Now it’s tenth year the Borris House Festival of Writing brings together celebrated historians, activists, musicians, journalists, environmentalists and literary minds to help us navigate these uncertain times throughout the day. The Future is in the Fields:...
Hi there. Hope you are having a lovely summer. Just wanted to let you know first about some exciting events that are coming up and hope we can connect. I will be speaking at the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas next weekend so do come say hello if you...
Kerry Visual Artist in Residence Lisa Fingleton talks to artists Pauline Bewick and Poppy Melia about art, being in nature, biodiversity, dyslexia, life during lockdown and so much more….grab a cup of tea and join this engaging an inspiring conversation....
The summer is a great opportunity to sketch outdoors and enjoy nature journalling for all ages and abilities. Drawing in nature helps us to really observe what is around us. It slows us down and is great for our creativity, mental health, wellbeing. We can draw our...
The Artist plays a critical role in society reflecting on life, inspiring possibility, fostering connection, wellbeing and creativity. Artists are vital in the creation of a healthy society. Although this has always been so, the Pandemic has reignited our recognition...
Do you like drawing and nature? If so this is the perfect way to spend an hour on a Friday morning. Kerry Visual Artist in Residence Lisa Fingleton is hosting one more free, drawing workshop next Friday 18th June at 9.30am. All artists and adults interested in drawing...
Welcome to Creating Your Nature Journal for Cruinniú na Nóg 2021. In this workshop we explore how to create an inspiring nature journal with some mindfulness and drawing tips. Other artists have also shared their nature journals for you to see. Have your drawing...
To celebrate Biodiversity Week 2021 Kerry Artist in Residence will host a special workshop for schools on how to create a nature journal 11.30-12.15 on Friday 21st May. Over the last year many of us have had the chance to really take notice of nature, the trees birds,...
As the newly appointed Kerry Visual Artist in Residence with Kerry County Council, I have been engaging with groups and individuals specifically interested in the intersection between art, biodiversity, ecology and climate change. The response has been so phenomenal...
Following the huge success of the nature journal workshop for Biodiversity Week (attended by over 500 students), Kerry Artist in Residence will host a second workshop for schools on how to develop a nature journal: 11.30-12.15 FRIDAY 28th MAY 2021. Students are...
Would you like to draw together on Friday morning? Kerry Artist in Residence Lisa Fingleton is hosting 4 free, creative and interactive workshops for adults/artists from 9.30-10.30 on Friday mornings for the month of May. TO REGISTER This Link is for 9.30 Friday 28th...
To celebrate biodiversity week, Kerry Visual Artist in Residence Lisa Fingleton will be hosting a free drawing workshop at 9.30 on Friday 21st May for artists and adults interested in drawing. We will be focusing on our native biodiversity, so take some time this week...
You are invited to a free creative and interactive workshop with Lisa Fingleton, Kerry Visual Artist in Residence 2021. The workshop will focus on becoming present with nature and using drawing as a meditative tool to really see what is around you. Ideally if you can...
Thank you to Paola Catizone for the invitation to present my work at the opening session of Breaking Cover at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. So great to see this course on art and ecology, exploring how we as artists can respond to the challenges of climate change,...
Really looking forward to being one on the visiting artists at the BURREN COLLEGE OF ART SUMMER ACADEMY 2021 – ART & ECOSOCIAL JUSTICE with Dr. Cathy Fitzgerald,Dr Eileen Hutton, Gareth Kennedy and Ian Biggs.We will be exploring critical issues of our time...
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...
We are delighted to be nominated for the Farming For Nature Awards 2021 for our work here at The Barna Way. Farming in harmony with nature and the land to protect and promote biodiversity…. “Rena Blake & Lisa Fingleton are based in north Kerry where they run...
What do we choose to challenge and support at this extraordinary juncture in time? Climate action, biodiversity, sustainable local food production, gender equality? How do we support artists to create and sustain ourselves…. It was great to participate in the...
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...
”I’ve been taking a wonderful online ecoliteracy course in recent weeks and there’s so much to tell but today, I wanted to talk about The Local Food Project which was started by the artist Lisa Fingleton who runs an eco-social organic farm in Kerry with her partner...