Perspectives On Digital Access

• Zoom

Type of Event: Multi Art

This conversation aims to inform and provoke discussion about rethinking digital access and digital literacy amongst older people.

Although the recent pandemic has accelerated and widened the use of digital technologies across generations, many older people are finding it increasingly difficult to access essential goods and services due to a lack of access to the internet and/or technical skills, as well as badly designed technology. This conversation aims to inform and provoke discussion about rethinking digital access and digital literacy amongst older people. Four speakers from the UK and Ireland will talk about their own creative approach to widening digital access and the potential offered by the internet.

This event is presented in partnership with Luminate (Scotland), Gwanwyn (Wales) & Age of Creativity (England) festivals.

Port Talbot Library Local History Afternoon

• Port Talbot Library

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Monthly.

For more information or to book please email porttalbot.library@npt.gov.uk or phone 01639 763490

Reality Theatre's Drop In Day

• The Cab

Type of Event: Multi Art

Bored, creative, isolated?

Want to meet new people?

Want to shape creative ideas?

Want a space to try out some music, art or drama?

Or just want to sit and read? Talk about the news, or latest films?

All welcome - younger people, older people, parents and children, students, musicians, writers, poets.

Come along and have a cuppa. Fridays, 10 - 4.

Cathays Library FAN + Heritage

• Cathays Branch and Heritage Library

Type of Event: Multi Art

This is a Friends and Neighbours group with a difference - Every month we discuss a topic relating to the history of Cardiff (or slightly further afield), using photos and materials found amongst our archives. Refreshments provided.

Pontardawe Local History Afternoon

• Pontardawe Library

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Monthly.

For more information or to book please email pontardawe.library@npt.gov.uk or phone 01792 869688

Port Talbot Library Local History Morning

• Port Talbot Library

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Monthly.

For more information or to book please email porttalbot.library@npt.gov.uk or phone 01639 763490

Llandaff Medieval May Fayre

• The Bishop's Castle

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

In 1205, King John granted the Bishop of Llandaff an annual fayre at Whitsuntide.  It continued until the 1880s when its reputation for 'drunkeness and debauchery' caused its demise.

In 2018, Llandaff 50+, in association with the Llandaff Society, is bringing back the May fayre, although rather more sedately!

Newly trained storytellers and guides, funded by Gwanwyn, will be on duty and there'll be medieval-style games, music and refreshments...and maybe even a visit from the Lord of the Manor!

The Double FF Ffabulous and Fflamboyant Bus Tour

• Meeting point - National Museum of Wales from 12:30pm / Bus departs at 1pm

Type of Event: Multi Art

Following the success of Advantages of Age's Fflamboyant Bus Tour in London in 2017, Get The Chance are thrilled to be onboard!

We will be bringing the Double FF - Ffabulous and Flamboyant Bus Tour to Cardiff for Gwanwyn 2018!

There are deep and meaningful reasons for the event but, you know what? there are simple ones too:

It's a chance to express yourself, be yourself and enjoy yourself!

We are thrilled to announce that Cardiff-based women’s choir Only Menopause Aloud will be joining us on the tour for singing and further inspiration!

We hope you will join us on Facebook and on tour! Share with your friends and family.

There are only 79 places.  We will be organising a guest list based on a first come, first served basis.  Please let us know if you wish to come!

Dress code - as Ffabulous and Fflamboyant as you wish!

The tour will take in Cardiff City and Cardiff Bay, with a number of stops along the way for photos and practical purposes!

Find us and follow us on Facebook for further details.

From Bricklaying to Bellydancing!

• Llanrhystud Memorial Hall

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

This is an opportunity for mature people to learn new skills or to try a new hobby.

Workshops in a number of different interests will be available to encourage participants to explore new crafts and hobbies.

Tuition will be available in:

Jewellery making

Peg looms

Building a bird box

Belly dancing

Patchwork and Applique

Painting models

Bricklaying

Drawing

and more!

There will be one set of workshops in the morning from 10am - 1pm and one in the afternoon from 2pm - 4pm where participants can drop in and out of any group which interests them and take home an example of their work if they wish.

Hummingbirds

• Deganwy Room, Venue Cymru

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

This event will deliver a people centred day long singing and photography experience by professionals to adults of 50+.

