Plas Glyn-y-Weddw is excited to share news of a growing collaboration with Keith Brymer Jones and Marj Hogarth, who are transforming Capel Salem in Pwllheli into a vibrant community hub and centre of excellence for the arts. Their new venture, Celf Capel Salem Arts, will run ceramics courses, apprenticeships and exhibitions from the beautifully restored chapel space—where the pottery studio is already nearing completion.

The team is also developing funding bids to continue the wider renovation, and Channel 4 has commissioned Series 5 and 6 to follow their remarkable journey. Thousands are already watching the story unfold.

Plas Director Gwyn Jones recently met with Keith and Marj at Capel Salem, and we look forward to working together on future joint projects - reciprocal exhibitions, talks and creative programmes that will benefit our communities and the arts in our region. Thank you Keith and Marj for investing so much of your time and money in Llŷn.

It was a special day at Plas Glyn-y-Weddw on Tuesday the 26th of August when we met Anna Roberts of Sarn Mellteyrn on Llŷn and her family. Anna suffers from the incurable CLN3 Batten Disease. 

On the 5th of July a special concert was held by Cor y Brythnoniaid on the outdoor theatre of Plas Glyn-y-Weddw. During the interval a special auction and raffle was held to raise money for Anna's Support Fund. Thanks to the generosity of many people, including special donations for the auction from Lord Mervyn and Lady Jeanne Davies of Abersoch, an amazing total of £4,732 was raised on the night. 

This week Anna came over to meet us the Plas, with her mother Laura Roberts and her aunt Llinos Roberts. A check was presented to the fund by John Eifion Jones (leader of Côr y Brythnoniaid Choir) and Gwyn Jones (Director of Plas Glyn-y-Weddw). The money presented will contribute to a campaign by the family to buy a special electric chair for Anna.

In the photograph: Anna Roberts, John Eifion Jones, Laura Roberts (Mother), Gwyn Jones, Llinos Roberts (Aunt)

We are extremely proud to receive the Architecture Merit Plaque at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham this year. 

The Eisteddfod Plaque of Merit celebrates new or renovation projects that demonstrate exceptional architectural design. 

In the opinion of the selectors:

"The collaboration between the elegant form of the Urchin café, created by an artist, and the pragmatic architectural plan has resulted in a sustainable and efficient new building that responds to context, sense of place, and the needs of users and visitors - offering a new visual marker for the centre."

In addition, the selectors praised the trustees of Plas Glyn-y-Weddw "for the way they have developed the center strategically over the last 15 years to establish a sustainable and vibrant arts centre".

The award was presented in a special ceremony in the Eisteddfod Pavilion on Saturday, 2nd August and received by Mark Wray, Seb Walker (architects), Matthew Sanderson (sculptor and manufacturer of the urchin cafe) and Gwyn Jones, Director of Plas Glyn-y-Weddw.