During a 2 week residency at the Triskel Arts Centre Cork, and in collaboration with Meitheal Mara (Currach Builders), the women from our Equality for Women Measure group at Mayfield Community Arts Centre learned to weave Coracles (traditional river currachs from the Boyne river) from willow and hazel. They also painted the canvas to cover the large coracle and made miniature coracles and we launched the boats in the River Lee amidst lots of proud smiles and laughter.

(Project supported by Equality for Women Measure (Dept Justice), BTEI and Leargas, 2006)

Work created around the theme of light, with EWM womens group, and exhibited in Triskel Arts Centre ,2006

Co-facilitated and designed with Sharon Hurley while working at Mayfield Community Arts Centre Cork.

Mural painting intercultural global youth work project with teenagers from Cork, Nicaragua and Columbia.

Project co-designed and co-facillitated with Nora Furlong and Sharon Hurley at Mayfield Community Arts Centre, Cork

This project explored our connection to the elements such as water and earth and connection to each other. Resulted in art and video pieces. made with women from the Equality for Women Measure group who I was working with over a 3 year year period while working at Mayfield Community Arts Centre Cork. Project was co-designed and co-facillitated with Sharon Hurley and the fantastic support of MCAC .

In this project with a group of differently able participants, we explored different aspects of the natural and built heritage of the area of Co.Cork, using sculpture, land art, movement and mixed media responses.

Project took place while I was working at and supported by Mayfield Community Arts Centre Cork and co designed and cofacilitated with Sharon Hurley

Photos show elements of a variety of different projects in process, that took place over 3 years with EWM group at Mayfield Community Arts Centre Cork. Techniques included weaving, feltmaking, bookmaking, collage, design for making, painting, self portraits, photography, among others.

Workshops and projects co-designed and co-facilitated with Sharon Hurley with the support of MCAC.

This intergenerational project with transition year students and attendees of bandon day care centre explored the legend and stories of ST. Brigid/ goddess Brigid in our lives today. using a variety of natural and recycled materials we created a large willow frame and headpiece to represent the body , and cyanotype / sunprints, sewn together to a large cloak. the installation was exhibited in bandon library with accompanying video made during the process, in collaboration with made to measure films, and Creative Bandon. 2024

I facilitate workshops with schoolchildren, in the schools, and often through Irish and english. Some photos here of projects such as ‘Frameworks, Art in Schools’ (Creative Ireland/ Cork COCO), Cruinniu na n-Og , Summer Arts in the Library, and more. These projects are based around themes such as self portraits and identity, buildings and heritage and use different techniques to explore these such as textiles- feltmaking, applique, embroidery, cyanotype, printmaking, drawing explorations, painting, collage and more.

This project , in collaboration with Live Art Ireland, explored making costumes with natural materials towards a procession and perferformance through the bog and connecting with the bog and its stories.