Y Lle Celf

[1] Y Lle Celf is created every year for the duration of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the country's celebration of Welsh language and culture.

Y Lle Celf is usually housed in a temporary building on the Eisteddfod grounds, though at Ebbw Vale in 2010 it was held in the disused basement of a steel rolling mill[2][5] and, in Cardiff Bay at the fenceless Eisteddfod in 2018, was held inside the Welsh Government Senedd building.

[6][7] In 2012, the Eisteddfod were forced to issue an apology and withdraw four portrait paintings, by artist David Rees Davies, which showed imagery related to a nearby murder of a schoolgirl.

The 2013 Ivor Davies Award winner, Iwan Bala, had included English and Spanish text in his paintings, in addition to Welsh.

For 2014 entries, application forms drew attention to the language rule, which says any original words in art works must be in Welsh.