Please see classes for more information on both beginner and intermediate classes in Tai Chi and Yoga.

Peter Seabourne will be running 3 Saturday classes for both beginners and the more experienced. Peter’s relaxed and welcoming style ensures his classes are always popular, so it is essential to book ahead.

Saturday 25th September

Saturday 30th October

Saturday 20th November

10am – 3pm

£ 20 per class

For more information and to book your place please contact Arts Alive on 01873 811579 or info@artsalivewales.org.uk

Also Arts Alive Presents 3 Life Drawing Performances in sound, light and movement devised and performed by Denni Dennis

12th October – The Ballet Barre

2nd November – A Crown for a Prince

7th December – Angels on Earth

7 – 10pm

£15 on the door.

Please bring your…

Woodlands Family Fun Day at Llangattock Beechwoods
Thursday 19 August 2010
11am to 1pm and
2pm to 4pm

Llangattock Community Woodlands Group is hosting a day of creative woodland fun for families next week in Llangattock Beechwoods. Activities will be run by Arts Alive and staff from Brecon Beacons National Park and the Forestry Commission. Join us for bug hunts, creative activities, skills and crafts, games and much more.

Suggested donation £5 per family. No unaccompanied children please.

Access/Location: The Beechwoods are easy to find and accessible to buggies/wheelchairs. Turn off the A4077 toward Llangattock village and take first left turn into Park Drive. The entrance…

The Arts Alive Market Hall decorations are a focal point of the Abergavenny Food Festival and each year the new theme is eagerly awaited. Last year’s sheep decorations have now been put out to pasture and there’s a real buzz in the air.

Bettina Reeves’ vision for this year’s decorations is Honey Bees and ‘A flying carpet of flowers’ (Ted Hughes). Bees and honey also feature in the opening event of the festival – a poetry reading to be given by Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke on Thursday 16 September.

The swarm will be lovingly brought to life by Arts Alive and…

Wednesday 7^th July 2010 - 7pm to 8:30 – Summer Jewellery to make and wear – Crochet pretty flowers and chains from light rafia yarn

Saturday 17^th July 2010 – 2 to 4pm – Knitting stylish clothes for babies and children using gorgeous designer yarns

Wednesday 21^st July 2010 - 7pm to 8:30 – Accessorise your home with chic handmade style – Knitted and crocheted decorations and soft furnishings

Saturday 24^th July 2010 – 2 to 4pm – Fair Isle and Norwegian style knitting with colour

Wednesday 4^th August 2010 - 7pm to 8:30 -Knit Summer Jewellery with luxury yarns – knitted beads and brooches with jewel-coloured silks and cottons

Saturday 7^th August 2010 – 2 to 4pm – Big Stitch, Little Stitch –…

Join us on Tuesday 22nd June on a London day trip to see the inspiring exhibition ‘Quilts 1700 – 2010′ at the V&A.   

This unmissable exhibition, six years in the making, is the first of its kind at the V&A and has attracted worldwide visitors with 8,000 advance bookings and nearby hotels block booked.  The quilt exhibits are both moving and inspirational, showcasing how women have used quilts to record their lives.

The ticket price of £28 includes exhibition entry and coach travel (£25 concessions).  Numbers are limited so please contact us by Tuesday 15 June to reserve your place.  We are also offering a limited number of…

Peter Seabourne is an artist with years of experience teaching both beginners and the more experienced. Peter’s relaxed and welcoming style ensures his classes are always popular, so it is essentail to book ahead.  Classes are suitable for beginners or the more experienced.

Friday 30th July

Saturday 31st July

Sunday 1st August

Monday 2nd August

Tuesday 3rd August

Wednesday 4th August

10.am – 3pm

£20 per class

(Bring a packed lunch)

The season will end with a Life Drawing Performance from Denni Dennis & complimentary glass of wine

Thursday 5th August 7 – 10pm

£15

Contact us now to book your place

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Arts Alive are pleased to announce that we are supporting Adult Learners Week from 15th – 21st May 2010 and we’d like to invite you to come along and take part in the diverse programme of free taster sessions being offered including Introduction to Art classes in Landscape, Life Drawing, Clay, Stone Carving & Print Making. We are also offering free taster sessions of Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, Street Dance, Singing, Music for Parents and Tots & a Recycled FashionWorkshop.

For more information and to book your places call 01873 811579 or email info@artsalivewales.org.uk

Green Fire Uplands is delighted to share with you a poem by Paul Blockley.  The Poem features Maen Du & Pen Y Crug.  We hope that this poem inspires you to visit the site and maybe even write a poem of your own!

The Path by Maen Du Well

Upon the hill by Maen Du well

There is a path which I can tell,

Leads on up to the Celtic fort

Where one can be alone with thought,

Where from the ring of ramparts green

The whole of Brecon can be seen,

St. John’s cathedral down below,

Passing by the Usk’s waters flow,

These sleeping slopes remember when

This hill was climbed by…

At this years Maendu Well Spring Festival, a selection of children from all the schools in the area entered the ‘Green Fire Uplands’ Welsh Words Quiz.  We had entries from Brecon High School, Cradoc, Llanfaes, Mount Street Juniors and Infants, Priory, St Josephs and Ysgol y Bannau.  We are pleased to announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

1st place was awarded to Emily Davies age 10 of Priory Primary School.  Emily translated all her welsh words and submitted a beautiful drawing of the Well.  Congratulations Emily!

2nd place is awarded to Lauren…

Saturday 24th April people in over 60 nations come together to create a global Tai Chi and Qigong energy wave. Dek Leverton invites you to join the Crickhowell World Tai Chi and Qigong event at 10am in Crickhowell Castle Grounds.

Dek runs weekly classes on Monday evenings 7.30 – 9 at Arts Alive.  The emphasis of these gentle classes is on nurturing good health and personal well being. For more information call Dek on 01495 723597.

Uplands ‘Springs’ into life at the Maendu Well

The Maendu Well Spring Festival took place on Sunday 21st March. The event was organised by Maendu Well Conservation Group in collaboration with Arts Alive and Take pART. The festival was a huge success with over 200 people turning out and enjoying the arts and crafts on offer. Arts Alive created stunning wishing well banners, Cobbles Café were on hand for some beautiful face painting, Take pART offered a printing workshop and Pilgrims supplied the yummy food!

Katie Hall – Arts Alive Project Manager said: ‘It has been a fantastic day and we are…

£30 for 6 weeks

Cathy Genevie has studied in both the USA and Britain under several exceptional teachers. Her classes reflect a deep understanding of Yoga and an awareness of the body gained through years of study and practicing therapeutic massage.

To register or for more information, please phone Cathy on 01873 737923 or turn up a few minutes early on a Thursday evening.

The Crickhowell Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers

The Guild meets weekly at the Arts Alive building. If you are interested in textile crafts and want to learn, make things of beauty and of use and be inspired, then we would love to see you. Meetings are held every Thursday from 10.30 – 3.00pm. For more information please phone 01874 625397 or just come along one week.