It will consist of singing with Welsh National Opera / CãnSing vocal animator Sioned Foulkes and WNO pianist Annette, followed by a colourful pixel stick photography workshop.

It will enable local residents aged 50+ to experience and enjoy new arts activities.

People will learn and sing songs from the well loved musicals and opera such as the Toreador aria and the Humming chorus from Madame Butterfly, enabling participants to find their own voice and help demystify opera and encourage a joy of singing.

Paul Samson is a professional photographer who explores new ways of using a pixel stick to capture exciting images.  These innovative workshops will enable you to understand how to play around with timing and lighting to produce captivating colourful images.

This is a dementia-friendly event specifically aimed at adults over 50+ living with dementia.

Gwanwyn Festival day at Aberystwyth Arts Centre

• Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

A free arts and well being day at Aberystwyth Arts Centre open to anyone aged 50 and over.

The emphasis will be on having fun and trying something new. Come along and join one of our many activities

Lunch and refreshments included.

Wheelchair accessible

Comedy and Circus Workshops

• Corn Exchange, Borough Theatre

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

We all like a good laugh - an introduction to comedy and circus skills!

We are going to exercise our funny bones and funny muscles doing improvised comedy - we'll learn how to make silly and hilarious sketches, trying to make each other laugh.

We'll also look at simple circus skills; juggling, plate spinning and together find our inner Fools!

We'll exercise our bodies, brains, balance and sense of humour.

Open to absolute beginners!

Stand up for over 50s

• Welfare Hall

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

A lot of people would like to try stand up comedy but lack the courage to go on stage.

On this course a safe, constructive environment will be provided for beginners to test their own material out.

Microphone technique, joke writing, timing and all aspects of performance and delivery will be looked at.

Guidance provided by experienced professional comedian Noel James.

The Appletree Project

• Touch Trust, Wales Millennium Centre

Type of Event: Multi Art

This is a creative movement and art workshops for older people from Cardiff and the Vale Of Glamorgan who have dementia.

The project will be based on the song Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Lew Brown.

At the end of the project there will be a short performance.

This project is suitable for people over the age of 50 who have dementia. All participants should be accompanied by a carer/family member.

There will be various sessions over three days, which will last for one hour.

Please phone in advance to check times and to book a place.

Hobbycraft Weekend - Dinefwr Photographic Society

• National Botanic Garden Of Wales

Type of Event: Multi Art

This is a weekend event at the National Botanic Garden Of Wales.

Many local businesses will be in attendance displaying and selling their goods and crafts.

Tinted Lens: Dementia Friendly Screenings and Awareness Day- Chapter, Cardiff

• Chapter, Cardiff

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

Our colleagues at Chapter are putting on an amazing programme of dementia friendly events on Wednesday 17 May.

Films include the premiere of Forget-Me-Not: The Documentary, with a FREE performance from the Forget-Me-Not Choir and Only Men Aloud.

Also showing: Their Finest, Calamity Jane, Mad to be Normal, Re-Live: The Memoria Project, and the silent films of Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy.

As part of Gwanwyn, Everyman Theatre will be doing a script in hand performance of Do Not Go Gentle, followed by a q+a and workshop.

There will also be art workshops and A Walk Through Dementia, a virtual reality experience that will put you in the shoes of someone living with dementia.

CHAPTER dementia fest flyer 5

Therapies and Arts Day - South Snowdonia Parkinson's Awareness Group

• Harlech

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Taster Sessions in art, dancing, singing, and therapies including massage and reflexology for people living with Parkinson's and their carers.

Places are limited, so booking is essential. For more information or to book your place please email Elaine Evans: elainekember@btinternet.com

Creative Kinora Creadigol - Small World Theatre

• Theatr Byd Bychan, Aberteifi / Small World Theatre, Cardigan

Type of Event: Art Exhibition

Kinora Cardigan is a charity and mental health drop-in centre. Small World Theatre have worked with the centre's visitors to create a dynamic exhibition exploring the issues close to their hearts.

The exhibition will be launched on Wednesday 3 May, 4pm, at Small World Theatre, Cardigan with a short presentation from the group.

Everyone is invited! There will be tea and coffee and a chance to meet the artists.

The exhibition is open Tuesday to Friday, 10 - 4

The Vale of Grwyne Memory Box - Puppet Soup

• Llangenny Village Hall

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Puppet Soup invite you to share your stories, share your skills and share meals in these two weekends creating a memory box for the Vale of Grwyne.

