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Artists Announcement

Disability Arts Cymru are thrilled to announce the selected artists for our Disabled and/or Deaf Arts Commissions, funded by Arts Council of Wales. Congratulations to: Bethan Parry Ceris Dyfi Jones Chris Pavlakis Emily Rose Corby Naseem Syed Sage Fontaine Sara Louise Wheeler Tina Rogers The artists will be developing work using a variety of art […]

Ben Cones – The Digital Archive

18.12.24 – 31.12.24 The Digital Archive is the continuation of a project that explores the unchecked proliferation of artificial intelligence in today’s society, through satirical commentary in graphic design and art I blur the lines between fiction and reality, highlighting the seemingly inevitable dystopian future we have in store. The project envisions a museum’s website […]

The story of our storytelling commons, our People’s Newsroom

We’re a collective of artists, storytellers, community organisers, facilitators, creators and journalists. We found each other as we glanced around at a media industry crumbling at the feet of our communities. We locked eyes, and in doing so, caught glimmers of light, greenshoots of hope, and began to see ourselves better in the inspiration of […]

CWYR Issue 1 DE-VICES

Introducing CWYR issue 1: DE-VICES featuring work from nine queer artists, this issue endeavours to provide a tentative exploration into the way queer folx interact with, utilise, and resist digital technologies.

CWYR issue 2 is released today 🔊

Oyez, oyez! CWYR issue 2 is released today 🔊 Presenting a feast of queer creativity, fulfilment is explored in exclusivity. Contained within 44 recycled pages, lie poetry, photography and writing on the Dark Ages 🕯️ Printed and bound by @folium_publishing, the cover is completed with silver thermo powder finishing. Available for purchase through the link […]

CWYR ISSUE 2 LAUNCH FULFILMENT

Get your diary out because we’re launching the second issue of CWYR on Friday 13th of December! Join us from 6:30 pm at Rare Mags to enjoy our latest edition, fresh off the (small) press.  

Rebecca F. Hardy

Artist of the Month is a feature where we put the spotlight on the incredible work of one of our members.

Our Artist of the Month for December is Rebecca F. Hardy, a multi-disciplined visual artist based in North Wales.

CWYR Zine

CWYR Zine

CWYR is an independent publication providing a platform for LGBTQ+ creatives. Each issue examines a central theme through a queer lens, using fiction, poetry, interviews, and artworks to provide unique insight into the experiences of queer folx.

Sara Elizabeth Jones

Artist of the Month is a feature where we put the spotlight on the incredible work of one of our members.

Our Artist of the Month for November is Sara Elizabeth Jones, an artist based in Wrexham who works in different art forms including Fine Art and Fashion Illustration.

Comisiynau Celfyddydau | Arts Commissions 2024

Comisiynau Celfyddydau Anabl a/neu Fyddar Celfyddydau Anabledd Cymru 2024

Ydych chi’n artist sy’n hunan-anabod yn anabl neu fyddar yng Nghymru? Mae Celfyddydau Anabledd Cymru yn comisiynu wyth artist i greu gwaith, mewn unrhyw ffurf celf, sy’n rhannu eu profiad byw trwy greadigrwydd.

Sut brofiad yw bod chi’ch hun? Beth yw eich profiad byw? Pa safbwyntiau unigryw sydd gennych chi fel person anabl?

Rydym am i chi ddangos i ni trwy gynhyrchu celf ragorol, mewn unrhyw ffurf celf.

Byddwn ni’n dewis wyth artist i dderbyn £1250 yr un i helpu i ddod â’r syniadau hyn yn fyw.

Am fideo IAP a thaflen sain, ewch i: https://www.disabilityarts.cymru/cy/post/comisiynau

Tracey McMaster

Artist of the Month is a feature where we put the spotlight on the incredible work of one of our members.

Our Artist of the Month for October is Tracey McMaster! Tracey McMaster is an artist who works across painting and moving image.

Image: All Fours. 2024. Oil paint and oil stick on A2 canvas.

Beach of Dreams

TAPE is currently part of an exciting project called Beach of Dreams; we are part of a network of organisations, artists, and communities in a shared mission to explore and respond to the pressing climate challenges facing the UK’s coastal regions. 

We have been working with Jason Singh, an artist, nature beatboxer, producer, DJ, curator, facilitator and performer. He has worked with the likes of the BBC, Tate Britain, and the National Trust to name a few! 

