Links
Community Arts and Related Links
Arts Council of Wales
The Arts Council of Wales official website provides background information to the body that is responsible for funding and developing the Arts in Wales.
Arts Training Wales
Offers information and support on training and development within the arts in Wales.
Cultural Enterprise
Is an independent non-for-profit company funded by the WDA and Arts Council for Wales that provides support to the creative industries in Wales to achieve their full economic potential.
MAiLOUT - the network for developing pARTiciaption
Explore some of the sites related to participatory and community arts as well as keeping up to date on the latest news and debate from out sector.
Wallace Foundation
Download research and reports written by leading arts experts.
British Council
Social and Community Arts - Arts for development - an overview of social and community arts in the UK. Find out how social and community arts have fed into urban regeneration projects in the UK.
Community Arts Network
Information exchange, research and critical dialogue in community-based arts (US). Includes the Community Arts Training Directory.
Community Arts Practice PG Dip Course
This course is vocationally oriented for performance graduates. It offers preparation for creative careers in participatory and community arts and provides links with regional practioners and arts organisations. It broadens experience and awareness by using an interdisciplinary approach.
Arts and Business Wales
Arts and Business Wales is an organisation that encourages and develops partnerships between the arts sector and the business community.
Wales Arts International: Celfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru
Collaboration between the British Council Wales and the Arts Council of Wales to raise the profile of the arts.
Visual Arts Links
Women's Arts Association
Women's Arts (formally Permanent Waves) is an organisation which aims to promote women artists of all disciplines.
Creu-ad arts, environment & rural communities
Creu-ad is a company of artists who work with rural communities and countryside managers to express their sense of place in a creative way.
Bloc
Bloc was formed as a discussion forum based at Chapter, Cardiff in 1998 in response to the social, economic and intellectual impact of digital technology. Since then, Bloc has grown into the Creative Technology Agency for Wales and is only organisation in Wales whose specific aim is to promote creative work using computer technology. Its constituents range from visual artists, graphic designers, academics, curators, arts organisations, to micro businesses and small medium enterprises.
engage
Promoting greater access to and enjoyment of visual art. A leading
professional association, engage is dedicated to promoting greater
access to and enjoyment of the visual arts – through action-research
projects, training, publications, and advocacy. Engage is based in
the UK but has an international membership including gallery education
and museum staff, artists, teachers and freelancers, as well as art
galleries.
Voluntary Arts Wales
Voluntary Arts Wales is the Wales development
agency for the participatory arts in Wales. They exist to promote and
support participation in the arts as a force for personal development,
community cohesion and fun. Their team are based in Welshpool but work
across the whole of Wales to provide mentoring and help with planning,
development, fundraising and marketing strategies. We also act as the
sector’s
advocates at Arts Council and Assembly level so if you have something
to say, we can help you get your message across.
Film Links
Sgrin Cymru Wales
The Media Agency for Wales, who are sponsors of the Cardiff Film Festival this year. Sgrîn Cymru Wales is responsible for the formulation of a strategic vision for the development of the economic and cultural aspects of film, television and new media. They undertake activity under 5 headings: New Talent, Content Development, Access and Education, Marketing and Information and Business Support.
Community Media Association
News, information, services and a gateway to community media organisations in the UK and worldwide.
Media Education Wales
Supporting media and moving image education in Wales through resources, training, events, projects, research and consultancy.
Undercurrents
"The news you don’t see on tv" a web site with information, links and news from the 'undercurrent' media production world.
The Rural Media Company
Combine community and informal education, training and advocacy with the professional skills of the media industry, resulting in effective, high-impact, high-quality media projects and educational materials at the cutting edge of current policy and debate.
FilmAid International
Humanitarian aid organisation that uses film and video to entertain and to educate refugees around the world.
Animation Links
BA (Hons) Animation at University of Wales Newport
Welsh Animation Group
Wag's aim is to bring together everybody working in animation in Wales, "to build on the creative and economic successes of animation in Wales..."
Animation Courses
Two Animation Courses Kite marked by Skillset in Wales. Find out more about the pilot accreditation scheme of degree level animation courses throughout the UK.
Aardman Animations Ltd
Official Site of Aardman Animations - Triple Oscar ® Winning Home of Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Angry Kid and Rex the Runt.
