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Rhaglen Digwyddiadau Events Programme RHAGLEN DIGWYDDIADAU EVENTS PROGRAMME GORFFENNAF-RHAGFYR 2019 JULY-DECEMBER 2019 WWW.LLYFRGELL.CYMRU | WWW.LIBRARY.WALES LLE I DDARGANFOD … Mae 2019 yn flwyddyn Darganfod. Dewch i ddarganfod ein casgliadau a’ch treftadaeth yn ein digwyddiadau ac arddangosfeydd #BlwyddynDarganfod #GwladGwlad A PLACE TO DISCOVER … 2019 is the year of Discovery. Come and discover our collections and your heritage in our events and exhibitions #YearofDiscovery #FindYourEpic TOCYNNAU TICKETS C Digwyddiad trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg Event held in Welsh Digwyddiad trwy gyfrwng y Saesneg E Event held in English Digwyddiad dwyieithog 01970 632 548 B digwyddiadau.llyfrgell.cymru A bilingual event events.library.wales Darperir cyfieithu ar y pryd T Simultaneous translation provided GOSTYNGIAD O 10% I GRWPIAU O 5 NEU FWY 10% DISCOUNT GIVEN TO PARTIES OF 5 OR MORE Cover details: View through a window ©Ivor Davies Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig | Registered Charity Number 525775 CIPOLWG | AT A GLANCE Gorffennaf | July 3 Collecting Contemporary, Caryl Roese 1:00pm 11 Gadael yr 20fed Ganrif 1:00pm 13 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Clive Hicks-Jenkins 2:00pm 24 Byd Go Iawn Un Nos Ola Leuad, J. Elwyn Hughes 1:00pm Medi | September 2 New Light on Gildas, Dr Iestyn Daniel 1:00pm 4 Hoddinott a Mathias: ein Bach a Handel…, Geraint Lewis 1:00pm 6 GIG: Owen Shiers 7:30pm 11 Grand Slam 1:00pm 18 U-boat Project 1914–18: Commemorating the Welsh Experience 1:00pm of the Great War at Sea, Deanna Groom 21 Symposiwm | Symposium: Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd 1619 - 1659 1.30pm-4.30pm 25 Clecs o’r Cwm 1:00pm Hydref | October 2 A new Architecture Archives Advisory Panel for Wales, Dr Peter Wakelin 1:00pm 8 Derbynion Newydd 1:00pm 16 Datgloi Ein Treftadaeth Sain: Cyfweliadau Llyfrgell Ceredigion 1:00pm Alison Smith, Rheinallt Llwyd & Ann Ffrancon 23 Agor clawr y Casgliad Meddygaeth, Branwen Rhys 1:00pm 25 Pickford’s Aberystwyth, Will Troughton 1:00pm Tachwedd | November 1 Darlith flynyddol yr Archif Wleidyddol Gymreig | Political Archive Annual Lecture: 5:30pm Twenty years of devolution – a political memoir, Jane Hutt AM/AC 4 The people I meet, the things I see, Nick Treharne 1:00pm 13 Darnau hanesyddol i’r delyn | Historical harp music from Wales, Maxilian Ehrhardt 1:00pm 16 Partneriaeth dau wleidydd nodedig o 1934 i 1960: priodas Jennie Lee ac Aneurin 2:00pm Bevan, Y Parch. Ddr | Revd Dr D. Ben Rees 20 Margaret Jones and the art of visual storytelling, Peter Stevenson 1:00pm 22 Cynhadledd undydd: Hanes Meddygaeth yng Nghymru 9:30am–5:00pm 22 Disgo gyda DJ Mici Plwm 7:00pm 25 30 Years an Archivist: reflections on a career at the Library, Sally McInnes 1:00pm 27 Ymchwil i Gymru Fydd: Cipolwg ar ffuglen wyddonol y Gymraeg, Dr Miriam Elin Jones 1:00pm Rhagfyr | December 3 Ian Parry: A man who knew too much?, John Stevenson 1:00pm 5 Dathlu’r ’Dolig 4:30–8:00pm 9 Ffilm: Canmlwyddiant Merêd – Clipiau o’r Archif 1:00pm 11 Merêd, Yr Athro Geraint H Jenkins 1:00pm NODER Bydd nifer o’n cyflwyniadau awr ginio yn cael PLEASE NOTE Several of our lunchtime eu darlledu’n fyw ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol. presentations will be broadcast live on our social Gwyliwch allan am wybodaeth bellach. media platforms. Look out for further details. ARDDANGOSFEYDD EXHIBITIONS Dewch i fwynhau