Harlech Art World
Or maybe the World Art of Harlech
Harlech may not immediately spring to mind as being a hub to the Art World but every other year Harlech hosts a very important event - a Bienale. Often an event like this would be associated with a large International City; such as Venice perhaps.
But of course, here in our 'other world' we don't follow convention. Harlech Bienale was founded in 1994 and 2009 sees the 9th Event. This year with links to Toledo in Spain. The title for this year is 'International Crosscurrents'. For more details follow this link.
For even more information on the Biennale a Blog has been added.
Some notable artists have paid visits to the town. Joseph Mallord William Turner painted and sketched several works of the Castle and also the Mill at Ynys.
John Sell Cotman was another visitor with a painting of the Castle based on a sketch he did in 1800.