Llantrisant Community Arts Festival 2009
February 5, 2009
A community-focused festival celebrating the arts in and around Llantrisant gets underway this month.
Llantrisant Community Arts Festival, which runs from Wednesday, February 18-Saturday, February 28, 2009, aims to involve people of all ages. Activities planned over the ten days include visual arts, music, dance, literature and performance.
Events will take place all around the town in Llantrisant Parish Church, The Model House, Llantrisant library, Y Pant Comprehensive School, Gwaun Ruperra, The Old Victorian School, and local primary schools.
Highlights of the festival include
· A mural workshop at Y Pant School on Wednesday, February 18 from 10am-3pm (Ages nine-18 years)
· Author workshops at Llantrisant Library on Thursday, February 19
· Family Day drop-in activities including painting and cardmaking on Saturday, February 21 at the Old School
· Smarty tots mums and toddlers’ art group at The Model House on Wednesday, February 25 from 10am.
· Children’s photography competition: Youngsters aged six-12 and 13-17 are invited to submit photographs taken of the local area. Images must be submitted to Llantrisant Library or The Model House by Tuesday, February 24.
There will be a chance to sample what’s gone on during the festival at an exhibition and performance evening at Llantrisant Parish Church from 5.30pm on Friday, February 27.
The following groups and organisations have lent their support to the festival: RCTCBC Cultural Services Arts Development’s Youth Arts Programme; Fframwaith, Y Pant and their E3 team, Llantrisant Community Council, Llantrisant Parish Church, South Wales Valleys Literature Project, Academi, The Model House, OTAG, The Giles Gallery, RCT Music.
For more information, contact Y Pant’s E3 office on 01443 237701, Llantrisant Community Arts on 01443 222671 or Llantrisant Library on 01443 237842
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