Who We've Funded

Niall Griffiths has been invited to attend the Left Coast Eisteddfod to deliver readings from his contribution to Seren's recent publication on the Mabinogion.

Owen Griffiths and Fern Thomas to visit Morelia in Mexico in September/October 2008 as part of Identidades 04, exploring the role of food as an integral experience of identity and memory.

www.axisweb.org/artist/owengriffiths

Support for Mark Gubb to take part in a visual arts residency in Buenos Aires, Argentina, alongside 14 other international artists.

www.smarkgubb.com

Mark Gubb was supported by the International Opportunities Fund to participate in a collaborative project in New York producing site specific and interventional installations in disused buildings as part of a 12 month long programme in Manhattan.

www.smarkgubb.com

For Richard Gwyn to participate in the Poetry Festival of Medellin in Colombia and to work with Colombian poets in Bogata.

www.richardgwyn.com

Literature,

Support for Cardiff based author and translator Richard Gwyn to travel to Argentina to participate in the International Literature Festival Buenos Aires, the International Poetry Festival Rosario and to present his work at the Translators Club of Buenos Aires.

www.richardgwyn.com

Nancie Gynn's piece, Dark River, has been selected to be played at Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Tsonami, an international contemporary music festival held annually in Buenos Aires.

For designer and architect, Jenny Hall, to undertake a residency at the Fiskars Cultural Villlage and in collaboration with the Wood Program at Alva Aalton University Helsinki, Finland.

Sean will return to Washington DC and North Dakota to develop his relationship both with the Smithsonian Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the Spotted Bear tribe.

Sean Harris has been awarded funding through the International Opportunites Fund to travel to North Dakota to undertake specific research and meet with key individuals and organisations with the view of creating a collaborative animated diptych in 2010, involving artists and a variety of institutional collections and communities on either side of the Atlantic.

Support for dancer and choreographer, Angharad Harrop, to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to present her work 'Cynefin' at the Danca em Foco Film Festival, and to develop her collaborative dance piece, Perguntas Atebion, with Brasilian musician Ruan de Vargas.

www.angharadharrop.com

James Hawes applied for a grant to enable him to research, organise and curate an exhibition of a long forgotten murder mystery involving Queen Victoria's cook in 1865 in Bonn City Museum, Germany, May-Aug 2015.

Welsh language writer, Fflur Dafydd was supporeted by the International Opportunities Fund to participate in Hay Festival Segovia and Cartagena and storyteller Daniel Morden, travelled to deliver readings and a workshop at Hay Festival Nairobi.

www.hayfestival.co.uk

With the support of the Interanational Opportunites Fund, Maria Hayes travelled to Sweden to view the Aurora Borealis and meet relevant leading artists and scientists to research and develop her own work involving drawing with digital projection and the manipulation of light.

A 2 month residency in China comprising the following: Research, Residency and Exhibition of new site specific ceramics at the Fu-Le International Museum of Ceramic Art.

Support for Hijinx Theatre to attend the Escena Mobile International festival, in Seville, Spain.

www.hijinx.org.uk

4 staff members to travel to Berlin for No Limits Inclusive Theatre Festival and 1 member of staff to travel to two theatres in Demark/Sweden to discuss future collaborations.

http://www.hijinx.org.uk

For Ainsley Hillard to participate in the International Fibrearts Exhibition and Symposium in Pittsburgh, USA.

www.ainsleyhillard.com

Secrecy - Okumura.

For Mererid Hopewood to participate in the Wales- Latin America Writers Chain across Patagonia.