New Year Show 2026...

The Oriel CRiC Gallery in Crickhowell is starting its celebratory twentieth anniversary year with a varied New Year Show (14 January – 7 March 2026).

In addition to gallery favourites, Crickhowell based artist Nadia Epping mainly paints in acrylic on canvas in a representational style. Her work deals with architecture and the remains of human activity in landscape, with a specific focus on industrial history. Read more about Nadia's work in our FEATURED ARTIST section.She is joined by Printmaker Angela Thorpe who creates lithographs on a Victorian Gothic press using limestone blocks in the traditional way and by ceramicist Owen Thorpe who is best known for creating stoneware bowls and plates which are ornately decorated with skilled brush-work and finished with lustre calligraphy.

Planning is underway for the gallery’s annual Open Art competition which results in an exhibition of selected work starting during the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend. Details of the online application process can be found on www.orielcric.wales The Crickhowell Open Art exhibition is a highlight of the gallery’s programme and gives an opportunity to exhibit in this small but beautiful gallery space in the heart of the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains. It annually culminates in a diverse exhibition starting during the Crickhowell Open Studios Weekend. (23 to 25 May 2026