Delighted that my short play ‘Lover’ will feature in the One Voice Festival in association with Paul Walsh Productions. ‘Lover’ is one of eight short plays that will be performed nightly on July 3,4,5, 10, 11 and 12. The theme this year is ‘Near and Far, Reflections of Wexford and will feature original music from…
What a wonderful weekend spent at Mulranny Arts Centre doing a ‘Connecting with Nature’ course led by Caroline Schofield who runs Guided by Nature in Wales. Over the weekend, we connected with nature via meditation, poetry, field (feel-ed) trips to the salt marsh, while wrestling art materials in the wild Atlantic wind there at Clew…
Spent a lovely morning printmaking using recycled Tetra Paks at Gorey Art Collective led by Sheila McNally and Elaine Tobin. Using the waxed inside of the Tetra Pak, we etched our image using a drypoint needle, or you can use a nail. We then applied the intaglio ink using a toothbrush, and rubbed it into the grooves using a scrim…
When I heard Mary Reynolds being interviewed on the radio a number of years ago, I got her book ‘The Garden Awakening‘ which fundamentally changed my attitude and feelings towards my garden. I’ve been a reluctant gardener of this 1/3 acre garden for over twenty years. I’d bought a house with a mature garden and…
I went along to a 3 hour training session with Dr. Cathy Fitzgerald and Grace Wells in the National Opera House last week. It was open to all creatives living and working in Wexford. In the session, Dr Cathy Fitzgerald shared why ecoliteracy is essential for those seeking to address today’s pressing environmental and social…
So every Wednesday night from October to mid December, I toddled into the Gorey School of Art for a series of scriptwriting and art workshops funded by ALL – Adult Literacy for Life. The group was a good mix of locals and Ukrainians. It was a wonderful opportunity to get to know people in an…
I finally got back to CongRegation, a three day mind mesh unconference festival of thinking, sharing and connecting. Now in its 12th year, I went along to the first few of these unconferences, joined a few via zoom and then life got in the way as it does. It’s a simple concept really. No entry…
I really enjoyed this papermaking class at Visual in Carlow with artist Mary Conroy. I found it therapeutic and a sound bunch of people to boot. Like you can see in the reel below, all you do is mix up old paper and water to make a paste then there’s a lot of swishing, buzzing…
I was thrilled to get a place on CASHEW, Community Approach to Supporting, Helping and Enhancing Writing across genres, an innovative project led by Dr. Christina Morin and Professor Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, both from the University of Limerick. The idea was akin to the NaNoWriMo movement in the US that I’ve done a few times. Basically,…
I’ve been involved with the Gap Arts Festival over the years from mobile film making to creative non-fiction and having one of my short plays featured in their Short Short Showcase in 2021. GapX was a Christmas edition of the festival, funded by Wexford County Council, and I was happily commissioned to write a short…
