We are looking for 6 creative practitioners of colour to join us on a 6-month mentorship programme: Multiplicity. The programme aims to create a supportive space for artists to explore the multifaceted nature of self-identity and belonging and will give opportunities to engage with a community of diverse creatives, the chance to develop your artistic practice and give a platform for a wider discussion of your work through a major exhibition at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
About the project
Aberystwyth Arts Centre and artist Jasmine Violet are working in partnership as part of a wider project called Perspective(s), collaborating with the Arts Council of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, to bring about a step change on how the visual arts and heritage sector reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society.
We have created these opportunities for artists of colour based in Mid and West Wales as we wish to celebrate the diverse communities that presently make up Wales, giving a platform to tell untold stories and to create artistic responses that represent intersectionality, multiplicity, and being between lands and identity. The project will focus on the importance and relevance of people of colour to the Welsh community and the impact diversity has had on past and present Wales.
Through giving a platform to exhibit the creative work produced as part of the project, we aim to create a discussion with the wider community in mid Wales and beyond through a public programme of talks and workshops. The project seeks to challenge current ways of thinking by engaging with communities to explore the visual arts and heritage sector through an anti-racist and decolonial lens.