Throughout the month of July, Picton Castle Gallery is showing an inspirational exhibition of work produced by artists from Arts Ability from the County Wexford Community Workshop in New Ross alongside a fantastic display of papier-mâché cats fabricated by the part- time students who attend the Ammanford Campus of Coleg Sir Gâr.

The 'true colours' exhibition demonstrates what an effective initiative the visual arts strand is, allowing disabled people to immerse themselves in their subjects and produce some amazing pieces of art. Declan Kennedy who is co-ordinator of the Arts Ability project enables the artists to work out for themselves how they want to express their thoughts through colour and imagination. The openness and honesty with which the artists paint and talk about their work is fresh and inspiring, demonstrating the confidence that has emerged through art.

The 'cat walk' exhibition is another success for the students working with Rowanne Lewis from Coleg Sir Gâr. The students ranging age from fifteen to seventy, and coming from diverse backgrounds, have a range of abilities and skills which they bring to their art making. The cats were developed through initial studies of cats for ceramics, with each student putting their own individual style on the finished results offering an eclectic feline display for the viewer.

Dai Evans, director of Picton Castle Trust, said: "I am delighted, on behalf of The Picton Castle Trust, to welcome our Irish visitors and local community artists from West Wales to Picton Castle and Gardens for this exciting and innovative exhibition."

The Welsh and Irish artists will meet for the first time at a reception in July at Picton Castle celebrating the collaborative exhibitions.

The reception will be followed by a workshop given by one of the artists and the Irish contingent will then travel on to the Norwegian Church in Cardiff to view the 'Go Get Started' exhibition of work run by Disability Arts Cymru from July 16-29. The focus of the visit to the Cardiff exhibition will be a collection of papier-mâché corgis that was a prize-winning entry for Coleg Sir Gâr students in 2011.

Jo Morgan, project manager for the CORACLE Interreg 4a programme, said: "This partnership approach to inclusion, led by University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Wexford County Council is truly inspirational, and represents a true accolade as to what can be achieved through the transnational Ireland Wales Programme, with the help of part funding from the European Regional Development Fund."