The Alfie and Neville collage is coming on a treat, and the great thing about Christmas is there is always lots of shiny waste… perfect for climate change instillations. I’m thinking the animation will be using the collage as digital cut-outs with a little AI for some of the groups characters!
The collage is getting three coats of blacklight paint in parts, we’ve had a bit of lamination action, and some of the silver Christmas hats have become scales on the fish for the 3D elements.
The Network is growing exponentially… there are so many people working on Gwyl Cariad now I haven’t met most of them or even talked with them on What’s App… that’s the point of a Network it grows!
Big Wave has a bank account now, it might have two, because we ended up with a community bank account while waiting for the blumin at NatWest!
This is important because it was holding up funding! We’ve had funding for the workshops, but we have also got funding for the projection of photos onto either the National Library or the Town Library (venue to be decided). The idea is that visitors to Gŵyl Cariad will take pictures, and then those pictures gathered through our new website or social media will be projected onto the building. So our visitors become part of the art Network
I attended an accessibility training workshop delivered by PIWS. It was good, and I’ve learnt
about initiatives and stats developed by neurotypical and non-crip folks. It was a helpful day, but it showed its origins. The ‘purple’ pound is apparently worth billions… it always comes down to money, doesn’t it!
Our own accessibility journey at Gŵyl Cariad is difficult. Our new website is beautiful but not accessible to the dyslexic or visually impaired, so that will have to change.
I will be running the accessibility workshop soon after the Festival. I’d like to do it before, but data is always good as evidence, and there will be lots of that, I think!
Big Wave and Gŵyl Cariad are now linked to the National Museum of Wales, which is funding an initiative to link our Ceredigion creatives with the National Collection in Cardiff…. And so the Network grows…
In the art equation, which was interpreted in unit two as something to do with climate change… it’s not… it’s my operating parameters… I am on Red Notice… my heart is playing up; I am, as the Dr says, fighting genetics… I’ve had a complete change of meds, which at the moment is making my eyes have pins and needles, but in better news, the hot tub is back working… So I might not feel quite as cripped as I have…
Mx.D.P 
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