Join Puppet Soup to create puppets, crafts and tell your story. Whether you'd like to tell a story, make a puppet, or create a show or simple have two lovely weekends of food and fun company then you are welcome on this project!

River of Lights - Pembrokeshire Lantern Procession

• The Lab Haverfordwest

Type of Event: Multi Art Performance

Help create ‘River of Lights 2016’, a celebration of Pembrokeshire’s County Town and its links with the rural communities that it serves.

Last year, over 600 people gathered on the riverside in Haverfordwest, their lit lanterns bobbing, in the shadows of the castle above, as an 11ft skeleton puppet emerged and made its way across the bridge to meet the crowds.

Inspired by the folk tale of The Fisherman and the Skeleton, the procession saw shoals of glowing fish and hand-held pyramid lanterns streaming along the riverside, following the magnificent Skeleton to a spectacular “fire sculpture”, which went off with a real “bang!”

Find out more here http://www.thelabhaverfordwest.org/2016/06/16/river-of-lights/

This year the procession, will be based on the medieval story of the ‘danse macabre’ where Death brings his subjects back to life for one night only to have a glorious party! Who or what would your community like to bring back to life to come and join the dance?

River of Lights is a partnership between Confluence, Span Arts’ Cheerful Project and artist Toby Downing. They will provide training, all the materials and information needed to enable your organisation to safely run a lantern-making workshop for your group or community.

Training for workshop leaders will take place in Haverfordwest over two days on Sunday 18 September 11am-5pm, and Monday 19 September 3pm-9pm. Ideally it would be good to have two people from each group attending, although you only need to attend on one of these days.

Once trained, you will have help to plan and run a workshop in your community. A second weekend workshop will take place on 15 and 16 October in Haverfordwest, when a small group from each organisation will be able to work with Toby and the team to design and make a larger lantern to be carried by your group.

To book your place(s) on the training please or for more information contact: Guy Norman on 07480 902200 email guy@spacetocreate.org.uk or Rowan Matthiessen from Span Arts on 01834 869323 email rowan@span-arts.org.uk

Age Cymru and Men's Sheds present EiSHEDfod

• National Museum of Wales

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

Following on from our prize-winning Pimp My Uke project Age Cymru and Men's Sheds present EiSHEDfod.

This shed-showcase is a celebration of all things creative from sheds across Wales. Meet the shedders and learn new skills!

Taking place at the National Museum of Wales on October 17, the workshops and demonstrations will include chainsaw sculptures, willow sculptures and Welsh basket making + a FREE lunch!

Please RSVP to: gwanwyn@agecymru.org.uk

Join us on social media #eiSHEDfod

For more information about the Men's sheds movement or to find a Men's Shed near you, visit their website: http://www.mensshedscymru.co.uk/

Living with Pets - Workshop on Exhibiting Photographs

Type of Event: Art Workshop

In a continuation of his Gwanwyn project Newport-based photographer João Bento will be running more workshops for over 50's this autummn. João is an artist photographer with an interest in animal-human relations and a community arts worker with experience delivering participatory projects.

Starting September 26, you will have the oppourtunity to work one-to-one with the artist creating exhibition prints of your pictures. Work will then be exhibited at the Riverfront, Newport during Age Positive Week (September 25 - October 2).

The theme of the workshop is ‘Living with Pets’. Pets are very good providing companionship, reducing anxiety, adding structure and routine to the day, providing sensory stress relief and encouraging exercise. They can be crucial to help find meaning and joy in life, staying connected and boosting vitality.

Workshop and exhibition are free of charges and all materials will be provided by the organisers.

Forget-me-Not Chorus present Demenstoria at Penarth Pier Pavilion

• Penarth Pier Pavilion

Type of Event: Multi Art Exhibition

Penarth Pier Pavilion hosts Demenstoria, July 21 - August 2. Presented by the Forget-me-Not Chorus, the exhibition documents and reflects on the experience of living with dementia through photography by Dan Green, with poetry by Louise Osborn, music by David George Harrington and spoken word recorded by actor Tom Cullen.

There will be a series of free concerts as part of the exhibition.

21st July 7pm, String Quartet. Join Emma Waller, Louise Broderick, Marilyn Shewring and Ali Robinson, members of the orchestra of Welsh National Opera for an evening concert.

