Beginning early 2021, I have had the absolute privilege of taking part in the Wales Artist Coaching Pathway - led by Jon Dafydd-Kidd, supported by Artworks Cymru and The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre in Newport. The Wales Artist Coaching Pathway, a new free coaching...
Can you imagine it? It's the day before launch night...
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 -...
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...
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...
PHRAME Launch event on Facebook In April, PHRAME launches at The Gate as part of Diffusion Festival 2019. It is not a group of only women - it is a group of people supporting people across genders, nationality, ethnicity and backgrounds, raising each other up, sharing...
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,...
Hello folks, Just a short update from me today - looking for some #mondaymotivation - trying to get back into the swing of things after some much needed time away. Whilst posts from me have been few and far between from me recently, it most certainly...
Heya folks Just a quick post from me today - this week I've been making the most of spare minutes and have been gathering peoples anecdotal stories about their hair. Some people already familiar with this project will now I've been gathering information on hair for quite...
Afternoon folks - another damp Monday morning after a busy weekend, but today I've hit the ground running. With plenty of projects running on in the background, recently I've been researching for a project of my own to start, and which I happened to spend...
Well hello folks! Just a quick post from me today - having taken a step back recently to focus on family and friends, today I find myself reflecting on recent work over coffee, Nick Drake and another rainy morning in Newport. Today's post is written as an...
Here's a quick sneak peak at a shoot I did on the weekend at Sherman Cymru for Caerphilly County Borough Council's Arts Development scheme Artspark! I'm still working on the edit, but looking at the photos today has inspired me on what to write for...
Firstly - welcome to all reading this post and visiting my website! Secondly - apologies to those returning visitors for the long gap in-between posts my end. It's not been through lack of activity; if anything, I have been incredibly busy working on a number of...
I can not believe it's been over a month since I've made time to sit and write a post. So many things have happened in that time, I realise the impact or relevance of writing about them all in one sitting would be futile. Instead,...
Yesterday I spent a very enjoyable day visiting a number of places in Wales to see what's happening near me. With fellow photographer and general life enthusiast Dai Howell (https://www.facebook.com/DaiHowellartist) we visited g39 in Cardiff (http://www.g39.org) and then travelled up to Merthyr Tydfil for what we hoped would...
