Rite of passage is a community heritage and public art project working to raise awareness of and celebrate 50 years of Irish immigration from Waterford and Cork through Neyland and on into South Wales.

The first phase of the project used film, music and the visual arts to work with the community of Neyland in a series of linked creative projects exploring and presenting different aspects of this history read more

With the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, representatives from the community also worked with experienced practitioners in the public art realm to commission a 3 year programme of public art read more

in the Autumn of 2010 the Brunel Festival Association, supported by spacetocreate, a Pembrokeshire based community arts organisation, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Milford Haven Port Authority will be running a community arts festival under the tiltle Migration: Echoes and traces.

The festival begins at the end of August with an 8 week storytelling project,  and builds up to a celebration of community arts at the end of October that will include a showcase for a variety of projects including: "Salt in the Air" - a Sea shanties project; "Hands up for Neyland"- a temporary public art project to bring the town to life with a set of 10 colourful flags and "The way we see it"- a Photography project exploring the perspectives of young people. The week-long festival running from Friday October 22-29 will also host a range of exhibitions and events  to get everyone involved.

Download a flier about the story-telling project here and the draft programme for the festival here

An edited version of the film documenting the first phase of the project is available here