Tŷ Pawb

Exhibition: Wrexham Open 2018
2018-10-12 - 2018-12-16 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
12/10/2018 – 16/12/2018
An open entry exhibition, displayed across two venues in collaboration with Undegun Arts. A total of 260 works were displayed with four additional performances works taking place throughout the exhibition at both venues.
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The judges for Wrexham Open 2018 were Thomas Dukes, Rabab Ghazoul and Simon Job.
The prize winners were as follows:
Lesley James – Opposing Views (Judges’ Prize)
Austin Giffiths – Lucy (People’s Prize)
Louise Short – Sunset over Stanlow (Prize for Socially Engaged Practice)
Gideon Vass – 100 Pound Project (Young People’s Prize)
Alan Whitfield – Marram Grass House (Lens-based Media Prize)

Exhibition: The Tŷ Pawb Open 2024
2024-11-16 - 2025-02-08 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
The hugely popular Tŷ Pawb Open returns to Wrexham for its 4th edition.
The exhibition features over 100 artworks, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles & animations.
This follows a record response to our open call, with nearly 450 artists submitting works.
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This year’s Tŷ Pawb Open Judge is Alan Dunn
Alan Dunn is a Glasgow-born Artist based in Liverpool. He creates artworks using sound and digital images, collaborating with thousands of citizens to unlock the hidden narrative in communities. Alan is a Reader in Art and Design at Leeds Beckett University and is the current Wal Pawb Artist here at Tŷ Pawb as well as Lead Artist on our current Marchnad/Market Project.
Congratulations to our award winners:
Judges Prize (selected by guest judge, artist Alan Dunn): Anthony Jones.
Traders Prize (voted for by Tŷ Pawb’s market traders): Alan Roberts.

Exhibition: Allanol Always
2025-07-11 - 2025-10-25
Allanol Always was a solo show by Welsh-Ghanaian artist Anya Paintsil on view from July to November 2025.
Delving into the complex expectations placed on Black artists regarding beauty, heritage, and representation; Allanol Always challenges the problematic pressure to depict Black figures through the lens of European high art, and the marginalisation of African and Caribbean art histories.
Embracing Allanol Always as a space for artistic exploration and experimentation, the show represents a significant moment in Paintsil’s artistic journey and coincides with her permanent return to her hometown of Wrexham later this year. Developing an entirely new and experimental body of work, Paintsil will experiment with new materials and techniques, including innovative appliqué methods, textile assemblages using repurposed and waste fabrics, and a series of freestanding sculptures created in collaboration with her partner, weaver Steven William. These sculptural objects, inspired by Welsh mythology, lean towards abstraction, exploring themes of monstrous figuration and the grotesque.
Drawing from her childhood in North Wales, folklore and the Fante tradition of figurative textiles, Paintsil weaves together craft techniques from her youth – rug making, appliqué and hand embroidery – with those of afro hair styling methods to create bold, textural portraits. Referencing the enduring influence of traditional West African art in her work and the visual language rooted in the forms of the masks of Kongo peoples, Aku’aba dolls and Asafo Flags, Paintsil considers the stark disparities at play where white artists are celebrated for drawing from African art, labelled as ‘tribal’ or ‘primitive’ in a romanticised sense; whilst Black artists alluding to the very same traditions are at risk of misinterpretation as self-caricature or satire, which in turn reinforces harmful stereotypes.
Through Allanol Always, Paintsil looks to disrupt these restrictive narratives, advocating for a broader, more inclusive understanding of Black art outside of Eurocentric paradigms. The choice of the Welsh word ‘Allanol’, translating to “outside” or “external,” in the exhibition’s title speaks to the positioning of African art as “outsider art” within the dominant narratives of Western art history, an act of othering that Paintsil acknowledges and seeks to directly challenge in their work. The title also resonates with Paintsil’s artistic focus on the human body’s exterior and its significance in shaping individual and collective experiences from which she explores themes of identity, representation, and the complexities of the Black female experience.
For Paintsil, the implications of the title are deeply nuanced, as on a personal level “Allanol” echoes her own experience of otherness as an artist and a woman of colour, where even within her hometown she has at times felt an outsider navigating societal expectations and her own artistic vision.
Paintsil’s solo show explores creativity and creative license within Black figuration, inviting viewers to engage with the work on their own terms. Curated in collaboration with independent curator Lewis Dalton Gilbert, Allanol Always will be accompanied by a programme of community events at Tŷ Pawb.
About Anya Paintsil
Anya Paintsil is a Welsh and Ghanaian textile artist who lives and works in London and Glyn Ceiriog. Drawing inspiration from her childhood in North Wales, and her ancestral, Fante tradition of figurative textiles, Paintsil combines craft practices she was taught as a young child; rug making, appliqué and hand embroidery with afro hairstyling techniques to create large scale portraits. Paintsils’ figures explore the possibilities and politics of non-representative depictions of the Black figure.
Often mistaken as subversion of ‘primitivism’, Paintsil deliberately and consciously refuses to root her work in the European Fine Art Canon, Paintsil’s visual language finds its basis in traditional West African Crafts and Art – carvings, wood sculptures, masks – exchanging the hard materials for soft, in an interrogation of gendered labour, particularly the labour of working class women.
Anya made her debut at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London in 2020, and since then Anya has received sustained interest from private collectors and public institutions. Recent acquisitions include Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The National Museum of Wales, The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester and The Women’s Art Collection at Cambridge University.

