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Draft and fair-copy texts, with corrections by the interviewees, of interviews conducted by Tony Curtis with the artists involved in the compilation of Curtis's Welsh Artists Talking (Seren Books, 2000) (see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/welsh-artists-talking), together with correspondence and other material relating to the artists. The artists involved are: Brendan Burns, Ivor Davies, David Garner, Robert Harding, Alfred Janes, Christine Jones, Jonah Jones, David Nash, Terry Setch and Lois Williams.
Also included is material relating to an exhibition of contemporary paintings curated by Tony Curtis entitled 'Ten Welsh Painters', held at the Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, 18 January - 4 February 1999. Many of the exhibiting artists are included in Curtis's Welsh Painters Talking (Seren Books, 1997 - see under heading Welsh Painters Talking) and in Welsh Artists Talking.

Letters and emails, 2000-2004 and undated, from Tony Curtis, comprising:

Copy of letter, 13 March 2000, from Tony Curtis to Sally Medlyn at the Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff.

Copy of letter, 28 March 2000, from Tony Curtis to Lee Bracegirdle at the University of Glamorgan, referencing the sculptor David Nash, for whom see under heading Letters to Tony Curtis within this archive. Enclosed is a piece by Curtis relating to the conferring of an honorary D.Litt. degree upon Nash by the University of Glamorgan.

Email, 22 January 2003, to poet, essayist, editor and musician John Barnie.

Copy of letter, 19 January 2004, to the new (unnamed) Vice Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan. For reference to Tony Curtis's book How Poets Work (Seren Books, 1996), see August 2002 papers under heading How Poets Work (Seren Books, 1996).

Undated and unsigned letter (copy), (presumably) from Tony Curtis to Tom Piper at Cardiff School of Art relating to a collaboration between writers from the University of Glamorgan and a group of printmakers.

Draft and fair-copied individual loose poems by Tony Curtis, with amendments in Curtis's hand.

Poems titled 'Claude and Chou Chou at Le Moulleau, 1916', 'The Mayor of Llansteffan' and 'Andrew Wyeth's "Snow Hill"' include attached related material (for material related to 'Andrew Wyeth's "Snow Hill"', see April 2018 papers under headings From the Fortunate Isles (Seren Books, 2016) and Andrew Wyeth exhibition).

Some poems accompanied by small-scale copies of photographs.

Together with rough manuscript limericks in Tony Curtis's hand (kept at rear of sequence of poems).

Photocopied pages taken from the Winter 1995 issue of Modern Painters, the quarterly journal of fine arts.

Printed programme relating to a celebratory evening to mark poet and priest R. S. Thomas's 70th birthday, held at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 17 May 1983.

Ink sketch by sculptor David Nash relating to a commission from the former University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) (possibly identified with (scroll to near end of article): https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/david-nash-opens-largest-exhibition-2052530)

Printed programme of an exhibition by painter Kyffin Williams, held at the Albany Gallery, Cardiff, April 1997.

Ballpoint pen sketches, with marginal annotation, by poet, writer and painter Alan Perry.

Printed programme of an exhibition by painter Brendan Stuart Burns titled 'In View', held at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, August-September 2007.

Pencil sketches and prints by painter John Selway, sketches annotated in Selway's hand and signed 'J. H. Selway'. Folder in which material originally kept inscribed in Tony Curtis's hand: 'John Selway Print Proje[c]t [signed] T Curtis'.

Printed programme of the 1990 Cardiff Literature Festival.

Proposal for a book titled How Radio Writers Work, edited by playwright, director and scenographer Sam Boardman-Jacobs.

Statement of finances and expenditure relating to the 10th Annual Conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English held at Gregynog Hall, Powys, March 1997.

Poetry by American poets, including James Ballowe, Lisel Mueller and Dave Etter. With statements and biographical notes.

Business details of artist/sculptors Viki Govan and Richard Warner, trading as Iron Vein.

Text, the original in Welsh, with separate English translation, relating to an exhibition by artist Shani Rhys James at the Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff (no year noted).

Printed memorial service programme for poet and film-maker John Ormond.

Photocopied article by poet John Montague taken from Comparative Criticism 19 (Cambridge University Press, 1997) titled 'Conversations with David Jones, 1969-1974'. The handwritten name and address of Montague' wife, Elizabeth Wassell, is inserted below the title.

Papers relating to the artist: David Nash.