Cwtsh

Name: Cwtsh
Address: 226 stow Hill, Newport, NP204HA, GB
Telephone: +441633664498
Price range: £

A creative space in Newport bringing people together through arts, culture, learning, and community connection - plus a venue for hire. Come and join us!

Exhibitions, workshops, open mic and wellbeing. Embrace the Cwtsh – a welcoming corner of creativity in Newport. Cwtsh is an ultra local arts centre that opened in February 2015 in the former "Stow Hill Library building at the Handpost, Newport. If ‘small is beautiful’, so was Stow Hill library, a much-loved institution that served the local community from 1940 until it closure in 2013. Small libr

aries help to develop reading skills and a love of literature. A group of us met "on the picket line" as campaigners to persuade Newport City Council to keep the library open. Now we have worked together to re-open the building as a micro arts centre at the Handpost.

28/07/2026

What a fantastic turnout at Cwtsh on Sunday, with no less than 14 poets volunteering to read their poems on what was intended to be the last day of the WRITE exhibition. With so much enthusiasm for it, we've decided to hold it over for another weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 1st and 2nd August, 1-4pm. NB the gallery won't be open on Friday as usual, but hope to see anyone who hasn't had the chance/time to view 'Write In The Eye' before it's well and truly gone. All welcome!!

16/07/2026

Richard Devereux came to the Murenger from Bristol to read to us from his poetry collection 'Coal and Fire' on Wednesday. An enthralling evening Richard, it was a fascinating to hear you read and tell stories of your two grandfathers - one 'dadcu' from the Rhondda, the other from the Black Country.

04/07/2026

A great big thank you to all who came to Cwtsh for the launch of 'Write In The Eye' last night. A special moment when an elderly lady came into Cwtsh not knowing where she was and needed assistance from the police to get her home! Sorry I didn't capture that for posterity, but here are a few shots from the joyful occasion.

28/06/2026

Coming up very soon, July 3rd, the launch of the new exhibition at the Cwtsh.' Write In The Eye' brings together some 100 portraits in colour and black and white of Wales-based writers since 2002. Selected from thousands of images and taken at all manner of literary events in Wales over the past 25 years - festivals, book launches, award ceremonies, readings at open mics, literary walks, authors at home – the series illustrates just how rich and varied the Welsh literary scene is today, was and will continue to be.

07/06/2026

Monty Dart was our First Friday speaker for the month of June. She filled the house at the Cwtsh with her talk relating wartime experiences of Newport's men women and children during both world wars. Thank you Monty for a very moving, well-documented presentation.

30/05/2026

A lovely evening shared at the Cwtsh with art lovers and friends who came to the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales exhibition launch last night. The exhibition is on until 21st June and we hope many more will attend. It is a privilege to host a Newport showing of the artwork of such a prestigious society.

20/05/2026

Cwtsh is proud to have been chosen to exhibit artworks by the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society of Wales in our gallery. A wonderful display by numerous artists of the society from throughout Wales will be on show from 29th May-21st June. All are cordially invited to the opening night of the exhibition on Friday 29th from 6.00 to 8.00 pm. As always, Cwtsh will provide refreshments and we look forward to welcoming you to a lively, enjoyable and artistically inspiring evening. All welcome!

18/04/2026

Real people at the launch of 'Fakes'. Many thanks to the artists and their followers for bringing a delightful and appreciative gathering to the Cwtsh gallery yesterday evening.

13/04/2026

Come and join us to view the latest creations from the Vision Arts group of accomplished contemporary artists from Newport and South East Wales. Their modern-day renditions of some of the most famous paintings the art world has ever known are intended as a tribute to the famous artists who created them. Bound to delight art lovers of all ages, 'Fakes' could also raise the awareness of those of us who are less familiar with the works of past masters. Drinks and nibbles, plus the assembly of cultured folk typical of Cwtsh gatherings are guaranteed to make the occasion a most pleasurable one. All welcome!
Launch event: Friday, April 17th 6-8 pm.
Viewing continues to Sunday 17th May, 1-4 pm on Friday, Saturday. Sunday.
Cwtsh Gallery, 244 Stow Hill, NP20 4HA, www.cwtsh.org
Cwtsh is an accessible facility.

11/04/2026

Photos from our April First Friday talk by ladies from the Wales Society of Botanical Artists.

Address

226 Stow Hill
Newport
NP204HA

Telephone

+441633664498

Website

http://www.cwtsh.org/

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