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CÂN Y COED / SONG OF THE TREES

CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony is a unique collaboration between the Rainforests of Wales and Environmental Sound Artist, Cheryl Beer. The composition is led by the vascular systems of ancient trees, ferns and moss, collated by repurposing hearing aid and biomedical sound technology, empowering nature from beneath the bark, where every note of the Symphony is led by the rainforests, themselves.
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CÂN Y COED Symphony Launch
​at ​The National Botanic Garden of Wales

21st June 2022

The launch of CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony was hosted by The National Botanic Garden of Wales. Esteemed guests joined Cheryl in the Theatr Botanica to watch a film about her year's work in the rainforests. Her QR Coded portal to CÂN Y COED was unveiled & is now permanently sited at an old oak tree, where visitors are transported to the Rainforests of Wales through their mobile devices, listening to the song of the trees.

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​BBC RADIO 4 & BBC SOUNDS
Sketches: Stories of Art & People
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July 13th - August​
From July to August, Cheryl joined BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds, giving a personal insight into her work as a hearing impaired, Environmental Sound Artist & Composer. The program delved into the wonders of her work, exporing how Cheryl composes music by collating biorhythms from the conductivity within vascular systems of the natural world.

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Celtic Rainforest ​Woodland ​Festival
Elan Valley ​​18th June 
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Before the Official Launch, CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony was exhibited at the Celtic Rainforest Woodland Festival - a beautiful family day with rainforest trees. As the Third Movement of the Symphony, 'Dancing Fern' was composed in Cwm Elan Rainforest,  it was fitting indeed, for it to return home. A permanent wooden QR sign, transporting visitors to the symphony, is now housed at Cwm Elan Information Centre.​

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DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU
​June/July ​Artist of the Month & Launch Screening

​In recogintion of CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony. Disability Arts Cymru  celebrated Cheryl's success by making her Artist of the Month for June/July 2022.

​In addition, her launch video delivered in Welsh, English & British Sign Language was shared at their website & with their new digital partner AM Creative App - empowering Cheryl's work UPON a national platform.

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Unity Film Festival - ​20th July 
CHAPTER ARTS
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Cheryl was invited by Hijnx Theatre Company to be part of the Unity Film Festival at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, where audiences had the opportunity to scan biodegradabe QR Codes & delve beneath the bark at the Rainforests of Wales, transporting them from the city & immersing them within the Song of the Trees, beneath the bark.

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The Senedd, Cardiff
​21st - 2nd July

CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony was exhibited for 2 weeks at The Senedd, Cardiff,  sponsored  by Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Assembly Member, Lee Waters. The Audio/ Visual was displayed on a rolling schedule & included in the visitor's tour., alongside a wooden easel & QR Code display that enabled visitor's to access the work via BSL & Welsh.

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​Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
​22nd - 26th June 
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CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony joined Hijinx Unity Festival at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff for 4 days as a meditative installation, where audience were invited to access CÂN Y COED in a soft area, transporting them from the busy urban capital, to the calm & tranquil Rainforests of Wales.

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Pontio Arts & Innovation Centre
​28th - 29th June 

CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony installation toured with Hijinx Unity Festival onto Pontio in Bangor, North Wales ...

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​1st - 2nd July
​Y Ffwrnes Theatre

CÂN Y COED Installation toured with Hijinx Unity Festival to Y Ffwrnes Theatre in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.

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2nd July WAIWAV - The Pier Arts Centre,
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Cheryl was part of a ground breaking UK wide Arts Intervention called WAIWAV marking the 102nd anniversary of Dadafest. Her piece 'Sound heArt' invited audience to listen inside the environmental sound artist, whilst delving beneath the bark of the trees that saved her @ CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony. A permanent QR Coded sign was installed & audience were invited to a film showing, followed by Q&A.

