The Arts Active Trust is a registered charity that supports people to enjoy the arts through education, community and audience engagement projects in Cardiff and the neighbouring regions.
Aims
We offer access to arts; through the provision and development of opportunities for participation, arts education and arts in the community.
Our mission is:
- To engage our local communities with initiatives and activities that invigorate the imagination and stimulate the soul
- To encourage people, of all ages, to engage in and enjoy arts activities.
- To take our inspiration from the diverse programmes of St David’s Hall and the New Theatre, where we are based, and to use them as a catalyst for creative activity.
Recent Posts
Melodies & Maestros Christmas Cracker 2020
As part of our International Concert Series we are continuing to develop out our Education Packs. These are linked to classical music and our international concert series events and are suitable for home learning [...]
Classical Roadmap: Harmony and Well-Being – Musical Connections
Sit back and relax and join Dr Keith Chapin for a talk all about Harmony, Well-Being and the musical connections between them. "Recent research confirms what we all intuitively know. Music is vital to [...]
Melodies & Maestros November 2020
As part of our International Concert Series we are continuing to develop out our Education Packs. These are linked to classical music and our international concert series events and are suitable for home learning [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: Romanticism – From Schubert to Strauss
Fasten your seat belts, sit back and enjoy this classical music road trip with Dr Jonathan James. In this second roadmap talk this Autumn, Jonathan James probes the successful formula of Romantic music, looking [...]
Upbeats Podcasts
Our podcast seasons have been going down a treat in our Braving the Stave podcasts. We kicked things off back in June 2020 with more detailed podcasts that dove into the classical music that [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: The History of Music
Fasten your seat belts, sit back and enjoy this classical music road trip with Dr Jonathan James. Listen as he navigates you through a whistle stop tour of 250 years of classical music, stopping [...]
International Concert Series Extras Autumn & Winter Programme
We are excited to announce our Autumn and Winter programme for our International Concert Series Extras. We have lot's of exiting things coming up including monthly podcasts, a young composers course, exciting live streamed [...]
ArtWorks Cymru is seeking a freelance Partnership Manager
ArtWorks Cymru is a partnership of Welsh organisations who are developing practice, supporting training and career development, and advocating for participatory arts in Wales. ArtWorks Cymru is project funded and creates programs of work led [...]
Autumn Young Composers: Online Course
Our Young Composers scheme consists of termly composition workshops, in which you will be guided and given tuition in writing for a classical ensemble, and hear your compositions tried out by the musicians. The [...]
Soundworks sessions to be LIVE STREAMED this Autumn
Soundworks is our regular music-making workshop held at St David’s Hall for adults who have numerous special needs. The sessions are attended by adults with a variety of physical and learning difficulties and it [...]
Criw Celf Online Exhibition & What’s Coming Next This Autumn.
What a busy Summer we had, full of exciting workshops, tutorials, podcasts, quizzes and lot's more. This September saw our Criw Celf Exhibition set up in the Cycnon Valley Museum with artwork from the [...]
Collagraph
Welcome to our Collagraph Tutorial page. Come and join our team of artists each week during our Out of Doors festival for fun, family friendly arts activities to keep the whole family entertained this [...]