Adroddiad blynyddol 2001-2002 Annual Reportpdf 673K

2001/2002
Annual Report
Adroddiad Blynyddol

Facts and Figures 2001/02
Ffeithiau a Ffigurau 2001/02
Live Performances and other events:
Attendances of 79,167
Cinema:
Attendances for films are 22,709 at 277
screenings.
Community Arts and Education Service:
Over 61,500 attendances at 4,182 sessions.
Exhibitions:
Over 167,000 attendances. 25 exhibitions.
Over 72,000 attenders in Gallery 1 alone
Earned Income:
Earned income £1.6million - 72% of total
turnover. Total turnover £2.2 million
Major regional employer:
33 full time, 54 part time, 49 part time tutors
Attendances:
Over 460,000 visitors a year
Tourism:
Summer Season programme included:
• 6 week run of the Arts Centre’s own
professional production of High Society and
sculpture installation Colourscape attracting
over 7,000 visitors at the height of the tourist
season
• 4,000 people from all over the world
attending Musicfest
• A number of high quality and well attended
summer courses and workshops
• Major summer exhibition programme
Perfformiadau byw a digwyddiadau eraill:
79,167 o ymweliadau.
Sinema:
22,709 o ymweliadau â 277 o ffilmiau
Gwasanaeth Addysg a Chelfyddydau
Cymunedol:
Bu dros 61,500 yn bresennol mewn 4,182 o
sesiynau.
Arddangosfeydd:
Dros 167,000 o ymweliadau â 25 o
arddangosfeydd. Cafwyd dros 72,000 o
ymweliadau ag Oriel 1 yn unig
Incwm a Enillwyd:
Enillwyd £1.6 miliwn o incwm - 72% o'r holl
drosiant. Holl drosiant £2.2 miliwn
Un o brif gyflogwyr yr ardal:
33 llawn amser, 54 rhan amser, 49 o
diwtoriaid rhan amser
Ymwelwyr:
Dros 460,000 o ymweliadau y flwyddyn
Twristiaeth:
Roedd rhaglen Tymor yr Haf yn cynnwys:
• Cynhyrchiad proffesiynol Canolfan y
Celfyddydau o High Society dros 6 wythnos
a’r gosodwaith Colourscape yn denu dros
7,000 o ymwelwyr pan oedd y tymor
ymwelwyr yn ei anterth
• Daeth 4,000 o bobl o bedwar ban byd i
Musicfest
• Nifer o gyrsiau a gweithdai da a phoblogaidd
dros yr haf
• Rhaglen arddangosfeydd o safon uchel dros
yr haf
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Contents
Cynnwys
Foreword 3
Introduction 4
Performing Arts 5
Performing Arts - Education 7
Visual Arts - Exhibitions Programme 9
Visual Arts - Education 11
Festival Programme 13
Cinema 15
Trading & Conferences 16
Figures / Financial Information 17
Business & Community Support 18
Rhagair 3
Cyflwyniad 4
Y Celfyddydau Perfformio 5
Addysg y Celfyddydau Perfformio 7
Celfyddydau Gweledol - Y Rhaglen Arddangosfeydd 9
Addysg y Celfyddydau Gweledol 11
Rhaglen Wyliau 13
Sinema 15
Masnachu a Chynadleddau 16
Ffigurau / Gwybodaeth Ariannol 17
Cefnogaeth Busnesau a’r Gymuned 18
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Foreword
Rhagair
Derec Llwyd Morgan – Vice-Chancellor &
Principal, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
The Arts Centre is now one of the wonders of
Wales. It provides Ceredigion and a large
swathe of Wales with performances, exhibitions,
workshops and classes that are the envy of
many metropolitan communities. I am very
proud of it. Every university should seek to
contribute to the culture and entertainment of
the society it serves. The University of Wales,
Aberystwyth does so most prominently through
the Arts Centre. Long may that continue.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the
Director’s Report, and to congratulate him and
his staff on another splendid year’s work.
Derec Llwyd Morgan – Is-Ganghellor a
Phrifathro, Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth
Ni all neb beidio â rhyfeddu at Ganolfan y
Celfyddydau, – at yr adeilad ac at yr hyn a
ddigwydd ynddo. Y mae cyfoeth ac amrywiaeth
y perfformiadau, yr arddangosfeydd, a’r
dosbarthiadau a geir yno yn wirioneddol ragorol,
ac yn fendith fawr i fywyd Ceredigion, a darnau
helaeth o Gymru yn ogystal. Heb os, y mae gan
bob prifysgol gyfraniad i’w wneud i ddiwylliant a
difyrrwch y gymdeithas y mae’n ei
gwasanaethu. Drwy’r Ganolfan hon y gwna
Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth ei chyfraniad
amlycaf i’r pethau dyrchafol, diddan hynny.
Y mae’n hyfrydwch cael llunio rhagair byr fel
hwn i Adroddiad y Cyfarwyddwr, ac i’w
longyfarch ef a’i staff ar flwyddyn lwyddiannus
arall.
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Alan Hewson - Director,
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Introduction
It is not surprising, after the enormous success
of our first full year of operation following our
major redevelopment, that our second year
would be one of consolidation. But this has not
been a year of standing still, there have been
many achievements which this report
celebrates.
The report shows that at the core of the work of
the Arts Centre lies its artistic programme. The
three main elements in delivering this
programme are creation, presentation and
participation and it is the co-ordinated
interlinking of these three elements that lies at
the heart of the Arts Centre’s success.
This report also illustrates our desire to continue
to explore new ways of developing our audience
through special projects, new festivals and
through focused seasons of work.
Physical improvements to our facilities have also
continued with the new Piazza Café and the
commencement of construction of La Scala, the
major sculpture commission, which marks the
second phase of the development of the piazza.
The success of our programme has also meant
that only two years after the redevelopment we
are now planning new dance and drama studios
to cope with the ever increasing demand.
Financially it has also been a very successful
year for the Arts Centre. The substantial gains
from the previous year were maintained and for
the first time for some years a small surplus was
achieved. Sponsorship was also substantially
increased, a considerable achievement in the
current economic climate. The Centre
maintained its high ratio of earned income as a
percentage of the £2.2 million total turnover at
72%, one of the highest in the UK for a mixed
programme arts centre. Additional good news
was the Arts Council of Wales’s decision, after
many years of discussion and lobbying, to
recognise the regional and national significance
of the Arts Centre by substantially increasing its
revenue contribution.
On a lighter but still gratifying note, the success
of the Arts Centre team in winning the inaugural
All Wales Management Team Challenge against
89 of some of the top companies in Wales was
the cherry on the cake for another excellent
year at the Centre.
Awards
• Winners of the inaugral Wales Management
Team Challenge
• Regional winners of the Wales Management
Team Challenge
• Shortlisted for ‘Tourism Attraction of the
Year’ by Wales Tourist Board
• Shortlisted for award in the Wales Language
Board’s Bilingual Design Awards 2002
(second year running)
Alan Hewson - Cyfarwyddwr,
Canolfan y Celfyddydau
Cyflwyniad
Ar ôl llwyddiant enfawr ein blwyddyn lawn gyntaf
ar ôl y gwaith ailddatblygu mawr, nid yw’n
syndod mai cyfnod o atgyfnerthu oedd ein hail
flwyddyn. Ond nid ydym wedi sefyll yn llonydd –
llwyddwyd i gyflawni llawer fel y dengys yr
adroddiad hwn.
Un peth y mae’r adroddiad yn ei ddangos yw
mai ei rhaglen artistig yw calon gweithgareddau
Canolfan y Celfyddydau. Tair prif elfen y gwaith
o gyflenwi’r rhaglen hon yw creu, cyflwyno a
chyfranogi ac mae’r Ganolfan yn llwyddo am ei
bod yn cydgysylltu’r tair elfen hyn yn effeithiol.
Dengys yr adroddiad hwn hefyd ein bod yn
dymuno parhau i chwilio am ffyrdd newydd o
ddatblygu ein cynulleidfa trwy brosiectau
arbennig, gwyliau newydd a thymhorau o waith
ymroddgar.
Rydym wedi parhau i wella ein cyfleusterau trwy
agor caffi newydd ar y piazza a dechrau
adeiladu La Scala, y cerflun comisiwn, sydd
wedi’i gynnwys yn ail ran y gwaith o ddatblygu’r
piazza. Un mesur o lwyddiant ein rhaglen yw
ein bod yn awr, ddim ond dwy flynedd ar ôl
ailddatblygu'r Ganolfan, yn cynllunio stiwdios
dawns a drama newydd mewn ymateb i’r
cynnydd yn y galw.
