Mark Halliday is developing a series of short to medium term residences for practitioners to live and work in buildings at his home in West Wales.

Previous Residency Recipients:

Kate Lewis, January-February 2012

Anna Hayes, July-August 2012

Andrew Harrison, September 2015 – present

Mark has also been working with artists at Cilyrynys on a project basis, for example with

Lou Lockwood, Cardiff – Lou is registered blind and has been working on developing a tactile and aural language using bronze – click here to watch a short video of Lou’s work made at Cilyrynys

Michelle Lemire, Quebec, Canada – Michelle came over to work with Mark as part of her Canadian Arts Council funded project helping her to extend her usual practice working with porcelain into using bronze casting.  Michelle hopes to return for further experimentation – click here to visit Michelle’s website and her account of her visit 

Beatrice Marr, Athens, Greece – Beatrice visited the foundry to experiment with bronze casting.  Her usual work is drawing.  She was introduced to Mark through her Masters course at Swindon college.

Darren O’Connor, Cuimba, Brazil and London – Darren has visited Cilyrynys several times and worked with Mark on producing a mould for a bell, to be used in a prop in a play by Brazilian playwright.

Abstract House, Cuimba, Brazil – dialogue with this artists group based in Brazil on possible future projects.  Marcia Louzada and Darren O’Connor have initiated this space – click here to visit their website