A welcoming space for young adults
An arts prescription project
The Wellbeing Studio offered a welcoming space for young adults aged 18–30 to take part in creative sessions with performers, artists, writers, and musicians. These sessions supported participants with anxiety, low confidence, difficulty socialising, and loneliness.
The informal sessions were free and took place at Nyth, with drop-in sessions lasting two hours. Participants could attend one, two, or all of the sessions.
All sessions were facilitated by professional artists, including Casi Wyn, Mirain Fflur, Robin Edwards, Mari Gwent, and Elgan Rhys.
The Wellbeing Studio was a partnership between Gwynedd Community Arts, Bodnant Surgery Bangor, and Bangor University's Student Wellbeing Department.
Want to know more?
For more information about past sessions or the artists involved, please contact:
☎️ 01248 715 048
📧 elgan@franwen.com
Robin Edwards
Robin is an electronic music producer, and sound artist.
He releases music under the name R.Seiliog and collaborates with the BFI on film scoring and animation projects; composing for contemporary dance works, theatre, and our sound design for technology.Recently he has been collaborating with Helmholtz scientists on a polar and marine climate research project - composing with environmental recordings from the Arctic.
Mirain Fflur
Mirain is an actor from Nefyn. She has collaborated with Frân Wen, The National Theatre of Wales, Sky Arts, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Bara Caws, Theatr Clwyd and Dundee Rep to name a few.
Adding to her list of diverse skills, Mirain is a director, writer, visual artist and theatre-maker having graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art’s MA in acting and devising. She is currently developing her first full-length play, Slaughtered. Mirain is driven to make accessible, immersive theatre and create spaces of healing and education that amplify the smallest voice in the room.
Mari Gwent
Mari is a multi-media community artist who specialises in creating three-dimensional props, sculptures and murals. She is inspired to develop ideas while creatively collaborating with communities of all ages and backgrounds.
She is completely passionate about developing the strong link between creativity and wellbeing, as a result of working on a number of art projects for the benefit of the health and well-being of individuals and their communities.
Casi Wyn
Casi is a singer and songwriter from Bangor. She was the Children's Laureate Wales in 2021 - 2023. She has composed music for the BBC National Orchestra in Wales, Sinfonia Cymru and a recent co-production between the National Dance Company of Wales and Theatr Cymru.
She led the Urdd's Message of Peace and Good Will in 2024 and her first volume of poems was published last year called Bro Prydferthwch - and more recently, her personal collection of poems, Cariad Yw. Casi is the Creative Director and founder of Codi Pais magazine.
