Made in Roath 2016, Spotlight on CREATE

 If you’re the sort of person who enjoys creating things and possibly even making a mess, construing and producing something from nothing into a work of art then CREATE is the category you need to pay attention to during this years Made in Roath. CREATE is the new name for our workshops group and is coordinated by Pip Tudor. 

With events for both adults and children taking place throughout the festival, we have a lot going on. In fact in terms of workshops and creative events it is our biggest year yet (YAY!). 

CREATE is supported by our fantastic team of volunteer artists and makers who will be running all the events and playing a key part in both the Global Home Closed Road Festival on Saturday the 15th and at Roath Park Pleasure Gardens Bowling Pavilion on Sunday the 16th. 

Notable CREATE events this year include the Puppet Parade, which will be starting at Global Home on Saturday the 15th, The Big Draw in St Martins Church with Becci Holmes, Mask Carving at the Roath Park Pavilion with Brain Denman and a whole host of other events at Global Home. On the following Sunday (16th of October) Cwtch Club Creature Making, Paint the Park and Felt Making are all happening in Roath Park. There are also a whole range of other events taking place throughout the week so keep an eye on our website and social media outlets for information. 

If you would like to join our CREATE team and become more involved with Made in Roath then email Pip at CREATE@madeinroath.com Below is a brief listing of the events taking place but make sure to consult the website for further information. 

7 - 17 October

BEYOND BORDERS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

LOCATION NO. 56

10:00 am - 5:00 pm (17) 56: Cardiff M.A.D.E.

9 - 16 October

 CLOUDS - SUSANNE & LILITH KÖNIG

LOCATION NO. 28

9:00 am - 9:00 pm (16) 28: Front of House

9 October 

PUBLIC CHESS - JACK NICOL

LOCATION NO. 18

10:00 am - 4:00 pm 18: Penylan Library and Community Centre

9 October 

PHOTORENGA WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION

LOCATION NO. 55

11:00 am - 5:00 pm 55: 28 The Parade

15 October 

BIG DRAW

LOCATION NO. 36

12:00 am - 3:00 pm 36: St Martins Church in Roath

15 - 16 October 

PHOTORENGA WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION

LOCATION NO. 55

9:00 am - 5:30 pm (16) 55: 28 The Parade

15 October 

A POTTER'S WHEEL

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October 

JOURNEYS HOME - 'THE WORLD HAS TWO FACES, COMING HOME TO OURSELVES.'

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October 

CREATE@ GLOBAL HOME

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October 

MASK CARVING WORKSHOP

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 4:30 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

15 October 

ORIGAMI FLOWERS

LOCATION NO. 47

11:00 am - 4:30 pm 47: Mackintosh Community Garden

15 October 

RSPB CYMRU

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October 

PUPPET MAKING WORKSHOP - LAYLA HOLZER

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 3:30 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October 

BANANA LADY

LOCATION NO. 65

11:00 am - 2:00 pm 65: The Courtyard

15 October 

PAINT THE PARK

LOCATION NO. 19

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 19: Roath Park Rec (PTP)

15 October 

MAP & PRINT - LUCY DICKSON (BLESS OUR PRESS)

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October

TRINITY CENTRE CLAY WORKSHOP

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October

LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October

GLOBAL GARDENS - SOIL AND CLAY

LOCATION NO. 31

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October

CATERPILLAR CRAWL

LOCATION NO. 47 & 52

11:00 am - 3:00 pm 47: Mackintosh Community Garden

15 October

BELONGING AND HAPPINESS IN ROATH

LOCATION NO. 31

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

15 October

COME FOLD AN ORIGAMI ANIMAL - WHAT DOES THE ENVIRONMENT MEAN TO ME?

LOCATION NO. 30

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm 30:Costa Coffee

15 October 

PUPPET PARADE: OPEN TO ALL - COME JOIN US!

