Engage Cymru Meetup/Cyfarfod Engage Cymru at Elysium Gallery, Swansea

Schedule

Tue May 12 2026 at 10:30 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Elysium Gallery | Swansea, WA

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You are warmly invited to join Engage Cymru and colleagues from across the visual arts sector
About this Event

You are warmly invited to join Engage Cymru and colleagues from across the visual arts sector. This event is open to anyone who works in, or has an interest in, participation and learning in the visual arts.

Our meetups are relaxed, friendly, and inclusive, and you’re welcome to attend all or part of the session. The introduction will be bilingual, and discussion and conversation are encouraged in either Welsh or English. Presentations and workshops will be delivered in English.

Each session lasts approximately two and a half hours. While no formal breaks are scheduled, participants are free to take a break at any time.

The aims of the session are to:

· Connect with colleagues from across Wales

· Learn and share more about inclusive participatory practice in the visual art


What to expect

· Artistic Director Jonathan Powell will talk about neurodivergent projects and programming at Elysium.

· A creative activity led by artist and writer Joshua Jones, whose photography is on display as part of the Neuro Expression exhibition.

· An opportunity to visit Neuro Expression, a group exhibition featuring artists who identify as neurodivergent.

· Time throughout the session to chat and connect with other attendees.


Location and Access

This event will take place at Elysium Gallery Swansea

· Elysium Gallery is shut on a Tuesday but will be open just for the Engage Cymru Meetup

· There is flat access to the building through the front entrance only, and the bar and gallery has flat access and is wheelchair accessible.

· There are accessible toilets on the ground floor and gender-neutral toilets on the first floor.

· There isn’t any on-site parking, however there are two public multi-storey car parks nearby on High Street and Orchard Street. · For further access and travel information, please visit the website

If you have any access requirements or would like to discuss how we can support you to attend, please let us know.

You can contact Sian by email at [email protected]


Refreshments

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided, including:

· Vegan options

· Gluten-free options

· Oat milk

· Semi-skimmed dairy milk

Please let Sian know if you have any other dietary requirements.


Booking information

This is a free event, but spaces are limited, so booking is required.

Please book your place via Eventbrite. If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your booking or let Sian know so someone else can take your place.

Thank you to Disability Arts Cymru for their advice.

Supported by Arts Council Wales and the Max Reinhardt Charitable Trust through the Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award


Fe’ch croesawir yn gynnes i ymuno ac Engage Cymru ynghyd â chydweithwyr o bob rhan o sector y celfyddydau gweledol. Mae’r digwyddiad ar agor i bawb sy’n gweithio ym maes cyfranogi a dysgu yn y celfyddydau gweledol, neu sydd â diddordeb ynddo.

Mae ein cyfarfodydd yn hamddenol, yn gyfeillgar a chynhwysol ac mae croeso i bawb ddod i’r sesiwn gyfan neu ran yn unig. Bydd y cyflwyniad yn ddwyieithog, ac anogir trafodaeth a sgwrsio yn y Gymraeg neu’r Saesneg. Caiff y cyflwyniadau a’r gweithdai eu cynnal yn Saesneg.


Hyd y sesiwn yw dwy awr a hanner, ac er nad oes egwyl ffurfiol wedi’i threfnu, mae croeso i gyfranogwyr gael seibiant ar unrhyw adeg.

Nodau’r sesiwn yw:

· Cysylltu gyda chydweithwyr o bob rhan o Gymru

· Dysgu a rhannu mwy am ymarfer cyfranogol cynhwysol yn y celfyddydau gweledol


Beth i’w ddisgwyl

· Bydd y Cyfarwyddwr Artistig Jonathan Powell yn siarad am brosiectau a rhaglennu Niwroamrywiol yn Elysium.

· Gweithgaredd creadigol gyda’r artist a’r awdur Joshua Jones, y mae ei ffotograffau i’w gweld yn rhan o arddangosfa Mynegiant Niwro.

· Cyfle i ymweld ag arddangosfa Mynegiant Niwro, arddangosfa gan grŵp o artistiaid sy’n uniaethu’n niwroamrywiol a chlywed gan Nathan Thomas, a gyd-drefnodd yr arddangosfa.

· Amser i sgwrsio a chysylltu â mynychwyr eraill drwy gydol y sesiwn



Lleoliad a Mynediad

Cynhelir y digwyddiad yn Oriel Elysium

Mae Oriel Elysium ar gau ar ddydd Mawrth ond bydd yn agor ar gyfer Cyfarfod Meetup Engage Cymru yn unig

· Mae gan elysium fynediad gwastad i’r adeilad trwy’r fynedfa flaen yn unig.

· Mae gan y Bar a’r Oriel fynediad gwastad ac mae’n gwbl hygyrch i gadeiriau olwyn.

· Mae cyfleusterau toiled ar y llawr gwaelod a’n lloriau cyntaf gan gynnwys toiledau pob rhyw ar y llawr cyntaf. Mae yna doiledau hygyrch ar y llawr gwaelod.

· Nid oes cyfleuster parcio ar y safle, ond mae dau faes parcio aml-lawr cyhoeddus nid dau funud o’r oriel ar Stryd Fawr (drws nesaf i’r Orsaf Drên) ac ar Stryd y Berllan gerllaw. · Am ragor o wybodaeth am fynediad a theithio ewch i’r wefan


Os oes gennych chi unrhyw ofynion o ran mynediad neu os hoffech chi drafod sut y gallwn ni eich cynorthwyo i ddod, rhowch wybod i ni. Gallwch gysylltu â Sian drwy ebost: [email protected]


Lluniaeth

Caiff te, coffi a bisgedi eu darparu, gan gynnwys:

· Dewisiadau figanaidd

· Dewisiadau di-glwten

· Llaeth ceirch

· Llaeth buwch hanner sgim


Rhowch wybod i Sian os oes gennych chi unrhyw ofynion dietegol eraill.


Gwybodaeth archebu

Mae’r digwyddiad am ddim ond mae llefydd yn gyfyngedig, felly mae’n rhaid archebu.

Archebwch eich lle drwy Eventbrite. Os na fyddwch chi’n gallu dod ar ôl archebu, dylech ganslo eich archeb neu roi gwybod i Sian fel bod rhywun arall yn gallu dod yn eich lle chi.


Diolch i Gelfyddydau Anabledd Cymru am eu cyngor.

Cefnogir gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru ac Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol Max Reinhardt drwy Wobr Goffa Alexandra Reinhardt

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Elysium Gallery, 16 College Street, Swansea, United Kingdom

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