PEMBROKESHIRE care homes have featured in an experimental art exhibition trying to document and display the experiences of living in a home.

Age Cymru has launched an exhibition showcasing experimental artwork created in care homes across Wales, including several from the west Wales region.

The work was undertaken by specially commissioned artists in collaboration with care home residents and their care staff.

Among the west Wales care homes taking part in the project are Lynnefield Residential Care Home in Haverfordwest and Langton Hall Residential Home in Fishguard, Cartref Tregerddan Residential Home, Plas Cwm Cynfelin Care Home, Cartref Tregerddan Residential Home, and Hafan Y Waun all in Aberystwyth, Plas-y-Dderwen Care Home in Carmarthen, Min Y Mor Residential Home in Aberaeron, Blaendyffryn Hall Nursing Home in Llandysul, Woodfield Nursing Home in Narbeth, and Maes Y Felin Care Home in Llanbydder.

The exhibition forms part of a wider arts participatory project called cARTrefu, the Welsh word to reside.

Involving more than 150 care homes, 1,500 residents and 300 care staff across Wales, the project is said to be the largest of its kind in Europe, and has brought fundamental changes to the way residents are viewed by themselves, and by their families and carers.

The exhibition, which runs from now until January 2019 at The Courtyard, Hereford, features a custom-built exhibition space called the cARTrefu cube which forms an immersive platform for artists to present their provocative artwork.

The Wales-wide project is managed by Age Cymru with funding from the Arts Council of Wales and the Baring Foundation.

It was delivered by 12 specially commissioned artists, under the guidance of three experienced mentors, who encouraged the residents to become involved in a variety of art forms including dance, music, painting and creative writing.