Ruth Sargeant

//Ruth Sargeant

Ruth’s story

29 September 2017|Changing perceptions, Feedback on the programme, Ruth Sargeant, Support for art and regeneration, The story so far, What art can be|

Ruth Sargeant, Artist “I first heard about Confluence through a West Wales network of artists that I belong to. And then a friend of mine, Penny,  told me that she had heard about the Riverside studio spaces that were available in Haverfordwest  and, even though I have my own set up, I thought ‘why not?’ [...]

An Impression of Haverfordwest

4 November 2016|Artsheds, Changing perceptions, Gina Hughes, Haverfordwest Festival Week, Ideas Lab, Projects, Ruth Sargeant|

Using clay, ink and liquid latex Ruth Sargeant and Gina Hughes set out to create a forensic collage, recording the actual textures of the town and its people. Participants were invited to join in by donating palm prints and by taking and recording their own impressions around the town. Demonstrations were given at the [...]

PLATFORM

7 October 2016|Jacob Whittaker, News, PLATFORM, Projects, Rhôd, Ruth Jones & Andy Wheddon, Ruth Sargeant, Seán Vicary, What art can be|

Over 3 days, PLATFORM presented Haverfordwest as a stage for a programme of new commissions and existing artworks by artists living in and around Pembrokeshire. The programme reflected the diversity and depth of contemporary arts practice in the region, and included artists’ film, installation and performance that together created a body of work that was [...]

Ideas Lab

28 September 2016|Artsheds, Clive Anderson, Film$4Change, Fran Evans, Haverfordwest Festival Week, Heidi Baker, Ideas Lab, Maddie Janes, News, Pauline Le Britton, penny d jones, Ruth Sargeant, Sharron Harris, Small World Theatre, Transition Haverfordwest|

Since launching in February 2016, Ideas Lab has been working with small scale projects to test ideas for arts and regeneration in Haverfordwest. Getting off to a flying start with Make 4- a series of Saturday Family-friendly art workshops in March 2016, led by artist Louise Bird, Ideas Lab will have provided support to enable 18 [...]

Ruth Sargeant

7 September 2016|Collaborators, PLATFORM, Ruth Sargeant|

HWYL The children of Fenton Primary School worked with artist and maker Ruth Sargeant to produce an installation of over 400 handmade porcelain vessels, each with an individual drawing. The vessels were lit at a closing ceremony and presented back to the school for dispersal in support of future projects. Porcelain has been chosen for its’ [...]

Artsheds

6 June 2016|Artsheds, Gina Hughes, Haverfordwest Festival Week, Ideas Lab, Pauline Le Britton, penny d jones, Ruth Sargeant|

In early 2016, a newly established Haverfordwest Festival Committee approached the Confluence partnership looking for ‘family friendly' art activities throughout a newly planned summer festival week. The Artsheds project was designed and produced by Pip Lewis from spacetocreate, one of the Confluence partners, in response to this request and created in partnership with Haverfordwest Town Council and [...]