23rd July 1pm, ‘Love and loss through divinity and nature’ A lunchtime concert with soprano Anna Moelwyn-Williams.

24th July 2.30pm, Open Forget-me-Not Chorus Session. Suitable for people with dementia and their families - taster for new people interested in joining the choir.

26th July 1pm, Musical Delights with David George Harrington. A lunchtime of light musical delights with Forget-me-Not Chorus Composer in Residence, David George Harrington.

28th July 1pm, ‘Mezzo piano’, A lunchtime concert with Forget-me-Not Chorus charity director and mezzo soprano Kate Woolveridge, with accompanist, Rhiannon Pritchard.

29th July 1pm, Enigma Duo. A lunchtime concert with Katherine Thomas (harp) and Laurence Kepton (violin), musicians from the Orchestra of Welsh Natonal Opera.

29th July 7pm, Sarah Pope, Mezzosoprano and George Newton Fitzgerald, Bass. An evening of song from two members of the WNO Chorus

30th July 10am, Exhibition Q&A. Q&A with charity directors, Kate Woolveridge and Sarah Teagle and photographer Dan Green.

Gwyl Gwanwyn yn Galeri

• Galeri, Caermarfon

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

Galeri’s Gwanwyn Festival activities will start with Estyneto with Cai Tomos, who wil lead a movement and dance session for people over 50 years old .

There will then be an opportunity for anyone of any age to join Circus Skills
Chimera in studio 2. This is an opportunity to learn juggling, hula tuck , diabolo, plate spinning, stilt walking and unicycle . Then there will be a short break for lunch in the cafe in the new Gallery before going to the theater to see the day’s main attraction. The production Belonging / Perthyn follows the lives of two families as they discover that love and laughter don’t end because of the onset of dementia .

At any time during the day can visit the Art Space to enjoy the work of artist David Jones who has been producing interesting work since the 1960s.

COFIO - Remember - Cyanotype workshop at Oriel y Parc, St Davids

• Oriel y Parc, St Davids

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Artist Linda Norris is facilitating a creative reminiscence project for older people in the community who are living with dementia related memory changes and their carers.

Cyanotype is an early photographic process, which is simple, quick and straightforward and provides beautiful images instantly on paper and fabric. Historic cyanotype photographs were recently on exhibition at the Oriel y Parc Gallery St Davids.

The workshop will take place in the Discovery Room at Oriel y Parc as the main feature of the monthly Memory Cafe meeting. Memory Cafe attenders will be involved in the cyanotype process and will be able to take home images that prompt reminiscence, or reproduce their silhouette. These would be reproduced on a range of commemorative items of their choice such as bookmarks and badges.

Advance booking essential, and participants would be expected to attend all three sessions.

Gwanwyn 10th birthday celebration at Park and Dare Theatre Treorchy

• Park and Dare Theatre Treorchy

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

A full day of activities include a screening of Eddie the Eagle staring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackson, and an afternoon of live music from the 50s and 60s with Owen Money and the Travelling Wrinklies.

There will also be demonstrations and have-a-go sessions from local arts and craft groups from 11am - 1pm. Come along and try out something new!

Gwanwyn 10th Birthday Party, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

• Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

As part of Gwanwyn's official 10th birthday celebrations, Wales Millennium Centre will be hosting a day of free performances, drop in sessions and workshops from resident organizations, and a variety of craft and information stalls.

Parkour, singing, craft and music workshops will take place throughout the day.

Live Music and Dance on the Glanfa Stage:
12pm Ukulele Nights
1pm Only Menopause Allowed
2pm Heavy Quartet
3pm Renè Griffiths
4pm Tystion
5pm Kitty's Little Big Band

All events on the Glanfa Stage are free, just turn up on the day.

Drop-in Pottery Workshop:
Join an exclusive workshop with Maker's Guild in Wales’ artists to perfect your pottery skills. There will be air drying clay available for you to create an individual piece of work and take your masterpiece home with you at the end of the session. This workshop will begin at 11.30am, with lunch-break at 1pm and will then re-start at 2pm.

Parkour Workshops for older people:
These workshops fuse parkour/free-running with dance and yoga for well-being, fitness and performance purposes. Here’s a way for the participants to explore and reconnect to the environment in a free, safe and structured weekly class led by qualified professionals.

