The Gentle Painting Project
2024-08-28 12:30 (Europe/London) | Span Arts Building, Narberth
We want your Earths, Clays and rocks! SPAN invites you
to join Rhiannon Rees’s gentle painting
project to map out your Pembrokeshire.
We are delighted to invite you to participate in Rhiannon Rees’s
Gentle Painting Project as part of SPAN Arts’ 2024 Love Stories to Nature
program. For our latest commission for Love Stories to Nature, artist Rhiannon
Rees is running a gentle painting project and for this we are collecting dry
soil, rocks and pebbles from around Pembrokeshire.
Rhiannon Rees’s site-responsive practice merges her interest in
sustainable painting practices with her Welsh heritage. Foraging for pigments
and creating Welsh paints is key, it allows her to connect with her ancestorial
land. Once, one side of her family mined the Welsh land, and the other farmed
the land. Rhiannon spends time in locations
across Wales collecting industrial waste and natural materials to form her
gentle paints. Gentle Painting is Rhiannon uses gentle painting as a way of engaging
with the land, and as a way to bring this connection into her studio.
The Gentle Painting Project invites
Pembrokeshire communities to map the beautiful colours of their home county. We
invite you all to send a small sample of earth, rock or clay from your garden
to add to a pallet of sustainable paints which will be made and used in
workshops to map out Pembrokeshire using its own colours.
Please send your dried earth samples in a
sealed bag, within in a letter that can fit through a letterbox to: The Gentle
Painting Project, SPAN Arts, Towns
Moor, Moorfield Rd, Narberth.SA67 7AG by the 10th of August. In your letter detail
your sample location so we can add it to the map. You can also drop off your
sample at the SPAN building on Wednesdays between 10am and 5pm or bring your
sample directly to a workshop.
Rhiannon
will be holding two workshops in St Davids and Span Arts, where communities are
invited to learn how to make gentle paints using the earths collected from
their samples. The project will end with a tea and painting party where
everyone will be able to use the gentle paints to share their own love stories
to Pembrokeshire.

Event
Details
Deadline for
postal earth samples: August 10th 2024

Workshops:
10am-12pm,
Friday 23rd August, St Davids Memorial Hall, High Street, St Davids. SA62 6SD
10am-12pm,18th
August, SPAN Arts Building, Town Moor, Narberth. SA67 7AG

Final tea party
and sharing of project:
12:30pm –
3:30pm, 28th September, Templeton Community Hall, Templeton, Narberth
SA67 8SB

Pricing: FREE

Book: Advanced booking required.

The Gentle Painting Project
2024-08-23 10:00 | Templeton Village Hall

BAMBOO by NoFit State
2024-08-10 17:00, 2024-08-10 14:00 | Colby Woodland Gardens
We are excited to be hosting BAMBOO by NoFit State – a spectacular new high-impact, high-skill outdoor circus production using only bamboo and human bodies – revealing the fragility and beauty of our interconnected and interdependent life on this planet.

The artists arrive at an empty stage, bringing bundles of bamboo. They build towering sculptures which morph, transform and become an improbable, delicate circus playground that seems to defy the laws of physics.

Inhabited by world-class circus artists and acrobats, the structures bend, and flex, adding to the tension, drama, and sense of jeopardy that lies at the heart of great circus.

A meaningful, joyful performance with live music, comedy and amazing feats of strength and agility.

Together we celebrate what’s possible when humans and the natural world trust each other and work in harmony.

Saturday 10th August

Start times: 2pm and 5pm

Colby Woodland Gardens, Garden Road, Amroth SA67 8PP

Duration: 45 minutes

BAMBOO. A NoFit State production directed by Mish Weaver, in collaboration with Orit Azaz and Imagineer Productions. It is supported by the Arts Council of Wales, the Foyle Foundation, and Without Walls, and commissioned by Stockton International Riverside Festival, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Hat Fair and Timber Festival.

Parking: there is paid parking available at the National Trust site, but space may be limited, please arrive early to ensure a space. Alternatively, additional parking is available in Amroth and you can walk to the site from the beach, this will take about 20-30 mins.

Public transport is available to Amroth and you can walk to the site from there.

In addition to seeing the show, you will have access to explore the National Trust site.

Facilities: The path to the performance site is wheelchair accessible, please be aware that the performance will be on grass. There are accessible and public toilets available on site along with café facilities run by the National Trust.

If you have any specific access needs please contact Bethan Morgan, SPAN Community Producer, at info@span-arts.org.uk

This is an outdoor show, there will be some mats available for people to sit on the ground at the front of the performance but the remaining audience will be standing.

Weather: we will do all we can to ensure the show goes on, if there are gusts of over 25 miles an hour up to 25 hrs before the show, the site will close, if there is heavy rain that poses a risk to the performer's safety we will have to cancel the show. As there is some Arts Council of Wales funding supporting this show, if we have to cancel the show, your ticket price will be refunded.

SPAN Arts AGM - In person ticket
2024-07-31 18:00 | Span Arts Building, Narberth
The SPAN Arts AGM is being held on 31st
July 2024.
The AGM will be both online and in person. Tickets are free but booking is required to attend in person as there is a limited capacity.

