Carto-Cymru Symposiwm Mapiau Cymru 2025: Celfyddyd Cartograffeg | Carto-Cymru The Wales Map Symposium 2025: The Art of Maps

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru yn cyflwyno, mewn cydweithrediad gyda Chymdeithas Cartograffeg Prydain a Cymdeithas Celfyddyd Gyfoes Cymru,

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The National Library of Wales and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales present, in association with The British Cartographic Society and The Contemporary Art Society for Wales,

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Carto-Cymru Symposiwm Mapiau Cymru 2025: Celfyddyd Cartograffeg

Carto-Cymru The Wales Map Symposium 2025: The Art of Maps

16 Mai | May 2025

Thema | Theme:

Celfyddyd Cartograffeg – Archwilio sut mae artistiaid wedi defnyddio mapiau neu wedi cael eu dylanwadu ganddynt wrth greu gweithiau celf.

The Art of Maps – Exploring how artists have used maps or have been influenced by them when creating works of art.

Cofrestru: Registration: Bydd cofrestru mewn person yn agor am 9.30am gyda lluniaeth ysgafn ar gael. Bydd y sgyrsiau ar-lein yn cychwyn am 10am. In-person registration will open at 9.30am with refreshments available. The online talks will begin at 10am.

Cyflwyniadau - Presentations:

10.00 Croeso gan | Welcome by Dr. Rhodri Llwyd Morgan, Prif Weithredwr, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | Chief Executive, The National Library of Wales.

10.10 Mapiau: Nodiadau-maes – Iwan Bala Maps: Field-notes

10.50 A raid i’r iaith ein delweddu? Ystyried dylanwad gweledol Y Gymraeg ar waith artistiaid Cymru yn yr Ugeinfed Ganrif (a thu hwnt!) – Esyllt Angharad Lewis, Artist a Chyfieithydd | Artist and Translator. 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!))

11.30 Un-mapping: remaking maps – Sonia E. Barrett Artist Gweledol, Artist Preswyl UCL Urban Room, Cymrawd Artist MacDowell, Cymrawd Artist Yale | Visual Artist, Artist in Residence UCL Urban Room, MacDowell Artist Fellow, Yale Artist Fellow.

Bydd y ddwy sgwrs gyntaf yn cael eu cyflwyno yn Gymraeg gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd yn Saesneg. The first two talks will be delivered in Welsh with simultaneous translation in English.

12.15 Cinio. Cynrychiolwyr i wneud trefniadau eu hunain - bydd caffi Pen Dinas ar agor.| Lunch. Delegates to make their own arrangements - Pen Dinas café will be open.

Cyfle i ymweld gydag Arddangosfa ‘Dim Celf Gymreig’ Peter Lord yn Oriel Gregynog a’r Anecs a gweld yr arddangosfa o ddeunydd archifau Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru yn yr Ystafell Ddarllen. Bydd hefyd arddangosfa o ddeunydd y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol yn Ystafell Summers.

Opportunity to visit Peter Lord’s ‘ Dim Celf Gymreig’ ‘No Welsh Art’ Exhibition in the Gregynog Gallery and Annexe and view the display of archive material in the Royal Commission’s Reading Room. There will also be an exhibition of National Library material in the Summers Room.

14.00 Mapping Power: Jamaica Plantation Maps and Wales’s Colonial Past – Dr Marian Gwyn, Hanesydd/Ymgynghorydd Treftadaeth | Historian/Heritage Consultant.

14.40 More than just directions: "The Artistry of Maps" – Mfikela Jean Samuel.

15.20 Toriad prynhawn | Afternoon break.

15.30 Invisible - In Plain Sight (a journey through global majority arts in Wales) – Jasmine Violet, Artist, Ymchwilydd PhD (Ysgol Gelf Aberystwyth | Artist, PhD researcher (Aberystwyth School of Art)

16.10 Sylwadau i gloi gan Gareth Edwards | Closing address by Gareth Edwards, Pennaeth Gwybodaeth a Dealltwriaeth, Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru | Head of Knowledge and Understanding, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.