Yn ariannol, bu’n flwyddyn lwyddiannus iawn i’r
Ganolfan. Llwyddwyd i barhau â'r cynnydd a
wnaed yn y flwyddyn flaenorol ac, am y tro
cyntaf ers rhai blynyddoedd, roedd gennym
ychydig dros ben. Bu cynnydd sylweddol yn y
nawdd a gawsom, sy’n gryn gamp yn yr
hinsawdd economaidd presennol. Llwyddodd y
Ganolfan i sicrhau bod 72% o’r trosiant o £2.2
miliwn yn incwm a enillwyd. Mae’r ganran hon
ymhlith yr uchaf yn y D.U. ar gyfer canolfan
gelfyddydau sydd â rhaglen gymysg. Roeddem
yn falch iawn hefyd pan benderfynodd Cyngor
Celfyddydau Cymru, ar ôl blynyddoedd lawer o
drafod a lobïo, i gydnabod pwysigrwydd
Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn rhanbarthol ac yn
genedlaethol, trwy gynyddu ei gyfraniad refeniw
yn sylweddol.
Ar nodyn ysgafnach, roeddem wrth ein bodd
hefyd pan lwyddodd tîm Canolfan y Celfyddydau
i ennill Sialens Timau Rheoli Cymru mewn
cystadleuaeth yn erbyn 89 o gwmnïau gorau
Cymru. Tipyn o gamp!
Gwobrau
• Enillwyr Sialens Timau Rheoli Cymru ym mlwyddyn
gyntaf y gystadleuaeth
• Enillwyr Rhanbarthol Sialens Timau Rheoli Cymru
• Ar y rhestr fer ar gyfer gwobr ‘Atyniad Twristiaeth y
Flwyddyn’ gan Fwrdd Croeso Cymru
• Ar y rhestr fer yng nghystadleuaeth Gwobrau
Dylunio Dwyieithrwydd 2002 gan Fwrdd yr Iaith
Gymraeg (am yr ail flwyddyn o’r bron)
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Performing Arts
Celfyddydau Perfformio
The Arts Centre, as the major regional venue for
Mid Wales, presents a wide ranging programme
of high quality performances and special events.
In this second full year since the redevelopment,
the Arts Centre has been able to consolidate the
range of work on offer, continuing to present
work of the highest quality from around the
world to audiences.
Canolfan y Celfyddydau yw prif ganolfan y
celfyddydau perfformio yn y Canolbarth ac
mae’n cyflwyno rhaglen amrywiol o
berfformiadau a digwyddiadau arbennig o safon
uchel. Yn yr ail flwyddyn lawn ers y gwaith
ailddatblygu, mae’r Ganolfan wedi llwyddo i
ychwanegu at y gwahanol fathau o waith a
gynigir gan barhau i gyflwyno gwaith o’r
ansawdd uchaf o bedwar ban byd i’w
chynulleidfaoedd.
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Highlights in 2001/02 included:
Companies and performers of the highest
calibre – one of the highlights of the drama
programme was Cymru Theatr Clwyd’s
excellent production of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Other companies included Compass Theatre
Company, Red Shift, Actors Touring Company,
European Union Chamber Orchestra, Opera
Della Luna and Ballet Ireland.
Ymhlith uchafbwyntiau 2001/02 roedd:
Cwmnïau a pherfformwyr o safon ragorol –
un o uchafbwyntiau’r rhaglen ddrama oedd
cynhyrchiad ardderchog Cymru Theatr Clwyd o
To Kill a Mockingbird. Ymhlith y cwmnïau eraill
a ymwelodd â’r Ganolfan roedd Compass
Theatre Company, Red Shift, Actors Touring
Company, Cerddorfa Siambr yr Undeb
Ewropeaidd, Opera Della Luna a Ballet Ireland
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International Work – A highlight of the
international work was the Japanese season, to
mark the Japan/ UK Festival. It encompassed
dance, drama and music with Japanese
companies including Gekidan Kaitaisha,
Idevian Crew and Ensemble Tozai. Other
international visiting companies included Goat
Island (USA), Diquis Tiquis (Costa Rica), and
Jaleo (Spain).
Wales based companies of national renown,
performing in both languages – including
Diversions Dance Company, BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Cymru Theatr Clwyd,
Theatr Gwynedd, Theatr Bara Caws, Arad
Goch, India Dance Wales, Torch Theatre, Mid
Wales Opera and Music Theatre Wales with
their Welsh première of The Electrification of the
Soviet Union.
Arts Centre Youth and Community
Productions included successful productions of
The Ash Girl, Bugsy Malone, Clockwork Orange
and Oh What a Lovely War!
Gwaith Rhyngwladol – Roedd y tymor
Japaneaidd a gynhaliwyd i ddathlu G˘yl Japan/
D.U. yn un o uchafbwyntiau’r gwaith
rhyngwladol. Roedd yn cynnwys dawns, drama
a cherddoriaeth a chafwyd ymweliadau gan
gwmnïau Japaneaidd fel Gekidan Kaitaisha,
Idevian Crew ac Ensemble Tozai. Ymhlith y
cwmnïau rhyngwladol eraill a ddaeth i’r
Ganolfan roedd Goat Island (UDA), Diquis
Tiquis (Costa Rica), a Jaleo (Sbaen)
Cwmnïau o Gymru – cafwyd ymweliadau gan
gwmnïau Cymreig o safon uchel, gyda
pherfformiadau yn y ddwy iaith e.e. Cwmni
Dawns Diversions, Cerddorfa Genedlaethol
Gymreig y BBC, Cymru Theatr Clwyd, Theatr
Gwynedd, Theatr Bara Caws, Arad Goch, India
Dance Wales, Torch Theatre, Mid Wales Opera
a Music Theatre Wales â’u première Cymreig o
The Electrification of the Soviet Union.
Cynyrchiadau Ieuenctid a Chymunedol
Canolfan y Celfyddydau – cafwyd
cynyrchiadau llwyddiannus o The Ash Girl,
Bugsy Malone, Clockwork Orange ac Oh What
a Lovely War!
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1. High Society - Aberystwyth Arts Centre /
High Society - Canolfan y Celfyddydau
Aberystwyth
2. Sooty / Sooty
3. Ruddigore - Opera Della Luna / Ruddigore
- Opera Della Luna
4. Diquis Tiquis (Costa Rica) / Diquis Tiquis
(Costa Rica)
5. BBC National Orchestra of Wales /
Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymraeg y BBC
6. Colourscape / Colourscape
7. Hank Marvin / Hank Marvin
8. The European Union Chamber Orchestra /
Cerddorfa Siambr yr Undeb Ewropeaidd
Summer Season - The Arts Centre's own
professional theatre production for summer
2001 was High Society. The show ran for 45
performances with excellent reviews and
subsequently toured to Swansea Grand Theatre
to open their autumn season. In addition
Colourscape, the inflatable sculpture
installation, returned for a week long run in mid
August, as usual to enthusiastic and
appreciative visitors.
Sioe Haf - High Society oedd cynhyrchiad
theatr proffesiynol Canolfan y Celfyddydau ar
gyfer haf 2001. Cafwyd 45 o berfformiadau ac
roedd yr adolygiadau'n ardderchog. Yn
ddiweddarach, cafwyd perfformiad yn Theatr y
Grand, Abertawe i agor tymor yr hydref yno.
Croesawyd Colourscape, y gosodwaith lliw
mawr, yn ôl i Ganolfan y Celfyddydau am
wythnos tua chanol Awst ac fe gafodd
dderbyniad brwd iawn.
Children’s theatre continues to grow in
popularity with Snap Theatre, Arad Goch,
Theatr Gwent, Theatr Iolo and Pop Up Theatre
offering excellent work – and not to forget the
ever popular Sooty!
Theatreshop Cymru – was a busy weekend of
performances, workshops and discussion
focusing on new and emerging work in Wales.
There were performances by six companies as
well as multi media installations including U-Man
Zoo’s major new work Water Banquet.
World, folk, blues and popular music
programme proved popular, with visiting groups
including King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys,
Bjorn Again, Hank Marvin, Peter Karrie, Big
Leaves, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings and
Kathryn Tickell.
“My six year old grand-daughter is
autistic and absolutely adored her visit.
