Arts Alive Wales
Arts Alive Wales is a charitable company based in rural South Powys. We create opportunities for people of all ages to take part in high quality arts activities led by creative professionals both at our venue in Crickhowell and elsewhere in Wales.
Over a period of more than 20 years, Arts Alive Wales has earned a reputation for the quality of its work in the visual and applied arts. This remains the foundation of a wide-ranging programme of activities, both at our Crickhowell venue and in the community, that now regularly includes the performing and literary arts.
The Arts Alive Wales ethos is to work in collaboration not only with arts practitioners but with organisations and individuals in the public and third sectors, to conceive and deliver activities that reflect our values and help us to achieve our objectives. To maximise our impact, our programme is organised on a thematic basis, focusing on Arts and Health and Arts and the Environment.
Arts Alive Wales works with over 60 freelance professional artists, craftspeople, performers, writers and musicians. Our practitioners have a wide range of skills and experience in community, education and health settings. We have an established reputation for our work with children and young people. We work with all ages and abilities on collaborative community art projects – indoors and out.
We aim to:
Nurture personal creativity
Value the process as well as the outcome
Provide a friendly, non-judgemental environment
Have fun with a variety of art forms
Nourish talents and skills
Working within the community, our objectives are to:
Create an innovative programme of projects and activities
Encourage sustainability
Work creatively outdoors
Support and collaborate with local schools, events and organisations
Welcome everyone to participate.