‘Art @ the Hafod’ event is free and open to everyone, please book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/art-the-hafod-the-spirit-of-place-tickets-18684462731
Please find below information on a fantastic event that will bring heritage and art together at the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks. The event is open to all ages and will consider the copperworks site and the broader surrounding areas including White Rock, Kilvey Hill and the river to celebrate the site, landscape and history.
So come and join us at a truly unique event that will offer opportunity to learn about the history of the site and to consider artistic interpretation of the site.
Swansea University
Research Institutefor Arts and Humanities
Festival of Humanities 2015
‘Being Human: Heritage, Health and Wellbeing
‘Art @ the Hafod –the spirit of place’
Monday 16 November 2015, 11.00am – 4pm
The historic Hafod-Morfa Copperworks was one of the primary centres of industry in South Wales and integral to community life in the Lower Swansea Valley. Participants of all ages will get a unique chance to respond to this site of rich heritage through observational drawings and painting.
With guidance from artist, Dan Llywelyn Hall, members of the group can expect to develop their observational skills and confidence with drawing and painting.
Venue: Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Swansea.
TO FIND OUT MORE AND TO BOOK YOUR PLACE: http://beinghumanfestival.org/event/art-the-hafod-the-spirit-of-place/
As one of five UK festival hubs, we will explore wellbeing and heritage through public-facing activities (debate, poetry, performance, art and enterprise), made possible by a grant from the festival organisers, the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the AHRC, British Academy and Wellcome Trust.
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