Would you pass on our thanks to
Colourscape for providing such a lifeenhancing
experience, especially for
disabled children”
TOTAL FOR 2001/2002
Theatr i blant – dyma faes sy’n dod yn fwyfwy
poblogaidd. Cafwyd ymweliadau gan Snap
Theatre, Arad Goch, Cleveland Theatre
Company, Theatr Gwent, Theatr Iolo a Pop Up
Theatre, pob un ohonynt yn cynnig gwaith
ardderchog - a rhaid peidio ag anghofio’r hen
Sooty a werthodd bob sedd!
Theatreshop Cymru – cafwyd penwythnos
prysur o berfformiadau, gweithdai a
thrafodaethau a oedd yn canolbwyntio ar waith
newydd a gwaith sy'n datblygu yng Nghymru.
Cafwyd perfformiadau gan chwe chwmni a
gosodweithiau amlgyfrwng a oedd yn cynnwys
gwaith newydd uchelgeisiol gan U-Man Zoo o’r
enw Water Banquet.
Cerddoriaeth y byd, cerddoriaeth werin,
canu’r felan a cherddoriaeth boblogaidd –
cawsom raglen boblogaidd gan grwpiau ac
artistiaid fel King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys,
Bjorn Again, Hank Marvin, Peter Karrie, Big
Leaves, Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings a
Kathryn Tickell
‘Mae fy wyres 6 oed yn awtistig ac
roedd wrth ei bodd yno. Hoffwn i
chi ddiolch i Colourscape drosof am
gynnig profiad mor arbennig, yn
enwedig i blant anabl’
CYFANSWM AR GYFER 2001/2002
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288 Live performances
79,167 Attendances
288 perfformiad byw
79,167 yn eu mynychu

Performing Arts - Education
Addysg y Celfyddydau Perfformio
This year has seen a further widening of access
with a range of people from the community
participating in a greater number and variety of
performing arts and literature workshops.
Maximum use is being made of the new spaces
and facilities. Regular classes in all the
performing arts continued and numbers
attending the classes are still rising!
Highlights of the 2001/2002 season
The Arts Centre’s Youth Theatre and
Children’s Drama classes continue to
grow in strength, with a new Stage School
planned to launch in September 2002.
Over 100 young people took part in a
production of Bugsy Malone in the
autumn and went on to work on creative
devised projects and audition skills.
The Arts Centre’s Adult drama groups
undertook three productions during the
year including Timberlake Wertenbaker’s
The Ash Girl, A Clockwork Orange, and
the challenging musical theatre work Oh
What a Lovely War! which involved over
70 people.
The Arts Centre Dance School offers a
busy programme of classes in tap, ballet
and modern dance for all levels, with
excellent exam results. With membership
now over 300, it goes from strength to
strength. The School’s Summer
Showcase was again a sell-out success.
Eleni, llwyddwyd i ddenu rhagor eto o bobl o’r
gymuned i gymryd rhan mewn mwy o weithdai,
a gweithdai mwy amrywiol, yn y celfyddydau
perfformio a llenyddiaeth. Mae’r cyfleusterau
newydd yn cael eu defnyddio i’r eithaf.
Parhawyd i gynnal dosbarthiadau rheolaidd yn y
celfyddydau perfformio ac mae rhagor o bobl yn
dod o hyd!
Uchafbwyntiau tymor 2001/2002
Mae dosbarthiadau Theatr Ieuenctid a Drama
Plant Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn mynd o
nerth i nerth. Bwriedir lansio Ysgol Lwyfan
newydd ym mis Medi 2002. Cymerodd dros 100
o bobl ifanc ran mewn cynhyrchiad o Bugsy
Malone yn yr hydref ac yna aethant ymlaen i
weithio ar brosiectau creadigol a sgiliau
clyweliadau.
Bu Grwpiau Drama’r Ganolfan i Oedolion yn
gweithio ar dri chynhyrchiad yn ystod y
flwyddyn, yn eu plith The Ash Girl gan
Timberlake Wertenbaker, A Clockwork Orange,
a chynhyrchiad o’r ddrama gerdd Oh What a
Lovely War! a oedd yn dipyn o her ac yn
cynnwys dros 70 o bobl.
Mae Ysgol Ddawns Canolfan y Celfyddydau
yn cynnig rhaglen brysur o ddosbarthiadau
dawnsio tap, ballet a modern ar bob lefel ac mae
canlyniadau’r arholiadau yn wych. Mae ganddi
dros 300 o aelodau ac mae’n mynd o nerth i
nerth. Gwerthwyd y tocynnau i gyd ar gyfer Sioe
Haf yr Ysgol Ddawns ac roedd yn llwyddiant
mawr eleni eto.
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The Performing Arts Summer Schools
gave a wide range of young people the
opportunity to work intensively on their
performance skills over a week, leading to
final performances, alongside professional
tutors.
Arts Centre Violin, Theory and
Composition students achieved excellent
exam results in external Associated
Board Music examinations.
Yn Ysgolion Haf y Celfyddydau Perfformio
cafodd llawer o bobl ifanc gyfle i weithio’n ddyfal
ar eu sgiliau perfformio dros wythnos gyfan, a
pherfformio ar ddiwedd yr wythnos, ochr yn
ochr â thiwtoriaid proffesiynol.
Cafodd myfyrwyr Feiolín, Theori a
Chyfansoddi y Ganolfan ganlyniadau
ardderchog yn eu harholiadau allanol
“Performing arts courses are not just about drama, they provide people with
an opportunity to learn something new that will benefit them in everyday
life”
“Mae cyrsiau yn y celfyddydau perfformio yn fwy na gwers ddrama. Maen
nhw’n rhoi cyfle i bobl ddysgu rhywbeth newydd a fydd o gymorth iddyn
nhw mewn bywyd bob dydd”

New areas of activity included weekly samba
sessions, and DJ and Rock workshops. The
Local Sounds series has showcased 9 local
bands, whilst eight demo CDs with young artists
have been produced in the recording studio.
Schroders and Arts & Business supported
‘Making Music, Making Dance, Making
Pictures’, a project linking into a concert by the
European Union Chamber Orchestra, which
included production of an interactive CD ROM
for schools.
Programme linked activities for schools,
colleges and the community took place
throughout the year including workshops with
visiting companies from Japan, South America
and India.
Work with schools involved pupils from schools
all over Ceredigion and Powys, with regular
dance, drumming, creative writing, music,
Welsh folk dance, and drama skills sessions on
offer. ‘Art Days’ involved whole schools visiting
the Arts Centre to undertake performance and
visual arts workshops and to use the excellent
facilities here, whilst the Schools Shakespeare
Project had another successful year with
performances and workshops linked to an
innovative production of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.
Ymhlith y gweithgareddau newydd roedd
sesiynau samba wythnosol, a gweithdai DJ a
Roc. Mae naw band lleol wedi perfformio yn y
gyfres Seiniau Lleol ac fe gynhyrchwyd wyth CD
demo yn y stiwdio recordio.
Cafwyd cefnogaeth Schroders a Celfyddydau a
Busnes ar gyfer ‘Gwneud Cerddoriaeth,
Gwneud Dawns, Gwneud Lluniau’, prosiect a
oedd yn gysylltiedig â chyngerdd gan Gerddorfa
Siambr yr Undeb Ewropeaidd ac a oedd yn
cynnwys cynhyrchu CD ROM ryngweithiol.
Cynhaliwyd gweithgareddau’n gysylltiedig
â’r rhaglen ar gyfer ysgolion, colegau a’r
gymuned trwy gydol y flwyddyn, yn cynnwys
gweithdai gyda chwmnïau teithiol o Japan, De
America ac India.
Gwnaed gwaith gydag ysgolion o bob rhan o
Geredigion a Phowys. Cynhaliwyd sesiynau
rheolaidd mewn dawns, drymio, ysgrifennu
creadigol, cerddoriaeth, dawnsio gwerin a
sgiliau drama. Bu ysgolion cyfan yn y Ganolfan
yn cymryd rhan mewn ‘Dyddiau Celfyddyd’ pryd
y caent ddefnyddio ein cyfleusterau ardderchog
ar gyfer gweithdai perfformio a’r celfyddydau
gweledol. Cafodd y Prosiect Shakespeare i
Ysgolion flwyddyn lwyddiannus arall gyda
pherfformiadau a gweithdai a oedd yn
gysylltiedig â chynhyrchiad diddorol o A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
TOTAL FOR 2001/2002
3,014 Events
36,184 Attendances
CYFANSWM AR GYFER 2001/2002
3,014 o Ddigwyddiadau
36,184 o Ymweliadau
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Visual Arts - Exhibitions Programme
Celfyddydau Gweledol – Y Rhaglen Arddangosfeydd
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The Arts Centre is committed to showing a lively
and thought-provoking programme of
contemporary art. Exhibitions this year have
been wide-ranging: incorporating a 14 foot high
giraffe, a Japanese cocoon building made of
straw, jewellery made of house dust, Victorian
love letter, giant vibrating jelly beans... and
plenty more!
