Visit of HRH Duchess of Gloucester, 24th April 2024
On Wednesday 24th April 2024, we were hounoured to to welcome HRH Duchess of Gloucester to The Makers Guild,.
An enthusiastic champion of the Arts, HRH spent over an hour at Craft in the Bay, taking time to view all aspects of the Guild , our exhibition programme, meeting our Guild of Welsh Makers and taking part in our Community education programme with Year 5 of Mount Stuart Primary. What a special day and what a fantastic way to kick off our 40th Anniversary !
Trustees, Staff, Volunteers and Friends and of course our Makers were thrilled to meet the Duchess
Trustees - Toby Adam (Chair of the Trustees) , Shubnam Aziz (Trustee/Mount Stuart Primary)
Staff/Volunteers - Simon Burgess, Charlotte Kingston, Margaret Mainstone, Julie Clarke, Elmira Salamat, Jane Nicholls, Jane Sharkey, Sue Meudell
Makers - Laura Thomas, Selwyn Gale, Jodie Hook, Kathryn Willis, Martin Weatherhead, Jill Riley, Claire Cawte, Lynda Shell (who was tutor on the printmaking workshop)
With special thanks to
Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan - Morfudd Meredith
High Sheriff of South Glamorgan, Mrs Janey Elizabeth Howell
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor Bablin Molik
An enthusiastic champion of the Arts, HRH spent over an hour at Craft in the Bay, taking time to view all aspects of the Guild , our exhibition programme, meeting our Guild of Welsh Makers and taking part in our Community education programme with Year 5 of Mount Stuart Primary. What a special day and what a fantastic way to kick off our 40th Anniversary !
Trustees, Staff, Volunteers and Friends and of course our Makers were thrilled to meet the Duchess
Trustees - Toby Adam (Chair of the Trustees) , Shubnam Aziz (Trustee/Mount Stuart Primary)
Staff/Volunteers - Simon Burgess, Charlotte Kingston, Margaret Mainstone, Julie Clarke, Elmira Salamat, Jane Nicholls, Jane Sharkey, Sue Meudell
Makers - Laura Thomas, Selwyn Gale, Jodie Hook, Kathryn Willis, Martin Weatherhead, Jill Riley, Claire Cawte, Lynda Shell (who was tutor on the printmaking workshop)
With special thanks to
Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan - Morfudd Meredith
High Sheriff of South Glamorgan, Mrs Janey Elizabeth Howell
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor Bablin Molik