- Venue
- Neyland Library
- Starts
- Friday, October 17, 2008
- Ends
- Friday, May 1, 2009
- Address
- Neyland Library Neyland Pembrokeshire
- Location
- Wales
Rite of passage is a community heritage and public art project working to raise awareness of and celebrate 50 years of Irish immigration from Waterford and Cork through Neyland and on into South Wales.The project will use film, music and the visual arts to work with a broad cross section of the community of Neyland in a series of linked creative projects exploring and presenting different aspects of this history read moreWith the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, representatives from the community will also work with experienced practitioners in the public art realm to commission a world-class piece of public art for a landmark site in Neyland read moreThe project will be delivered through a partnership between Brunel Festival Association, who will host the project, and spacetocreate, a Pembrokeshire based community arts organisation that will manage and co-ordinate its deliveryThe project is scheduled for completion in 2010, and as it progresses, the website will expand to become a valuable archive of documents, photographs, sound recordings and film.