The new Gallery 1 continues to provide a
versatile and elegant space for a wide variety of
contemporary art. The Resource area at the
front of the Gallery is always well used. Here, in
addition to a reading table, adults and children
are able to participate in simple creative
activities which change with each show. With all
major exhibitions there is also a programme of
related education work, outlined separately in
the Visual Arts Education section of this report.
Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn ymdrechu i
gyflwyno rhaglen fywiog o gelfyddyd gyfoes a
fydd yn ysgogi pobl i feddwl. Cafwyd nifer o
arddangosfeydd amrywiol iawn eleni: yn
cynnwys jiráff 14 troedfedd, adeilad coc˘n
Japaneaidd wedi’i wneud o wellt, gemwaith
wedi’i wneud o lwch cyffredin, llythyr caru o Oes
Fictoria, ffa jeli enfawr sy’n crynu… a mwy!
Mae’r Oriel 1 newydd yn lle hyblyg a dymunol i
arddangos pob math o gelfyddyd gyfoes.
Gwneir defnydd da o’r Adran Adnoddau ym
mhen blaen yr Oriel – ceir yma fwrdd darllen a
chyfleusterau i oedolion a phlant gymryd rhan
mewn gweithgareddau creadigol syml sy’n
newid gyda phob sioe. Cynhelir rhagor o waith
addysgol mewn perthynas â phob un o’r
arddangosfeydd mwyaf. Sonnir am y rhain yn
adran Addysg y Celfyddydau Gweledol.
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‘Telling’ brought together artists whose work
deals with narrative, as well as incorporating
either the techniques or materials of textiles.
Among the works were Hannah Greenaway’s
over life size figures of fused plastic, Natasha
Kerr’s subtle stitched wall works and Laura
Ford’s life-sized giraffe sculpture.
‘Sunbathers’ was a major project with artists
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who have
developed new techniques in collaboration with
scientists from the Institute of Grassland and
Environmental Research enabling them to
imprint photographic images onto growing grass
and dry them without loss of the image. The
exhibition included a growing grass work
measuring 26’x16’ with an image of sunbathers
on Aberystwyth beach, plus two other works
grown and dried in situ. Powerfully evocative,
these works proved hugely popular and are a
fine example of a true art/science collaboration.
Other highlights of the year included ‘Sex and
Consumerism’, focusing on Japanese
contemporary art which concerns itself with
sexuality as a commodity. Serious and amusing
by turn – from serious reflection on women’s
part in the second world war to vibrating oversized
‘jelly beans’ – this exhibition began to
illuminate something of Japanese culture, in
“Fascinating, gruesome and hilarious...” (Something Funny in the Woodshed)
“Difyr, erchyll a doniol….”(Something Funny in the Woodshed)
Cafodd artistiaid y mae eu gwaith yn ymdrin â
naratif ac yn cynnwys naill ai dechnegau neu
ddefnyddiau tecstiliau eu dwyn ynghyd ar gyfer
yr arddangosfa ‘Telling’. Roedd y gweithiau’n
cynnwys ffigurau mawr wedi’u gwneud o
ddarnau plastig wedi’u hasio at ei gilydd gan
Hannah Greenaway, gwaith pwytho cynnil
Natasha Kerr i’w roi ar wal a cherflun llawn
maint o jiráff gan Laura Ford.
Roedd ‘Bolaheulwyr’ yn brosiect uchelgeisiol
gyda'r artistiaid Heather Ackroyd a Dan Harvey,
sydd wedi datblygu technegau newydd – mewn
cydweithrediad â gwyddonwyr o’r Sefydliad
Ymchwil Tir Glas a'r Amgylchedd – sy’n eu
galluogi i argraffu delweddau ffotograffig ar
borfa sy’n tyfu ac yna’u sychu heb golli’r llun.
Roedd yr arddangosfa’n cynnwys llun porfa yn
mesur 26’x16’ o bobl yn bolaheulo ar draeth
Aberystwyth a dau waith arall a oedd wedi’u tyfu
a’u sychu yn y fan a’r lle. Roedd y gweithiau
grymus hyn yn eithriadol o boblogaidd ac maent
yn dangos sut y gall y celfyddydau a
gwyddoniaeth gerdded law yn llaw.
Ymhlith uchafbwyntiau eraill y flwyddyn roedd
‘Rhyw a Phrynwriaeth’ a oedd yn mynd i’r
afael â chelfyddyd gyfoes yn Japan sy’n
ymwneud â’r cysylltiadau rhwng rhywioldeb a
masnach. Roedd yn cyfuno’r difrif a’r digrif –
“So impressed we had to come back a second time...” (Sunbathers)
“Fe wnaeth gymaint o argraff arnon ni fel y bu’n rhaid i ni ddod nôl eilwaith..” (Bolaheulwyr)
“Thought provoking – I won`t look at a jelly bean in the same way again!” (Sex and Consumerism)
“Rhywbeth i gnoi cil arno – ‘wna i byth edrych ar ‘jelly bean’ yn yr un ffordd eto!” (Rhyw a Phrynwriaeth)

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1. Sunbathers (Gallery 1) / Bolaheulwyr (Oriel 1)
2. Don McCullin (Gallery 2) / Don McCullin (Oriel 2)
3. Telling (Gallery 1) / Telling (Oriel 1)
4. Contemporary Japanese Jewellery (Gallery 1) /
Gemwaith Cyfoes o Japan (Oriel 1)
many ways so different to our own. Both this
and the exhibition ‘Contemporary Japanese
Jewellery’ - body adornment in the widest
sense, from house dust to precious metals -
were shown as part of Japan 2001 Festival.
Something Funny in the Woodshed looked
again to Wales; presenting works in video,
painting and sculpture by Susan Adams,
Thomas Barker, Christopher Nurse and Jennet
Thomas- focusing on the hidden dramas and
nightmares hiding in one’s personal ‘woodshed’.
Other exhibitions in Gallery 1 included ‘Making
Buildings’, which explored the art and crafts
associated with this most basic human activity;
while Gallery 2 presented many first class
photography exhibitions including a new
exhibition of work by Don McCullin on the AIDS
tragedy in Africa, and projects from Chris Clunn
and Chris Steele Perkins as well as the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year exhibition and print
work from the Royal Photographic Society.
The Café Gallery continues to showcase work
by emerging artists from the immediate area
and throughout Wales.
On Tour
Exhibitions curated by Aberystwyth Arts Centre
and which toured throughout the UK in this year
included The Snake in the Garden: the
renaissance of contemporary slipware; Mary
Lloyd Jones’s Colour of Saying and Ceramic
Contemporaries 4, a collaboration with NACHE
which opened successfully in London in May
and is currently touring prior to being shown at
Aberystwyth Arts Centre in June 2003 to
coincide with the 2003 International Ceramics
Festival.
TOTAL FOR 2001/2002
golwg ddifrifol ar ran menywod yn yr Ail Ryfel
Byd ar y naill law a ‘ffa jeli’ mawr yn dirgrynu ar
y llaw arall. Roedd yr arddangosfa hon yn rhoi
cipolwg i ni ar ddiwylliant Japan a sut y mae’n
wahanol i'n diwylliant ni. Roedd hon a’r
arddangosfa ‘Gemwaith Cyfoes o Japan’ - a
oedd yn cynnwys tlysau wedi'u gwneud o lwch
cyffredin yn ogystal â rhai o fetalau gwerthfawr -
yn rhan o ˘yl Japan 2001.
Arddangosfa Gymreig oedd Something Funny
in the Woodshed lle cafwyd gwaith fideo,
paentio a cherflunio gan Susan Adams, Thomas
Barker, Christopher Nurse a Jennet Thomas yn
edrych ar ofnau a hunllefau cudd a phreifat pobl.