​3rd July WAIWAV SPECIAL EDITION BOOK LAUNCH
As part of the intervention, a WAIWAV special edition zine was published, featuring Cheryl's work alongisde all 31 of the artists taking part. The limited edition copies have become collector items & 4000 were distributed throughout the UK, as well as being placed as reference material in the foyer of the 30 Galleries taking part, You will find the reference copies in the following TATE associated galleries - 

Arnolfini Arts Centre, Bristol / Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead / Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow  Firstsite Art Gallery, Colchester / Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea / Golden Thread Art Centre, Belfast / Grizedale Arts, Conniston / Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston / The Hepworth Art Museum, Wakefield / HOME, Manchester / Ikon Gallery, Birmingham / John Hansard Gallery, Southampton / Leeds Art Gallery / Liverpool Biennial Gallery / MIMA – Middelsbourough Institute of Moden Art / Manchester Art Gallery / MK Gallery, Milton Kenes / Modern Art Oxford
Newlyn Art Gallery / Nottingham Contemporary / Pier Arts Centre, Orkney Islands, Scotland / Site Gallery, Sheffield  Tate Britain, London / Tate Liverpool / Tate Modern, London / Tate Gallery St Ives / Towner , Eastbourn / Turner Contemporary, Kent / VOID Gallery Londonderry, Ireland.
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THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES

28th July - 8th August
CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony was given as a gift by the Welsh Government & Wales Arts International, to all the foreign dignatories, special guests, sports aficionados & team members at the Welsh Welcome Party of The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 
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THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE, LONDON

7th - 11th September
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Cân y Coed Rainforest Symphony was selected to exhibit at THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE, London for the Unlimited Festival. It was played in The Southbank's A/V Theatre on a continuous loop throughout. ALSO, the Vibration boxes that Cheryl has designed, so people can easily convert the sound back into vibration, enabling them to FEEL the Symphony through their hands, was available from the main desk at the Southbank Centre & a dedicated room was set up for folk to use them.  Cheryl had her own web page on the Southbank Centre Website during the festival, which exhibited her Creative Access films alongside the Main Commission in BSL & Welsh language.
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THE BIG GREEN WEEK

24th September - 2nd October
For Green Week, Cân y Coed Rainforest Symphony was at Pontpool with Head 4 Arts where hand held, biodegradable QR COdes enabled audience to go into the woods & listen to the SYmphony. In addition, Head 4 Arts commissioned Cheryl to record a children's story penned whilst she was resident at Coed Lletywalter Rainforest & make a digital illustration with teacher notes. The piece is touring primary schools across Ponypool.
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Broadleaf Magazine

Special Edition 50th Anniversary
Cheryl's work with trees was featured in the Woodland Trust Autumn Special Edition 50th Anniversay Broadleaf Magazine, celebrating half a century of The Woodland Trust, who have planted over 55 million trees since launching in 1972. 
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Cheryl's photograph titled - '10,000 Years of Moss' - taken at Coed Llennyrch Rainforest during her residency, appeared as a double page spread in the special edition. Carbon dated back 10,000 years, the moss of the Welsh rainforests is one of the most significant eco-systems around the globe.
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Rewilding the Symphony

County Launch - 24th October
Bringing the Symphony home to Carmarthenshire felt important to Cheryl - after all, it was a little pocket of Carmarthenshire woods, opposite her cottage in West Wales, that helped to nurture her well being when she suddenly lost her hearing & so, she has formed a partnership with FUSION Carmarthenshire to plant biodegradable Symphony QR Codes in the Top Ten Woods. Cheryl ran a survey across the county, inviting nominations & visited the Top Ten favourite woods. In addition, she was commissioned to create a downloadable map to encourage & inspire folk to visit the beautiful woodlands on their doorstep. 
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If you would like to start a conversation with Cheryl about including CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony into your event, please feel free to get in touch.

