Tag: Arts Council of Wales
Why isn’t visual art a big thing in Wales?
![Why isn’t visual art a big thing in Wales? Why isn’t visual art a big thing in Wales?](http://i0.wp.com/gwallter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Catrin-3.png?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
How healthy are the visual arts in Wales? Not just in the sense of how many or how good are the artists, but other, more contextual questions, such as: How are they valued? How are they supported? How are artists encouraged and trained? How are the arts used to bring new life to depressed communities? […]
Mr Skates’s ring cycle
![Mr Skates’s ring cycle Mr Skates’s ring cycle](http://i0.wp.com/gwallter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Flint-4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
The row over the ‘Iron Ring’ proposed for Flint Castle seems to be over, so the time is right to think more calmly about what we’ve learnt. First, a quick summary of what happened (there is an ignominious prequel, which I’ll skip). Cadw, responsible for safeguarding scheduled historic monuments in Wales, together with Visit Wales, the […]