Charles Street Arts Foundation Annual Report, Cardiff, 1989

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Charles Street Arts Foundation Annual Report 1988-1989. The cover has a monochrome drawing inspired by an Australian Aboriginal theme, including stylised footprints with a dot pattern, rushes and swirls. At the top, in large drawn block letters, are “CHARLES STREET” and “ARTS FOUNDATION”, and in smaller letters, “ANNUAL REPORT”. In the centre of the cover are line drawings of faces with the words “ONE MUSIC”, “STREET THEATRE”, “GRAND PARADE” and “STALLS”. Boxes have the captions “DONATIONS APPRECIATED” and “CHARLES STREET ARTS FOUNDATION c/o 43 CHARLES STREET CARDIFF tel.: 225578”. (The c/o 43 appears to have been amended later in manuscript, reflecting uncertainty over their address.) At the bottom is a box with a geometric-patterned border and the words “March 1988 - March 1989”. The 12th Charles Street Carnival and Festival of Community Arts in 1988 had the theme Australia to link with the bicentennial celebrations of the first fleet arriving at Botany Bay to start a penal colony.

The Report documents both the loss of their Charles Street office and of paid staff, marking a return to being a voluntary body (43 Charles Street is the address of the Quaker Friends Meeting House). It also includes a description of the Community Arts Festival and a lively account of the Charles Street Carnival and outreach work. Page eight consists of reproductions of four black and white photographs which appear to feature individuals in fancy dress and stalls at the Carnival.

In June 1977, Cardiff Community Concern started the Charles Street Carnival as a community groups' alternative celebration of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. This became an annual event and grew into a separate organisation, Charles Street Arts Foundation. The Foundation came to employ artists and staff but was founded and run by volunteers. Cardiff Community Concern, also founded and run by volunteers, was an alternative advice and information centre for young people, based in 58 Charles Street.

Glamorgan Archives, D20/6
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