TAPE Sound will work alongside Jason to capture sound from various sources in Colwyn Bay and the surrounding areas to be part of an immersive sonic experience. He will also be looking to capture stories and perspectives from the local community. 

TAPE is proud to be part of this coastal celebration alongside commissioned artists and local communities across the UK!

Lumiere Project

The Lumiere project is part of the Festival of Light in collaboration with the Colwyn Bay Town Council, Creu Conwy and a range of other partners. Tape is working with several local community groups, including our regular media club and art club, to create installations that will be placed in shop windows in Colwyn Bay and illuminated. Contact us to learn how you can get involved, or join us on the 28th of November for the big reveal of the installations! 

Wild Sounds of Wales

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Experience Wales like never before – where sight, sound, and music converge to create an unforgettable virtual reality journey through one of the country’s most beautiful nature reserves.   Prosiect wedi’i ariannu gan/Project funded by: Arts Council of Wales PRS Foundation – Owain Llwyd is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund Cadw National Landscapes […]

Sophie Lindsey – my colleagues: an exploration of printers and work

2.9.24 – 19.9.24 For this online residency, Sophie is developing a new body of work called ‘my colleagues’; an exploration of our relationship with printers in the workplace. Informed by the superstition that in order for printers to work reliably you need to be kind to them, Sophie will consider the role and agency of […]

Ffilm David Nash Coed / Coexist Nash film 2024

David Nash

Cyfraniad at | Contirbution to the

Symposiwm Coed / Coexist Symposium

35 munud | minutes

Ffilm gan | Film by

Y Wladfa Newydd | Culture Colony, 2024

**Fersiwn gyda is-deitlau Cymraeg ar ei ffordd // Welsh subtitled version on the way**


Mae’r ffilm newydd hon yn gyfraniad gan yr artist David Nash tuag at y symposiwm undydd ar 14 o Fedi 2024 a gynhalwyd yn Plas, Coed/Coexist, sy’n archwilio ein perthynas â choed ac yn ceisio dod o hyd i gydbwysedd ar gyfer ein cyfodolaeth â nhw a’r byd naturiol ehangach.

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This new film is a contribution by artist David Nash towards the day-long symposium held on the 14th of September 2024 at Plas, Coed / Coexist, that explores our relationship with trees and seeking to find balance for our co-existence with them and the wider natural world.

Plas Glyn y Weddw

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A Vibrant arts centre and museum in a Gothic Victorian building showcasing some of the best contemporary Welsh art and crafts.

Delphi Campbell

Artist of the Month is a feature where we put the spotlight on the incredible work of one of our members.

Our Artist of the Month for September is Delphi Campbell!

Sip & Paint

Finding peace in all we do, experience, and feel, is a superpower to face our fears. Find that thing that calms your mind during the storms and embrace it. The tranquillity of it is to say later, wow I conquered that. The sea is beautiful, but it also has stormy days, all of which come to pass. Don’t let your fears drown you rather find peace and tranquillity through it.

Free session led by Cheb Arts.

Book your place now!

31st August 2024 

4pm – 7pm 

24 Windsor Place, CF10 3BY

Ymysg Y Tonnau – Ysgol Bod Alaw

Over the last five weeks of the school term Tape has been working with pupils from years five and six to make a collage and a short film based on TAPE’s third feature film Below the Waves. 

Working with two classes, the first making a collage above the Waves and the second focusing on below the waves. Working in groups to experiment with different methods and materials. 

The digital council worked with TAPE to create a short documentary on the process of making the collage.

Every Child a Filmmaker

Here at TAPE, we re currently delivering a 6-session program developed by Into Film. The programme has been created to encourage young people to express themselves and their stories through film. The programme will allow young people to learn filmmaking skills from professionals and bring new perspectives to the screen. 

What is TAPE?

TAPE prides itself on accessibility and inclusivity, and has been providing high quality inclusive, supportive, person led opportunities since 2008. 

Check out our channel to view the work conducted by TAPE and the community, as well as their achievements over the past 16 years.

Aildanio: Part One

A film by Culture Colony about Disability Arts Cymru’s Aildanio Arts Prize!

The Film is in two parts: Part 1 exploring the arts practices of the artists, and Part 2 showcasing the Aildanio touring exhibition itself.

Aildanio: Rhan Dau | Part Two

A film by Culture Colony about Disability Arts Cymru’s Aildanio Arts Prize!

The Film is in two parts: Part 1 exploring the arts practices of the artists, and Part 2 showcasing the Aildanio touring exhibition itself.

