Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd Services

Kit & Skill Share

Coming soon ....

In these times of international financial crisis nothing and no one goes untouched by its effect. Kit Share will go some way to help in these times when grants are harder to come by. There are already stockpiles of equipment, resources and know how dotted around Wales. This database will list the things that are already out there - these elements might just be the missing link that you're looking for to make your event or exhibition happen.

The database will also include the skills that members can hire themselves out for and the facilities that artists can provide for each other. This is one way of boosting small economies, keeping money circulating around a community rather than allowing it to leech out to bigger commercial businesses.

Events Management

Coming soon ...

A bespoke service for both Culture Colony Y Wladfa Newydd members and non members, but with a hefty discount for members obviously!

With the skill base established through the Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd network an alternative to the usuall 'gloss' and 'glamour' will make the events of our clients trully memorable. With a variety of skills on offer, the event management can be tailoured to the exact requirements of the event, taking any location and budget into account.

Library

Coming soon ....

Colony Members can access books and catalogues about art and artists in Wales on a mail order basis. The library will consist of donated books, leaflets, posters and DVD's. A database listing the library contents will be accessible to members, for research and general interest, through the web site and available to borrow for free (although postage will be charged).

Networking the Networks

Coming soon ....

Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd might not be what you're looking for right now, but as our service develops you might find us the ideal network to provide for your needs in the near future. So do come back!

In the meantime there are a number of other cultural and arts based networking web sites out there, many with an emphasis on Wales and the Welsh and most are free to use. Please use this free part of the Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd service to explore other networks, big and small, that are out there - it's likely that one of them is exactly what you need.

Workshops and Seminars

Jill Piercy running a workshop for curators, filmed by Sara Penrhyn Jones for Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd

Photograph by Giles Thaxton

An ongoing schedule of events will soon be announced on the web site.

A New Map of Wales

Coming soon ....

Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd is creating a new map of our nation and will be made from the creative links of the membership. This 'The Creative Exchange Map' will unite the physical with the virtual and the personal with the national and international. As well as an art object in it's own right the map will provide members with a unique service and link them to a network accessing the varied creative experience of the colony.

MAP INTO HERALDRY
 
It is time to make shapes of my country.
Block them with hardboard,
Planks, bits and pieces.
Glue them, tack them down.
 
It is time we recognised that that shape
Had a future.
Make your templates brash
With the red and the gold.
 
It is time for the shape of Wales
To have a future
Hoist it up with bravado
So the cock Wales can crow.
 
Tony Conran

Paul Davies - Art Intervention      Photo montage Pete Telfer

Making a Map of Wales from film and videotape as an univited, but welcome, event at the inaugural meeting of the short lived 'Film Video and Photography Association in Wales'

Services from other providers.

It is planned that some of the services available through Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd will be provided by other creative businesses - a new radio station for example.