Apr 11, 2026 | Eco, Featured, Media, News, Writing
For over twenty years, much of my life and arts practice, has been focused on food systems and the increasingly radical acts of growing organic food, saving seeds and planting trees. The word ‘radical’ originates from the Latin word ‘radix’, meaning ‘root’. I like the idea of getting to the root of complex and interconnected issues in order to achieve the transformation we need to see in our food systems. I believe in the radical art of growing food.
Mar 16, 2026 | Eco, Featured, Media, News, Writing
SHAMROGUE Is míse Seamróg, not to be prostrated to a terrible rogue. I am the national flower of Éire. I am the symbol of luck
Dec 20, 2025 | Eco, Featured, Media, News, Writing
Lisa Fingleton: The Square Tomato Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Co Kerry, February-March Referencing “advances” in bioengineering aimed at making fruit and veg easier to pack, the artist, grower and writer Lisa Fingleton jumped into a series of serious meditations on how much we’re screwing up the natural world in the name of progress. What made this show a standout was the wit with which Fingleton leavened her messaging, and the breadth of her sources. Her filmed interview with the Indian physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva also provided a sliver of hope. Other highlight works in this vein included Bernadette Kiely’s No Promised Land painting at the RHA Annual, and John Conneely and Conor Maloney’s Funeral for Ashes at the Festival Print-works Gallery for Galway International Arts Festival (although four times was probably plenty for David Mach, who again made the main Galway festival installation, exuberant and eye catching – Gemma Tipton, Irish Times
Sep 5, 2025 | Eco, Featured, Media, News, Writing
The Ballybunion Bean Festival focused on the potential of beans as the most fun and climate friendly food for the future. The Ballybunion Bean Festival was organised by Brilliant Ballybunion, a creative climate action project that focuses of supporting community...
Dec 3, 2024 | Eco, Media, News, Writing
“In one generation they will forget that tomatoes were round”. The Square Tomato Exhibition from 1st February to 22nd March 2025 at Siamsa Tire, Tralee. Inspired by the work of Indian writer and global food activist Dr Vandana Shiva, artist Lisa Fingleton, exposes the challenges of our food systems in terms of biodiversity, climate change and health.
Dec 21, 2023 | Eco, Media, News, Writing
A short story written and performed by Lisa Fingleton in response to the wars around the world recorded by Culture File on RTE Lyric FM
