Friday 12th July 2013, 10am - 12 noon - Cardiff Story, Cardiff

Dear All

The Story of Gypsies & Travellers in Cardiff. The Romani Cultural and Arts Company invites you to the launch of ‘TALES FROM THE TRAILER’, an exciting innovative exhibition that captures 20 distinct stories from the cultures of 2 very different Gypsy and Traveller (GT) communities across the sites in Cardiff.

The exhibition provides a unique new digital platform for the creation of a touring multi-media exhibition to preserve and promote this culture both to the Gypsy and Traveller communities throughout Wales and also to the “settled” community nationally.The project from start to finish has been steered and led by the GT community to ensure a true representation of the Cardiff GT community, it’s values, beliefs and realities.

The exhibition will be open to the public from 12th July 2013 until 28th August 2013 and will make accessible the spoken history records, images and documents showing the life journey and history of the GT community. The partners behind the project also include St Fagans National History Museum and The Cardiff Story.

Julie Morgan AM said "I am very pleased that Tales from the Trailer is being presented by the Romani Cultural and Arts Company. It is very important that the stories and culture of Gypsies and Travellers are preserved. It is right that they are kept for their own importance, but also to let everyone know about this rich tradition – unfortunately so many people don’t know about this. This is an exciting and much-needed project and I’m proud to support it."

We do hope that you can join us at the launch on 12th July in Cardiff. This is a unique exhibition and is set to challenge some of the misperceptions of the wider public.

Please email me on: isaacblake@romaniarts.co.uk to inform me of your desire to attend on 12th July in Cardiff.

Tales from the Trailer web-site: http://talesfromthetrailer.romaniarts.co.uk

Kushti Bok; be well

Good luck and good health

Isaac Blake Director of the Romani Cultural and Arts Company