{"id":20317,"date":"2017-10-19T16:57:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=20317"},"modified":"2017-10-19T16:57:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:57:44","slug":"whitchurch-library-aims-become-home-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/10\/19\/whitchurch-library-aims-become-home-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitchurch Library wants to be home of arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AWEN is a project centred around Whitchurch Library aiming to promote greater community use of the library through a series of a cultural events.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Awen\u201d means inspiration in Welsh and also stands for Arts Whitchurch Eglwys Newydd &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eglwys Newydd<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> being the Welsh for Whitchurch. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The charitable incorporated organisation &#8211; which gained its status last year &#8211; describes itself as the \u201chome of arts\u201d in Whitchurch.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its programme of regular and one-off events is modelled on centres like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapter.org\">Chapter Arts<\/a> in Canton. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the wake of shrinking council budgets services have been consolidated into multi-functional community centres across Cardiff. Splott\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better.org.uk\/leisure-centre\/cardiff\/star\">STAR Hub<\/a> is another example.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only last year Whitchurch Library &#8211; along with seven other libraries around Cardiff &#8211; faced axed funding.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The grade two listed building was built in 1904 and has been in use for over a century.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Library staff still worry about the future of the building.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the face of a Cardiff Council budget gap of \u00a374 million over the next three years facilities like these will continue struggling with financial constraints.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staff hope that upcoming AWEN events like Rhodri: A Political Life in Wales and Westminster\u00a0can help. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bilingual presentation takes place in Whitchurch Rugby Club on Friday October 27\u00a0launching Rhodri Morgan&#8217;s\u00a0autobiography.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> His widow, Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan, and brother, historian Prys Morgan, will share their memories of the former First Minister of Wales.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For further information on AWEN\u2019s schedule, see their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awenthelibrary.cymru\">website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWEN is a project centred around Whitchurch Library aiming to promote greater community use of the library through a series of a cultural events. \u201cAwen\u201d means inspiration in Welsh and also stands for Arts Whitchurch Eglwys Newydd &#8211; Eglwys Newydd being the Welsh for Whitchurch. 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