Torfaen Projects
Head for Arts @ Blaenavon World Heritage Centre
Every Wednesday during term-time, Head for Arts runs the following programme of arts activities at the Heritage Centre in Blaenavon:
Celtic Cafe
4.30 – 6pm
Acoustic folk sessions for young people
Instruments are provided or participants are able to bring their own
Parents are welcome to join in or enjoy a coffee whilst the group plays
North Torfaen Youth Theatre
6 – 8pm Learn to sing and act at this fun weekly session, with lots of opportunities to perform
£1.50 per session
Both activities are suitable for young people aged 8 years old and over.
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This will be a day to remember!
Children from YGG Bryn Onnen are helping artist Rubin Eynon to design a plaque for a sculpture that will be sited at the Blaenavon Ironworks as part of a CADW project. The design is based around the “pig iron” that was produced at the site. The iron ingots got their name from the layout of the sand moulds on the foundry floor, which looked a bit like a sow suckling her piglets.
Head for Arts arranged for Bill Lambert from Greenmeadow Community Farm to bring along these two piglets for this memorable (and slightly smelly) drawing session.
The children’s drawings will be incorporated into Rubin’s final design which will be made into a mould ready for molten iron to be poured into it at the Wrexham Eisteddfod at the beginning of August. The plaque will later be attached to Rubin’s sculpture ready to be installed at the Ironworks.
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North Torfaen Youth Theatre
It took months of hard work, but it all finally paid off as the North Torfaen Youth Theatre’s production of Pirates set sail without a hitch. Congratulations to all those who took part.
A selection of the photographs taken during the dress rehearsal have been uploaded to the Gallery section of the website – we hope you enjoy browsing through them.
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