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Y Ty Celf are very pleased to be working with Carmarthenshire County Council, Coleg Sir Gar and Adult Learning Wales on the Multiply/ Herio Project. This is an exciting opportunity for Y Ty Celf to facilitate and deliver a 10 week programme of creative workshops, designed to develop self-confidence in numeracy as well as creative skills.

The focus in on self exploration and confidence building through creativity and the programme is looking at how and where numeracy occurs in creativity for example, Consider lines, shapes, angles and position to create mandalas, design a stained glass/ copper foil piece by measuring, cutting accurately, considering waste and cost, designing sculptures calculating height, breadth and ratios as well as colour mixing, jewellery design and making and how to prepare your canvas / paper for composition using measurements.

The programme is delivered in a safe, non-judgemental atmosphere and embeds a diverse range of skills and techniques to develop self confidence and esteem, including mindfulness, gratitude journaling, managing stress and breathing techniques, each participant will have a journal and sketchbook that will record their journey and progress culminating in a public exhibition to showcase the work produced along the way.

Multiply workshops - Photo gallery

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Health & well-being grant ACW

People living with dementia

POBL

We have welcomed residents from POBL Adults in supported living, for a mornings of laughter, tea, biscuits and creativity. Y Ty Celf artists have worked closely with the support workers to produce workshops that were relevant and useful for the residents homes and families. They produced greeting cards that could be sent home to friends and families, as well as seasonal art works for their homes. Friendships and social connections were formed. Y Ty Celf was a place where the participants were welcomed and could voice their opinions and expressions using the colours and different mediums.

Health & well-being for young people

Y Ty Celf are very conscious of providing creative opportunities for young people, and the importance of a welcoming space to explore and express themselves through art and crafts.

Y Ty Celf extended its workshops to welcome Stradey School on a weekly basis as an alternative curriculum learning opportunity and an after school workshop for young people.

These young people were welcomed to embrace the different mediums in both 2D and 3D Art & Crafts and followed a programme for 48 weeks. This included lessons and workshops in formal elements of art and design, traditional and heritage crafts such as stained glass. They produced art from recycled materials, designing and making jewellery and learned about colour theory and abstract mark making. Each participant developed and worked on their own sketch books.

Supporting young people in the community has its challenges and Y Ty Celf have provided workshops for the session support workers from the respective organisations to enable the staff to have quiet, creative reflective moments and produce mindful mandalas.

Create 2023 - Gorwel Horizon

2023 was an exciting and progressive year for Y Ty Celf, with the support of ACW Create Grant.

YTC delivered a total of 140 workshops at John Street with different partners, Multi cultural network, general public introductory workshops, emerging artists in the community attended Going Deeper experiences developing their artistic creativity over 4 weeks.

“I found the MCN sessions highly rewarding; learning about and gaining an appreciation for new cultures, celebrating our differences, joining together in creativity, and gaining an insight into Polish and Ukrainian art and traditional design.”

In 2023 YTC were conscious of supporting our member artists and held a series of workshops to share their talents and help our artists grow and become sustainable.

“Sharing laughter & togetherness whilst creating my masterpiece”.

Ty Celf held its first Arts Trail which brought together local artists and makers who shared their homes and private studios and opened the doors to the public, helping to raise awareness of the talent in the area.

“YTC provided an encouraging environment; it didn’t feel at all elitist. The art world can feel that way sometimes, but not in YTC.”

Y Tŷ Celf - The Art House works in the community with various partners and Arts Council Grant funding to bring about rewarding workshops in 2Dand 3D visual arts. There is something to suit everyone.

Warm Spaces - Following on from the successful Multiply Project YTC have secured funding to provide a Warm space for participants to continue coming to YTC to enjoy creativity, friendship and refreshments.

We are currently working with Elected Home Education department with 8 young people on a 6 week creative programme, bringing together young people to enjoy the benefits of creativity in a safe environment, enhancing their creative skills and enabling social connections to be made, increasing confidence and self esteem.

People living with dementia

Y Ty Celf are proud to be continuing our creative workshops for those People Living with Dementia, through a Health and Well Being Grant from the Arts Council of Wales this will see these classes through to Sept 2024.

Monday afternoons see workshops full of creativity, warmth and inclusion. Participants are invited to share their stories, news and experiences, being heard amongst friends and benefiting from expressing themselves through the different mediums e.g. expressive abstract art, singing and sewing, reliving memories.

POBL

Monday Morning workshops bring in our residents from POBL Adults in supported living group for a morning of laughter, tea, biscuits and creativity.

Ty Celf artists work closely with the support workers to produce workshops that are relevant and useful for the residents homes and families, producing greeting cards that can be sent home to friends and families as well as seasonal art works for their walls.

Friendships and social connections being formed and a place where the participants are welcomed can voice their opinions and expressions using the colours and different mediums available.

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Ty Celf are very conscious of providing creative opportunities for young people, and the importance of a welcoming space to explore and express themselves through art and crafts.

Y Ty Celf has extended its workshops to welcome Stradey School on a weekly basis as an alternative curriculum learning opportunity and an after school workshop for young people.

These young people are welcomed to embrace the different mediums in both 2D and 3D Art & Crafts and are following a programme for 48 weeks, this will include lessons and workshops in Formal elements of art and design, traditional and heritage crafts such as stained glass, will be looking to produce art from recycled materials, designing and making jewellery, learning about colour theory and abstract mark making. Each participant will be developing and working on their own sketch books.

Supporting young people in the community has its challenges and YTC have provided workshops for the session support workers from the respective organisations to enable the staff to have quiet, creative reflective moments and produce mindful mandalas.

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Health & Wellbeing 2022

The Art of Belonging

In the summer of 2021 Y Tŷ Celf worked with Platform4Change to pilot a programme of 14 arts and craft sessions for the young people Platfform work with. Platfform are a mental health/social change charity that gives young people opportunities to share their experiences of mental health with others who face similar challenges and learn new strategies to promote their wellbeing.

Arts Council Wales funded a 12 month programme of young people’s arts & craft workshops in different mediums that explored what it means to belong, how being creative can make us feel part of something and help us to connect with self and others.

Create 2022

Exploring Identity

Exploring Identity 2022 encouraged creative exploration of individual identity in a workshop context of shared artistic activity and conversation.

The project provided accessible arts and craft workshops to the community in a safe and encouraging non-judgemental environment, nurturing creative talent and enabling individuals to make social connections, explore identity, build self-esteem and confidence post lockdown.

Three clear strands.

Affordable workshops for the general public including 3D mediums, silver and copper jewellery, woodturning, textiles, glass techniques, mosaics & 2D painting with watercolours, landscape acrylics and abstract mixed media.

working in partnership with organisations that support refugee families in Carmarthenshire with a series of Open Days during school holidays using creative workshop themes based on local heritage and tradition to develop a sense of identity within their local community whilst forging connections & support networks with each other and their community.

supporting artists through Professional Practice sessions for both emerging and experienced artists incorporating Critical Response Feedback and Business Development in a supportive environment. We recognise that artists working in isolation need support to grow and to learn from each other and ensure high quality of workshops.