CYMRAEG

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Ymunwch â Cheryl ym Mehefin/Gorffennaf ar BBC Radio 4 a BBC Sounds, pan fydd yn rhoi cipolwg personol iawn ar ei gwaith fel Artist Sain Amgylcheddol a Chyfansoddwr. Yn y cyfweliad yng Ngardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru, bydd yn trafod taith lansio ei Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw, CÂN Y COED.
PRESS PACK / PECYN I’R WASG
​Ymunwch â Cheryl yma ar 21 Mehefin 2022 ar gyfer Rhith lansiad ei Chomisiwn Unlimited clodfawr: - Symffoni Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED, wrth iddo ddarlledu ar 100 o rith blatfformau Cenedlaethol a Rhyngwladol a dechrau ei daith o gwmpas Cymru.

Mae Symffoni Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED yn gydweithrediad unigryw rhwng Coedwigoedd Glaw Cymru a'r Artist Sain Amgylcheddol, Cheryl Beer. Arweinir y cyfansoddiad gan systemau fasgwlaidd coed hynafol, rhedyn a mwsogl, a goladwyd drwy ailbwrpasu technoleg teclynnau clyw a biofeddygol, a grymuso natur oddi tan y rhisgl, lle mae pob nodyn yn ymgodi o'r coedwigoedd glaw eu hun.
 

LANSIAD AMSER REAL 21 MEHEFIN
Wrth i chi fwynhau'r rhith Symffoni Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED, bydd Cheryl yng Ngardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru yn Theatr Botanica gyda chynulleidfa wahoddedig. Mae'r Cod QR ar gyfer CÂN Y COED yn cael ei osod wrth hen goeden dderw lle bydd y gynulleidfa yn cael ei chludo i'r goedwig law drwy God QR.
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18 Mehefin - Gŵyl Goedwig y Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd - Cwm Elan
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Cyn y Lansiad Swyddogol, bydd Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED yn bresennol yng Ngŵyl Goedwig y Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd - diwrnod hyfryd i'r teulu yng nghwmni'r coed. Gan i Drydydd Symudiad y Symffoni, 'Rhedynen yn Dawnsio' gael ei gyfansoddi yng Nghoedwig Law Cwm Elan, mae'n weddus iawn ei fod yn cael dod adref.​
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Mehefin/Gorffennaf ​  Artist y Mis a Sgrinio'r Lansiad
Mewn cydnabyddiaeth o Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED, mae Celfyddydau Anabledd Cymru yn dathlu llwyddiant Cheryl drwy ei dynodi'n Artist y Mis ar gyfer Mehefin/Gorffennaf 2022. Yn ogystal, bydd ei fideo lansio, a gyflwynir yn Gymraeg, Saesneg ac Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, yn cael ei rannu ar eu gwefan a gyda'u partner Ap AM Creative - gan roi llwyfan cenedlaethol iddo.​
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20 Gorffennaf   Gŵyl Ffilmiau Undod @ CHAPTER
Mae Cheryl wedi cael gwahoddiad gan Hijinx i fod yn rhan o'u Gŵyl Ffilmiau Undod ddydd Llun 20 Gorffennaf, lle bydd cynulleidfaoedd yn cael cyfle i sganio'u Codau QR a thurio dan y rhisgl yng Nghoedwigoedd Glaw Cymru. Chapter yw'r lleoliad cyntaf i Cheryl berfformio ynddo fel cerddor yng Nghymru dros 30 mlynedd yn ôl, felly mae'n deimlad ingol wrth i'w cherddoriaeth ddychwelyd yno ... 
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21 Mehefin -  Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru
I lansio Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED, bydd Cheryl yng Ngardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru yn Theatr Botanica gyda chynulleidfa o wahoddedigion. Bydd y cod QR ar gyfer CÂN Y COED yn cael ei ddadorchuddio a'i leoli'n barhaol ar hen goeden dderw lle bydd ymwelwyr yn cael eu cludo i Goedwigoedd glaw Cymru. Bydd y gwesteion hefyd yn cael cyfle i brofi'r symffoni yn eu lleoliad dewisol yn yr Ardd, drwy ddefnyddio cod QR pren Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED, fel y gwelir yn y lluniau uchod.
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22 - 26 Mehefin - Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Caerdydd
Mae CÂN Y COED yn ymuno â Gŵyl Undod Hijinx yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru yng Nghaerdydd am 6 diwrnod fel gosodiad lle bydd cynulleidfa o bobl yn cael eu gwahodd i dderbyn Cod QR pren a chyrchu CÂN Y COED yn eu lle dewisol, naill ai yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru neu allan yn yr awyr agored.
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28 - 29 Mehefin - Canolfan Gelfyddydau ac Arloesedd Pontio - Teithiau Gosodiad CÂN Y COED gyda Gŵyl Undod Hijinx i Bontio ym Mangor
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1/2 Gorffennaf - Theatr  Ffwrnes - Teithiau Gosodiad CÂN Y COED gyda Gŵyl Undod Hijinx i Theatr Y Ffwrnes yn Llanelli, Sir Gâr.
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2 Gorffennaf Canolfan Gelfyddydau'r Pier, Ynysoedd Orkney, Yr Alban
Mae Cheryl rhan o Ymyriad Celfyddydau arloesol o'r enw WAIWAV,  a gynhelir ledled y DU i ddathlu pen-blwydd yn 102 oed Dadafest. Mae ei darn  'Sound heArt' yn gwahodd y gynulleidfa i wrando ar du mewn artist sain amgylcheddol, wrth iddi durio dan risgl y coed a'i hachubodd @ Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED. Bydd Ymyriad Celfyddydau Anabledd WAIWAV yn ymddangos ar y teledu yn genedlaethol.

