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GB. Wales, Newport. A street scene on Cambrian Road © Kate Mercer (2015).

Funding support by Arts Council of Wales – The Night Time Economy with S.J. Fowler

23 Dec 2015, Posted by kate_mercer in Newport, Night Time Economy, Out & About, S.J. Fowler, Work in progress

Afternoon all, So it is with a huge amount of excitement that I'm able to announce I've submitted a successful research and development application to the Arts Council of Wales to work on a collaborative project on The Night Time Economy in Newport with London based international poet, S.J....

Print & design - Kate Mercer Photography

So what’s next…? Artspark! booklet: A year in review.

12 Oct 2015, Posted by kate_mercer in Artspark!, Out & About

Morning folks - and what a glorious morning it is in Newport! That beautiful Autumn sunshine is flooding through our windows this morning, so before I go take some photographs of it, I thought I'd share a little update with what I've been up to...

Artspark! Year 1 – Artists in the community

27 Jul 2015, Posted by kate_mercer in Out & About

Hello folks, This month saw the end to the first year of Artspark! in Caerphilly, which those of you who have read my blog posts before may be familiar with. An updated selection from all the workshop sessions are now available on my updated Artspark! portfolio...

So long The Project Space

20 Jul 2015, Posted by kate_mercer in Newport, Out & About

Morning all! So it was with a sad heart last week that after nearly 18 months, my time came to end at The Project Space in Newport, South Wales (GB). I've absolutely loved being involved with this project - artists working in their community is...

Tides of Change: On the Riverbanks of Newport

02 Mar 2015, Posted by kate_mercer in Newport, Published

This week at The Project Space, we welcomed 2nd year BA (Hons) Photographic Art students from the University of South Wales to present Drift, a collective exhibition of visual artworks about the River Usk, connecting waterways, and its surrounding land. Integrating themselves within the local community, each...

Artspark! – Positive rolemodels in community learning

23 Feb 2015, Posted by kate_mercer in Inspiration, Out & About

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...

The importance of networks: Community Art Network Training

22 Oct 2013, Posted by kate_mercer in Inspiration

Image: GB, Wales. Overlooking Llanhilleth. 2013 © Kate Mercer 2013 So this week I'm taking part on the Community Arts Network Training scheme up at the Llanhilleth Miners Institute. Whilst it's proving to be fairly heavy going, an unexpected benefit of the course is that it...

Newport’s Chartist Mural

19 Oct 2013, Posted by kate_mercer in In the news

So recently, as hopefully a lot of people have been reading about in the news, Newport public art schemes took an almighty punch recently with the destruction of the Chartist Mural in John Frost Square on Thursday 3rd October 2013. There's much debate as to the...

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