LOCATION NO. 31

4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

16 October

WET FELTING FOR BEGINNERS - KATE LEWANDOWSKA & FFION GRIFFITHS

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

PAINT THE PARK

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

AN INTRODUCTION TO FELT MAKING - JANINA KUCZYS

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 3:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

CREATE@ROATH PARK PLEASURE GARDENS

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

HOTPRESS FLAG MAKING WORKSHOP

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

CWTCH CLUB'S CREATURE MAKING WORKSHOP

LOCATION NO. 4

11:00 am - 4:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

SUN PRINTING

LOCATION NO. 4

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm 04: Bowling Pavilion

16 October 

PLASNEWYDD COMMUNITY GARDEN

LOCATION NO. 52

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm 52: Plasnewydd Community Garden

Thanks for reading we hope you have a fantastic time during the festival. For all the information regarding CREATE then do visit the Made in Roath Website. 

Made in Roath 2016, Spotlight on Digital arts

The Digital Arts is this years smallest category in Made in Roath 2016 but don't let that fool you into thinking it’s lacking anything in terms of ambition, entertainment and wonder. Each venue is packed full of ticks for ever visitors box. The Digital arts is coordinated by Tom Betts and includes different types of new media such as digital and moving images. This year see’s the return of some old favoured such as Roathbud (whispered softly in the opening scene) and the highly popular vintage screenings and workshops. But also brand new delights such as Sara Reeds “Fragments for a city in Ruin” will be on display in the basement of 28 the Parade (a fitting setting for the film). An assortments of fantastic puppet will parade at Global home and we’ll have some wonderful Muppet movies (fun for all) at YMCA Plas. For digital arts keep the weekend of the 15th and 16th free as most of the events take place over those two days. Below is a brief list of some of the events  

Fragments For a City in Ruins.
Sara Rees
9th - 16th October, basement of 28 The Parade

VINTAGE SCREENINGS & WORKSHOP

15th October - 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (16) 11: 32 Kelvin Rd

PUPPET PARADE: OPEN TO ALL - COME JOIN US!

15th October - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

THE MUPPET MOVIE

15th October - 4:45 pm - 6:25 pm 53: YMCA Plas (Plasnewydd Community Centre)

ROATHBUD

15th October - 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm 53: YMCA Plas (Plasnewydd Community Centre)

REAR WINDOW - ALFRED HITCHCOCK

15th October - 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm 53: YMCA Plas  (Plasnewydd Community Centre)

More information can be found on the Made in Roath website under digital arts and of course keep an eye on our social media outlets. 

Made in Roath 2016, Spotlight on Spoken Word

Spoken word, what is it? The simple answer is that its words that are spoken out loud to people. The better answer is “Spoken Word” is a fantastic, insightful and thought provoking artistic discipline that stretches the mind, the imagination and the soul of an audience.
The spoken word aspect of Made in Roath has always been a beloved and important part of the festival for many years now.
Coordinated by Christina Thatcher this year promises to be another fantastic addition to our fine spoken word tradition. This year it offers exciting opportunities for writers and writing lovers. Throughout the week you can listen to travel writing, accounts of refugees and asylum seekers as well as traditional storytellers.  Starting with bringing your own words to the Rhyme and Real Ale open mic on the theme of Masculinity, Femininity or Other. Then to close the spoken word aspect of this years festival we have“Octopoet” hosted by Mark Blayney along with these fantastic events.

TRAVEL POETRY READING - CLAIRE SYDER

LOCATION NO. 23

13th October - 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 23: Penylan Pantry

WELLFIELD BOOK EVENTS

LOCATION NO. 62

15th October - (All Day: Saturday) 62: Wellfield Bookshop

FORCED TO LEAVE... TO THE UNKNOWN - JANE TOOBY

LOCATION NO. 31

15th October - 11:00 am - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

POETRY TAKEAWAY - VARIOUS POETS

LOCATION NO. 31

15th October -12:00 pm - 4:00 pm 31: Global Home street party

CREATIVE WRITING SESSION

LOCATION NO. 7

15th October - 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm 07: Cathays Library

SQUARE WRITERS' NIGHT PLUS OPEN MIC

LOCATION NO. 45

15th October - 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm 45: The Roath Park Pub

OCTOPOET - MARK BLAYNEY

LOCATION NO. 60

16th October - 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm 60: The Coffii House

 For more information keep an eye on our website and our other social media outlets, tomorrow we’ll be looking at the exciting line up for digital arts. 