3 Gorffennaf, LANSIAD LLYFR ARGRAFFIAD ARBENNIG WAIWAV
Fel rhan o'r ymyriad, mae rhifyn arbennig sin/llyfr yn cael ei gyhoeddi, gan gynnwys gwaith Cheryl ymhlith y 30 o artistiaid anabl sy'n cymryd rhan. Mae'r copïau argraffiad cyfyngedig yn eitemau casglwr, a byddant yn cael eu dosbarthu ledled y DU ar y cyd â deunydd cyfeirio yng nghyntedd y 29 o Orielau sy'n cymryd rhan, fel a ganlyn -

Arnolfini Arts Centre, Bryste / Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead / Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow  / Firstsite Art Gallery, Colchester
Oriel Glynn Vivian, Abertawe / Golden Thread Art Centre, Belfast / Grizedale Arts, Conniston / Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston / The Hepworth Art Museum, Wakefield / HOME, Manceinion / Ikon Gallery, Birmingham / John Hansard Gallery, Southampton / Leeds Art Gallery / Liverpool Biennial Gallery / MIMA - Middelsbourough Institute of Moden Art / Manchester Art Gallery / MK Gallery, Milton Kenes / Modern Art Oxford / Newlyn Art Gallery / Nottingham Contemporary / Pier Arts Centre, Orkney Islands, Scotland / Site Gallery, Sheffield / Tate Britain, London / Tate Liverpool / Tate Modern, London / Tate Gallery St Ives / Towner , Eastbourn / Turner Contemporary, Kent / VOID Gallery Londonderry, Ireland.

GEMAU'R GYMANWLAD

28 Gorffennaf - 8 Awst
​Rhoddwyd Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED yn rhodd gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Chelfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru i'r holl urddasolion estron, gwesteion arbennig, dilynwyr chwaraeon ac aelodau'r tîm ym Mharti Croesawu Cymru Gemau'r Gymanwlad yn Birmingham. 
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Canolfan Southbank, Llundain
7 - 11 Medi

Mae Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw Cân y Coed wedi cael ei dewis i arddangos yn THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE, Llundain ar gyfer Gŵyl Unlimited. Bydd yn cael ei chwarae ar ddolen barhaus yn Theatr Glyweledol Canolfan Southbank drwy gydol y 5 diwrnod. A HEFYD, bydd y blychau Dirgryniad ‒ y mae Cheryl wedi'u dyfeisio fel y gall pobl drosi'r sain yn ôl yn ddirgryniad a THEIMLO'r Symffoni trwy eu dwylo ‒ ar gael wrth y ddesg dderbyn yn y Ganolfan, ac mae ystafell arbennig yn cael ei pharatoi lle gall pobl eu defnyddio.  Bydd gan Cheryl dudalen ar Wefan Canolfan Southbank yn ystod yr ŵyl i arddangos y ffilmiau Mynediad Creadigol mae wedi'u creu ar y cyd â'r darn Prif Gomisiwn ‒ i wella mynediad ar gyfer y gymuned F/fyddar.

