Ignite Cymru

What is Ignite Cymru?

Ignite Cymru is a project run by Christmas at Bute Park with support from the Welsh Government to help develop skills among local creatives.

Our 2023 trail featured surround-sound audio by local young composers and stunning installations by locally-based visual designers Citrus Arts.

This year, two key installations will be designed by three emerging Welsh Artists, plus more than 50 young art-workers again from Citrus Arts.

Citrus Arts:

Gigantic stars will be made by ‘art-workers’, paid trainees from South Wales, who have been trained in basic metal-working skills by the female led WTF (Women Teaching Fabrication).

Royal Welsh College of Drama and Music students:

Natalie and Louis have teamed up together to create a sculptural spectacular formed of an array of dazzling & glowing crystal pipes, allowing the light to travel through them. The music that will accompany the installation, is in collaboration with the Cardiff branch of the National Youth Orchestra. The audio will also incorporate text in Welsh language sourced via interviews with the local community of some of their favourite parts of the festive season.

The second installation will be designed Elliot Lewis, from Cardiff

He has designed an illumination that will see 12 infinity mirror light displays placed along the path, each creating the illusion of infinite lights & showcasing the ever evolution of how luminosity has changed throughout the festive decades.

Partners in our Ignite Cymru programme include:

• Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama 
• Citrus Arts