Made in Roath 2016, Spotlight on Stage

For the run up for Made in Roath 2016 each day we’ll be featuring one of the eight aspects of the 2016 festival. To start us off we’ll be looking at the Stage events and workshops that will be taking place through out the week coordinated by Rachel Helena Walsh. The Stage events feature wide and fantastic performances ranging from music, dance, participation and spoken thought to name but a few.  This great range of events will take place in a number of venues all over Roath. A brief line up of the week, starts us off on October the 9th with

• GARETH ZIGGY PRESENTS… JOIN THE PARADE at 28 The Parade running from 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm
• DUST & DANDRUFF at No Fit State circus running at 7pm 

The next day of October the 10th we have

• CLICKBAIT also at No fit state circus at 7:30pm  
• DAVE: A LIFE NOT IN MUSICALS also at No fit state circus at 8:10pm

October the 11th we have

• AND NOW, THE WEATHER around the corner in Inkspot at 7:30pm
• YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SO HOT also at Inkspot at 8:00 pm  

There’s a break for a day and we are back on Thursday the 13th of October at Cardiff M.A.D.E with

• DOM 2.0 at 8pm 
• THE MARVELLOUS VOYAGE OF NILS HOLGERSSON at the Gate Arts & Community centre running from 8-10:30pm  
• WEEPING TUDOR PRODUCTIONS at Saint Edwards Church at 9pm

Then October the 14th

• GET YOURSELF INSIDE (AN EVE OF PERFORMANCE) 6:15 pm - 11:55 pm  
• A DARK BLUE DAFFODIL 7:45p
• CLEFT 8:15 pm
• THE FABULOUS UNICORN INQUIRY 9:45 pm

all taking place at Welcome House

October the 15th see’s

• COFFEE CONCERT: SCOTT BAKER – CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL 11am at Saint Edwards Church  
• VINYL CRUISE - ORGANIC SOUND LOUNGE
• HOWARDIAN STUDIO 22 STAGE
•  CATHAYS BRASS
• TAVS CHOIR
• BARRACWDA
• PUPPET PARADE

all taking place at  the fantastic Global Home street party through out the day, later on we also have

•  OPERA SCENES - OPERA IN SITU at Saint Edwards Church, 7:30 pm
• VEXATIONS BY ERIK SATIE - FUNDRAISER FOR OCD UK at the Trinity Centre, 7:30-9:30 pm
• State Vexation/Stories of Obsession, 7:30-9-30 Trinity Methodist church

Finishing the week off on the 16th of October we have

• LUTE MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE - LUKE STARKEY at the Bowling Pavilion, 2-3:30pm
• OXJAM; DJ VINYL NIGHT - DAVE GROOVESLAVE MORRIS at the The Andrew Buchan Bar, 8-11pm. 

For all the information relating to Stage do consult your festival brochures or consult the Made in Roath Stage page on the website, thanks for reading hope you enjoy the festival, tomorrow we'll be looking at the Spoken word.  

Festival brochures 2016

I arrived at the Made in Roath HQ today, which sadly isn’t, as popular rumour would have you believe, a top secret former cold war command and control nuclear bunker buried deep beneath Roath. Nor is it a highly sophisticated, gleaming space station constantly orbiting 12 miles up above City Road. The actual Made in Roath HQ is in fact a very charming terraced house located somewhere in Roath.

 I went to help distribute festival brochures for Made in Roath 2016 (which is just 14 days away). You can pick up a festival brochures from a range of locations in Roath and Cardiff. I would highly recommend you getting your hands on one to see the full line up of events and activities. There are over 60 different happenings taking place ranging from spoken word performances and open houses to installations and film screenings. There will also be, amongst many other things, stage shows, workshops and a closed road event. For a week Roath will be packed with art and creativity so now is the time to grab a brochure and plan your week of excitement. 

