Programme:

• 10.00am: Welcome by Dr. Rhodri Llwyd Morgan, Chief Executive, The National Library of Wales
• 10.10am: Mapiau: Nodiadau-maes (Maps: Field-notes) – Iwan Bala, Artist [Welsh language talk with simultaneous translation provided]
• 10.50am: A raid i’r iaith ein delweddu? Ystyried dylanwad gweledol Y Gymraeg ar waith artistiaid Cymru yn yr Ugeinfed Ganrif (a thu hwnt!) (Does the language have to visualize us? Considering the visual influence of the Welsh language on the work of Welsh artists during the Twentieth Century (and afterwards!)) - Esyllt Angharad Lewis, Artist and Translator [Welsh language talk with simultaneous translation provided]
• 11.30am: Un-mapping: remaking maps – Sonia E. Barrett, Visual Artist, Artist in Residence UCL Urban Room, MacDowell Artist Fellow, Yale Artist Fellow
• 12.15pm: Lunch. Delegates to make their own arrangements. Opportunity to visit the ‘No Welsh Art’ exhibition in the Gregynog Gallery and view the display of archive material in the Royal Commission’s Reading Room. There will also be an exhibition of the Library’s material in the Summers Room
• 2.00pm: Mapping Power: Jamaica Plantation Maps and Wales’s Colonial Past – Dr Marian Gwyn, Historian/Heritage Consultant
• 2.40pm: More than just directions: The Artistry of Maps – Mfikela Jean Samuel, Artist
• 3.20pm: Afternoon break
• 3.30pm: Invisible - In Plain Sight (a journey through global majority arts in Wales) - Jasmine Violet, Artist and PhD Researcher
• 4.10pm: Closing address by Gareth Edwards, Head of Knowledge and Understanding, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales