Join visual artist Martina McDonald for an evening of mark making. In this workshop participants will be encouraged to create a mess with art materials such as paint, pastels, chalks, markers and more. The practice of mark making is simple, fun and often calming. Martina will guide participants through a range of ways to create
With this fun, tactile workshop, Martina will guide participants in exploring the art of collage. The process is the more rewarding part of collaging - playing with layouts, colours and textures. This workshop will be engaging and experimental. Encouraging participants to create unique collages in a relaxed environment. Participants can expect to get creative with
Finger painting is an art that most of us have experienced in our childhood. While there’s no doubt about the fun element of this activity, it can also help to alleviate stress and encourage relaxation. Martina will guide participants through a series of tactile finger painting techniques on paper and canvas, encouraging participants to engage
Befriending my Monster by Selma Daniel Dance Written by Grace Collender “I have a little monster, Right inside my belly, She tickles me so quickly That I laugh and shake like jelly! She has a little house there, Number 33 Bellybutton Lane, The grass is made of sticky slime, And there’s even confetti for rain!”
Eileen - a sardonic, university drop-out - is back home in Belfast after a failed move to London. She scrapes by working as an unlicensed taxi driver (and a caustic barista). When Shane, who lives in self-exile after his marriage collapsed, calls a taxi, Eileen answers and a surprising connection is made. The pair form
Brighten up the dark winter evenings by taking part in a light painting workshop with artist photographer Brian Cregan. Brian will guide participants though basic photo skills with their smartphones, progressing on to get experimental with light. Participants will use mini torches to shape and form light. Dramatic effects like light trails in various colours
Join us for two relaxed and paced poetry online workshops designed to support people with Long Covid (as well as other isolating health conditions such as ME/CFS ). No writing experience necessary - just a pen, paper and your phone with a photo of something/somewhere in nature that you love. The workshop will be paced for brain
GHOSTS is about our relationship with fear and how that takes many different forms over the course of a lifetime. It is about the ghosts we carry with us and how we can sometimes be ghosts in our own lives. It is a one-person storytelling theatre piece for adults. Several different stories spanning childhood fears
Big Feelings: Exploring Emotions When Drawing Faces Budding artists will get the opportunity to learn how to draw an anime-inspired face, including eyes, mouths and hair, with a particular focus on exploring new ways to draw different emotions and feelings and bring characters to life. Duration: 60 mins
Poet & Playwright Róisín Sheehy will take you on a storied adventure inspired by heroes & heroines of Irish Folklore to awaken your imagination and power within. There will also be a chance to go through a fun guided yoga flow with the Aquatic Yogi (Paul Donnelly) to live out your own adventures summoning your
Create compelling images and improve your Smartphone Photography skills through taking part in this workshop with artist photographer Brian Cregan. Taking inspiration from the local environment and surroundings, participants will learn about the hidden features and settings on their camera app that will give them more creative control in terms of composition, focus and exposure.
Channel your creativity and storytelling skills by creating your own manga comic! Inspired by the dynamic and creative world of Japanese manga, participants will learn how to generate ideas, plan your page, set the scene and create your own mini comic. Duration: 90 mins
The Creative Well team invites you to join them for a gathering in Riverbank Arts Centre for the First Fortnight Festival as they reflect on their collective work in Kildare over the last 10 years. This gathering of artists, members and supporters of The Creative Well will launch their book; The Creative Well Archive. Artists
You are invited to take a dive in to the beauty of sleepy winter nature by capturing its impressions in clay. Guided by artist Marta Golubowska, participants will create unique ceramic tiles - experimenting with different colours of slip and impressions. Rendering the mood of worlds that live both inside and outside of ourselves. About
Filmore – an interactive mystery where the audience is the main character… Modelled on escape rooms and murder mystery games and drawing inspiration from popular culture tinged with the hazy nostalgia of youth, Filmore combines visuals, art installation and music to create a unique multimedia, interactive and theatrical experience. What the audience discover in the
You are invited to take a dive in to the beauty of sleepy winter nature by capturing its impressions in clay. Guided by artist Marta Golubowska, participants will create unique ceramic tiles - experimenting with different colours of slip and impressions. Rendering the mood of worlds that live both inside and outside of ourselves. About
Filmore – an interactive mystery where the audience is the main character… Modelled on escape rooms and murder mystery games and drawing inspiration from popular culture tinged with the hazy nostalgia of youth, Filmore combines visuals, art installation and music to create a unique multimedia, interactive and theatrical experience. What the audience discover in the
Filmore – an interactive mystery where the audience is the main character… Modelled on escape rooms and murder mystery games and drawing inspiration from popular culture tinged with the hazy nostalgia of youth, Filmore combines visuals, art installation and music to create a unique multimedia, interactive and theatrical experience. What the audience discover in the
Join us for two relaxed and paced poetry online workshops designed to support people with Long Covid (as well as other isolating health conditions such as ME/CFS ). No writing experience necessary - just a pen, paper and your phone with a photo of something/somewhere in nature that you love. The workshop will be paced for brain