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	COMMUNITIES FIRST 2008: Ever Changing Swansea - Communities First castle Ward £5000 The workshops were run by Kara Seaman, assisted by Adele Vye and photographically documented by Lee Falconer. During August 2008 the Ever Changing Swansea project took place at Swansea Print Workshop. The project, funded by Communities First, invited those living in the Castle Ward area of Swansea to participate in a series of workshops, exploring an aspect of Swansea’s changing landscape through the medium of printmaking. Benefits of funding The funding benefited the participants by allowing them to come in and use Swansea print workshop’s facilities to produce high quality prints and learn the processes of Cyanotype and collagraph. Other benefits include having a year’s free membership to the workshop, free sketchbooks for ideas and drawings and their own artistic development and disposable cameras to record their changing city. They have also had training from two paid professional artists, in all aspects of the printmaking and development of their ideas and the benefit of having the project documented by a trained photographer. Without the funding the project would not have benefited so many people to take part in learning new skills, making new friends and learning about the city they live in. See Ever Changing Swansea/Projects for more details	HOME ABOUT US disabled access funding Artes Mundi Arts Council of Wales All Wales Ethnic Minority Association Better Swansea Compact Funding City & County of Swansea Common Investment Fund Communities First Department of Adult & Continuing Education Esmee Fairburn Foundation Swansea Arts Forum Trust Swansea Development Fund Swansea Housing Association Wales Arts International Wales Council for Voluntary Service history new premises organisation policies press sponsors terms & conditions testimonials CONTACT US EXHIBITIONS FACILITIES GALLERY OPPORTUNITIES PRINTMAKING PROCESSES PROJECTS STUDIO ACTIVITIES
	2005: Over 50’s Printmaking workshops in Castle Ward £5000 as part of the Festival of Muslim Cultures Print Project Screenprinting Workshop in Castle Ward led by Sameera Khan Focusing on learners over 50 years of age from the Castle Ward area of Swansea, printmakers Sameera Khan, Alan Williams, Kara Seaman and Gwenllian Beynon conducted a series of workshops utilizing a range of printmaking techniques including cyanotype, lino printing, screen printing and monotype. Screenprints from the Workshops Learners were invited to join in the activities through the City and County of Swansea’s ‘Network 50’ initiative. Jointly funded by the Common Investment Fund and Communities First, the workshops, some of which were offered through the medium of Welsh, were held at Swansea Print Workshop Monoprinting Workshop in Castle Ward led by Gwenllian Beynon The workshops were set within the larger project of Festival of Muslim Culture Print Project and some of the work from the workshop appeared in the trilingual catalogue and the exhibition at The Taliesin Arts Centre, Oriel Ceri Richards, University Swansea later that year.
	What is Communities First? The Welsh Assembly Governments Flagship Programme to tackle deprivation in Wales The Welsh Assembly Government’s Communities First Programme exists to provide local people with opportunities to play an active role in shaping the future of their community. The vision is underpinned by key principles which include: Promoting social justice, creating an equitable environment where people believe in their personal power to change things for the better The promotion of a culture in which diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is a reality Local people must be involved in leading the Communities First process A recognition that change requires time, and therefore the Communities First programme is a long term investment in communities Disadvantaged communities making a long lasting difference to the life of their community and to the systems, policies and institutions which contribute to their disadvantage. CONTACTS Development Worker: Nathalie Salomon Castle Communities First 3rd Floor 10 St Helen's Road Swansea, SA1 4AW 01792 476812 Nathalie.salomon@swansea.gov.uk Partnership Co-ordinator: Sarah Taylor Swansea County Council 3rd Floor 10 St. Helen's Road Swansea, SA1 4AD 01792 476812 sarah.taylor@swansea.gov.uk For specific contacts for your area or if you require further help with finding a contact please call the helpline 0800 587 8898 or email enquiries@communitiesfirst.info
	Swansea Print Workshop is a not for profit company limited by guarantee Companies House No 4078671: 19a Clarence Street Swansea SA1 3QR © swansea print workshop 2006

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