Projects
We co-create yearly projects with people in response to local social, cultural, and political issues, needs and desires. Projects are often workshop-based in community settings and will be multidisciplinary. We work in partnership with arts and non-arts organisations, sharing resources and expertise.
Projects in 2023-24
Junction/Cyffordd
JUNCTION/CYFFORDD is digital filmmaking project established to platform Welsh, LGBT+ and Global Majority people and their stories.
NEXT UP ACADEMY
5th DECEMBER 2023 - 5TH APRIL 2024
Next Up Academy is a ground-breaking project that infuses elements of hip hop and grime with theatre.
Commissioned Writers
One of our missions here at Fio is to actively build the slate of new work written by Global Majority artists in Wales, by commissioning at least two new plays every year, plus continued investment for the other commissions on our slate in any given year.
Creative/Producer Lab
Established to offer Global Majority and underrepresented creatives in Wales time, space and money to develop an idea.
From May to Etta, with Love
A series of six short audio dramas inspired by an extraordinary photo collection held by Glamorgan Archives.
Projects in 2022
Winter Sparks
Our project in 2022 was a participatory arts project focused sharing the joy of creativity, building relationships, and embedding Fio in our local communities in Riverside. We partnered with Women Connect First and Now In A Minute Media and delivered weekly arts sessions in Riverside Warehouse for a group of 11-16-year-old Muslim girls. We worked with a powerhouse team of Wales-based Muslim artists who facilitated sessions sharing their unique skillsets. From photography to journalism, poetry to illustration and more, the group decided they would like to create a Zine sharing their creative work. Key themes were identity, belonging, and wellbeing. We published the trilingual Zine in English, Welsh and Arabic, as these were the languages that were most important to the group. We worked with the Urdd who facilitated Welsh language workshops, and also worked with local businesses Aubergine Café and Grow Cardiff, showcasing them in the Zine.
We published the Zine with Lucent Dreaming Publishers, and hand delivered 400 copies through letterboxes in Riverside, sharing joy, creativity, recipes and sparking lots of joyous conversations!
“What participants said about the project:
“The Zine makes me feel happy and proud that I participated”
“It has changed me because I was able to share my ideas in a safe place and also do something I like”
“It has influenced me to take part in more projects at school””