casgliadau hynod y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol sy’n cael eu harddangos yn ein horielau. Os mai dyma’ch ymweliad cyntaf, neu os ydych wedi ymweld o’r blaen, mae croeso cynnes yma bob amser. Mae mynediad i’n holl arddangosfeydd yn rhad ac am ddim ac rydym yn croesawu teuluoedd. Come and explore the National Library’s remarkable collections on display in our galleries. Whether this is your first visit, or you have been here before, you’re assured of a warm welcome. All our exhibitions are free and families are welcome. MYNEDIAD AM DDIM FREE ADMISSION Tickets events.library.wales | 01970 632 548 3 CASGLU CYFOES COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY Uwch Gyntedd Upper Central Hall 06.04.19 – 21.03.20 4 Tocynnau digwyddiadau.llyfrgell.cymru | 01970 632 548 View through a window, ©Ivor Davies Dewch i ddarganfod ychwanegiadau Discover the striking new additions to our trawiadol newydd i’n casgliad o gelf contemporary Welsh art collection. From Gymreig gyfoes. O waith haniaethol geometric abstraction to contemporary geometrig i argraffiadaeth gyfoes, impressionism, this exhibition showcases mae’r arddangosfa hon yn dangos a wide range of styles from twentieth ystod eang o arddull amrywiol and twenty-first century Welsh artists. artistiaid Cymreig yr ugeinfed ganrif Our collection is growing in strength a’r unfed ganrif ar hugain. Mae ein with ongoing purchases and donations casgliad yn tyfu gyda phryniadau cyson from generous benefactors and this is a rhoddion oddi wrth gymwynaswyr a representative selection of our recent hael ac mae’r detholiad hwn yn acquisitions. cynrychioli’n derbynion diweddar. Artists include Iwan Bala, Ifor Davies, Ymhlith yr artistiaid mae Iwan Bala, Mary Lloyd Jones, Elfyn Lewis, Paul Peter Mary Lloyd Jones, Elfyn Lewis, Paul Piech, Ceri Richards, Lisa Eurgain Taylor Peter Piech, Ceri Richards, Lisa Eurgain and Ernest Zobole. Taylor ac Ernest Zobole. Tickets events.library.wales | 01970 632 548 5 RECORD: CANU GWERIN, PROTEST A PHOP CYMREIG RECORD: WELSH FOLK, PROTEST & POP MUSIC Anecs Gregynog Gregynog Annexe 22.06.19 - 01.02.20 Poster Y Blew Mae Cymru’n aml yn cael Wales is often described as Y Blew Poster © Y Lolfa ei disgrifio fel gwlad y gân, “the land of song”, and even our ac yn wir, mae ein hanthem national anthem refers to “a land genedlaethol yn cyfeirio at of poets and singers…”. But where “wlad beirdd a chantorion…”. did this musical tradition begin, Ond ym mha le dechreuodd and how did it develop over the ein traddodiad cerddorol, a sut centuries? datblygodd y traddodiad hwnnw This exhibition has made use of ar hyd y canrifoedd? the Welsh Music Archive and the Bydd yr arddangosfa hon yn Screen and Sound Archive to trace defnyddio’r Archif Gerddorol a’r the history of Welsh music from Archif Sgrin a Sain i olrhain hanes the crwth to Catatonia, looking at cerddoriaeth Cymru o’r crwth i’r the early tradition, the influence Cyrff gan edrych ar y traddodiad of individuals like Meredydd Evans cynnar, dylanwad unigolion and how Welsh record labels fel Meredydd Evans a sut mae have worked tirelessly to produce labeli Cymreig wedi gweithio i revolutionary folk, protest and gynhyrchu cerddoriaeth werin, pop music. protest a phop chwyldroadol. 