Archives for Disability Arts Cymru

Poetry by Pen Y Bryn Pupils

These poems are written by the talented  pupils from Ysgol Pen Y Bryn taking inspiration from some of the early photographs of Longfields Association and Cerebral Palsy Midlands. They were written during our workshop day at Pen Y Bryn School, Sara Beer from Disability Arts Cymru and film maker Ben Ewart-Dean led the event and  we looked at the photographs and saw a short clip of some old film footage. The pupils reflected on the material and wondered about: why the pupils did not have a uniform but the staff did how uncomfortable the calipers were that some of the children were wearing what
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A collaborative workshop!

As part of the Legacy of Longfields project research has uncovered old photographs.  During our workshop day at Pen Y Bryn School, Sara Beer from Disability Arts Cymru and film maker Ben Ewart-Dean led the event and  we looked at the photographs and saw a short clip of some old film footage. The pupils reflected on the material and came up with creative responses in the form of poems, drawings and drama.  The responses will be edited by Ben into a single film and will be exhibited, alongside some of the created work, at the end-of-project exhibition in May 2018. We started
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Being Human Festival 2016

We had a brilliant event on Thursday 24 November as part of the Being Human Festival which was organised by RIAH – Research Institute for Arts and Humanities at Swansea. During the festival over 250 events took place over 45 towns and cities across the UK and was led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.  The programme of events was themed around ‘Hope and Fear’.  Our workshop took place at The Waterfront Museum in Swansea in the Ocean room which is where we will be holding our
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