Out & About

We can be together apart – Chapter Arts Commission 2020

22 Sep 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Cardiff, Community, Exhibitions, Inspiration, Out & About, PHRAME Collective, Wales, Work in progress

S Mark Gubb, Free For All Forever, 2010 - Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff - https://www.chapter.org Last month, based on work I have been developing over lock down, I put myself forward for the Chapter Arts Centre Artists Commission. I was not successful in the commission -...

Celf Ar Y Bryn Casnewydd / Art On The Hill Newport – #EpicAwards2020 shortlisted by Voluntary Arts

18 Sep 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Celf Ar Y Bryn / Art On The Hill, Community, In the news, Newport, Out & About, Social Media, Volunteering, Wales, Work in progress

Back in June this year, Team AOTH applied to take part in The Epic Awards - an annual celebration of the achievements of voluntary arts groups across the UK and Republic of Ireland - run by Voluntary Arts promoting activities led by communities for their...

Bitter Sweet : My Return to Wales

17 Sep 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in Out & About

Putting pen to paper - or fingers to keys even! - it's impossible to know where to begin when sharing my story and experience of lock down in 2020. If I'm honest, I already feel exhausted just thinking about writing this update...

EMPOWER ME! exhibition – Curated by Megan Charlotte Fraser, Sacha Reid & Sara Treble-Parry

04 Aug 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Cardiff, Exhibitions, Out & About, PHRAME Collective, Published, Wales, Women

Here’s a much much MUCH #latergram of an exhibition I had the pleasure of being apart of in 2019...

Social media takeovers – #artsneywdd

24 Jul 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Community, Newport, Out & About, Social Media, Wales

STOP PRESS!!! - Starting in August 2020, Newport Community Artists Network want to give you a platform to share your work, amplify you're voice, as well as raise the profile of creatives from all mediums living and working in Newport. Launched this week over on the...

Community Sketchbook Project – Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

21 Jul 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Community, Exhibitions, Out & About, Published, Social Media, Wales, Work in progress

This week's post is dedicated to Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in Cwmbran. I was truly delighted to see on Friday evening just gone work I has submitted to their Community Sketchbook project pop up online. Delayed due to COVID-19, Llantarnam Granges' > latest / current /...

Women of Newport – A project by Kamila Jarczak

14 Jul 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Cardiff, Community, Exhibitions, Inspiration, Newport, Out & About, Wales, Women

Another latergram this week of a project I was humbled to be involved with in 2019 alongside Sarah Goodey through our involvement with Art On The Hill Newport, this time for Kamila Jarczak's project Women of Newport. I first met Kamila back in 2018 after being...

Phrame Wales during lockdown

07 Jul 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Cardiff, Community, DIFFUSION 2019, Exhibitions, Out & About, PHRAME Collective, Social Media, Wales, Women

Last week, I published my June newsletter...

#artsnewydd – Promoting the arts in Newport

02 Jul 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in #artsnewydd, Community, Inspiration, Newport, Out & About, Social Media, Wales

In January 2020, #artsnewydd launched across social media platforms TWITTER and INSTAGRAM to help promote the arts in Newport. #artsnewydd came from the Newport CAN (Newport Community Artists Network) partnership with the desire to promote, profile and increase accessibility to the city's creative community. The hashtag...

#blacklivesmatter – Becoming anti-racist

05 Jun 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in Community, In the news, Newport, Out & About, PHRAME Collective, Social Media, Wales, Women

It's fairly safe to say that much of the world has watched aghast at the violence and injustice of events in America this week - at the murder of George Floyd, the denial of responsibility, lack of accountability as well as the absolute brutality and...

I’m Thinking Of You – A Virtual Postcard Project

26 May 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in Community, Mental Health, Newport, Out & About, Published, Wales

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Update – Print sale for Wales Arts Review

24 Apr 2020, Posted by kate_mercer in Cardiff, Community, Fundraising, In the news, Newport, Out & About, Wales

Love and death changes all things – 2020 Wales Arts Review - Emergency Fundraiser for artists & freelancers impacted by COVID-19 On 27th - 29th March, Wales Arts Review held a digital arts festival to raise emergency funds for artists and freelancers whose income has been impacted...

#PHRAMEPHOTOJAM

13 May 2019, Posted by kate_mercer in Cardiff, Community, Newport, Out & About, Photo Jam, PHRAME Collective

This Friday The Gate is the final day of AS WE SEE IT by PHRAME Collective (last chance to see it friends, if you've been meaning to make it down for ages...

Diolch am ddod – Thank you for coming

03 May 2019, Posted by kate_mercer in Cardiff, DIFFUSION 2019, Ffotogallery, Newport, Out & About, PHRAME Collective, Women

Diolch am ddod to all who came to #diffusion2019 - Cardiff's International Festival of Photography over April this year. I am truly proud to have been a part of it, to have shown GLEAN made in collaboration with Dai Howell as part of ’As...

DIFFUSION 2019

20 Feb 2019, Posted by kate_mercer in Cardiff, Community, DIFFUSION 2019, Ffotogallery, In the news, Newport, Out & About, PHRAME Collective, Women, Work in progress

On Thursday 14th February 2019 (for all those ffoto-lovers out there) saw the launch of SOUND + VISION - the 4th installment of DIFFUSION : Cardiff's International Photography Festival. Organised by Ffotogallery, this event features the work of : Alina Kisina / Brian David...