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Print International 2025
2025-11-08 - 2026-01-24 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Our biennial print exhibition returns!
Featuring:
East London Printmakers
Constructure
Printing in Dutch
Red Plate Press
Regional Print Centre
Spike Print Studio
Gallery opening times: Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm.
Most prints are for sale!

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Christmas Family Fun Day
2025-12-13 09:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
If you’re looking for a festive few hours with the family (and maybe an excuse to tick a few things off the Christmas shopping list), come and join us for a brilliant community day at Tŷ Pawb!
✨ Local makers and small businesses selling gifts
✨ Face painting & FREE craft activities for kids
✨ Stalls from organisations who support families across Wrexham with chance to find out what’s available locally
✨ Performances from Ysgol Bodhyfryd Choir and Victoria CP Choir
✨ And… a very special visit from someone who really loves Christmas… 🎅
It’s free to attend, full of festive cheer, and all money raised on the day will be donated to Advance Brighter Futures, helping us support people across Wrexham with their mental health.
Bring the kids, bring the grandparents, come for a browse or stay for the whole day – we’d love to see you there! 💛🎄

Family Art Club! 2026
2025-12-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Family Art Club!
Term Time Saturdays
10:30 – 12:00

Family Art Club celebrates creativity and play through hands-on making, painting and drawing. Every week we’ll reveal a treasure trove of art materials, loose parts and recycling themed around our exhibitions to be transformed into whatever artworks, models and fashion accessories you can dream up!
Family Art Club is suitable for children of all ages and we encourage parents, grandparents and carers to get stuck in too – this isn’t children’s art club, its Family Art Club!
– Please wear clothes you won’t be upset about getting messy.– Breakfast cereal for children is provided for free at this club.– All children must be accompanied by an adult.

BookingFamily Art Club is a drop-in session, but we do recommend booking to make sure that you have a place during busier times. Places at Family Art Club are offered on a ‘pay what you can’ donation basis, so that you can choose how much to pay according to what your family can afford. Your donations support us in delivering an accessible arts service for local families.

Family Art Club MembershipYou can buy a Family Art Club membership pack from reception for £9.99. This pack includes arty goodies to use at home and supports us in continuing to offer a pay-what-you-can service for families.

Coming Up!6th Sept – Back to School – Making art with maths equipment!13th September – Games Day – To celebrate Games Day, we’ll be making our own pixel art on paper – then turning them into hama bead creations!20th September – Wool & Weaving – Let’s make pompoms, tassels and weavings!27th September – Life Size Figures – We’ll draw round our bodies to make some big art!4th October – Hand Prints – This week’s art is super handy!11th October – Chalk & Charcoal – Creating smudgeable art with natural pigments!18th October – Autumn – We’ll be exploring the colours, textures and patterns of the season.
*** No sessions 25th October & 1st November***
8th November – Potato Printing – Let’s make our stamp!15th November – Alphabet Art – We’ll explore letterpress and typography!22nd November – Copy Cats! – What does our art look like if we duplicate it? Let’s get inspired by printmakers!29th November – Collage Printing – Let’s turn our recycling into prints! Please wear old clothes for this messy session.6th December – Winter – We’ll be exploring the colours, textures and patterns of the season.13th December – Gifts – Use this session to make an artwork or card to gift to a loved one!

Monday Music Club
2025-12-15 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Monday Music Club
Mondays
10:30 – 12:00
Join musician Andy Hickie for an inclusive and joyful music making session every Monday.
No prior musical experience needed, just the willingness to join in and give it a go!
All welcome. Participate in Welsh or English.

Toddler Time!
2025-12-17 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-07 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Toddler Time!
Wednesdays
11.00 – 12.30
Free, donations welcome.
Playful and creative activities for children under 4 and their carers.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
In partnership with Mombies Parent Support Group.

