Abergavenny Food Festival and Arts Alive Wales go ‘Free Range’


LETTER TO EDITOR Age Cymru’s Age Positive Week 2017


Dear Editor, I’d like to invite your readers to take part in this year’s Age Positive Week. Age Positive Week is Age Cymru’s celebration of ageing and older people’s contribution to our communities. Being ‘age positive’ is an important part of our mission to create an age friendly Wales and to counter the negative stereotyping of older people and ageism that we all too often see, hear or experience in society. This year Age Positive Week will take place from Sunday 1 October to Sunday 8 October. You can take part in Age Positive Week by organising an event that involves older people such as a tea party; a day trip; a concert; a dance class or even a school assembly. If you would like an information pack about Age Positive Week, please contact Age Cymru on 029 2043 1555 or email agepositive@agecymru.org.uk You can also find out more about Age Positive Week by visiting www.agecymru.org.uk/agepositive


Yours sincerely, Victoria Lloyd


Abergavenny Food


Festival and Arts Alive Wales has confirmed that artist Bettina Reeves has been recommissioned to create a Market Hall art installation for this year’s event.


Bettina, who retires this summer from her position as senior tutor for Theatre Design at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, has chosen chickens for this year’s art project, a theme last


visited in 2008; “We will be crafting chickens from withy and willow, paper and fabric and fluttering amongst these beauties will be native butterflies of silk”. Bettina will supervise over 40 volunteers in an intense 15 days of activity at Arts Alive Wales Crickhowell studio, and the charity reports a warm response to the chosen theme from regular participants.


Chief Exec Justine Wheatley commented; “The project is really hard work but everyone who takes part gets such a sense of pride and achievement when the sculptures are installed and the camaraderie, fun and great lunches bring people back year after year. New faces are very welcome; it’s for all abilities and for any age over 16 years”. The unveiling


of the


annual art project is an eagerly awaited moment in the local calendar whilst the sculptures are a hugely popular feature of the Market Hall, drawing residents and visitors all year round. In recognition of its iconic status, this year’s project has been generously supported with funding from Abergavenny Town Council.


Aine Morris, Abergavenny


Food Deputy Chief Executive, Age Cymru Festival’s Chief


Executive explains; “We are bowled over by the support for the artwork and for the festival from the local community and we are so grateful for the town council’s investment to help create another


outstanding


event. It promises to be a visual feast!” The Art workshops will take place at Arts


Alive Wales, Old School, Brecon Road, Crickhowell from 29 August to 13 September, 9.30am to 5.30pm. For more information, email: info@artsalivewales.org. uk or call 01873 811579. 2017 is Abergavenny Food Festival’s 19th year running and reaches 35,000 people over what is primarily a 2-day festival weekend.


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