You can also check out whats going on via the MiR website or keep an eye on the MiR social media outlets for more information.

If you would like to get more involved in Made in Roath and help us put on this years festival then you can join us by becoming a Made in Roath volunteer, just email our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@madeinroath.com we’d love to hear from you.
 Thanks for reading, see you in 14 days. 

GAZEBOS ASSEMBLE

Its just 32 days until Made in Roath 2016 kicks off and if there is one thing we have learnt from hosting the last 8 Made in Roath’s community art festivals is we are going to need a few things.

 Such as we are going to need some artists and creative types to put on workshops and hold events and general happenings for people to experience, we are also going to need people to come and experience and enjoy themselves during the week long festival at these occurrences. We are also going to need venues to host all the things that the artists and creative types are planning. We’d also like some fine weather but that one is up to fate. We’ll all probably also need lots of cups of tea to fuel the creative and enjoyment processes during the week long festival and of course some awesome volunteers to help us put on all these workshops and events. Oh yeah and we are going to be needing one more thing, not the most important thing, or the most well regarded or even the most appreciated or even the most valued thing, but without these items, it would undoubtedly mean the difference between a good event and a terrible washed out event. They are the difference between a well ordered and defined closed road of delightful artistic and creative treats and a random, anarchy, mobocracy gathering of stuff. They are the ultimate unnoticed symbol of British summer enjoyment. We are going to need some Gazebos……….

 So the call has gone out far and wide all over Cardiff for the Gazebos of Made in Roath to assemble (its kinda like when the avengers assemble but in this case the avengers are plain household gazebos not super heroes and generally there is no super cool accompanying soundtrack to this as-semblance, unless you count me quietly humming “putting on the Ritz” as I load the van). 

Homes, attics, garden sheds, out houses and garages are scoured for the tatty cardboard boxes from DIY and home improvement retailing companies that houses the flower like heroic rain defenders that we call Gazebos. The Gazebos are gathered together and sent out across Roath for a variety of events and happenings for artists and creative types to conduct their passions for creativity underneath them and on the epic day of the closed road event, the pinnacle of the Made in Roath festival. The Gazebos are gathered together to form a street long umbrella of protection against the elements for us to appreciate and experience all the things the arts have to offer under their canvas covers. Before at the end of the day, they are packed away and sent back to their resting places. Ever ready, ever vigilant, ever waiting the next call for rain protection at the next Made in Roath event. 

 For this, we thank you Gazebos (and more importantly the people who lend us the Gazebos, thank you too).

 If you would like to find out more about Made in Roath 2016 please check out the website or keep an eye on our social media outlets for details of the festival. 

The time of the wonderful call out

 “Its the most wonderful time of the year…..”

No, not that one, it’s not yet the time of year with the jolly red wearing suit man, pies of mince, and generally being jolly with mistletoe and holly ….. and other things ending in olly.

Nor is it the wonderful time of year when the sun comes out in Wales, that has been and gone.

 Nor is it the wonderfully amusing one day of the year when the DFS sale is not on, when they transcend from the Winter to the Summer sales. That special day has not yet been.

It’s also sadly not the wonderful time of year when the leaves and colour turn into Autumn and the weather gets just a little bit chilly and we are once again justified into wearing our very fetching scarfs which we team with even more fetching and stylish jumpers. Fashionable dapper scarf wearing time of year has not yet arrived.

 So what Im saying is there are many different wonderful times of the year, but the wonderful time of year to which Im referring to, is of course the Made in Roath deadline for submission to the Visual Art programme for Made in Roath 2016. Which ends on August the 8th.

Its that wonderful time of the year when we get to see all the fantastic submissions and proposals which you, the brilliantly inventive and creative folks come up with. 

All the information can be found by following this link