Work in schools
Pupils from five primary schools along the lower Teifi worked with West Wales Rivers Trust, spacetocreate and Small World Theatre to create Theatre and make artwork about the River Teifi through a variety of art forms including collage, drawing, mixed media and drama workshops leading to performances using shadow puppetry. The pupils were already well informed about the river's rich biodiversity and understood the importance of protecting and restoring the Teifi. Through exhibitions and performances, the children and the project effectively reached intergenerationally across communities.
Pupils from five primary schools along the lower Teifi worked with artists Pip Lewis, Guy Norman and Cathryn Gwynn to make work about the loss of biodiversity in the river. The artworks use collage as a metaphor of water quality. These are overlaid with a silhouetted image of a species at risk. The works are completed with a border of Welsh language words celebrating the qualities of the 'lost creature', reminding us of the link between biodiversity loss and the loss of language.
