Without Borders : Installation, Art Spot Korin, Kyoto JAPAN - 17/07 - 28/08/21 In a blog post earlier this year > Without Borders / Elysium & 1SSUE < I wrote about taking part in this group project which saw 300+ artists from around the world...
Recently I had the pleasure of taking part with community art project LOST CONNECTIONS - developed by Naz Syed of Ziba Creative - a visual art time capsule of work inspired by our experiences of COVID-19 and subsequent lock downs. The artwork I submitted to take...
Between St Dwynwen’s Day and St Valentine’s Day 2021, the Arts Development Team based at The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre worked along with pupils in Newport Live's Alternative Education scheme to put together well being packs for isolated individuals in our community....
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year! 2020 was a tough year, but by gosh we made it through, and whilst the majority of folks have started the new year in lockdown once more, the good news the end to all this heartache is in...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHNHfRqs3Jk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Back in early November, Ben Jones from the Le Pod cast spoke with Sarah Goodey, Jenny Fallon and myself about the upcoming Celf Ar Y Bryn Casnewydd / Art On The Hill Newport festival. We spent a lovely hour speaking with Ben about the inspiration...
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Team AOTH and our friends at the Cwtsh Community & Arts Centre are pleased to confirm Celf Ar Y Bryn Casnewydd / Art On The Hill Newport in 2020 is going ahead as planned. >>> BUT <<< It is clear to us already that this year’s event...
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...
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...
Raise your flag 'This too shall pass' - 2017-2018 © Kate Mercer - https://katemercer.co.uk This week sees the UK marking Mental Health awareness week (18th - 24th May 2020), and during these exceptional times, I felt the need to signpost towards just some of the organisations,...
