Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Y ddau aelod newydd yw Andy Eagle ac Iwan Bala a byddant yn cychwyn yn eu swyddi ar 1 Tachwedd 2016\. Penodiadau am dair blynedd i ddechrau fydd y rhain. 

 Mae aelodau Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru'n (dolen allanol) gyfrifol am bennu nodau ac amcanion y Cyngor a hefyd am sicrhau bod y rhain yn cyd\-fynd â blaenoriaethau strategol Llywodraeth Cymru. 

 Mae eu swyddi, sy’n rhai gwirfoddol a di\-dâl, yn cynnwys sicrhau bod cyllid Llywodraeth Cymru a’r Loteri Genedlaethol yn cael ei fuddsoddi’n effeithiol ar draws Cymru er budd y celfyddydau. 

 Dyma’r aelodau cyntaf i gael eu penodi ers i Dr Phil George ymuno â’r Cyngor fel Cadeirydd ym mis Ebrill 2016\.

 Cynhaliwyd proses recriwtio drylwyr er mwyn ceisio canfod chwe aelod newydd brwdfrydig, ymrwymedig a blaengar ar gyfer y Cyngor. Bydd y pedair swydd arall nad oedd modd eu llenwi yn ystod y broses benodi ddiweddar hon yn cael eu hail hysbysebu yn ystod mis Tachwedd 2016\.

 Wrth groesawu’r aelodau newydd, dywedodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a’r Seilwaith, Ken Skates: 

 
> “Pleser yw cyhoeddi bod Andy Eagle ac Iwan Bala wedi’u penodi’n aelodau o’r Cyngor. Mae gan y ddau gryn arbenigedd proffesiynol a phersonol ym maes y celfyddydau ac rwy’n siŵr y bydd eu sgiliau, eu gwybodaeth a’u harbenigedd yn ychwanegu at gryfderau presennol y Cyngor ac yn ei gynorthwyo i wynebu’r heriau a’r cyfleoedd sydd o’i flaen.”

 Dywedodd Phil George, Cadeirydd Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru,

 
> “Rwy’n hapus iawn i groesawu dau aelod newydd y gwnaeth eu harbenigedd a’u brwdfrydedd greu argraff mor dda arnom wrth ddarllen eu ffurflenni cais ac wrth eu cyfweld. Bydd eu sgiliau arbennig a’u profiad helaeth yn ein helpu i gyflawni nod Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru sef sicrhau bod modd i holl gymunedau Cymru elwa ar gelfyddydau o safon uchel a manteisio ar gyfleoedd i’w mwynhau.
> 
>  “Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at eu cyfarch fel Aelodau o'r Cyngor yn ein cyfarfod Cyngor ym mis Rhagfyr.”

 Andy Eagle yw Prif Weithredwr Canolfan y Chapter yng Nghaerdydd. Mae ganddo brofiad helaeth o waith rheoli ym maes y celfyddydau yn sgil ei yrfa o dros 25 mlynedd. Mae wedi cyflawni sawl swydd allweddol ym maes llywodraeth leol ac ym maes rheoli canolfannau. 

 Mae Iwan Bala yn ymarferwr, yn awdur ac yn ddarlithydd uchel ei fri ym maes y celfyddydau gweledol ac mae’n arbenigwr adnabyddus ym maes y celfyddydau cyfoes yng Nghymru.







Translation:


 
The new members are Andy Eagle and Iwan Bala and they will commence in post on 1 November 2016, with each appointment initially lasting for three years.  

  

ACW members are responsible for setting the aims and objectives of the Arts Council for Wales (external link) and for ensuring that these are aligned to the Welsh Government’s strategic priorities.  

  

Their roles, which are voluntary and unpaid, include ensuring that both Welsh Government and National Lottery funding is invested effectively across Wales to support the Arts.  

  

These two new members are the first to be appointed since Dr Phil George joined the Council as Chair in April 2016\.  

  

Their selection followed a rigorous recruitment process which sought to find six highly motivated, committed and dynamic new members to sit on the Council. The remaining four positions, which could not be appropriately filled during this recent appointment exercise, will now be re\-advertised during November 2016\.  

  

Welcoming the new members, Economy and Infrastructure Secretary, Ken Skates, who is also responsible for Culture and the Arts in Wales said: 



> “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Eagle and Iwan Bala to the Council. Each has enormous personal and professional experience of the arts and I’m sure their individual skills, knowledge and expertise will add significantly to the current strengths of the Council and assist ACW through the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead.”


Phil George, Chair of ACW added Phil George, Chair of Arts Council of Wales said: 



> “I’m delighted to welcome two new members whose expertise and passionate enthusiasm so impressed in their application and at interview. Their particular skills and deep experience will help us to achieve the aim of Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Government that all communities in Wales are able to benefit from and have access to high quality arts.
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> “We look forward to greeting them as Council Members at our Council meeting in December."


Andy Eagle is the Chief Executive of Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. He brings a wealth of arts management experience from his 25 year career in the arts where he has held key roles in local authority and venue management.  

  

Iwan Bala is a renowned visual arts practitioner, writer and lecturer and an acknowledged expert in the contemporary arts in Wales.