Ymhlith yr arddangosfeydd eraill yn Oriel 1
roedd ‘Gwneud Adeiladau’, a oedd yn cyflwyno
agweddau o gelf a chrefft sy’n gysylltiedig â’r
gwaith o wneud adeiladau. Cafwyd nifer o
arddangosfeydd ffotograffiaeth o safon uchel
iawn yn Oriel 2, yn eu plith arddangosfa
newydd o waith gan Don McCullin ar drychineb
AIDS yn Affrica, a phrosiectau gan Chris Clunn
a Chris Steele Perkins yn ogystal ag
arddangosfa’r gystadleuaeth Ffotograffydd
Bywyd Gwyllt y Flwyddyn a gwaith print gan y
Gymdeithas Ffotograffig Frenhinol.
Mae Oriel y Caffi yn dal yn lle i arddangos
gwaith artistiaid sy’n datblygu o’r ardal leol a
gweddill Cymru.
Ar Daith
Ymhlith yr arddangosfeydd a guradwyd gan
Ganolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth ac a fu ar
daith yn y D.U. eleni mae Y Neidr yn yr Ardd;
adfywiad slipwaith cyfoes; yr arddangosfa Lliwio’r
Gair o waith Mary Lloyd Jones ac arddangosfa o
waith Cerameg Cyfoes ar y cyd â NACHE.
Cafodd yr arddangosfa hon agoriad llwyddiannus
yn Llundain ym mis Mai ac mae ar daith ar hyn o
bryd. Bydd yn cyrraedd Canolfan y Celfyddydau
Aberystwyth ym mis Mehefin 2003 i gydredeg â
G˘yl Gerameg Ryngwladol 2003.
CYFANSWM AR GYFER 2001/2002
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25 Exhibitions in total of which 16 curated by
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Over 167,000
attendances at
exhibitions
25 Arddangosfa i gyd, 16 ohonynt wedi’u
curadu gan Ganolfan y Celfyddydau
Aberystwyth
Dros 167,000 o
ymweliadau ag
arddangosfeydd
Gallery 1 attendances over 72,000 alone
Dros 72,000 o ymweliadau ag Oriel 1 yn unig

Visual Arts - Education Programme
Y Celfyddydau Gweledol – Y Rhaglen Addysg
2002 has been an exceptionally busy and
successful year for the visual arts education
service, with developments in all our regular
provision as well as an extensive programme of
special events and projects linking with the Arts
Centre Gallery programme. This year a new
departure has been exhibitions of participants’
work.
Highlights of the 2001/2002 programme:
Bu 2002 yn flwyddyn eithriadol o brysur a
llwyddiannus i wasanaeth addysg y celfyddydau
gweledol. Gwelwyd datblygiadau ym mhob
agwedd ar ein darpariaeth reolaidd a chafwyd
rhaglen helaeth o ddigwyddiadau arbennig a
phrosiectau a oedd yn gysylltiedig â rhaglen
Orielau’r Ganolfan, ac arddangosfeydd o waith
aelodau'r cyrsiau.
Uchafbwyntiau rhaglen 2001/2002:
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An Aberystwyth Eye: a year-long photographic
project recording local people’s lives and
communities. People from varying backgrounds
were chosen to reflect the diversity of people
living in Ceredigion today. Work produced was
exhibited in the summer of 2002, and the project
members had an opportunity to meet renowned
photographer David Bailey and show him their
work at the exhibition’s launch.
Visual Artists in Schools projects: made
possible by the support of Barclays. Fresh
Vision saw six schools linked with their own
professional artist, who spent three weeks
working with pupils. Work produced was
exhibited in Gallery 2 in the autumn for six
weeks, to great acclaim. Following on from the
success of this first year, Barclays agreed to
sponsor a second project, called Rural Lives.
Work was exhibited at this year’s Royal Welsh
Show, the National Eisteddfod in St Davids, and
will be on display at branches of Barclays
throughout the autumn prior to a full exhibition in
Gallery 2 in Spring 2003.
Making Buildings: a two week project linking
with the exhibition in Gallery 1. The project
consisted of Gallery sessions and hands-on
workshops for adults and school groups and
included construction of a large straw bale and
rammed earth structure at the Arts Centre, with
guidance from the Centre for Alternative
Technology.
Llygad ar Aberystwyth: prosiect ffotograffig i
gofnodi bywydau pobl a’u cymunedau dros
flwyddyn o amser. Dewiswyd pobl o wahanol
gefndiroedd i adlewyrchu amrywiaeth
poblogaeth Ceredigion heddiw. Yn ystod yr haf
2002, cynhaliwyd arddangosfa o’r gwaith a
gynhyrchwyd ac fe gafodd aelodau’r prosiect
gyfle i gwrdd â’r ffotograffydd byd-enwog David
Bailey a dangos eu gwaith iddo yng nghyfarfod
lansio’r arddangosfa.
Prosiectau Artistiaid Gweledol mewn
Ysgolion: gyda chefnogaeth Barclays. O dan y
cynllun Gweledigaeth Ir bu chwe ysgol yn
cydweithio â gwahanol artistiaid proffesiynol a
dreuliodd dair wythnos yn gweithio gyda’r
disgyblion. Dangoswyd cynnyrch y cydweithio
yn Oriel 2 am chwe wythnos yn yr hydref ac fe
gafodd ganmoliaeth fawr. Yn dilyn llwyddiant y
flwyddyn gyntaf, cytunodd Barclays i noddi ail
brosiect o’r enw Bywydau Gwledig. Dangoswyd
y gwaith yn Sioe Frenhinol Cymru ac yn yr
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn Nhyddewi eleni,
bydd i’w weld mewn canghennau o Fanc
Barclays trwy’r hydref ac yna cynhelir
arddangosfa lawn yn Oriel 2 yn y Gwanwyn
2003.
Gwneud Adeiladau: prosiect pythefnos o hyd
yn gysylltiedig â’r arddangosfa yn Oriel 1.
Cynhaliwyd sesiynau Oriel a gweithdai
ymarferol ar gyfer oedolion a grwpiau ysgolion.
Cafodd adeiladwaith mawr o fyrnau gwellt a
phridd wedi’i wasgu ei greu yng Nghanolfan y
Celfyddydau o dan gyfarwyddyd y Ganolfan
Technoleg Amgen.
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Japanese artist Yoshiko Shimada spent two
weeks in residence working with the Sex and
Consumerism exhibition. She gave public
lectures and ran a series of innovative printing
workshops.
Why is Grass Green?: linking to the
Sunbathers exhibition exhibiting artist Dan
Harvey and IGER scientists Prof Thomas and
Dr Ougham ran this week-long project with local
schools and the public. They gave talks, ran
workshops, and students made their own grass
pictures.
Treuliodd artist Japaneaidd o’r enw Yoshiko
Shimada bythefnos yn y Ganolfan yn gweithio
ar yr arddangosfa Rhyw a Phrynwriaeth.
Rhoddodd ddarlithoedd cyhoeddus a chynnal
gweithdai printio diddorol.
Why is Grass Green?: roedd y prosiect hwn yn
gysylltiedig â’r arddangosfa Bolaheulwyr. Bu
artist, Dan Harvey, a gwyddonwyr o IGER, yr
Athro Thomas a Dr Ougham, yn cydweithio ag
ysgolion a’r cyhoedd am wythnos. Buont yn
annerch ac yn cynnal gweithdai a bu myfyrwyr
yn gwneud eu lluniau porfa eu hunain.
1. Sun Sea & Art / Haul Môr a Chelf
2. An Aberystwyth Eye / Llygad ar
Aberystwyth
3. Why is Grass Green? / Why is
Grass Green?
4. Pottery Class / Dosbarth
Crochenwaith
National Children’s Art Day: exhibiting artist
and curator Susan Adams worked with Ysgol
Ysbyty Ystwyth on creating descriptive labels for
the Something in the Woodshed exhibition.
The Sound of Music: linked to the concert by
the European Union Chamber Orchestra, where
the music was used to inspire large abstract
paintings and actual musical instruments.
Sponsored by Schroders and Arts & Business,
project work was exhibited on the night of the
concert and school sessions were recorded and
included on an educational CD ROM.
Sun, Sea and Art: a Land Art project organised
with the Marine Heritage Coast project. A series
of workshops took place at beaches throughout
Ceredigion in August.
Exhibitions: the visual arts education service
has curated three highly successful exhibitions
of participants’ work in 2002. Fresh Vision, An
Aberystwyth Eye and Rural Lives.
