Creative Connections Deirdre o Mahony

Cumas Ceantar/Creative Places Uíbh Ráthaigh

Developing A Sustainable Art Practice in a Rural Context –

 A workshop with Artist Deirdre o Mahony

Event:             Collaborative Skills Workshop for Kerry Based Artists

Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024

Location:       Teic Amergin, Spunkane Waterville, Co Kerry V23 A243

This Workshop is open to all Kerry based artists and will offer a presentation on developing a sustainable, socially engaged, place-based arts practice in a rural context. Discussion topics will include approaches to collaborative research, issues that can arise around sharing ideas, the positives, negatives and the benefits of a peer-to-peer network.

Deirdre o Mahony is a visual artist whose practice is informed by a deep interest in rural sustainability, farming, food security and rural/urban relationships. For more than three decades she has investigated the political ecology of rural places through public engagement, archival and moving image installation, critical writing and cultural production.

Deirdre O Mahony’s current exhibition the Douglas Hyde Gallery

https://thedouglashyde.ie/exhibition/deirdre-omahony/

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/

Deirdre O Mahony Projects and Exhibitions https://deirdre-omahony.ie/

This event will be the second in a series of workshops being presented in advance of an upcoming Creative Places Open Call for new research-based arts and rural ecosystems bursaries in Uíbh Ráthach. The first event in this Creative Connections series is being held on the 30th April - information is available at https://www.uibhrathach.ie/ga/cumas-ceantar

These Creative Places Uíbh Ráthaigh events are free but it is necessary to reserve a space at ealain@comhchoiste.ie