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We are taking part in the Wales in Venice Invigilator+ programme in 2026, and applications are now open!

Available to BA Fine Art students, we are looking for two students to take part in a funded opportunity for early-career practitioners to:

🌍 Gain international experience
🤝 Grow professional networks
🖌️ Develop their creative practice in a globally renowned context

You will spend four weeks in Venice, acting as an ambassador for the Wales in Venice exhibition. You’ll engage with visitors, support the exhibition’s impact, and immerse yourself in the wider Biennale environment.

⏳ Applications close Friday 20th February at 4pm
📅 Interviews will take place Tuesday 10 March

The application form and guidance can be found via the link in bio 🔗 If you have any questions, please contact Sean Edwards.

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Rydym yn cymryd rhan yn rhaglen Goruchwyliwr Cymru yn Fenis+ yn 2026, ac mae ceisiadau bellach ar agor!

Ar gael i fyfyrwyr BA Celfyddyd Gain, rydym yn chwilio am ddau fyfyriwr i gymryd rhan mewn cyfle a ariennir i ymarferwyr gyrfa gynnar:

🌍 Ennill profiad rhyngwladol
🤝 Tyfu rhwydweithiau proffesiynol
🖌️ Datblygu eu hymarfer creadigol mewn cyd-destun byd-enwog

Byddwch yn treulio pedair wythnos yn Fenis, yn gweithredu fel llysgennad ar gyfer arddangosfa Cymru yn Fenis. Byddwch yn ymgysylltu ag ymwelwyr, yn cefnogi effaith yr arddangosfa, ac yn ymgolli yn amgylchedd ehangach yn Biennale.

⏳ Mae ceisiadau’n cau ddydd Gwener, 20 Chwefror am 4yp
📅 Cynhelir cyfweliadau ddydd Mawrth, 10 Mawrth

Gellir dod o hyd i’r ffurflen gais a’r canllawiau drwy’r ddolen yn y bio 🔗 Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau, cysylltwch â Sean Edwards.

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𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵:

1. 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸, 2019
2. 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹, 𝘴𝘪𝘹-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 2017 (𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘺)

Our second-year BA Architecture students have been creating traditional massing models from clay, before learning how to optimise digital models ready for 3D printing. They can choose to advance and fire their models to presentation standard, or reclaim the clay to be used again ♻

Alongside these traditional practices we're building their AI toolkit, allowing students to choose the blend that works for them.

Why? Because the best practitioners understand craft first.

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Mae myfyrwyr yn eu hail flwyddyn ar y radd BA Pensaernïaeth wedi bod yn creu modelau traddodiadol o glai, cyn dysgu sut i optimeiddio modelau digidol yn barod ar gyfer argraffu 3D. Gallant ddewis datblygu a thanio eu modelau i'w cyflwyno, neu adennill y clai i'w ddefnyddio eto ♻

Ochr yn ochr â'r arferion traddodiadol hyn rydym yn adeiladu eu pecyn cymorth AI, gan ganiatáu i fyfyrwyr ddewis y cymysgedd sydd fwyaf addas iddyn nhw.

Pam? Mae'r ymarferwyr gorau yn deall crefft yn gyntaf.

Dr Teksin Kopanoglu invited Product Design students to imagine the future of healthcare. Drawing on Teksin's research into the unintended consequences of healthcare technologies, students developed speculative designs that critiqued the positive and negative implications of smart products.

BA Product Design student Beth Chadburn proposed a self-monitoring system aimed at normalising conversations about vaginal health. Inspired by terrariums, the system includes a visual display that reacts to data, helping individuals to understand fluctuations in their natural microbiome.

Beth also discussed her final year research on the CSAD Podcast, in which she examines how androcentric biometric data in medical research reduces the effectiveness of female hip replacement design.

Listen to the episode here https://open.spotify.com/episode/08HWySZO4hIhVgGfgXkTti?si=uS0t2B7mRNOuZuuTugVY8Q

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆

The Pigment Library fosters a deeper understanding of materials and colour, with a particular emphasis on responsible sourcing and regenerative practices. The Library helps participants in building meaningful and informed relationships with different materials and their locale.

Established in 2023 by Technician Demonstrator Laura Lillie and developed in collaboration with students, the physical collection is linked to a digital resource and holds mineral pigments, waste-stream colourants, and high-chroma lake pigments extracted from the plant and fungi kingdom.

Many of the cultivated colour sources have been harvested on our Llandaff campus from the Sustainable Growing Futures botanical dye garden, and can be used to make paints, printmaking and drawing inks, pastels, surface finishes, and bio-composites.

𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀

Shared Decision Making (SDM) is a collaborative process where healthcare professionals and patients make joint treatment decisions. Relying on clear communication and informative resources, Senior Lecturer Amelia Huw Morgan and Health Sciences staff are researching illustration’s role in aiding SDM.

In a Welsh Government-supported project, master's students co-produced information resources on administering hydrocortisone injections correctly, steroid management, and the risks/benefits of sodium valproate.

Results showed that illustration can reduce misunderstandings during consultations by providing effective support materials.

Are you applying for an art or design course at university? Want to elevate your portfolio with hands-on, creative, and sustainable work?

Join our Saturday Portfolio Builder Course - a three-session programme designed to help you craft a compelling, university-ready portfolio using expressive, experimental, and digital techniques.

