Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
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| Established | 1966 |
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| Location | Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°39′N 3°01′W / 51.65°N 3.02°W |
| Type | Arts centre |
| Owner | Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre Ltd |
| Website | www |
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Celfyddydau Llantarnam Grange) is located within a 19th-century Victorian manor house in Cwmbran and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales. It presents exhibitions promoting the applied arts, and extensive education and participation schemes of work to the local community.[1]
The arts centre is a registered charity governed via a voluntary board of trustees and is a revenue-funded client of the Arts Council of Wales. It holds a service level agreement with the local Torfaen County Borough Council. Additional funding comes from Monmouthshire County Council, Cwmbran Community Council, Croesyceiliog & Llanyrafon Community Council and independent trusts and foundations.
Llantarnam Grange is on the site of a much earlier property owned by Llantarnam Abbey, 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.[2]
The centre celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016.[3]
The main gallery and gallery 2
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.[4]
Llantarnam Grange normally holds as many as 24 original exhibitions every year and, between 2011 and 2014, saw visitor numbers increase by one third.[5]
