Past Projects & Events

Join the dance to celebrate the Spring Equinox as part of the 8th Annual ‘Women Dancing’ to Patti Smith’s album ‘HORSES’ Sunday 20th March 2022 at Dawn Swansea ...

A creative and contemplative guided small group retreat. The clocks are going forward. How about you? A small group, deep retreat, marking the moment at The ...

A Rite of Passage in Nature including a full four day & night solo fast. Are you facing a turning point in your life? Looking for a ritual to mark a ...

A creative and contemplative guided group retreat. Come, join us to consciously and creatively mark the 2021 Autumn Equinox, on Bardsey Island, Ynys Enlli in ...

A Rite of Passage in Nature including a dawn until dusk fast and wonder walk. “A much-needed resource for people seeking change & growth.” 9th – 16th July ...

A Rite of Passage in Nature including one overnight solo fast. “A much-needed resource for people seeking change & growth.” July 10th – 17th ...

An Online Emergence Workshop As white people, we are born privileged simply because of the colour of our skin. How do we begin to address and change this? How ...

An Online Emergence Workshop As white people, we are born privileged simply because of the colour of our skin. How do we begin to address and change this? How ...

Join the dance to celebrate the Spring Equinox as part of the 7th Annual ‘Women Dancing’ to Patti Smith’s album ‘HORSES’ Dawn on Sunday March 21st 2021 Wherever ...

An Online Emergence Workshop As white people, we are born privileged simply because of the colour of our skin. How do we begin to address and change this? How ...

A Geographically Spread Socially Distanced RitualArtworK curated by Fern Smith Monday 21st December 2020 Women marking the moment of the 2020 Winter ...

An Online Emergence Workshop Saturday 21st November 10am – 5pm. Online on Zoom. More information ...

A Rite of Passage in Nature including a full four day & night solo fast. Are you facing a turning point in your life? Looking for a ritual to mark a ...

A Rite of Passage in Nature including one overnight solo fast. “A much-needed resource for people seeking change & growth.” 6th – 12th JulySpirit Horse, Mid ...

An invitation to participate in a DIY, Self-organised, Women’s Summer Solstice Ritual Friday 19th June 9.21pm to Saturday 20th June 4.43am Invitation to Make ...

Join us for the 6th Annual ‘Women Dancing’ to Patti Smith’s album ‘HORSES’ Sunday March 22nd 2020 at DawnCastell y Bere, Wales Download information ...

A Rite of Passage in Nature including a full four day & night solo fast. Are you facing a turning point in your life? Looking for a ritual to mark a ...

Retreat. Rest. Reflect. Rejuvenate. Restore. Return. Nant-y-Gwenill, Aberhosan, nr Machynlleth, mid Wales We warmly invite you to join us for a unique retreat ...

Working with the Welsh Government & Natural Resources Wales & Partners 2nd& 3rdMay  & 15th& 16th May 2019 Fifty years ago, humanity did ...

“Are you an artist? Are you a shape-shifter? Are you in transition? Are you welcoming or resisting change? Are you stepping into the unknown? Are you proceeding ...

Over the course of one week at Small World, Artist in Residence and 2017 Creative Wales Award Recipient, Fern Smith re-enacted a series of ‘Dialogues on Art, ...

The world leaders came together in October 2017 at COP 22 in Marakech. To show our support for the process and keep the engagement with climate issues going on ...

Being an Earth Pilgrim is a landmark documentary series of six, hour-long conversations that chronicle and celebrate the life and work of teacher, peace ...

In November and December 2015 Emergence organised three events that represented a creative local response to the historic Paris climate talks: COP21. These ...

‘Culture Shifters: Artists Making Change’ tells three stories of how artists in different parts of Wales are leading on regeneration, sustainability and social ...

The Harvest Walk & Talk on 27th September 2015 marked the ‘turning of the year’ on Gower celebrating the traditional seasonal festival of Harvest and a ...

The Peace Walk & Talk was designed to mark the 75th anniversary of the first bombs dropped on Swansea during World War 2 on June 27th 1940. This event ...

Walking the 56km of The Gower Way for four days, inspired by Joanna Macy’s change and empowerment process ‘The Work That Reconnects’. In early ...

‘Culture Shift/ Newid Diwylliant’ is a strategic document commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales that gives a glimpse of the many pioneering sustainable arts ...

Emergence collaborates with Creu Cymru to integrate sustainability into the management and infrastructure of Wales’ venues and arts centres. The Creu Cymru ...

Key contributors to Emergence discuss the ideas and inspiration which led to their involvement with the project. After two years of going from one Emergence ...

Emergence revisits the 2012 Land Journey North route with a small group of participants inviting reflection on personal and professional developments since the ...

Emergence curates a day of events, film shows, discussions as part of the biennial WSD Festival held at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. A ...

Emergence presents a provocative performance questioning the role of arts in society. Written by Suzi Gablik this piece asks the question ‘what role does art ...

Emergence hosts a smaller Summit back at home in Swansea. Contributions from Lucy Neal, Gary Anderson and the One-Eyed-Man. Very small is very beautiful, ...

Emergence commissioned artists thanks to Arts Council Wales: Sarah Woods & Richard Gott, Ansuman Biswas, Fern Thomas & Owen Griffiths, Ben Stammers, ...

If we cannot imagine a positive future, how can we create it? A Summit of arts, environment and sustainability at Wales’ pioneering sustainability hub, the ...

A five-day Land Journey tracing two elliptical routes across mid-Wales, inviting a deepened dialogue, concentration and reflection on the things we take for ...

Emergence invites the Case for Optimism team to Swansea, creating spaces for cultural leaders and arts practitioners to deepen their creative response to global ...

Launch event at the Wales Millennium Centre for the bilingual Emergence Eginiad report. Arresting ideas, practical advice and useful contacts from the 20 ...

The third Emergence conference from the Volcano & Sustain Wales partnership held in March 2011 at Galeri, Carnarvon. ‘What art does clearly is engage with ...

The conversation continued in January 2011 at Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea attracting arts practitioners from Swansea and beyond. ‘If you really want to ...

The pioneer Emergence conference at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. The arts sector in Wales came together to share ideas, ask questions and get practical tools ...

Emergence conducts a survey of practising artists in Wales about their attitudes and understanding of sustainability in relation to their practice and the arts ...