The workshops will start at 11.30am – 12.30pm with an interval and will then start back again at 2pm.

Please contact the Ticket and Information Office on 029 2063 6464 to register your name for a space on the free taster session. There are 20 spaces available on this session.

Yoga with Tori:
This is a general practice for people who are reasonably mobile with a moderate level of fitness. Suitable for both beginners and those who have done yoga before. This event forms part of Gwanwyn Festival.
45 minute session. Starts at 3pm.

http://www.yogawithtori.co.uk/

Please contact the Ticket and Information Office on 029 2063 6464 to register your name for a space on the free taster session. There are 25 spaces available on this session.

Fun and Wellbeing Through Yoga with Rachel Jones:
Limber your body with harmonising sequences. Stretch and strengthen through standing postures. Gain confidence and have fun with balances. Reap the rewards of relaxation of body and mind. This event is part of Gwanwyn Festival.
45 minute session

http://www.penarthyogastudio.co.uk/

Please contact the Ticket and Information Office on 029 2063 6464 to register your name for a space on the free taster session. There are 25 spaces available on this session.

Sol Cinema - solar powered movie theatre

• GROUP

Type of Event: Film Performance

Sol Cinema, the award winning solar powered mobile movie theatre, is coming to the Gower. The Sol Cimena Crew will train older people to operate and run the cinema which will show Welsh short films. People will have the opportunity to work as an usherette, confectioner or as a projectionist.

As well as offering this fun and entertaining introduction to digital video equipment, the Sol Cinema will also show a selection of Welsh short films.

The day will also include arts and creative food growing workshops in Spring Mills Gardens.

Shenanigrans, Venue Cymru, Llandudno

• Venue Cymru, Llandudno

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

As part of Gwanwyn Festival's official 10th birthday celebrations, Venue Cymru are hosting Shenanigrans, a day of free workshops for anyone over 50.

Sing, dance, make and take photographs. A free lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Walking the Dog

Type of Event: Art Workshop

NEWS: João Bento has kindly offered to continue with more sessions. All workshops will take place in Newport's Belle Vue Park. Places are limited so book now by email ffaphotographicapproach@gmail.com.

Learn Creative Techniques for photographing dogs and their walkers in parks around Newport and have your work shown in an exhibition.

Each participant will have a one-­to-­one session (2 hours) with the artist photographer in one of the following locations: Beechwood Park, Belle Vue Park, Glebelands Park, Shaftesbury Park, Tredegar Park. Participants will be introduced to a range of photographic art work about dogs and dog walking. They will be shown different creative strategies and techniques for photographing dogs and their owners and asked to practise photographing with dogs and dog walkers in the park. The resulting photographs will be exhibited at The Riverfront in Newport.

WHO IS IT FOR?:
Anyone 50 years old and over who has basic photography skills (‘point and shoot’). You are welcome to bring your own dog as a subject provided you bring another adult to look after your pet during the session

WORKSHOP AND EXHIBITION ARE FREE:
Camera equipment for the workshop will be provided by the organisers. Images selected for the exhibition will be printed by the organisers

ABOUT THE TEACHER:
João Bento is a Newport based photographer and researcher who regularly collaborates with Four&Sons, a magazine about dogs in culture. He has his own animal photography website Fauna & Flora and he has worked as a community arts manager at The Project Space in Newport.

WORKSHOP DATES:
One-­to-­one sessions to take place between 2­-8 May 2016

EXHIBITION DATES:
12-­31 May 2016

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:
20

BOOKING ESSENTIAL:
ffaphotographicapproach@gmail.com

Making It! Free Drama Scripting Workshop For Older Women

• Wales Millennium Centre

Type of Event: Drama Workshop

Parama 2 present….

Making It!

..an opportunity for older women to partake in free creative scripting and performance workshops and to exchange ideas in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

Making It!

…will be based on the successful Women’s Archive of Wales project Voices From the Factory Floor – an oral history of Welsh women’s working lives in the manufacturing industries

Making It!

…the workshops which run for 9 weeks starting on March 15th, will be led by Parama 2 veteran theatre practitioners Valmai Jones and Catrin Edwards, and hosted by our partners Wales Millennium Centre

Making It!

…is free to all older women who have an interest in creating theatre. The workshops are supported by Age Cymru’s Gwanwyn Festival which is funded by Welsh Government and Arts Council of Wales, WI in Wales and Women’s Archive of Wales

Making It!

