Blueway Art Studio is excited to announce they have received the Climate Innovation Fund for Athy Municipal area for their Future Ancestor Project. Subtitle for This Block Text for This Block Future Ancestor Project “When future generations look back upon the Great Derangement they will certainly blame the leaders and politicians…for their failure to address…climate…but
How to be a Good Ancestor is an intergenerational project exploring the values of the UNESCO-endorsed Earth Charter with Anchor Youth Group & WIN(Women’s Integrated Network) in Athy, Co. Kildare from April 2024-October 2024. Subtitle for This Block Text for This Block How to be a Good Ancestor The Earth Charter is a document with
Brigid’s Book Brigid means different things to different people and is celebrated as both Goddess and Christian saint. Traditionally associated with fire, she has become a powerful symbol of female endurance and women’s empowerment in Ireland. Nominations are now closed Thanks to everyone who nominated. The list of women or organisations receiving books have been
Brigid’s Circles – Creative Responses to the Circular Economy In partnership with Monasterevin Sustainable Energy Community and Kilcock Community Garden and using elements associated with Brigid we will explore creative approaches to the Circular Economy with children and adults.Circles are powerful symbols in Irish and international indigenous cultures and Christian or non-Christian beliefs. We will
Subtitle for This Block Text for This Block Join Blueway Art Studio and Monasterevin Tidy Towns in a creative response to climate and biodiversity crises. San Aer – Flight of the Swift is a series of workshops, meetings, talks and training exploring The UNESCO Earth Charter, biodiversity and how we can make small changes for
War Widows – Ag Fanacht Ag Fanacht (Waiting) is the exhibition of the project War Widows by Angelina Foster, funded by the Kildare Decade of Commemorations. Please see the details at the end of this page for the exhibition venue & catalogue. The women were always waiting, waiting for news of their loved ones, waiting
Tracing the Past: Gravestone rubbing in Kildare graveyards Tracing the stories in graveyards in County Kildare through the art of gravestone rubbing became the focus for a fascinating heritage art project inspired during lockdown. During the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, I started to visit Kildare graveyards within the limits we were allowed to travel
Creative exploration: Bringing Ernest Shackleton back to Kilkea School The great explorer Ernest Shackleton inspired an ‘artist in school’ project I coordinated that encouraged children’s exploration of their own creativity and the world beyond! Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), the world-renowned Antarctic explorer was born in Kilkea, Co Kildare. Whilst his leadership and survival skills are worshipped
Shackleton in Antarctica: Printmaking at the Sign of the Penguins The story of Shackleton in Antarctica tends to focus on the scale and bravery of the Endurance expedition, without noting the Kildare explorer’s printmaking and literary accomplishments. My ‘Printmaking at the Sign of the Penguins’ project set out to explore the creative story of Shackleton