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Aims and Objectives

Our Aims:

To generate a creative partnership to drive forward the creative industry throughout Swansea and its district.

To raise the self-esteem of our local communities through creative projects.

To work in partnership with other agencies, which share similar aims.

To involve our local communities in the work we do – in planning and delivering our projects.

To assist individual’s self-expression whoever they are and help them release their creativity.

To exchange creative ideas and share best practice with other artists and organisations.

We value the diversity of individuals which we engage with daily and work under equal opportunities to include all. Above all we want to make a sustainable difference to our local community and create opportunities for positive change.

Objectives:

By Providing creative workshops to release people’s creative talents regardless of ability.

We are going to build up a bank of digital recourses such as visual and audio recording equipment and offer this for use by the local community.

By giving priority to groups that have been marginalised such as: the young, unemployed, BME community, lone parents, those suffering with illness.

We’re going to organise events to celebrate the creativity in our community.

By develop the local skills base through training in music, visual art, dance an deliver informal and formal training.

Encouraging active participation in our projects by getting those involved to consult the community about projects they would like to see happen.

By creating a local network of resources and support through the development of partnerships; and by working on projects together and sharing knowledge and experience.

Not forgetting to promote music art and dance as a product that can generate income while providing a means of having fun and socialising.

Furthermore, we‘re going to set our sights high and create professional standards within local art, dance and music communities.

The Feever It is our aim to help local people develop their creativity, especially those who may struggle to find funding. We work particularly with musicians and artists form the less privileged areas of Swansea and throughout Wales in partnership with Community First, Swansea City Council and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action.

We are seeking to create a creative partnership of arts based organisations in and around Swansea to sharing ideas and also to support each other as musicians, artists and dancers regardless of skill level or background. By coming together we can drive forward the creative industry in Swansea and engage in more ambitious projects than we could accomplish as individuals.

We are aiming to provide an audio and visual recording resource for Swansea City Centre.

Over the coming months we hope to provide and facilitate a range of quality contemporary Music, Art and Dance projects.

What we can do for you?

Help you meet like minded individuals and work on projects together.
Give you professional advice and support.
Give you professional advice and support.
Provide recording time in one of the best studios in town.

What you can do for us?

Join M.A.D. in Swansea.
Support our events by attending and/or performing.
Help to run our committee.
Help to develop our projects.

Membership is free and open to all. M.A.D has both
equal opportunities and an environmental policy.

Help us change the face of the creative industry and
focus attention on the many musical talents in Swansea!

Music

Recording Studio We are currently running a project called NEXT STEP, which gives deserving bands access to FREE studio recording time in an amazing 24 track industry standard studio in the heart of Swansea.

Dozens of Bands have already recorded with us and have produced some really crackin’ demos!

We also work towards achieving our aims with musicians by promoting gigs, organising music workshops and providing the only online Swansea Gig Guide listing virtually all of the live music to be found in Swansea each night. Furthermore, we have a PA for Sound System available for hire or offered free of charge to worthy musicians.

Arts

We work in conjunction with local visual artists to help organise and publicise art exhibitions. We also work to promote public art projects by assisting in the organisation and funding issues of such projects.

"Come on in my homeless brothers. We all dance in circles now.
Come on in you faithless lovers we all have to dance somehow."

Mick Haigh - local poet

Just a quick word to say Swansea Music Art Dance has recieved further funding for its Next Step project - from 02s " its your community" scheme. This will allow us to purchase our own high quality video camera. Thanks very much to 02 and "its your community" We'll give you further details over the next few weeks - watch this space! We now can provide a visual element to all out audio recording- watch out world!