🎨 Build a diverse and creative portfolio
⚡️ Learn sustainable, expressive, and digital techniques
🗣 Gain confidence in your artistic voice
🔥 Receive expert guidance from experienced educators
🎓 Connect with like-minded peers preparing for university

Who: Students aged 16-18 applying to University January 2026 onward
Cost: £95 for all 3 sessions
All essential materials included

Find out more and book 🔗 https://estore.cardiffmet.ac.uk/C20898_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=390

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Ydych chi'n gwneud cais am gwrs celf neu ddylunio yn y brifysgol? Eisiau codi eich portffolio gyda gwaith ymarferol, creadigol a chynaliadwy?

Ymunwch â'n Cwrs Adeiladu Portffolio — rhaglen tair sesiwn, a fydd yn digwydd ar ddyddiau Sadwrn, a gynlluniwyd i'ch helpu i lunio portffolio cymhellol, parod ar gyfer y brifysgol gan ddefnyddio technegau mynegiannol, arbrofol a digidol.

🎨 Adeiladu portffolio amrywiol a chreadigol
⚡️Dysgu technegau cynaliadwy, mynegiannol a digidol
🗣 Meithrin hyder yn eich llais artistig
🔥 Derbyniwch arweiniad arbenigol gan addysgwyr profiadol
🎓 Cysylltwch â chyfoedion o'r un anian sy'n paratoi ar gyfer prifysgol

Pwy: Myfyrwyr 16–18 oed yn gwneud cais i brifysgol o fis Ionawr 2026 ymlaen
Cost: £95 am y 3 sesiwn
Mae’r holl ddeunyddiau hanfodol wedi'u cynnwys

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴, 2025, 𝘉𝘈 (𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘴) 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦

Proceed At Own Risk...

BA Photography graduate, Jack Hughes, had his degree show project ‘PROCEED AT OWN RISK’ selected from hundreds of other students across the UK to become one of Source Magazine's selected graduate photographers.

In his project, Jack used photography to document a 160-mile walk he made from Cardiff to his first home in Great Bedwyn.

His work was selected by Michael Itkoff, the founder of Daylight Books, who described the work as “A heartfelt documentation of a long journey home, this project is both intimate and isolated. Making such a long pilgrimage leaves ample room for reflection and introspection, and these sparse landscapes are evidence of both.”

Well done Jack!

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Ewch Ymlaen Ar Eich Risg Eich Hun...

Dewiswyd prosiect sioe gradd Jack Hughes, graddedig BA Ffotograffiaeth, ‘PROCEED AT OWN RISK’ o blith cannoedd o fyfyrwyr eraill ledled y DU i ddod yn un o ffotograffwyr graddedig dethol Source Magazine.

Yn ei brosiect, defnyddiodd Jack ffotograffiaeth i ddogfennu taith gerdded 160 milltir a wnaeth o Gaerdydd i’w gartref cyntaf yn Great Bedwyn.

Dewiswyd ei waith gan Michael Itkoff, sylfaenydd Daylight Books, a ddisgrifiodd y gwaith fel “Dogfennaeth galonnog o daith hir adref, mae’r prosiect hwn a theimlad o agosatrwydd ac ynysigrwydd. Mae gwneud pererindod mor hir yn gadael digon o le i fyfyrio ac ymyrryd ac mae’r tirweddau prin hyn yn dystiolaeth o’r ddau."

Da iawn Jack!

📢 GRADUATE OPPORTUNITY 📢

Applications for the 2026 Freelands Studio Fellowships are now open!

The Studio Fellowship programme offers artists funding for a year, a personal studio within the setting of one of the partner universities' art departments, and dedicated time and support to develop their individual artistic practice.

Cardiff School of Art & Design graduate AJ Stockwell is currently completing their Fellowship with the University of Dundee, and we are hosting Bath Spa University graduate, Kelsey Cruz Martin.

Applications close at 10am Monday 27 October 2025. For further information, T&Cs and how to apply please click here 🔗 https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk/engage/apply/fellowships/freelands-studio-fellowships-2026

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵:

1. 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘻 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯
2. '𝘈 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦', 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘻 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯, 2023.
3 & 4. '𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯', 𝘈𝘑 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 2019-2020 © 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺.

Introducing Rudaina Chowdhury, our Breakthrough Artist Fellow for 2025-26.

The Artists Futures Fund Breakthrough Artist Fellowship focuses on supporting promising emerging artists who face a range of significant economic, social, cultural, physical and mental health barriers so they can forge sustainable careers as visual artists.

Rudaina's practice explores trauma, memory, and the universality of suffering and resilience. Through 3D structures, performance and moving image work, Rudaina's work reminds us that even in pain, there is always the possibility of renewal.

Read more here 🔗 https://www.artistsfuturesfund.org/2025-26-fellows/rudaina-chowdhury

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1. From flesh to field, 2025.

📢 Cardiff Open Art School is back! 📢

We're opening our doors this autumn with a new range of exciting evening and weekend short courses, and there's something for everyone.

✏️ Introduction to Drawing
🚶🏾‍♂️ Life Drawing
🧘🏾‍♀️ Mindful Drawing – DoodleEase (Creative Neurographic Mindfulness Course)
🔮 Mystic Visions: A journey into the Surreal & Sublime
🏃🏽 Painting the Human Figure
🌳 Introduction to Acrylic Landscape Painting
🍎 Still Life Painting
🖌 Introduction to Watercolour Painting
✂️ Reduction Linocut Printing
🖍 Collograph Printmaking

It doesn't matter if you're an experienced artist or designer or if you've never picked up a pencil or paintbrush before, the courses and workshops are a great way of trying out new skills or developing existing ones.

Click here to find out more and book 🔗 https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/school-of-art-and-design/cardiff-open-art-school/courses/