
Performance Butty Summer School involved young people collaborating with artists Stefhan Caddick, Teddy Hunter, Sam Hasler and Lara Ward in an intensive week of creative experimentation along the Mon and Brec canal.
Journeying from one end of the Mon and Brec to the other, starting in Brecon and ending at Pontymoile Basin, the floating, experimental art studio hosted the day-long workshops in performance, creative writing, sculpture and sound, responding to the unique environment of the canal. The boat itself was newly refurbished by the Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Trust (MBACT) specially for the community…

Hinterlands is a project led by Peak and Canal & River Trust (C&RT), supported by Arts Council of Wales, inviting artists and communities to explore the Monmounthshire & Brecon canal as a space for creativity, biodiversity & wellbeing.
The project’s location is at the Pontypool end of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Torfaen.
- Phase I of Hinterlands took place in Spring/Summer 2018.
- Phase II runs from Spring 2019 – Autumn 2020 and includes three programme strands.
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