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Butetown History & Arts Centre (BHAC) is a historical archive, educational centre and art gallery located in the Butetown area of Cardiff, Wales. ==Background== BHAC has its origins as an oral history class at the heart of Butetown (or Tiger Bay), one of the UK's oldest multi-racial communities.〔 It was the initiative of African-American academic, Glenn Jordan, who arrived in Cardiff during the 1980s and decided to stay, hoping to allow the Tiger Bay residents a chance to describe and represent their own history.〔 The Centre emerged in 1988 with the help of a small handful of local residents, meeting at the Butetown Community Centre where they learnt interview techniques and recording methods.〔 By 2000 the Centre had recorded several hundred hours of oral history, published several books and was running cultural-political and educational activities for local adults. It occupied a building in the centre of Butetown,〔 which it moved into in 1996 with the help of European funding.〔 The Centre was featured in a 2001 report, "Creative Regeneration: Lessons from 10 Community Arts Projects", by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.〔 By 2005 the centre had collected 450 hours of oral history and 3,000 photographs.〔 BHAC's collection also includes paintings, photographs and sculptures by local artists. Visual and performing arts have become increasingly important dimensions of BHAC's work. The centre now runs the Diversity Arts Wales (DAW) programme – an initiative, funded by the Arts Council of Wales, that supports the professional development of artists from ethnic minority backgrounds. DAW also encourages artists, whatever their background, to engage in multicultural and intercultural work. BHAC has been funded by the Home Office, Welsh Assembly, Arts Council for Wales, Cardiff Council and various foundations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Butetown History and Art Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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