Developing Dylan – another workshop

Jun 12, 2014

Performance poet Martin Daws and I did a workshop for LIterature Wales with excluded pupils. They were great and worked really hard for us at generating poetry in response to a line from Dylan Thomas, drawing to music by Busnoys and then making both a book and a...

The Big Draw – Drawing Inspiration Award

May 20, 2012

Cath Sherrell (Aberystwyth Arts Centre) and I attended the Big Draw Awards ceremony on Thursday 17 May 2012 at Courtauld Institute of Art and were presented with a certificate designed by Quentin Blake. All the Energy Gift Exchange workshops for the Big Draw took...

Drawing Inspiration Award for Energy Gift Exchange Big Draw workshops

Mar 15, 2012

Since it’s launch in 2000, October sees ‘Big Draw’ events take place all over the UK and Internationally to encourage drawing. Participating venues are encouraged to document their projects and submit them for one of twelve prestigious Drawing Inspiration Awards....

Energy Gift Exchange Day 12 18:11:11

Nov 27, 2011

The last day of the Energy Gift Exchange was busy and varied. The first group were from Coleg Ceredigion, adults with mild learning difficulties. Most of the group were happy to participate and worked in a focused and concentrated manner. Although not everyone had a...

Energy Gift Exchange Day 11 17:11:11

Nov 27, 2011

A group from Gorwelion came into the gallery today. They looked at the exhibition and then participated in the Energy Gift Exchange, using each other as exchange partners. This group immediately identified with the movement and the emotional content of the exhibited...

Energy Gift Exchange Day 8 9:11:11

Nov 10, 2011

Julie Murphy, Ceri Owen Jones, Michael Harvey and an eager audience all arrived at the same time this morning. It takes me 15 minutes or so to get set up so everyone else sorted themselves out with drinks and looking at the rest of the show until I was ready. This...