Social Media – Kate Mercer

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...

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 /...

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...

Stepping back in to the room

13 Feb 2019, Posted by kate_mercer in Out & About, Social Media

Tomorrow sees some HUGE news about to drop which I can not wait to share with the world - so this evening's post will be brief! 2018 ultimately proved to be my 'annus horribilis' - ending up with the need to take some personal time...

Come find me on Pinterest

21 Jul 2017, Posted by kate_mercer in Community, Inspiration, Social Media

Heya everyone, Here's my personal invite to you to come join me on Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/katemercerphoto/ Inspired by a number of conversations I've had with people recently, I've set up a Pinterest account as a way to share just some of the visual references of work I love,...