…to register your interest and for more information, ring Catrin on 07803161388 or email parama2@yahoo.co.uk

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Live Music Now Presents: Festive-All!

• Portland House

Type of Event: Music Festival

Start off the festive season at Festive-All! in Cardiff Bay.

Arts Care Gofal Celf - Weave (Pembrey Country Park)

• Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire

Type of Event: Multi Art Performance

Sharing Stories from the Shelter

• Abergavenny Museum and Castle

Type of Event: Multi Art

Join us for the launch of our newly refurbished Anderson Shelter, created jointly between older local residents and young people from King Henry VIII Secondary School, Abergavenny.

The launch is the culmination of a project which has seen older people acting as ‘expert advisers’ on the subject of World War Two.  Working with artist Sally Davis, through a series of intergenerational workshops, the participants have created a mural based on WW2 Abergavenny, selected handling and interpretation objects for the shelter and worked together to create information panels, labels, booklets and oral histories.

The event is a chance to celebrate all that has been achieved.  Period dress welcome!

Arts Care Gofal Celf - Weave (Carmarthen)

• Nott Square, Carmarthen

Type of Event: Multi Art Performance

Weave with textiles in this fantastic interactive arts project – bring the knitting nancy to life through the movement of weaving.

Learn knitting and weaving techniques whilst being part of a body knitting circle.  Experience being one of the pegs on the loom and help create a giant weaved structure as the fabric is woven around the human pegs to music in an interactive piece of movement.

For those interested in performance you could get the opportunity to create a dance using the woven structure and perform this during a final sharing.  Alternatively you could concentrate on the creation of the woven structure.  Make the project your own, lets weave.

Come and have a go, no experience necessary.  It’s fun for anyone over 50 and FREE.

Maesteg Festival including Strictly Cinema

• Maesteg Town Hall & Outdoor Market (weather permitting)

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

Maesteg Festival

Film, dance, live music, stalls, food, family history, shop promotions

including Strictly Cinema - Screening of 'Mr Turner' followed by a tea dance

For more information click on the link below

Red Cafe - Gwanwyn Festival Celebration Event

• Quadrant Shopping Centre

Type of Event: Multi Art Performance

Exhibition / performance featuring TAN Dance, Musical Memories Choir and more.  It will be a celebratory event raising awareness for the creativity of people living with dementia and for the support that is available for them.  Interactive activities throughout the day will including art, music and ballroom dancing.

We hope to produce a collective piece of art through out the day that expresses something about life with dementia.

Vale 50+ Gwanwyn ART, CRAFTS AND LEISURE Spring Festival

• Golau Caredig. (Barry Old Cinema)

Type of Event: Multi Art Festival

Come along and try something new!
Lots of different art, craft and leisure tasters and information stands
Confused by computers? Have a taster session with an I-pad or laptop

For more information on the above event contact Vale Older People’s Coordinator John Porter at V.O.G.C. Civic Offices Barry.

Free Tea and Coffee provided throughout the day

A Moving Portrait - TAPE Community Arts Centre

• TAPE Community Arts Centre

Type of Event: Art Workshop

2 Days of fantastic free arts workshops at the TAPE Community Arts Centre followed by an exhibition of your work.

Facilitated by esteemed local artist Dee Rivaz participants will be invited to respond to an exhibition of remarkable work by 82 year old Bruce Douglas from sketchbook-journals recording events, thoughts and experiences over decades of his daily life.  The workshops will explore Bruce’s unique method of using drawings and words to create graphic journal pages of their own, the outcomes of which will be exhibited at the centre over the following month.

No previous experience necessary.

Poetry and Painting with Elizabeth Ashworth

• Tan-y-Fron, Extra care Development scheme

Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop

Artist and poet Elizabeth Ashworth will work with the residents of Tan-y-Fron to produce visual artwork and poetry inspired by the Chardon collection, which is housed at Llandudno Museum.  Closed event for residents of Tan-yFron.

Discover Your Inner Teenager

• Crwt Mytton

Type of Event: Art Workshop

Participatory workshops offering older people the chance to try out a range of activities that are normally only offered to the younger generation, including light drawing / graffiti and creating your own avatar on a smart phone of tablet.

This will be followed by an exhibition on 18^th May.