On the 28th of October Cynnal Cymru/Sustain Wales held an event in Chapter Arts Centre about sustainability and the arts. It asked how can arts practice be more sustainable and also what role the arts can play in promoting sustainability and highlighting climate change.The arts act as a spark which can make things happen in society, bringing issues to the public attention, encouraging people to form their own opinions, changing attitudes. Examples: Punk Rock, Picasso’s Guernica, the First World War poets. So how can the arts, and the creative industries, bring climate change and the need for sustainable practice to people’s attention and provoke the fundamental change in attitudes that is needed?
Just a quick update on how the project is going, the timetable is filling up nicely but we do still have a few spots to fill. The tricky bit is how to make maximum use of the space- as the shop is divided into a larger and a smaller space it should be possible to have 2 different things happening at the same time as long as one doesn't interfere with the other.
Just to remind anyone coming to the Wednesday meeting that we are going to be in Milgi on City Road in Roath this evening at 7, not CAI - though we will be back there next week. Hope to be catching up with people about the Empty Shop project as well as having a good old chinwag as usual.See you there.
Here are some of my photos from our trip to Brixton. I've just realised that I don't have any photos of the amazing market stalls, which were selling the most incredible assortment of food. These stalls are the life-force of the market, the reason for its existence, and it was interesting to see how the other ventures co-existed with them.
Cardiff city centre has a number of empty shop spaces and so we thought ‘wouldn’t it be great to use them?’
Why not come along to our meeting on Wednesday evenings and see how you can get involved! Click here to view our calendar.
