What is engage Cymru?
engage Cymru has is the leading membership organisation for gallery education in
Wales and has over 70 members, including galley and museum educators, teachers, local authority officers and artists.
engage Cymru promotes gallery education through advocacy, regular area group meetings, networking and professional
development training events, and through its research projects.
Find out more about membership here
who are engage Cymru?
engage Cymru Coordinator, Angela Rogers
Tel: 01834 870121 (Monday – Thursday) Mobile: 07773 856079 Email: cymru@engage.org.
Area reps
Eleri Wyn Evans, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
Honor Pedican, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham
Voluntary members
Lisa Edgar, Ffotogallery, Cardiff
Gwenno Jones, Flintshire County Council, Mold
Helen Kozich, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
Angela Rogers, engage Cymru, Tenby
Cath Sherrell, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
Mike Tooby, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
News
The Invest-to-Save Fund aims to support the delivery of public sector improvement projects that will result in significant cash-releasing efficiency savings whilst ensuring effective citizen-centred services in Wales. Investments from the Fund will be fully repayable, but there will be no interest payments and there will be flexibility on the payback period. Grants can be used towards the revenue costs of 'change' projects that deliver real benefits in public service delivery, securing measurable improvements in efficiency. Expressions of Interest are being accepted until 1st September 2010 at: Wales.gov
Research and activity
Galleries engaging with Socially Isolated Older People
Over the past year engage Cymru has been working in partnership with local authorities across
Wales on a number of action research projects focusing on engaging socially isolated older people.
A mapping report carried out by engage Cymru in 2009 revealed that only 3% of galleries in Wales
were proactively working with older people. In response to this, and the Wales Strategy for Older
People, engage Cymru delivered a series of professional development events focusing on older people
engaging with galleries, and six far-reaching action research projects in partnership with the
following local authorities. Read more about the projects here.
Reach the Heights – First Footholds
engage Cymru has been awarded £24,950 to manage four volunteer placements for young people not in
education, employment or training, in partnership with Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen and Aberystywth Arts Centre.
Both venues are working alongside referral units and youth support networks to devise relevant programmes of
work for the young people, including curating, technical work, helping develop youth-friendly gallery education
programmes. Read more here.
engage in the Foundation Phase
A research programme took place in Wales from 2005-2009 exploring the contribution that galleries and artists
can make to the new Foundation Phase curriculum in Wales. Galleries, artists and early years settings in local
authorities teamed up to develop projects. Read more about the programme, and read the toolkit
here.
Opt for Art
engage Cymru's flagship project was Opt for Art, initiated in and for Wales. This successful five-year
project brought nearly 20,000 young people into contact with art and artists in the gallery context and
in school, with the aim of inspiring them to consider Art as a GCSE option. Projects involved at least 18
different galleries and arts organisations, and over 100 different schools across the breadth of Wales.
The Opt for Art publication was launched by Jenny Randerson, ex-Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh
Language at the National Museum, Cardiff in November 2002.
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Funders
engage Cymru recieves project support from the Arts Council of Wales. We are also grateful for project
partnership funding from local authorities
engage Cymru would like to acknowledge the in-kind support it receives from the engage Cymru Development
Group members, as well as members across Wales. engage Cymru also acknowledges the in-kind support it receives
from the engage London office
Contact us:
engage Cymru Coordinator
Angela Rogers
34 Dewing Avenue
Manorbier
Pembrokeshire
SA70 7TS
Tel: 01834 870121 (Mon/Wed/Thu) / 07773 856079
Email: cymru@engage.org
Web: www.engagecymru.org.uk.
engage
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Tel: +44 (0)207 7729 5858
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