Regular activity: includes 21 regular weekly
classes in the visual arts, holiday courses for
adults and children, an extensive schools’
programme including Art Days for up to 100
pupils at a time, and “Arts For All” projects with
local community groups.
“The Grass Project was brilliant.
The children really enjoyed it. The
pieces that were made are still on
display in the school and kept well.
A really positive experience!”
Ysgol Gynradd Pontrhydyfendigaid
TOTAL FOR 2001/2002
Diwrnod Cenedlaethol Celfyddyd Plant: bu’r
artist a’r curadur Susan Adams yn cydweithio ag
Ysgol Ysbyty Ystwyth i greu labeli disgrifiadol ar
gyfer yr arddangosfa Something in the
Woodshed
The Sound of Music: prosiect yn gysylltiedig
â’r cyngerdd gan Gerddorfa Siambr yr Undeb
Ewropeaidd. Defnyddiwyd y gerddoriaeth i
ysbrydoli paentiadau mawr haniaethol ac
offerynnau cerdd. Noddwyd y prosiect gan
Schroders a Celfyddydau a Busnes a
dangoswyd y gwaith ar noson y cyngerdd.
Recordiwyd sesiynau mewn ysgolion a’u
cynnwys ar CD ROM addysgol.
Haul, Môr a Chelf: prosiect Celfyddyd Tir a
drefnwyd ar y cyd â phrosiect yr Arfordir
Treftadaeth Morol. Cynhaliwyd cyfres o weithdai
ar draethau ledled Ceredigion ym mis Awst.
Arddangosfeydd: mae gwasanaeth addysg y
celfyddydau gweledol wedi trefnu tair
arddangosfa eithriadol o lwyddiannus o waith y
sawl a gymerodd ran mewn gwahanol
brosiectau yn 2002. Gweledigaeth Ir, Llygad ar
Aberystwyth a Bywydau Gwledig.
Gweithgareddau rheolaidd: cynhelir 21 o
ddosbarthiadau wythnosol rheolaidd yn y
celfyddydau gweledol, cyrsiau gwyliau ar gyfer
oedolion a phlant, rhaglen helaeth i ysgolion yn
cynnwys Dyddiau Celf ar gyfer hyd at gant o
blant ar y tro a phrosiectau "Celfyddydau i
Bawb" gyda grwpiau cymunedol lleol.
‘Roedd Prosiect y Borfa yn wych.
Roedd y plant wrth eu bodd. Mae’r
darnau a wnaethom i'w gweld yn yr
ysgol o hyd ac maen nhw wedi
cadw'n dda. Profiad da!’
Ysgol Gynradd Pontrhydfendigaid
CYFANSWM AR GYFER 2001/2002
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747 Workshops with 8314 attendances
8 Lectures/talks with 231 attendances
335 Schools projects with 5549 attendances
78 Gallery workshops with 1226 attendances
747 o weithdai gydag 8314 yn bresennol
8 o ddarlithoedd/sgyrsiau gyda 231 yn bresennol
335 o brosiectau i ysgolion gyda 5549 yn bresennol
78 o weithdai oriel gyda 1226 yn bresennol
Total 1,168 events and
15,320 attendances
Cyfanswm o 1,168 o
ddigwyddiadau a 15,320
yn bresennol

Festival Programme
Y Rhaglen Wyliau
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In 2001/2 Aberystwyth Arts Centre continued its
expansion of the busy festival and special
events programme as a highly effective tool for
audience development . Many of the festivals
welcomed audiences and participants from
across the UK, Europe and further afield,
benefiting not just the Arts Centre but the
regional economy.
Yn 2001/2, daliodd Canolfan y Celfyddydau
Aberystwyth ati i ehangu ei rhaglen brysur o
wyliau a digwyddiadau arbennig. Bu hyn yn
ffordd effeithiol iawn o ddatblygu
cynulleidfaoedd. Croesawyd cynulleidfaoedd a
pherfformwyr o wahanol rannau o Brydain,
Ewrop a thu hwnt i lawer o’r digwyddiadau, gan
ddod â budd nid yn unig i Ganolfan y
Celfyddydau ond i economi'r ardal hefyd.
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2001/2002 Highlights:
Musicfest – the classical concert programme
and summer school, organised by the Arts
Centre, took over the whole Centre for a week
at the end of July, attracting musicians from
around the world. Over 100 musicians were
involved in the week-long summer school, whilst
over 4,000 people attended the festival
concerts.
Rich Text Literature Festival is now firmly
established in its October slot and offered four
exciting days of performances, talks and
workshops with over twenty events to choose
from and with a focus very much on the best of
work from Wales in both languages.
Booktide – the children’s arts festival, focusing
on the promotion of literature in both languages,
was organised by Aberystwyth Arts Centre and
Ceredigion County Council Library Service. It
provided an exciting range of performances,
workshops and artists in schools, for over 2000
local children.
Theatreshop Cymru – a busy weekend of
performances, workshops and discussion
focusing on new and emerging work in Wales.
There were new productions by six companies
as well as multi media installations including U-
Man Zoo’s major new work Water Banquet.
Uchafbwyntiau 2001/2002:
Musicfest - roedd seiniau cerddoriaeth glasurol
yn dod o bob twll a chornel yng Nghanolfan y
Celfyddydau am wythnos tua diwedd Gorffennaf
pan gynhaliwyd Musicfest, sef rhaglen o
gyngherddau clasurol ac ysgol haf a drefnwyd
gan y Ganolfan. Roedd dros gant o gerddorion
o bob rhan o’r byd yn cymryd rhan yn yr ysgol
haf a daeth dros 4,000 o bobl i gyngherddau’r
˘yl.
Mae G˘yl Lenyddiaeth G˘yl y Gair/Rich Text
wedi ennill ei phlwyf erbyn hyn a chafwyd
pedwar diwrnod llawn dop o berfformiadau,
sgyrsiau a gweithdai ym mis Hydref.
Cynhaliwyd dros 20 o ddigwyddiadau a oedd yn
talu sylw i waith gorau Cymru yn y ddwy iaith.
Llanw Llyfrau/Booktide – g˘yl i hyrwyddo
llenyddiaeth yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg i blant
yw hon ac fe’i trefnwyd gan Ganolfan y
Celfyddydau Aberystwyth a Gwasanaeth
Llyfrgell Cyngor Sir Ceredigion. Cafwyd rhaglen
gyffrous o berfformiadau, gweithdai ac
ymweliadau ag ysgolion ar gyfer dros 2000 o
blant yr ardal..
Theatreshop Cymru – penwythnos prysur o
berfformiadau, gweithdai a sgyrsiau yn
canolbwyntio ar waith newydd a gwaith sy’n
datblygu yng Nghymru. Cafwyd cynyrchiadau
newydd gan chwe chwmni a nifer o
osodweithiau amlgyfrwng yn cynnwys gwaith
newydd U-Man Zoo, Water Banquet.
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1. Idevevian Crew (Japan) / Idevevian
Crew (Japan)
2. Midsummer Madness / Hwyl Haf
3. The Electrification of the Soviet Union -
Music Theatre Wales (Musicfest) / The
Electrification of the Soviet Union - Music
Theatre Wales (Musicfest)
4. Water Banquet - U-Man Zoo
(Theatreshop Cymru) / Water Banquet -
U-Man Zoo (Theatreshop Cymru)
Japanese season – As part of the Japan/UK
Arts Festival, the Arts Centre organised a yearlong
season of work from Japan. In the
performing arts this included leading
contemporary dance companies, experimental
drama groups and children’s theatre companies.
In the visual arts there were major exhibitions
celebrating cutting edge fine art and also the
best of contemporary craft with an associated
programme of educational work for schools and
adults together with artists in residence.
Giving voice – A biennial festival celebrating
the voice in performance was organised by the
Centre for Performance Research in association
with the Arts Centre. It presented a week-long
series of workshops, performances, lectures,
demonstration, films and discussions with
performers from Africa, Asia, America and
Europe.
Midsummer Madness – our third open day saw
over 2,000 people enjoy a day of free events
and activities as the Arts Centre threw open its
doors and welcomed everyone in to try
something new!
WOW and Ffresh – Two new festivals as part
of the Centre’s media development programme.
WOW, Wales One World Film Festival, brought
an exciting selection of films from Latin America,
Asia and Africa. It offered a unique opportunity
to catch the new wave in world cinema. Ffresh
the new Student Moving Image Festival for
Wales was officially launched in April with the
first festival being held on October 2002. It aims
to attract over 300 students from around Wales
to see the best of students’ work in film and
video and to participate in a wide range of
workshops and discussions.
