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TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS
A variety of testimonials and comments from member and clients, associates and supporters:
Sammy: Blaen-y-maes Primary School
We were
delighted that our children benefited from being involved in such a
culturally diverse project and that they were able to exhibit their
prints in a professional context at the end of the programme. The
project helped to increase an understanding and raise awareness of
Muslim cultures and Islamic art and initiated positive dialogues amongst
the children.
Carolyn Davies, Teacher Adviser and Co-ordinator for the
Arts, 2007
Louise Hunley
The
Workshop has done a great deal to encourage people from all walks of
life and has totally transformed some people’s lives.
Gillian Morgan, Co-ordinating Tutor Visual Arts, 2007
The
relationship between our faculty and Swansea Print Workshop has
benefited from fruitful collaboration …
Professor Andrea Liggins, Dean of Faculty of Art & Design, 2007
Hannah:
Blaen-y-maes Primary School
… you
contribute a significant piece of the jigsaw of the future cultural
shape of Swansea and the region.
Robin Hall, Arts Development Officer Glynn Vivian Art
Gallery, Swansea, 2007
Swansea
Print Workshop has demonstrated that there is a real demand for
professional artists print facilities and that as an established and
credible organisation they have the capacity to deliver a range of high
quality services and initiatives.
Sybil Crouch, Head of Cultural Services, Taliesin Arts Centre, 2007
The
Workshop is an invaluable resource for artists … the development of
specialist artistic support services, such as Swansea Print Workshop,
would give an enormous boost to the visual arts throughout this region.
Robert Macdonald, 2007
I am
getting printmaking skills, professional training, guidance and
development, excellent cultural experience and lots of friends. This is
my treasure, which I get from Swansea Print Workshop; I’ll take with me
to give back to my community in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. This
cultural and professional experience gave me the courage and confidence
to develop a cultural exchange …I’ll transfer these experiences,
printmaking skills and the love, which I get from this community … to my
motherland.
Aleem Dad Khan, Artist in Residence at Swansea Print Workshop 2007
I like making and rolling the printer. Please come again to my school.
Crystal, Blaen-Y-Maes Primary, Swansea, 2005
The
Workshop has always provided our students with excellent specialist
facilities, expertise and support over a number of years and has
encouraged learners of all abilities to engage in printmaking
activities.
Sarah Hopkins, Course Co-ordinator Art & Design, Gorseinon College,
Swansea, 2007
The
proposed Kings Lane development opens up the possibility for
collaboration with industry for both research and development and
business to business links.
Rodney Bender, Managing Director Innovative Glass Products Ltd, 2007
I have
been very impressed by the Print Workshop’s initiatives to train and
nurture young printmakers and its record on access for all. My own
daughter, who has learning difficulties has worked as a volunteer at the
Print Workshop and this has given her confidence and purpose as well as
enabling her to create work of her own of sufficient quality that she
has exhibited alongside professional artists in Wales and Pakistan.
Lynne Bebb, Artist, 2007
This is
how I felt about working as a volunteer at the Print Workshop; the
people here are very friendly and smart and very good listeners and
advise when I need it.
Leila Bebb, Volunteer, 2007
I first
came to the Workshop as a work placement through ‘New Deal’ referred by
the Job Centre and Swansea Council for Voluntary Services …although I
have a degree in Fine Art, I have learnt new techniques, how to teach,
how to prepare and run workshops … and work on large scale projects as
part of a team.
Kara Seaman, Volunteer/Artist, 2007
As an
artist and Printmaker simply knowing Swansea Print Workshop exists
inspires and encourages me to work, it also gives me vital access to
events and equipment/facilities that I am unable to work with at home.
Elissa V Evans, Artist and Printmaker, 2007
We know
that artistic colonies in other places have raised the quality of life
in other places and have reversed the running down of poor areas.
Swansea needs something like this.
Donald Leech, Member of Swansea Print Workshop, 2007
The
welcoming atmosphere and sense of camaraderie, coupled with a deep
understanding of the way artists work, and solid technical support, must
make it a unique resource for this part of Wales, if not the whole of
it.
Sally Greiner, Artist, 2007
I did not
know what to expect as I had never done any printmaking before, however,
I absolutely loved every second of it and subsequently decided to become
a full member of Swansea Print Workshop.
Farhana Tegwyn Malik, 2007
The ethos
is invigorating, exploratory and in pursuit of the highest standards.
Veronica Gibson, Artist, 2007
I live
some distance from Swansea … why am I willing to travel? The answer is
that, in my experience, Swansea Print Workshop offers by far the best
context for open-access printmaking in South Wales.
Bernard van Lierop, Artist, 2007
The
‘group’ interests are excellent at the Workshop offering companionship
in working practical printmaking. Information and interests combine and
the whole learning environment is conducive to enhanced levels of
achievement in art.
Pat Briggs, Artist, 2007
I will
always remember the first time I set foot in 19A Clarence Street … as an
elderly person who has a rather vague knowledge of printmaking it opened
up a wonderful world.
Ivor J. Hixson, 2007
I did a
three month internship with responsibility for the publicising of the
Contemporary Welsh Printmakers exhibition. I was amazed by the broad
reach of the Festival of Muslim Cultures Print Project run by this tiny
organisation … this exhibition was the crowning event.
Patricia Mckenna, Community Artist, 2007
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