Hello my name is Miriam Hughes and I am a 17 year old freelance photographer from West Wales. It can be hard for me to write about myself and my artwork because I like to express myself and speak through my images however here's a little bit about me and why Photography has changed and saved my life. Photography and I are like cheese and crackers - we are meant for each other.
Read moreThere’s a lot of talk about getting young people involved in exercise and activities. But many miss the importance of arts projects to young people. There’s a lot more to it than just getting young people off the streets or ‘Fortnite’.
Read moreThe arts have always been a part of my life. When I was a child, I would write down pages and pages of ideas for novels. I would spend hours creating characters and writing excerpts inspired by them. It got to the stage where for many years, notebooks were the only gifts given to me for my birthday. I would also draw the things that made me happy – beautiful animals and costumes for ‘older Meha’ to wear. It was a lot of fun.
Read moreTo get ourselves even MORE excited for RawFfest 2017, we decided to ask some of our fantastic performers, artists and workshop leaders a bit about themselves and what they’ll be bringing to the festival… Today we hear from Natasha Borton and Peter Slania.
Read moreWe can't wait to make Llandudno our home in August. One of our young people, Sioned, feels the same, and has written this terrific poem about it.
Read more“For young people, by young people”. I bet that’s a recipe for disaster right? Wrong. It’s, a brilliant approach used in creating a unique and exciting new national youth arts festival in Wales called ‘RawFfest GwylGrai’.
Read moreRawFfest is a new youth arts festival for 14 – 25 year olds in Wales, which is fun, innovative and creative.
Read moreHi, my name is Naureena and I’m 19 years old. I was born and currently live in Newport, which is the where the first EVER RawFfest GŵylGrai will be held. I’m currently on my gap year from education and I am hoping to go to University this year to study Law. Whilst on my gap year, I have been working at the Riverfront Theatre, which just so happens to be the venue for RawFfest 2016.
My name is Zoe Arundell, also known as the Zohan. My motto is live your life to the fullest because you don’t know what’s around the corner. You have one chance so love it and live it!
My name is Callum Bruce-Phillip, I am 17 (nearly 18) years old and I am part of the marketing team at Raw Ffest/Gwyl Grai. I first learned about the festival through the artistic director of Mess Up The Mess Theatre Company, for which I am a member.