Under my leadership, The Romani Cultural & Arts Company have successfully secured a grant from Arts Council of Wales to further develop our groundbreaking GypsyMaker project.

Over 2018, GypsyMaker 3 will see further work by:

Daniel Baker 

Shamus McPhee …

An Arts Council of Wales funded project gets the green light

The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is proud to announce a new exhibition of works by the artist Billy Kerry. This exciting installation of specially commissioned artworks is the latest in our…

Delivered through the medium of English

Taliesin Arts Centre

Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PZ

Friday 20 January…

Through the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups (NFGLG) Isaac Blake RCAC (Romani Cultural Arts Company) has been chosen to represent NFGLG for the UK at the October 2016 Roma Youth Conference in Bratislava.

It is a requirement that a young person should also attend this meeting and Lisa Smith from…

Just to let everyone know that the Arts Council is looking for the next group of Creative Agents.  Please get involved if you feel you are able, and please spread the word if you know of the perfect person for the role!  All details outlined below:

‘Arts Council of Wales are recruiting Creative Agents for the next round of the Lead Creative Schools Scheme. The deadline is15th February. Further details about the scheme, the role and the application form can be…

Who's going to Edin this summer?

The run up is starting - all systems go, start telling Everyone!

An Invitation… by Jo Fong

**** "Radical-witty and entertainingly thought-provoking” Herald Scotland

Dance Base, Grassmarket, Edinburgh

British Council Edinburgh Showcase

25th and 26th August

2.15 and 4pm daily

£10/(£8)

To book tickets…

A presentation was delivered by Isaac Blake, director of the Romani Cultural and Arts Company (Cardiff, United Kingdom). 

31st March, 2015, 6 pm

Gallery8 – Roma Contemporary Art Space

Mátyás tér 13., 1084 Budapest, Hungary

The…

Dr Daniel Baker has two summer exhibitions:

The Cardiff Story Museum – The Old Library The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1BH – FREE ADMISSION Open Monday to Saturday 10am – 4pm

An Arts Council of Wales funded project gets the green light

Daniel Baker’s ‘Makeshifting: structures of mobility’ opens 1st June to 13th…

An Arts Council of Wales funded project gets the green light

The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is proud to announce an exciting new project that will see established and emerging Gypsy and Traveller artists develop innovative works while engaging the Gypsy, Traveller community and wider public in an ongoing dialogue about their inspiration and cultural perspectives.

Daniel Baker will be our established artist for the 2014-15 pilot year. He is a Romani Gypsy. An…

Suitably staged (and not just for seniors, but for families and young people, too) at 2.30 on a Sunday afternoon, Stepping into Spring drew a good-sized, intergenerational crowd. It was a joyful experience, and I was moved to tears of joy more than once.

Dressed in his Sunday best shorts and t shirt and straight from the surf so he said, Age Cymru’s new Chief Executive, Ian Thomas, made the introductions to this Gwanwyn Festival event: the culmination of a…

Tin Shed Theatre Co. had some good news today.



The Arts Council Wales have accepted our application for 3 days Research and Development working toward a large scale outdoor performance of Macbeth at Raglan Castle.



Readers of this Blog may have seen my post in December about Castle Hunting in Wales with Phil Regan from North Wilts Theatre (you can read it …

Hello all, 

Some of you might remember that last Autumn we collaborated with Watershed, Bristol to produce a Digital Producers Labs programme for a group of 12 Digital Producers from Wales. 

Supported by Arts Council Wales, Watershed’s Digital Producers Lab was the first programme of its kind to take place in the country. It aims to train a brilliant cohort of Digital Producers, who will go on to support each other, create new business opportunities and enable audiences to…

Getting to grips with Arduino

Today was the start of Digital Producers Lab in the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol. The day included talks and…

This exhibition of commissioned artworks by the Romani artist Daniel Baker examines the aesthetic power and wider influence of Romani visuality across the boundaries of culture and language. The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is proud to announce that the exhibition will move to Ty Hywel at The National Assembly for Wales in September…

Date: 22 June – 13 July 2013

Venue: The Riverfront, Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport NP20 1HG

Admission: FREE

Organisers – The Romani Cultural & Arts Company

The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate discussion and participation amongst the Gypsy,…

Monday 24th June 2013, 7pm-9pm, Riverfront, Newport

Shine

Exploring the Power and influence of Romani Visual Culture

The Romani Cultural & Arts Company is delighted to invite you to a private viewing and launch of ‘Shine’. This is an exhibition of newly commissioned…

Hey all,

Yesterday I did a presentation at the British Council, which was streamed live, apparently there were over 300 viewers on the Japanese Language stream (The feed was streamed to two channels- one with English Translation, and one with Japanese Translation!) always interesting to move from behind the camera to in front!

The British Council took some photos of the event, which…

Hey everyone,

You may or may not know that last week I was in Morocco and Tunisia on a digital arts recce with the British Council. It was a fascinating time, meeting with digital artists and arts officials/ organisations from across both of the wonderful countries.

Some of the highlights:

• On the first day, entering my first Riad- down a dusty street, to find a place of absolute tranquility, where we had a rooftop meeting with the Marraketch…