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Chapter Arts Centre
Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE, WalesAbout
Chapter Arts Centre is a meeting place for people and for ideas. It’s regarded as one of the most successful multi-disciplinary arts organisations in the UK and a major centre for the contemporary arts in Europe. Chapter has 2 cinemas, a number of theatre spaces, a gallery, shop, café and award-winning bar and is also home to over 60 cultural workspaces. If you want to scratch beneath the skin of a performance, watch life-affirming films that lift your spirits and warm your soul, see an exhibition that's thought-provoking, playful and provocative or just linger over a drink in the café bar, then Chapter’s your place. Occupying a former secondary school in the busy Cardiff area of Canton, Chapter has supported influential artists early in their careers and established an international reputation for its pioneering work. It has encouraged people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the arts and has become an intrinsic part of the cultural landscape of Wales. Welcoming 400,000 visitors annually Chapter’s artistic work and influence is widespread and it is an important part of many people’s lives. Chapter annually commissions and presents over 2,000 exhibitions, events, screenings and performances; and programmes more than 3,000 education and outreach workshops. Chapter also supports creative organisations and artists, providing support and a home for many of Wales’ best-known names in theatre, dance, music, art and animation. The centre has promoted a long list of practitioners from film directors Justin Kerrigan and Chris Monger to Turner Prize nominated artists Mona Hartoum and Cornelia Parker; from Oscar-nominated animators Joanna Quinn (who is based at Chapter) and the creator of Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park to actors Willem Dafoe and former Monty Python Terry Jones. Chapter has always strived to meet the needs of the community in which it sits. It has pioneered accessible cinema for people with disabilities; created special screenings for isolated groups such as women from ethnic minorities or women with young children; developed innovative film workshops for schools visiting Chapter and also sent workshop leaders into schools across south and west Wales.
