North Wales - The place to be
In the six years I have been in north Wales,
I have seen a lot of growth in the art
community. There are some great venues,
with new organisations forming
and expanding rapidly.
What I am most excited about, though, is that
artists are starting to take control of the
community themselves and self-initiating, forming
groups and starting projects.
‘Power in the Land’ is one project that I’m involved
in with Axisweb members Jessica Lloyd-Jones,
Helen Grove-White, Tim Skinner, Robin Tarbet,
Bridget Kennedy and four other artists. Through
Pŵer yn y Tir, we will engage with the relationship
between nuclear energy and the land, and have
timed the project to come to fruition just as the
last nuclear power station in Wales shuts down at
the end of 2015.
North Wales has become an environment that
nurtures such projects; there are challenges to
the artistic community but the benefits of being
here are continuing to multiply. Despite having to
contend with long distances and potential isolation,
artists in north Wales have a lot of advantages:
beautiful and inspirational landscape; worl