The ART in Awen
Posted on September 03, 2024 by Steph
(To be translated into Welsh shortly)
Lead artist - Stephanie Roberts www.stephanieroberts art.com
These sessions are designed for anyone to partake in, no skills necessary, just enthusiam to express and share your identity in the place where you live, with your community. While being absorbed by the process of mosic making and collaborating. You will be helping to making a life sized contemporay mosaic for your community to enjoy.
The Fringe Project is a community based mosaic art project that celebrates The ART in living. We are create opportunities for people to celebrate how The Arts enhances to peoples lives, in an experiential, practical and collective way, through the process of art activity.
What, When and Where
Session 1 - Inspire and Design workshop
1-5pm Free DROP IN Event Saturday 14th September
Venue - The Riverfront, upstairs foyer
Session 2 - Awen - Mosaic workshop
Sunday 22nd 1 - 3.30pm
Venue - Eglwys Mynyyd Seion/Mount Zion Church
Session 3 - The Big Make - Mosaic workshop supported by BAMM members
1-3pm Sunday 6th October
Venue - The Place
These are adult workshops but teenagers accompanied by an adult are welcome (14+) Diversity is perfect.
The sessions are designed for anyone to partake in, no skills necessary, just enthusiam to express or share your identity in the place where you live and be absorbed by the process of making and collaborating.
To book please pay £5 to Paypal contribution to both sessions
email - info@stephanierobertsart.com and arrange to pay on the day
What you can bring
This project gives our participants voice and say what is important to them, so please bring with you photographs, objects, pottery or fabrics that help tell the story of who you are.
As amusing or poignant as you please.
Some words from the lead artist Stephanie Roberts
Stephanie is a Newport based mosaic artist who has made many mosaics across the city and beyond. Her particular intersted are - women in society and environmental issues. As seen in her works The Street Fairy Project, The Seven Sisters of Newport and Eog - Protect Our Waters project.
Stephanie is a community artist and has dedicated 30 years to working with community to create public artworks, workshops and run courses in The Art of Mosaic.
www.stephanierobertsart.com