Mombies
2025-12-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Mombies
Wednesdays 11am – 1pm
A free parent and families friendship group designed to support parents to combat loneliness and anxiety. Join us for a cuppa, a chat, and let the kids play! For more information about visit:
www.facebook.com/wrexhammombies

Lunchtime School Choir Performances
2025-12-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Lunchtime School Choir Performances
Wednesday 17th December, 12pm – 1pm
Join us in our food court.
12:00 – Ysgol Bodhyfryd
12:15 – All Saints School
12:30 – Rhosddu CP School
12:45 – Ysgol Eyton

Christmas Card Making
2025-12-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Christmas Card Making
Wednesday 10th December & Wednesday 17th December
2pm – 3.30pm
Join us for a relaxed, artist-led Christmas card making session for adults using a range of techniques and materials.
This activity is free to take part, but we do recommend booking in advance. All materials are provided. Refreshments are available for sale in our food court.
This activity is funded by UK Government.

An Arty Farty Christmas Party
2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Wrecsam is diving into the bid for UK City of Culture 2029, and we want your voice right at its heart.
What do you want to happen for Wrecsam2029?
Join Dirty Protest Theatre and the Creu Criw of local artists to explore creativity, community and the true spirit of Wrecsam2029.
Come share, create and shape the story of Wrexham’s future.
A Christmas party like no other, hosted by the local legend, Outrageous Drag Act, Shaggerada. Find the spirit of Wrexham and a night of festive fun, fearless Shaggeroke, and take part in a community conversation on the Wrecsam2029 UK City of Culture Bid.
Find out about our upcoming workshops, drop-ins and sessions online:
Access:
Date: Wednesday 17th December 2025
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Location: Tŷ Pawb, Market Street
How to Book: Free entry. This is a 14+ event, with adult themes. Open to the public. Turn up on the day or book online.
Workshops, drop-ins and sessions are all free to attend, and age guidance or other access information is published for each individual session, as appropriate. Sessions can be attended as walk-up sessions, with no pre-booking required.
If anyone attending has specific access requirements that they wish to discuss with organisers, please email info@dirtyprotesttheatre.co.uk

Coffee & Crafts
2025-12-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Coffee & CraftThursdays10:00 – 11:30
An informal, social, drop-in craft session suitable for adults of all backgrounds.
Bring your own craft project to work on, grab a brew from our Food Court traders and meetother like minded makers!

Free Play Sessions!
2025-12-18 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-25 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-01-01 16:00 - 17:30, 2026-01-08 16:00 - 17:30 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Free Play Sessions!Term Time Thursdays16:00 – 17:30Free!
No need to book, just drop-in.Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult.Child-led, active, creative, fun!

Home Ed Art Club
2025-12-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Home Ed Art Club with Artist Sophie Nina
Fridays
10.30 – 12.00
Free, donations welcome.

Weekly practical creative activities inspired by our exhibition programme for EHE families.
Children of all ages welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Dress for mess!
Optional participation in Arts Award Discover

Email teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk to book or for more information.

The Tŷ Pawb Kids’ Christmas Party 2025!
2025-12-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
3pm to 5pm, Friday 19th December
Join us for a jolly Christmas celebration with craft activities, games and dancing! Children will receive a small present from santa at this event.
Dressing up is strongly encouraged, we want to see lots of elves, angels, reindeer and snowfolk.
Places are £3.00 per child, please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Email teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk to book.
This party is most suitable for ages 4 to 11. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

Ysgrifennwch Lythyr at Siôn Corn
2025-12-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Ysgrifennwch Lythyr at Siôn Corn
Dydd Llun 22ain Rhagfyr
10.30am – 12.00pm
Ymunwch â’r bardd Natasha Borton i ysgrifennu a thrawsgrifio eich llythyr at Santa! Rhowch ef yn ein blwch post, neu cymrwch ef adref i’w adael gyda phice bach Santa.
Mae’r gweithgaredd hwn yn rhad i gymryd rhan, ond rydym yn argymell archebu ymlaen llaw. Darperir yr holl ddeunyddiau. Mae diodydd ar gael i’w prynu yn ein llochfa fwyd. Rhaid i blant fod yn cael eu cyd-fyw gyda pherson o oedolyn.
Mae’r gweithgaredd hwn wedi’i ariannu gan Lywodraeth y DU.