Below the Waves

Below the Waves will be TAPE’s 3rd feature film, but our first to be animated! 

TAPE is currently in the ‘pre-production and R&D phase’ for Below the Waves. This means that we’re doing lots of experimenting. We will be holding a Below the Waves touring exhibition in early 2025. The exhibition will travel to different places in North Wales. It will show you all the different creative work that has gone into Below the Waves so far. 

Delphi Campbell & Mort Drew – Faggoting on the Radio

Faggoting on the Radio is a weekly radio show broadcast live from the artists bedrooms / kitchens / public parks / cafes, as they meet virtually and in person to knit together. Contact microphones attached to knitting needles are mixed alongside open microphones to gather the sounds of domestic and everyday space. Broadcasting live once […]

Meet the Artist: Rahim El Habachi

Rahim El Habachi is an artist, actor, writer, and director. From 2022 to 2024, he served as a Creative Associate with National Theatre Wales. Rahim has written and performed in several notable productions, including Beyond the Rainbow with WNO, The Love Thief with Sherman Theatre, and Touch as part of OUT-Rage-US. As an actor, he was featured in Cost of Living with National Theatre Wales. In addition to his theatrical work, Rahim is also a skilled belly dancer and cabaret host, performing at major events across the country. His most recent appearance was at the prestigious Green Man Festival.

LUGWORM by Thomas Rhys Neil Leonard

The game the two characters are playing is one rooted in masculinity’s mandatory limitations on the expressions of intimacy between men. As soon as either party expresses their wants and needs explicitly, the game is dropped; it becomes ‘un-sexy’, and in the real world, even opens up the possibility of physical violence. 

Repression and limitation are the context, which is communicated by their masculine expression (style of dress, mode of speech, current activity), but the interaction we see has warmth and understanding, as if in opposition to this context. 

Meet the artist here

TOUCH by Rahim El Habachi

John and Michael, a couple from different racial backgrounds, face a critical juncture in their relationship as they navigate the reasons behind its breakdown. This exploration delves into power dynamics and the vulnerability of love that comes with conditions. 

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Meet the Artist: Emmy Stonelake

Emmy (she/they) is a Queer, multi-disciplinary artist originally from Aberdare. Their work often centres the lives of Welsh, working-class, LGBTQIA+ people and seeks to highlight the Welsh (and Wenglish) spoken by those who attended Welsh medium schools in the ex-industrial South.

Meet the Artist: Thomas Rhys Neil Leonard

Thomas Leonard is a soon-to-be graduate of the European Theatre Arts Course at Rose Bruford College. Their practice focuses on communication and autonomy in the creation of both group and individual work, spanning a multitude of themes; Happy Decay, performed in Volcano Theatre in 2019, was a self-written two hander about identity and stagnation, their current piece, Man In A Dress, is a semi-improvisational twenty minute performance about home, bodies, and isolation. 

Meet the Artist: Nadia Nur

I’m Nadia Nur, a multi-disciplinary freelance artist from Cardiff. I am an Actor, Filmmaker, and Writer. Who has a passion for real stories and giving a voice to those who are usually unheard. I’m always seeking opportunities to collaborate with people and projects that align with my values. I’m hoping to continue my work, advancing in different creative areas.

Meet the Artist: Juliette Manon

Juliette is a non-binary Queer Director, Playwright and Theatre-Maker. They’re passionate about creating work that amplifies LGBTQ+ voices, women & nonbinary people’s voices and any other voice or story that is under-represented (or rather, not represented) on the Welsh stage and screen.

They’re a member of the Sherman Theatre’s ‘Unheard Voices’ Writer’s Group and Theatr Genedlaethol’s ‘Young Playwright Programme’ (2021-23). Their current projects include being co-Artistic Director of their new theatre company: Cwmni Cwiar and developing their first play.

JUNCTION/CYFFORDD project

Platforming Welsh, LGBT+ and Global Majority Stories

JUNCTION/CYFFORDD is digital filmmaking project established to platform Welsh, LGBT+ and Global Majority people and their stories.

BRENIN by Emmy Stonelake

Who’s the real King of Wales?

When two Drag Kings with the same name decide to come together to battle it out, their masculinity is put to the ultimate test. 

BRENIN is a comedy short film that revives the notion of ‘Welsh Royalty’ as it’s never been seen before. Set against the backdrop of Caerphilly town in South Wales, a new kind of monarchy is coming to rekindle what previous Kings left behind at the Castle. 

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