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YR WYTHNOS
FAWR WERDD

24 Medi - 2 Hydref
Ar gyfer yr Wythnos Werdd, mae Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw Cân y Coed yn ymddangos ym Mhont-y-pŵl gyda Chelf ar y Blaen – mae'r gynulleidfa yn gallu cludo Codau QR Pren i mewn i'r goedwig i wrando ar y Symffoni. Yn ogystal, comisiynwyd Cheryl gan Gelf ar y Blaen i recordio stori i blant a ysgrifennodd pan oedd yn preswylio yng Nghoedwig Law Coed Lletywalter, ac i greu darlun digidol gyda nodiadau i athrawon. Mae'r darn yn teithio o gwmpas ysgolion cynradd ar draws Pont-y-pŵl.
 
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Cylchgrawn Broadleaf 

Argraffiad Arbennig 50fed Pen-blwydd
​Cafodd gwaith Cheryl gyda choed ei gynnwys yn y Rhifyn Arbennig Hydref  o'r Cylchgrawn Broadleaf ar gyfer 50fed Pen-blwydd Coed Cadw, a oedd yn ddathlu hanner canrif o’r mudiad sydd wedi plannu dros 55 miliwn o goed ers iddo gael ei lansio yn 1972. Ymddangosodd llun Cheryl o'r enw – '10,000 o Flynyddoedd o Fwsogl' – a dynnwyd yn ystod ei phreswyliad yng Nghoedwig Law Coed Llennyrch, fel taeniad dwbl yn y rhifyn arbennig. Mae dyddio carbon ar fwsogl y coedwigoedd glaw yng Nghymru yn dangos ei fod yn estyn nôl 10,000 o flynyddoedd ac mae'n un o'r ecosystemau pwysicaf yn y byd.
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Ailwylltio'r  Symffoni

Lansiad Sirol - 24 Hydref
Roedd dod â'r Symffoni adref i Sir Gâr yn bwysig i Cheryl – wedi'r cyfan, bu’r llain fach o goedwig yn Sir Gâr, gyferbyn â'i bwthyn yng Ngorllewin Cymru, yn gymorth i Cheryl wrth adfer ei lles pan gollodd ei chlyw yn sydyn. Felly mae wedi ffurfio partneriaeth â FUSION Sir Gâr i blannu Codau QR bioddiraddadwy'r Symffoni yn y Deng Coedwig Gorau. Cynhaliodd Cheryl arolwg ar draws y sir yn gwahodd enwebiadau ac ymwelodd â'r Deng Coedwig Gorau. Yn ogystal, cafodd ei chomisiynu i greu map y gellir ei lawrlwytho i annog ac ysbrydoli pobl i ymweld â'r coetiroedd hardd sydd ar garreg eu drws.
 
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Gwyliwch y gofod hwn am ddyddiadau newydd ... 
Mae Cheryl mewn trafodaeth gyda nifer o leoliadau a digwyddiadau cyffrous a bydd yn rhoi gwybod i chi am y dyddiadau hyn wrth iddynt gael eu cadarnhau. Os hoffech gael sgwrs gyda Cheryl ynglŷn â chynnwys Symffoni'r Coedwigoedd Glaw CÂN Y COED yn eich digwyddiad chi, mae croeso i chi cysylltwch â hi.  - this should be 'gysylltu â hi'. ​
Celtic Rainforest Locations
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Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Arts Council of Wales

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