Sites of Inclusion: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Participation in the Arts Sector in Wales

The recent Sites of Inclusion project, which has been successfully completed by the Romani Cultural & Arts Company (RCAC), and was presented on Monday 24th October 2022 at the Riverfront Arts Centre, and looked at the participation and inclusion of Romani and Traveller people in the arts sector in Wales. The work was funded and commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales (ACW), as a way of understanding when and how Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities engaged with arts, performance and culture more generally. The ACW wanted to find ways in which communities beyond the current, more familiar audience for arts and culture could be reached, with a mind to engaging more people from more diverse backgrounds being included in the production and consumption of arts in Wales. Promoting inclusive and representative audiences, artists and performers is being driven by the the Welsh government’s objective of making Wales an anti-racist society by the year 2030