Time: 6pm
Location: Span Arts Building
(approx. 1 hour)

Also hybrid (No Ticket required):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87429763235?pwd=[REDACTED]

Sonic Spider: Musicians Workshop
2024-07-25 10:00 | Narberth Scout Hut
SPAN
arts are offering a unique opportunity for local
Musicians interested in improvisation, learning to play new, experimental instruments,
and using musical skill to imagine yourself into the mind of another creature.

Sonic Spider is an immersive, large scale, hypnotic,
musical interpretation of the consciousness of the orb web spider, alone in her web, patiently waiting and listening – for the
approach of prey or predator, or the wind and weather. Her whole world is
perceived through vibrations, as she can hardly see.

Join The Sonic Spider:
SPAN arts are seeking local Musicians interested in
improvisation, learning to play new, experimental instruments, and using
musical skill to imagine yourself into the mind of another creature, to take
part in workshops and performances of The Sonic Spider as part of Narberth Civic
week.

Workshop and
Performances:

The Sonic Spider workshop on Thursday 25 July, between 11am
– 1pm at Narberth Scout Hut.
Participants will be invited to join the performances later
that day from 2pm and on Friday 26 July from 10 am.
The workshop is FREE but advanced booking is required.
To reserve your space go to www.span-arts.org.uk
and book your workshop ticket.
For more information email info@span-arts.org.uk

Location:

Narberth Scout Hut, Narberth, Pembrokeshire. SA67 8AG

Dates:
Workshop: 25
July, between 11 am and 1 pm

Performances: 25 July following the workshop and 26 July from 10 am.

Cân Sing Span Arts Singing Workshops
2024-07-15 19:00, 2024-07-01 19:00, 2024-06-17 19:00, 2024-06-03 19:00, 2024-05-20 19:00 | Span Arts (Can Sing)
Cân Sing will now be taking place at the SPAN Building, Narberth, at the regular time of 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Limited sapces – Book by choosing the date below.
Cân Sing is a relaxed environment in which we sing for the sake of singing!
Join vocal practitioner Molara for an exploratory celebration of singing, work on strengthening the voice, overcoming some of the physical and emotional barriers to singing openly and freely, and above all singing for enjoyment.
The repertoire is varied with songs from Georgia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Hawaii with a few shanties and some pop thrown in for good measure.
The group has been meeting for many years, with new additions along the way. It's perfect if you are looking to sing regularly in a pressure free environment, or whether you fancy dropping in for a sing every so often. The pace of the teaching is easily accessible to all, with no time restraints.
Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, except Bank Holidays.
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
SPAN Arts Building, Narberth SA67 7AG
Sessions £7

We Move Celebration
2024-07-14 17:00 | Small World Theatre
Join SPAN in celebrating the We Move project with an
evening of music, film and performance.
SPAN, in partnership with Llwy Gariad group of diverse
people of West Wales, is proud to present an evening of celebration for the We
Move project, a Global Majority youth social action project bringing young
people together.
Join us for films and music created and presented by We
Move, a youth-led project for Global Majority children and young people across
West Wales. Celebrate the We Move Project with delicious food from the Zahia’s
Kitchen, live music from the We Move house band, aerial
circus from Eliza, and a performance from The Successors of the Mandingue.
The project is supported by the Children in Need We Move fund.
The £1m We Move Fund: Youth Social Action aims to empower Black children and
young people to use their voice to tackle subjects that matter to them and
create change. We know that Black children and young people face many barriers
in British society. Inequality, racism and discrimination prevent Black
children and young people from accessing many opportunities including accessing
similar opportunities and services compared to their peers and engaging in
social, cultural, education and economic activity.
The project seeks to achieve positive outcomes for Global
Majority children and young people through Youth Social Action, and for
Children in Need to learn about what Youth Social Action means to Black
children and young people. They will share this learning with the sector.
We invite you to come and share in this joyful celebration
of the project, taking place at Small World Theatre on 14 of July, 4:30 – 9pm. Tickets
are £5 and booking is required. Please also pre-book your food by contacting wemove@span-arts.org.uk after booking
your ticket.

Event Details
Date: Sunday 14
July 2024
Time: Doors open
4:30pm. Start 5pm until 9pm.
Pricing: £5
Locations: Small
World Theatre, Small World Theatre. Bath-House Rd, Cardigan SA43 1JY
Book: https://span-arts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873662334
For ticket holders who need access support to attend, we
offer a free ticket for their companion, carer or personal assistant. Contact 01834
869323 to book your carers ticket. Please contact info@spanarts.org to discuss your
accessibility needs.
Schedule:
4.30pm: door and bar open
5pm: Welcome speeches by Molara Awen,
We Move Project Lead. The We Move youth present their films

6pm: Food is served from Small World's
kitchen. The audience is asked to pre-order their dishes by contacting Molara
directly at wemove@span-arts.org.uk
7pm: live music from the We Move house band
accompanied by an aerial circus performance by Eliza at 7.25pm
7.45pm: The Successors of the Mandingue

Queer Culture Jam
2024-06-29 20:00, 2024-06-29 18:00, 2024-06-29 15:30 | Ffwrn, Fishguard
Queer Culture Jam is a collaborative day of workshops, panel discussions, food and a dance party led by a range of local queer creatives and hosted by broadcaster and writer Damian Kerlin.

