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Role in the University
Gwenllian is the Programme director for the Undergraduate Art and Design and Art Practice provision on the Carmarthen campus of the school of Applied Arts and Art Practice.
Gwenllian also has an academic supporting role on the Postgraduate programmes within the faculty.
She is also employed by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol to promote and deliver art and design through the Medium of Welsh at the University.
Background
Gwenllian Beynon is a creative practitioner and printmaker using multidisciplinary principles including 2D, 3D, design, theatre, traditional and non-traditional processes and strives to work in a sustainable way, minimizing the risk to the environment. She has been lecturer at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David since 2005.
Gwenllian trained at Cardiff School of Art gaining a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. In 2002 she undertook a teaching certificate for post 16 education (PGCE). As a freelance artist and workshop co-ordinator in art and theatre, Gwenllian has worked extensively within the art world in Wales contributing to education in schools and colleges and to community provision. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe.
Since graduating with a Masters degree from Wimbledon School of Art in 1996 Gwenllian has been a freelance artist and workshop facilitator inspiring creativity in others; utilizing non formal / informal educational principles in settings such as schools, theatre and the community, this aspect of her creative practice is currently the focus of her doctorate.
Academic Interests
Gwenllian is an active and vibrant part of the academic team and her current roles includes programme directing, lecturing in creative practice, leading on the delivery of the theoretical aspects of the undergraduate degrees and is a Senior Lecturer through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Bilingual education is central to Gwenllian’s academic role and this is currently being developed to provide the opportunity for undergraduate students to study art and design totally, through the use of the welsh language, this is unprecedented within art and design education at this level.
Teaching creative art practice and in the first year of the degrees, basing this in multidisciplinary 2D modules is one of the foundation principles of Gwenllian’s teaching. As the students develop through the degree she and her colleagues believe in collaborative teaching and learning allowing for the cross fertilisation of the creative ideas and processes, encouraging and allowing the students to develop transferable skills for the contemporary creative work place. She also leads on sustainable issues within the context of the creative arts.
Research Interests
Gwenllian is currently undertaking a PhD exploring the role and relationships between a facilitator and participants within creative workshop settings. Underpinning this research is the investigation of academic processes, creativity and creative learning journeys.
Expertise
- Community art facilitator.
- Multidisciplinary creative practitioner this includes working in 2D and 3D processes.
- Creative collaborator.
- Engage with numerous processes to include design, crafts, working in theatres on sets and performances,
- Printmaking.