Tymor Japaneaidd – fel rhan o ˘yl
Gelfyddydau Japan a’r Deyrnas Unedig,
trefnodd Canolfan y Celfyddydau raglen o waith
o Japan a barodd am flwyddyn gyfan. Roedd y
gwaith yn y celfyddydau perfformio yn cynnwys
cwmnïau dawns cyfoes, grwpiau drama arbrofol
a chwmnïau theatr i blant. Yn y celfyddydau
gweledol, cafwyd arddangosfeydd trawiadol yn
tynnu sylw at gelfyddyd gain fodern a chrefftau
cyfoes. Cynhaliwyd rhaglen o waith i ysgolion
ac oedolion i gydredeg â’r gwaith hwn ac fe
gafwyd gwaith gan artistiaid preswyl hefyd.
Giving voice – G˘yl a gynhelir bob yn ail
flwyddyn i fawrygu'r rhan sydd gan y llais i’w
chwarae mewn perfformiadau. Trefnwyd yr ˘yl
gan The Centre for Performance Research
mewn cydweithrediad â Chanolfan y
Celfyddydau a chyflwynwyd wythnos o weithdai,
perfformiadau, darlithoedd, dangosiadau,
ffilmiau a thrafodaethau gyda pherfformwyr o
Affrica, Asia, America ac Ewrop.
Hwyl Haf – daeth dros 2,000 o bobl i fwynhau
gweithgareddau a digwyddiadau di-dâl yn ein
trydydd diwrnod agored blynyddol. Roedd
croeso i bawb roi cynnig ar rywbeth newydd!
WOW a Ffresh - Dwy ˘yl newydd a gynhaliwyd
fel rhan o raglen y Ganolfan i ddatblygu
gwahanol gyfryngau. Dangoswyd nifer o
ffilmiau cyffrous o America Ladin, Asia ac
Affrica fel rhan o ˘yl Ffilmiau Un Byd WOW
Cymru. Roedd hwn yn gyfle gwych i
werthfawrogi’r don newydd mewn sinema
rhyngwladol. Lansiwyd Ffresh, G˘yl Delweddau
Symudol Myfyrwyr Cymru ym mis Ebrill ac fe
gynhelir yr ˘yl gyntaf ym mis Hydref 2002. Y
nod yw denu dros 300 o fyfyrwyr o bob rhan o
Gymru i weld gweithiau ffilm a fideo o safon
uchel gan fyfyrwyr eraill ac i gymryd rhan mewn
gweithdai a thrafodaethau amrywiol.
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Cinema
Sinema
Film is one of the major art forms of the 20th
and 21st century and as such forms an
important part of the artistic programming of the
Centre. During the year we have screened a
wide-ranging programme of film including
classics of cinema history, the best of UK and
world cinema and have encompassed work from
small scale independent film makers to major
Hollywood productions. Future plans include
developing a series of festivals focusing on
different elements of the audience.
One of the main successes of the 2001/02
season was the first WOW! Wales One World
Festival, launched in February, which was
organised by the Arts Centre in conjunction with
Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea and Newport
Film School, with David Gillam as Co-ordinator.
The festival’s aim was to promote film from
primarily third world countries, which are often
under-represented in general UK film
programmes. The première of the festival took
place at the Arts Centre and the majority of films
programmed here sold out and were very well
received, with an associated education
programme for local schools. The films then
went on to tour venues around Wales. It is
planned to make the festival an annual event
and build on this success.
Ffresh, the new Student Moving Image Festival
for Wales, was launched at the Arts Centre in
April, and the inaugural festival will take place in
Aberystwyth for four days in October, with over
300 students from throughout Wales
showcasing their work and taking part in
discussions, workshops and masterclasses.
The festival is being organised by Sgrin,
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Newport Film School,
UWA Department of Theatre, Film and
Television Studies, and Wrexham Media
Studies.
Mae ffilm yn un o brif gyfryngau celfyddydol yr
20fed ganrif a’r 21ain ac felly mae’n rhan
bwysig o arlwy celfyddydol y Ganolfan. Yn
ystod y flwyddyn, rydym wedi dangos rhaglen
eang yn cynnwys clasuron o’r gorffennol, rhai o
ffilmiau gorau’r D.U. a’r byd, gwaith gan
wneuthurwyr ffilmiau bychain annibynnol a rhai
o gynyrchiadau mwyaf Hollywood. Yn y dyfodol,
gobeithiwn drefnu cyfres o wyliau a fydd yn
canolbwyntio ar wahanol elfennau o’r
gynulleidfa.
Un o brif lwyddiannau tymor 2001/02 oedd G˘yl
Un Byd WOW! Cymru. Lansiwyd yr ˘yl hon am
y tro cyntaf ym mis Chwefror. Cafodd ei threfnu
gan Ganolfan y Celfyddydau mewn
cydweithrediad â Chanolfan Gelfyddydau
Taliesin yn Abertawe ac Ysgol Ffilm Casnewydd.
Cydgysylltydd y gweithgareddau oedd David
Gillam. Nod yr ˘yl oedd hyrwyddo ffilmiau o
wledydd y trydydd byd yn bennaf, gan nad ydynt
yn cael eu cynrychioli'n ddigonol yn rhaglenni
ffilmiau’r D.U. yn gyffredinol. Gwerthwyd y
tocynnau i gyd ar gyfer perfformiad cyntaf yr ˘yl
yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau a’r rhan fwyaf o’r
ffilmiau a ddangoswyd. Cawsant dderbyniad da
iawn ac fe gynhaliwyd rhaglen addysgol
gysylltiedig ar gyfer ysgolion lleol. Yna, aeth y
ffilmiau ar daith i wahanol ganolfannau yng
Nghymru. Bwriedir cynnal yr ˘yl hon bob
blwyddyn gan adeiladu ar ei llwyddiant.
Lansiwyd Ffresh, G˘yl Delweddau Symudol
Myfyrwyr Cymru yn y Ganolfan ym mis Ebrill ac
fe gynhelir yr ˘yl gyntaf yn Aberystwyth am
bedwar diwrnod ym mis Hydref 2002. Disgwylir
dros 300 o fyfyrwyr o wahanol rannau o Gymru
i ddangos eu gwaith ac i gymryd rhan mewn
trafodaethau, gweithdai a dosbarthiadau meistr.
Trefnir yr ˘yl gan Sgrin, Canolfan y Celfyddydau
Aberystwyth, Ysgol Ffilm Casnewydd, Adran
Astudiaethau Theatr, Ffilm a Theledu PCA, ac
adran Astudiaethau’r Cyfryngau Wrecsam.
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TOTAL FOR 2001/2002
277 screenings with
22,709 attendances
CYFANSWM AR GYFER 2001/2002
277 o ddangosiadau
gyda phresenoldeb o
22,709

Trading & Conferences
Masnachu a Chynadleddau
Trading
The Arts Centre’s popular Café, Craft &
Design Shop and bars continue to be a
hugely important part of the venue’s activity,
attracting many visitors. This year has seen
the opening of a second café, the Piazza
Café, on the lower level of the venue leading
onto the piazza, where work on a new public
sculpture project, La Scala, is also taking
place. The Piazza Café, which complements
the main café with a menu of lighter snacks
and specialist coffees, opened in February
and was immediately popular, proving to be
an excellent addition to trading operations at
the Arts Centre. The new café development
was made possible through funding from the
Wales Tourist Board.
A new trading initiative this year was the
introduction of two Food Fairs into the Arts
Centre’s programme, seeing thousands of
customers visit the Arts Centre to buy
produce from suppliers from throughout
Wales. Combining the dates of the first fair
to coincide with the Arts Centre’s popular
annual Christmas Craft Fair led to over
3,000 people attending the first event, and
many stallholders sold out of all their stock
in just one day! The food fairs, which were
presented with the support of the WDA, will
now hopefully become a popular addition to
the Arts Centre’s events programme.
Conferences
Aberystwyth Arts Centre is now well
established as a central venue for major
national conferences and meetings, its
location and facilities providing the perfect
mix for national companies and
organisations.
