CARAD, Community Arts Rhayader And District, run Arts and Heritage projects in Mid Wales. We are inclusive and volunteer-led.
We are volunteer-led supported by two part-time administrative and finance staff. We have two converted industrial units in Rhayader, one is Rhayader Museum and Gallery and one is the Arts and Theatre building. Our museum space is currently undergoing a substantial redevelopment and so is closed to the public.
However, the walls outside are being converted into an outdoor exhibition space, and our mission continues online. Please see our website for further details.
CARAD provides a creative hub that nurtures and showcases the area’s rich social and cultural heritage and which celebrates our rural area and its natural history. We seek to create a culturally vibrant and resilient community. To do this we:
Promote participation in arts and heritage activity for social, personal, cultural and wider economic benefit.
Encourage individuals to develop and share existing skills and inspire them to learn new ones.
Use creative projects to celebrate and represent the area’s distinctive voices.
Work in partnership with all ages and abilities to foster a sense of place, worth and confidence.
Work with a variety of local organisations to develop strong cross-community links.
We have always been an ambitious and creative organisation. We deliver smaller community-focused activities and workshops as well as larger town-wide events and we contribute to or support other community initiatives and organisations. This enables us to offer a broad range of opportunities to the community and to visitors.'
Provides arts and heritage activities for the community such as exhibitions and drama projects with use of theatre and dance studio. Develops projects allowing people to express themselves creatively, to learn and develop new...
