Arts Alive: Creative Opportunities for All Ages

Green Fire Uplands has worked closely with The Maendu Well Conservation Group this Spring/Summer. Together we hosted a Spring Festival back in March, several Umbul Umbul flag workshops and a very successful Summer Festival on July 11th.

Mae Uwchdiroedd Tân Gwyrdd wedi gweithio’n agos gyda Grwp Cadwraeth Ffynnon Maendu y gwanwyn/haf hwn. Gyda’n gilydd fe wnaethom ni gynnal Gwyl Gwanwyn yn ôl ym mis Mawrth, sawl gweithdy fflag Umbul Umbul a Gwyl Haf lwyddiannus iawn Gorffennaf 11.

Jemma Bere of The Maendu Well Conservation group said ‘The flags that were created with the help of local residents and local artist, Tessa Waite,…

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Arts Alive Wales would like to say a big ‘Thank you’ to everyone; staff, pupils, parents and friends, who has taken part in the Green Fire arts project at your school. Your hard work, contributions and donations will allow the local community to enjoy the benefits of the Peace Garden and Textile for many years to come.

Hoffai Arts Alive Cymru ddweud ‘Diolch yn fawr iawn’ i bawb; staff, disgyblion, rhieni a ffrindiau, sydd wedi cymryd rhan ym mhrosiect celfyddydau Tân Gwyrdd yn eich ysgol. Bydd eich gwaith caled, cyfraniadau a rhoddion yn galluogi’r gymuned leol i fwynhau manteision yr Ardd…

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Arts Alive Wales are working with Priory Primary School to create a Community Peace Garden within the school grounds. We would like to invite you to be a part of the construction of the garden.

Mae Arts Alive Cymru yn gweithio efo Ysgol Gynradd Priordy i greu Gardd Heddwch Gymunedol o fewn tir yr ysgol. Hoffem eich gwahodd i fod yn rhan o lunio’r ardd.

Please join us at Priory Primary School…

Sunday 20th June at 10am – 4pm

Open to all members of the community to work on the Garden

Monday 21st June at 3:30pm – 5:30pm

Open to parents, family and friends to work…

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Green Fire Uplands was at Cobbles Cafe on Saturday 22nd May. Local artist Amy Mackenzie Mason worked with members of the community to create a beautiful textile map of North West Brecon.

Zoe Porter along with daughter Lauren (of St Josephs Primary School) attended the workshop. They bravely took on the Cathedral panel of the textile. Lauren said ‘It was great fun choosing the fabric and it was good sewing. I really liked the buttons and beads that Mummy and I used.’

It is not too late to be involved with the Community Textile. Everyone is welcome to Priory Primary School every Tuesday…

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Arts Alive Wales is working in Brecon this Spring and Summer. Our arts project ‘Green Fire’ has an environmental theme and is aimed at the St John’s Ward communities of North West Brecon.

Green Fire will offer opportunities for people to participate in artist led activities that will create a lasting legacy for the community. The protection and celebration of our landscape will be at the heart of the project.

This is what we will be doing with your help:
1. Creating a ‘Peace Garden’ sited at Priory Primary School
2. Exploring and celebrating the ancient Maendu Well site
3. Making a textile that maps…

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Green Fire Uplands are hosting a series of community workshops to make Umbul Umbul flags for the Maendu Well Conservation Group to use at litter picks and future community events. The flags will be designed and decorated by community members under the guidance of local artist Tessa Waite at the Take pART workshop. The flags will be unveiled at the Maendu Well Summer Festival on Saturday 11th July.

We are running two groups, maximum of 10 members, of residents from St John’s ward, north-west Brecon. Pre-booking is essential for this activity.

Community Group Saturdays – Open to any adults and accompanied children over…

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Artist Amy Mackenzie Mason is working at Priory Primary School this term to create a beautiful textile map of North West Brecon. Everyone is welcome at the weekly term time workshops including parents, accompanied children, family members and anyone else from the community.

The sessions are held every Tuesday at Priory Primary School from 3.30 – 5pm from now until 29th June. Enthusiastic needlewomen, embroiderers, cross stitchers, quilters, etc are especially welcome but there will be activities suitable for all ages, interests and abilities and the men folk are also encouraged to come and put themselves on the map.

There is also an open…

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