6 Tocynnau digwyddiadau.llyfrgell.cymru | 01970 632 548 BYD NEWYDD NEW WORLD Cerens Gigantius, Arizona, Carleton E. Watkins Hengwrt 20.07.19 - 11.01.20 Ymunwch â ni wrth i ni ddilyn Join us as we follow the anturiaethau, chwedlonol a adventures, both legendary and ffeithiol, rhai o’r Cymry sydd factual, of some of the Welsh men wedi darganfod, archwilio ac and women who have discovered, ymgartrefu yn y Byd Newydd. Yn explored and settled in the New eu plith mae tywysog Cymreig, World. Among these are a Welsh llwyth o frodorion Cymraeg prince, a tribe of Welsh speaking eu hiaith, cowboi a dau o natives, a cowboy and two of ddinasyddion amlwg America. America’s eminent citizens. Tickets events.library.wales | 01970 632 548 7 YMGYRCHOEDD CAMPAIGNS Fel rhan o’n dathliadau Blwyddyn As part of our Year of Discovery Darganfod bydd y Llyfrgell yn celebrations the Library will run cynnal tair ymgyrch benodol fydd three specific campaigns that yn eich cynorthwyo i ddarganfod will help you to discover some rhai o’n casgliadau. of our collections. I weld pa ddigwyddiadau sydd To see which events are held in ynghlwm â’r ymgyrchoedd hyn association with these campaigns edrychwch am y logos yn y look out for the logos in this rhaglen yma ac ar ein gwefan a’n programme and on our website cyfryngau cymdeithasol pan fydd and social media accounts when digwyddiadau a gweithgareddau additional events and activities are pellach yn cael eu cyhoeddi: announced: www.library.wales www.llyfrgell.cymru @ LLGCymru @NLWales llgcymrunlwales @llgcnlw 8 Tocynnau digwyddiadau.llyfrgell.cymru | 01970 632 548 Wythnos Ffocws ar Archwiliwch Llyfrgelloedd Ffotograffiaeth Eich Archif 7–12 Hydref 14 Hydref – 23 Tachwedd – Libraries Week 8 Tachwedd 1 Rhagfyr 7–12 October Focus on Explore Your Archive Photography 23 November – Eleni bydd Wythnos Llyfrgelloedd yn dathlu rôl 14 October – 1 December llyfrgelloedd yn y byd digidol 8 November ac yn ystod yr wythnos Yn ystod ymgyrch Archwiliwch byddwn yn edrych ar sut Eich Archif eleni byddwn yn mae’r Llyfrgell yn defnyddio Yn ystod yr ymgyrch cyflwyno gwahanol agweddau technoleg i ymgysylltu â hon byddwn yn rhannu o’n gwaith a chasgliadau i’ch defnyddwyr ac yn annog gwybodaeth am ein cynorthwyo chi i ddarganfod cyfranogiad digidol. casgliadau ffotograffig casgliadau archifol y Llyfrgell. helaeth trwy ddigwyddiadau This year Libraries Week Edrychwch allan am y logo i penodol ac ar ein cyfryngau ddysgu mwy. will celebrate the role of cymdeithasol. Edrychwch allan libraries in the digital world am yr eicon i ddysgu mwy. During Explore Your Archive and during the week we will this year we will introduce be looking at how the Library During this campaign we different aspects of our work engages with users through will share information about and collections to help you to technology and encourages our extensive photographic discover the Library’s archival digital participation. collections through specific collections. Look out for the events and our social media logo to find out more. #LibrariesWeek accounts. Look out for the icon #WythnosLlyfrgelloedd to find out more. #ExploreYourArchive #ArchwiliwchEichArchif FFOCWS FOCUS Tickets events.library.wales | 01970 632 548 9 CYFLWYNIADAU PRESENTATIONS COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY CARYL ROESE Abstraction, Charles Byrd Dydd Mercher 3 Gorffennaf Wednesday 3 July, 1:00pm Yn 2017 dechreuodd y Llyfrgell In 2017 a generous collection of Genedlaethol dderbyn casgliad Welsh contemporary art works hael o weithiau celf gyfoes began to arrive at the National MYNEDIAD Gymreig gan Caryl a Herbert Library, gifted by Carys and Herbert AM DDIM Roese.
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