Archive for the 'Culture' Category
So having been made Community Champions by O2 ‘It’s your community’ project, O2 organised a photo shoot for the young people organising the evolution of THE UNIT from #empty shop to youth info centre/ideas hub/music project central/ etc., Here’s some of the photo’s local young photographer Julian Farmer took of the whole shebang
Formed in Wales
Abermaw, Cader idris, Pistyll Y Cain, Cwm Maentwrog.
Llanberis, Pont Aberglasllyn, Nant Francon, Pen y Cader, Llyn y Cau
The language of mountains, of summit, sky, air
Of lake, fall of water, river, foaming torrent
Sharp and measured, tumbling descent to Bay, Beach, Sea
Of valley, fissure, gorge, cliff, forest, wood and plain
This is the language of ancient, faint and whispered wisdom
Formed, [...]
PART 1.
So this summer, I was delighted to be asked to join the…. ermm, well, not exactly a ‘board’ more an advisory committee, a group of professionals to support/drive/encourage/advocate/beg on behalf of newly formed ‘Firestarter Arts’ a social enterprise and community interest company.
What! I hear you scoff…on earth… is a Community Interest Company!? Well I’m [...]
No, not the British Fame Game or Bendy Funnel Gadget – the BFG is an excellent adaption by children’s theatre maestro David Wood, of Roald Dahl’s story The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) directed by Phil Clarke. As children’s shows go this is a class act and considering it’s a touring production there are no visible cracks in [...]
I have been reminded recently of the importance of *dancing* figuratively, metaphorically, literally any which way you roll. I was at the funeral of ‘Roz Hope’ the inimitable mother of an old friend and never a more upbeat, positive, moving occasion have I been a part of. The over-riding theme being to live life, it will [...]
Who inspired you to do something? Who inspires you to do what you’re doing? Who’s your Muse and why? Give it some thought.
I’ve been reading Lloyd Davis’s ‘Tuttle Report’ social media meet-up/network/idea’s factory which is transforming how people work, create and instigate business partnerships and ventures via the framework of social media. The Tuttle Report [...]
So March is almost over, Easter looms and there are murmurings in the ‘Arts ether’ of more changes to the Arts Council which, should they prove to be true remove any ‘legs’ ACE has left with which to run. Will they really merge the East region with the South East, will ACE development officers be [...]
Social media is a wonderful thing. The lovely G.L. Hoffman from What Would Dad Say dot com invited me to ’share the podium’ on his blog. I took some convincing and all credit to his charm and tenacity that eventually I summoned up the courage to dip my toe in the water, producing Sunscreen and [...]
Artsmonkey’s other blog- National Theatre of Wales - Live launch November 5, 2009Today is November the fifth a day for plots and coup attempts, remember? Well today also marked the official launch of the National Theatre of Wales and boy did they do it in style. Not only were parties being thrown across Wales but Producer Lucy Jones and Artistic Director John McGrath shared the event online [...]
- Poetry: invitations October 7, 2009autumn haiku .CrispAutumn. Dead leaves hang from tree like brown butterfly cocoons. Seasons of nature. ©theboywyatt This week sees National Poetry day come around again. I have a love/hate relationship with this day ever since I was asked to be part of a team delivering ‘poetry on the buses’ with mixed success. Our carefully picked mix of contemporary and […]
- Beep, beep. Out of my way slow coach! August 31, 2009Haiku’s courtesy of ‘theboywyatt’ http://theboywyatt.blogspot.com/ .GoFasterStripes. Loudly tooting horn! flicking the V’s at the flash. Speeding road rager. ©theboywyatt, 2009 I recently attended a ‘speed awareness workshop’ having been caught speeding by one of Wiltshires 18 (approx.) mobile speed camera’s, like many other unfortunate motorists […]
- Sharing your talent… August 22, 2009
- National Theatre of Wales - Live launch November 5, 2009
