VITAL PLACES II A seminar held on Wednesday 23 March 2016 10am–4pm. We all have favourite places. They are the back-drop of our lives. The places where we meet, spend time visiting, and the places we live in. Places are constantly evolving, and reflect our changing lives and the everyday world around us. The [...]
From 25 February 2016, The Lab showcased the results (so far) of the Big Map project which Confluence partners iDeA Architects ran between August and October last year. The Big Map exhibition summarised the findings that came out of seven workshops, which consulted local stakeholders, including residents, traders and town planners, in an arts-led process [...]
Watch an intro to the Lab - a short film about the project by film maker Sharron Harris.
Through Spring/Summer 2016 BAFTA award-winning artist film-maker Karen Ingham created Pembrokeshire Drovers: an artist film installation, which was shown as part of Haverfordwest Festival Week in July 2016, and in Oriel y Parc, St David’s throughout August. Pembrokeshire Drovers is a socially engaged, site -responsive moving image artwork that draws on and reflects upon the interrelationships between Haverfordwest and the rural and coastal hinterland it serves. – [...]
Four short consultation events to begin the process of commissioning a contemporary public art work in Haverfordwest were held on Thursday 25 February 12.30- 1.30pm and 5.30- 6.30pm and Saturday 27 February 11.30am -12.30pm and 2.00 – 3.00pm. Each session began with a short presentation on what artists are doing in other towns and cities across [...]
Watch Sharron Harris’s film of Serena Korda’s Black Diamond.
How can Art play a part in regenerating our County Town? An Open Space event held on Thursday 19 November 2015, 10am–4pm at The Lab. With the help of independent facilitators, Making the Connections aimed to provide a platform to explore how art can make a difference in Haverfordwest and inform the role that the Confluence [...]
An evening talk by artist and photographer John Kippin was held on Wednesday 18 November 2015 7pm at the Lab Haverfordwest. Featured image: (HIDDEN), NATIONAL PARK, NORTHUMBERLAND, 1991, From the portfolio Nostalgia for the future, a solo retrospective at The Photographer’s Gallery, London A fantastic opportunity to hear about John’s work as an artist and photographer [...]
The River of Lights lantern parade took place on Saturday 31 October 2015 from 6pm at the Lab. Taking the story of the Skeleton Woman and the Fisherman as its starting point, River of Lights used the river Cleddau as the backdrop and inspiration for a spectacular lantern procession celebrating the county town and its [...]
As part of the River of Lights project 2015, the following workshops were held. Drop-in lantern making workshops in the Lab Haverfordwest 10.30am-4pm on Monday 26, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October 2015 Drop-in workshops Maenclochog, Clarbeston Road and Narberth facilitated by SPAN Arts Cheerful project 10.30am-4pm Sunday 25 October – Bloomfield House, Narberth 10.30am-4pm, [...]
