“The present situation has not altered the making of art for me. It has sharpened its focus.”
Keith Bayliss Q&A with Roderick & Jones in February 2021.
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The Green of Keith Bayliss by David Greenslade | 2012
Portrait of Keith Bayliss in his studio. Photograph by Bernard Mitchell
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Education & Community
During the 1980’s, Keith Bayliss developed the Community Arts Service for the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum in Swansea. As Keith Bayliss Arts Services he has undertaken school, gallery, community based workshops, residencies, festivals and projects. He facilitated schools based artist residencies and workshops for Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen and also devised and facilitated the…
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An Artist in Education
I have worked as an artist in education for over thirty years. I am not a teacher, I am an artist who found himself working with any age from nursery to degree students. I think sometimes that I could write the book on arts in education. I have travelled through many parts of east, west,…
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Criw Celf
Keith Bayliss is an experienced tutor specialising in painting and drawing. for all ages. He led the first of six master classes at Mission Gallery for its flagship education programme Criw Celf West, funded by Arts Council of Wales which has been running since 2012. Participants were able to explore drawing with charcoal, developing their…
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An Artist in Schools
Taking our imaginations for a walk We are lucky here in this part of the UK to have an abundance of artists, writers and craftspeople of all descriptions living on our doorstep. The arts provide a wonderful resource for learning about our world and our place in it. I am an artist. Over twenty five…
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Gorseinon Community Arts Festival
Image: Loughor Tryst, Woodcut. Festival Print by William Brown. Gorseinon Community Arts Festival was a short lived series of annual events but were important in allowing an opportunity to profile important artists and makers and to involve the local schools, businesses and community venues. I was asked by Gorseinon Community Council to talk to them…
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Gwyrosydd Biennial Arts
That is quite a mouthful, Gwyrosydd Biennial Arts, and not easy for the non-Welsh speaker to pronounce. I want to record or set down this project which lasted for six years or more because it was and is for me still a wonderful “model” education project. It’s beginning and final publication was made possible by…
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Using the work of Tony Goble
I spent a very fruitful year organising educational projects at Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen. During that time I met and worked closely with Sophie Hadaway, then Arts Adviser for Carmarthen. Sophie organised a project that would allow us to see a project through from initial meetings with teachers, gallery visit, to the final production of artwork produced…
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Josef Herman Residency
The Joseph Herman Residency is one worth choosing as a fine example of what can be explored and achieved through a visual art project. This project was one of the early residencies organised by the Joseph Herman Foundation and took place in two schools over several weeks. One in Penrhos Primary School, just above Herman’s…
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