2007 Press Releases

19 Jun 2007

As We See It: Pupils of St Patrick's Girls School Learn to See



Tomorrow Wednesday, June 20th 2007 sees the culmination of a nine-month collaboration between the Lewis Glucksman Gallery and a 5th class from St Patrick's Girls National School, Cork. The fifteen 5th class pupils, under the guidance of their teacher Colette Curran, participated in artist-led workshops and visited numerous exhibitions in the Glucksman throughout the school year. The project, which was designed to raise visual and aesthetic awareness among participants and to stimulate an interest in the visual arts, was based on the Glucksman's Art of Looking resource pack, launched last September. The project was devised by Nora Hickey, Curator and Education + Collections in the Glucksman and was made possible by generous funding from Cork City Council.  

The pupils worked with artists John Halpin, Sandra Minchin, Roseanne Lynch, Cian McConn and Susanne Leutenegger over the school year. Tomorrow, the pupils will display their own artists' books, visual diaries documenting the year, alongside work produced through collaboration with the artists. This work includes a DVD produced in a workshop with video and performance artist Cian McConn and a digital photomontage created with John Halpin.

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