Warm Welcome
2025-12-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
A Warm Welcome at Tŷ Pawb –– Free Weekly Warm Space Craft Activity with a Hot Meal!
As part of Wrexham Council’s efforts to support residents through the cost of living crisis, a number of community ‘warm places’ in have been established Wrexham. These are already existing warm spaces where people can come to stay warm, including ten of our libraries and the Wellbeing Hub.
Launching on the 11th December, Warm Welcome at Tŷ Pawb is a new Warm Space project that will offer participants the opportunity to learn new craft skills, in a relaxed social environment with a free hot drink and hot meal.
Warm Welcome has been funded through the Warm Spaces Small Grant Fund for the benefit of residents struggling with the cost of living.
Sessions will be delivered by experienced local artist Ceri Wright and include a range of creative activity including working with print, collage and clay. Food and drink will be provided by The Courtyard Café in Ty Pawb’s food court, via a voucher given to session attendees.
The project will run between 10:30am – 12:00pm on the following dates:
• Thursday 11th December – Make a Clay Pinch Pot
• Thursday 18th December – Print Your Own Wrapping Paper
• Tuesday 23rd December – Make Felted Soap
For more information about this programme, please contact: teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk

Make Your Own 2026 Calendar
2025-12-29 13:00 - 14:30
Join artist Manon Emmanuel to create your own personalised 2026 calendar to take home. All materials are provided. Participation in Welsh or English is welcome.
This activity is free to take part, but we do recommend booking in advance.
This activity is funded by UK Government.
Monday 29th December, 1pm – 2.30pm: Session for Families
Tuesday 30th December, 1pm – 2.30pm: Session for Adults

Warm Welcome!
2026-01-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
A Warm Welcome at Ty Pawb –– Free Weekly Warm Space Craft Activity with a Hot Meal!
As part of Wrexham Council’s efforts to support residents through the cost of living crisis, a number of community ‘warm places’ in have been established Wrexham. These are already existing warm spaces where people can come to stay warm, including ten of our libraries and the Wellbeing Hub.
Launching on the 11th December, Warm Welcome at Ty Pawb is a new Warm Space project that will offer participants the opportunity to learn new craft skills, in a relaxed social environment with a free hot drink and hot meal.
Warm Welcome has been funded through the Warm Spaces Small Grant Fund for the benefit of residents struggling with the cost of living.
Sessions will be delivered by experienced local artist Ceri Wright and include a range of creative activity including working with print, collage and clay. Food and drink will be provided by The Courtyard Café in Ty Pawb’s food court, via a voucher given to session attendees.
For more information about this programme, please contact: teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk

Tŷ Pawb Comedy Night
2026-01-09 19:30 - 22:30 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Tŷ Pawb Comedy Night | 09 January
Join us on Friday 9th of January for an evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy from some of the UK’s best touring comedians! Hosted by Wrexham’s own Funny Bones Jones the night sees four of the best touring comedians take the stage at Tŷ Pawb.
Line-up to be announced
The food court will be open before the show and the bar will be open all night!
Tickets: £12
Noson Gomedi Tŷ Pawb | Tŷ Pawb Comedy Night (Ionawr / January 2026) Tickets, Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
Doors: 7.30pm
First act: 8.00pm
16+

Family Art Club 2026
2026-01-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
Family Art Club celebrates creativity and play through hands-on making, painting and drawing. Every week we’ll reveal a treasure trove of art materials, loose parts and recycling themed around our exhibitions to be transformed into whatever artworks, models and fashion accessories you can dream up!
Family Art Club is suitable for children of all ages and we encourage parents, grandparents and carers to get stuck in too – this isn’t children’s art club, its Family Art Club!
– Please wear clothes you won’t be upset about getting messy.
– All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking
Family Art Club is a drop-in session, but we do recommend booking to make sure that you have a place during busier times. Places at Family Art Club are offered on a ‘pay what you can’ donation basis, so that you can choose how much to pay according to what your family can afford. Your donations support us in delivering an accessible arts service for local families.
Family Art Club Membership
You can buy a Family Art Club membership pack from reception for £9.99. This pack includes arty goodies to use at home and supports us in continuing to offer a pay-what-you-can service for families.
Coming Up!
10th January – 2026 Calendars – Create your own custom calendar to welcome in the new year!
17th January – Flying Bird Mobiles – Create a mobile inspired by the birds in the Print International 2025 exhibition!
24th January – We Love Red! – Let’s get creative with the colour red! Will you make something inspired by Dydd Santes Dwynwen, Wrexham AFC or something else entirely?
31st January – Celtic Knot Art – Let’s experiment with drawing traditional patterns, braiding our own bracelets and designing temporary tattoos!
7th February – Watercolour – Let’s explore watercolours, taking inspiration from Jonathan Le Vay’s bold botanicals in his exhibition ‘Opus’.
No Family Art Club on the 14th & 21st February!
28th February – St. David’s Day – Make a daffodil, a dragon or something else that represents Wales to you!
7th March – Make Your Own Musical Instruments! – Design your own noise makers and rice shakers!
14th March – Oil Pastel – Let’s explore oil pastels, taking inspiration from Jonathan Le Vay’s groovy gardens in his exhibition ‘Opus’.
21st March – Spring! – Let’s get inspired by Spring, Easter and Mother’s Day.
