Cultivate
Cultivate is a once-a-month arts programme for 11 – 18-year-olds. Led by artist Emma Posey, Cultivate is a great way for young people, with an interest in the arts, to develop their creative thinking and making skills through research and experimentation. The group offers a unique social space for those growing up in the region to work alongside artists and other professionals with a broad range of expertise.
Cultivate is FREE to attend. Monthly sessions are held at The Sidney Nolan Trust near Presteigne.
Forthcoming Cultivate dates
Saturday 27 July, 10am - 4pm - Sidney Nolan Trust
In this special summer edition, we are thrilled to be working with filmmaker Lal Davies who specialises in first-person narrative and documentary films. Social media platforms and streaming sites have popularised the filmmaking genre of documentaries and nonfiction ‘content creation’ and in this crowded context it is often still stories of authenticity and truth which resonate most strongly.
Lal will work with us on the development of a short film focused on a ‘sense of place’.
We have invited local participants who have made the English/Welsh border region their home. In groups, we will explore what it means to develop a sense of place in a new country or indeed if one ever really does. Using personal archive objects that represent our journeys to where we find ourselves now, through film and editing we will bring to life their real-life stories.
Saturday 24 August, 10am – 2pm - David Colwell Design, Broadaxe Industrial Estate, Presteigne
Following the success of last year’s exhibition, we will be back presenting work from the last year as part of Presteigne Open Studios. Furniture Maker David Colwell has kindly allowed us use of his workshop for a second year, and we will meet there to look at the exhibition, celebrate all the great work made in the Cultivate and MAKE workshops before going on a studio tour around the town.
To find out more about Cultivate and to sign up please contact Antony Mottershead on learning@sidneynolantrust.org or 01544 260 149.
To date, the young people have worked with a wide range of artists including
Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg
Stefhan Caddick
Kate Constantine
Gemma Costin
Lal Davies
Jony Easterby
Tom Goddard (Gentle Radical)
Paul Granjon
Kate Green
Faith Limbrick
Tania Moose
Mariele Neudecker
Heather Peak & Ivan Morison(Studio Morison)
Ivan Pope
Giles W Bennett
Cultivate is funded by generous support from The Ashley Family Foundation.