See the schedule to book your tickets for each event:

11:00 – 12:30:Venue 1: 'Queer Art Patches' with Emily Laurens

13:45 – 15:15 :Venue 2: 'Your Story is a Film' with Jane Campbell and Samara Van Rijswijk

15:30 – 17:00 :Venue 2: 'Fantasy, sci fi and "breaking the rules" in Queer writing' with Anna Sherratt and Niamh Amelia

18:00- 19:00 :Venue 1: 'Queer
Talk – How our identity can influence our practice' Panel Discussion led by Damian Kerlin with Anna Sherratt, Branwen Munn, Tara Turner and Sita Thomas

19:30 – 22:30: Venue 1: Pizza is served (booking not required)
20:00 – Midnight: Venue 1: Dance Party with Emily Laurens MC and Branwen Munn DJ

With workshops running throughout the day led by our local Queer creatives, Emily Laurens, Jane Campbell, Samara Van Rijswijk, Anna Sherratt and Niamh Amelia, there is a variety of activities exploring creative practice and identity to enjoy. These workshops will look at portraiture, textiles, storytelling, spoken word, scriptwriting, sci-fi and more as they explore ideas embracing uniqueness, self-identity and sharing your story through creative practice. The panel discussion “Queer Talk –How our identity can influence our practice”, hosted by Damian Kerlin will be both live in front of an audience and streamed online and focusses on what it's like to be a queer creative, finding a path in the creative industries and personal experiences. The day will culminate in a dance party with West-Wales DJ Branwen Munn, where we invite all to come and bask in the creative atmosphere and electric music of this joyful, inclusive event.

Tickets: Free, Booking required.
Time: 11am – Midnight
Location:
Venue 1: Ffwrn, 6 Main Street, Fishguard
SA65 9HH
Venue 2: Gateway Community Hub, Clive Road, Fishguard
SA65 9DA

Please note: For the evening event, under 18s must be
unaccompanied by an adult.

Accessibility: The
venues are wheelchair accessible with disabled parking available at Ffwrn. Please
contact info@spanarts.org to discuss
your accessibility needs.

Queer Culture Jam
2024-06-29 13:45 | Gateway Community Hub

Queer Culture Jam
2024-06-29 13:45, 2024-06-29 11:00 | Ffwrn, Fishguard
Join Emily Laurens for Queer Art Patches, a creative workshop for all the family as part of Queer Culture Jam. Create your own wearable art: a painted, printed or appliqué patch to sew onto your clothes.
Emily Laurens is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and trainee art therapist who makes work about queer ecology, eco-sexuality, and the joys of complexity.
Queer Culture Jam is a collaborative day of workshops, panel discussions, food and a dance party led by a range of local queer creatives and hosted by broadcaster and writer Damian Kerlin.

All materials provided, bring an apron or
old T shirt to protect your clothes from fabric paint.

Tickets: Free, Booking required.
Time: 11am – 12:30pm
Location: Venue 1: Ffwrn, 6 Main Street, Fishguard
SA65 9HH
Suitable for all ages.

Outdoor Shakespeare - The Tempest
2024-06-14 19:00 | Lampeter House, near Narberth
With a hope for a sunny evening, this year SPAN’s popular annual outdoor Shakespeare production will take place on Friday the 14th of June. Join SPAN and the Festival Players for a rousing production of The Tempest.
Shakespeare’s last, and
great, play is a triumphant compilation of intrigue, magic, and humour.
Prospero, an exiled Duke with supernatural powers, creates a great storm which
sees his enemies shipwrecked on his island. Magic abounds, plots are exposed,
and a colourful array of characters gain their deserts. Fascinating
entertainment.
Lampeter House, located in the village of Lampeter Velfrey, just outside Narberth, provides the perfect setting for outdoor Shakespeare, with a small amphitheatre-style theatre built into the beautiful grounds of this lovely estate.
The performance will be open-air. The audience is encouraged to be prepared for any weathers, as the show will go on come rain or shine. Audience members are welcome to bring their own seating.
A wide range of delicious refreshments will be available at the bar, which will be stocked with locally-sourced foods.
This is a popular event; advance booking is recommended to secure your place.
The venue is wheelchair accessible and tickets are free for carers. Please email info@span-arts.org.uk to let us know your access needs upon booking.
For more information about the Festival Players, please visit:http://thefestivalplayers.co.uk/
Date: Friday 14th June
Time: Grounds open 6pm, show starts 7pm
Pricing: Adults £15.00, Concessions £13.00, Family Ticket £45 (Covers 4 tickets. Must include at least 1 child)
Location: Lampeter House, Lampeter Velfrey, Narberth, SA67 8UQ.