Major national organisations who have held
conferences and meetings at the Arts
Centre are listed here -
Masnachu
Mae Caffi, Siop Gwaith Crefft a Dylunio a
bariau Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn dal yn
boblogaidd ac yn rhan eithriadol o bwysig o
weithgareddau’r Ganolfan. Maent yn denu
llawer iawn o ymwelwyr. Eleni, agorwyd ail
gaffi – Caffi’r Piazza – ar lawr isaf y
Ganolfan, yn arwain allan i’r piazza, lle mae
gwaith wedi dechrau ar brosiect
cerflunwaith cyhoeddus, La Scala. Agorwyd
Caffi’r Piazza, sy’n arbenigo mewn
byrbrydau ysgafn a gwahanol fathau o
goffi, ym mis Chwefror a daeth yn
boblogaidd ar unwaith. Mae’n ychwanegiad
ardderchog at weithgareddau masnachu’r
Ganolfan. Llwyddwyd i ddatblygu’r Caffi
newydd diolch i grant gan Fwrdd Croeso
Cymru.
Menter fasnachol newydd a gyflwynwyd
eleni oedd cynnal dwy Ffair Fwyd yn y
Ganolfan. Daeth miloedd o bobl i’r Ganolfan
i brynu cynnyrch gan gyflenwyr o bob rhan
o Gymru. Gan fod y ffair gyntaf wedi’i
chynnal yn ystod Ffair Grefftau boblogaidd y
Nadolig, daeth dros 2,000 o bobl yno ac fe
werthodd llawer o’r stondinwyr eu stoc i gyd
ar y diwrnod hwnnw! Cynhaliwyd y ffeiriau
bwyd gyda chymorth y WDA, a gobeithio y
deuant yn ychwanegiad poblogaidd at
raglen ddigwyddiadau’r Ganolfan.
Cynadleddau
Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth
wedi ennill enw da fel canolfan ganolog ar
gyfer cynadleddau a chyfarfodydd mawr
cenedlaethol. Mae ei lleoliad a’i
chyfleusterau’n golygu ei bod yn lle
ardderchog ar gyfer cyfarfodydd gan
gwmnïau a sefydliadau cenedlaethol.
Ymhlith y sefydliadau cenedlaethol mawr
sydd wedi cynnal cynadleddau a
chyfarfodydd yng Nghanolfan y
Celfyddydau dros y tymor hwn mae:
Major National Organisations
Sefydliadau Cenedlaethol Mawr
Welsh Video Network
Rhwydwaith Fideo Cymru
Arts Council of Wales
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
Wales Council for Volunteer Action
Cyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru
National Association of Headteachers
Cymdeithas Genedlaethol y Prifathrawon
Ceredigion County Council
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion
Mid Wales Tourism Council
Cyngor Twristiaeth y Canolbarth
Society of Archivists
Cymdeithas yr Archifwyr
Cardew Conference
Cynhadledd Cardew
Welsh Pony and Cob Society
Cymdeithas y Merlod a’r Cobiau Cymreig
ELWa
ELWa
Royal Society of Architects
Cymdeithas Frenhinol y Penseiri
Menter a Busnes
Menter a Busnes
Wales Association of Community
Councils
Cymdeithas Cynghorau Bro a Thref
Cymru
Evangelical Movement of Wales
Mudiad Efengylaidd Cymru
TOTAL
Income from trading 2001/2002:
£889,000
CYFANSWM
yr Incwm o fasnachu 2001/2002:
£889,000
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Figures/ Financial Information
Ffigurau / Gwybodaeth Ariannol
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Income and Expenditure Account
for the year ended 31July 2002
Dadansoddiad Incwm Canolfan y Celfyddydau, Aberystwyth -
Blwyddyn yn dod i ben 31Gorffennaf 2002
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Income
Analysis - Yr end 31July 2002
Dadansoddiad Incwm Canolfan y
Celfyddydau, Aberystwyth -
Blwyddyn yn dod i ben
31Gorffennaf 2002
Trading Sales 41%
Gwerthiannau Masnachu
Arts Programmes 31%
Rhaglenni Celf
Arts Council of Wales 11%
Cyngor Celfyddydau
Cymru
Ceredigion C. C. 3%
C. S. Ceredigion.
Arts for All 2%
Celfyddydau i Bawb
Sponsorship 3%
Nawdd
U.W.Aberystwyth 9%
P.C.Aberystwyth
2001~02 2000~01
INCOME £'000 £'000 INCWM
Arts Programmes 666 749 Rhaglen Gelfyddydau
Trading Sales 889 904 Gwerthiant Masnachol
Grants
Grantiau
Arts Council of Wales 245 203 Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
Arts for All 44 32 Celfyddydau i Bawb
Ceredigion County Council 72 64 Cyngor Sir Ceredigion
Aberystwyth Town Council 0 10 Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth
Mid Wales Circuit 23 19 Cylch Canolbarth Cymru
Interreg 7 128 Interreg
Other 1 6 Incwm arall
University of Wales Aberystwyth 193 206 Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth
Sponsorship 62 24 Nawdd
Total 2,202 2,345 Cyfanswm
EXPENDITURE
GWARIANT
Arts Programme 1,064 1,259 Costau Rhaglenni’r Celfyddydau
Trading 668670 Masnachu
Administration, Services 393 394 Gweinyddu, Gwasanaethau
and Marketing
a Marchnata
Other Central Expenditure 56 56 Gwariant Canolog Arall
2,181 2,379
Deficit/Surplus for the year 21 -34 Diffyg/Gwarged ar gyfer y flwyddyn
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Business & Community Support
Cefnogaeth Gan Fyd Busnes a’r Gymuned
The companies and organisations listed below
have all supported Aberystwyth Arts Centre in
the 2001/2002 season. Their support is hugely
valued and enables a substantial percentage of
the programme to take place. The continued
support of the business community is more and
more vital if the Arts Centre is to continue to
develop and expand.
Particular mention should go to Barclays, whose
second year of support towards the Artists in
Schools project this season has again been a
highlight of the visual arts education
programme. Initiatives such as this, with close
involvement between the business and the Arts
Centre are helping to educate the performers
and artists for the future and can only enrich the
lives of all involved.
Business and Community Supporters 2001/2002:
Agfa – Gevaert Ltd
Arts & Business Wales
Barclays
Builder Centre
Diageo/ Guinness
FBA
Kodak Broadcast & Professional UK
Morgan Furze
Potterycrafts
Schroders
Sgrin
Sony
Tanners Wines
Welsh Development Agency
Charitable Trusts/Foundations
Academi
Colouste Gulbenkian Foundation
COPUS
Cywaith Cymru • Artworks Wales
Estate of Mollie Winterburn and Nora Gibbs
Laura Ashley Foundation
NESTA
Oakdale Trust
National Foundation for Youth Music
W Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust
Mae’r cwmnïau a’r sefydliadau isod i gyd wedi
cefnogi Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth yn
ystod tymor 2001/2002. Rydym yn
gwerthfawrogi eu cefnogaeth yn fawr iawn
oherwydd dyma sy’n ein galluogi i gynnal cyfran
helaeth o’r rhaglen. Mae cefnogaeth y gymuned
fusnes yn dod yn bwysicach o hyd er mwyn
galluogi Canolfan y Celfyddydau i ddatblygu ac
ehangu eto.
Dylem gyfeirio’n arbennig at Barclays sydd wedi
cefnogi'r prosiect Artistiaid mewn Ysgolion am
yr ail flwyddyn o’r bron. Bu’r prosiect hwn yn un
o uchafbwyntiau rhaglen addysg y celfyddydau
gweledol. Mae mentrau fel hyn, sy’n golygu
cysylltiad clòs rhwng busnesau a Chanolfan y
Celfyddydau yn helpu i addysgu perfformwyr ac
artistiaid y dyfodol ac yn cyfoethogi bywydau
pawb sydd â rhan yn y fenter.
Cefnogwyr o Fyd Busnes a’r Gymuned
2001/2002:
Agfa – Gevaert Ltd
Celfyddydau a Busnes Cymru
Barclays
Builder Centre
Diageo/ Guinness
FBA
Kodak Broadcast & Professional UK
Morgan Furze
Potterycrafts
Schroders
Sgrin
Sony
Tanners Wines
Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru
Ymddiriedolaethau/Sefydliadau Elusennol
Academi
Colouste Gulbenkian Foundation
COPUS
Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales
Ystad Mollie Winterburn a Nora Gibbs
Laura Ashley Foundation
NESTA
Oakdale Trust
National Foundation for Youth Music
W Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust
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Email: lla@aber.ac.uk
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