collection back to the area, and tell their story and the impact they have had.