Gwenllian Ashley obituary

My friend and colleague Gwenllian Ashley, who has died aged 77, devoted her life to promoting the visual culture of Wales. As assistant curator at the Ceredigion Museum, in Aberystwyth, she persuaded the county council to create a collection of contemporary Welsh art for public buildings, and to allow a programme of exhibitions in the city at the Coliseum, once a theatre and music hall. And through her role as grant adviser to the Arts Council of Wales she was a fundamental driver in setting up