I believe in the power of art and the imagination to spark public engagement around the big issues of climate change, but also localised issues such as the devastating fires in Killarney National Park. Art helps us heal, but also enables us to visualise new futures and ways of being.
Lisa Fingleton is Kerry County Council’s first Visual Artist in Residence. The residency is supported by Creative Ireland, The Arts Council and Kerry’s Arts Office. Lisa is no stranger to working with the Arts Office, having been Filmmaker in Residence from 2006-2008...
Creating Change by reconnecting our language, land and environment. What do we lose when we no longer speak Gaeilge our native tongue? How do we describe our land without the language of our ancestors? How do we reconnect with our local food in a country where less...
Delighted to be be taking part in the Haumea 2021 ecoliteracy learning for creatives and art professionals. This programme is developed by Cathy Fitzgerald whose eco-social art practice ‘The Hollywood Forest Story’ began in 2008.
I wrote this poem for artists musicians singers poets and writers who have found themselves out of work during the pandemic. We need to value artists and and remember that we need culture for our spirits now more than any other time.
Lovely to start the day with a morning melody from the wonderful performer Katie O Connor singing a song I wrote called Last Hug