Welsh Ballroom Community

As part of the public programme for AM10, we worked in partnership with venues to develop a series of projects with communities. These were realised in response to the themes and ideas present in the practice and works on display from each of the seven artists. The projects took multiple forms while communities also contributed to our podcast series and the production of interpretative labels shown in the galleries.

Raven Spiteri, a member of the Welsh Ballroom Community, worked in response to Naomi Rincon Gallardo‘s work with Chapter through a series of extended four-by-four-hour workshops. These included a DJ workshop led by Raven herself, a Body Confidence workshop by Tayo & Supreme Milan, a Queer Performance workshop by Ivy Kelly, and a Queer Fungi Talk, along with a Collage Image and Zine Making Workshop by Izzy McLeod. Raven produced a photo-essay publication from the four workshops. Additionally, the project involved 12 participants in activities, including four workshops, four interviews for inclusion in a podcast, a text produced as a ‘para-label,’ and one public tour.