Socially Engaged Murals and Workshops
I’m a multidisciplinary artist and first-class honours Visual Arts graduate with a decade of experience in engaging diverse audiences through art-related events. My expertise includes moderating interactions between artists, institutions, and the public. I love organising exhibitions, workshops, talks, and tours.
Driven by a passion for contemporary art and inclusive education, I excel in customer service and can adeptly adjust my communication style to accommodate all ages and abilities, while consistently upholding high standards.
Spicebag.exe mural collaboration, 2023
Photographs courtesy of Fionn Gijsemans.
Irish Times article on my mural on Arbour Hill of Spicebag’s iconic imagery
Totally Dublin article exploring urban artists thoughts on recent Public Art Bill
Cruinniú na nÓg-funded mural and workshop, 2022
This mural and workshop were in the spirit of celebrating Ballygunner’s hurling prowess and recent success. Each student was invited to submit a piece of art, contributing to the overall concept of this community mural. After the students submitted their artwork, smaller focus groups of children were formed from the three schools. I collaborated with these focus groups to refine the concept further, resulting in a mural that was unveiled on June 11th at the children’s festival Cruinniú na nÓg. I was asked not to make any faces in the mural specific to any one player.
I took on a fabulous apprentice for the week it took to paint this. Thank you Megan Hogan! Photograph credits:
Colin Shanahan – DigiCol Photography – http://www.digicolphotography.com
Patrick Browne – Brownes Photography – https://brownesphotography.ie/
Collaborative mural in Presentation Secondary School Waterford, 2022
I was asked by the school to design a piece promoting women/femme activism and achievements in history. I was helped by the students in painting the smaller designs at the sides of the wall; motifs inspired by different cultures present within the school.
I loved this project!
Waterford Area Vocational Training workshops, 2022
I had lots of fun with this group of lovely people. We spent five workshops sessions in their classroom, with breaks in the People’s Park nearby. We focused on creating textural, colourful pieces with their own individual interests as the subject matter. Great work was made!
Imagine Festival ‘Demystifying Spraypaint’ workshop in GOMA, 2022
This was really cool! I showed the basics of spraypaint application (can control, safety etc) with water-based Montana 94 spraypaint. I based each exercise on Graffiti history and the iconic characters known from the scene.
Collaborative mural in St. Ursula’s Primary School Waterford, 2021
It was such a joy to return to my own primary school to do this! Students from the Student Committee volunteered to be represented on the wall, and I had the honourable task of trying to depict them all in crazy colours. It was an interesting project. There were a lot of lovely kids about, who were very curious about my process.
Mini mural workshops in Mercy Secondary School Waterford, 2021
I worked with the whole fourth/transition-year year group on this project, which was to create positive and fun imagery to install in the school’s outside yard. We began with two fun workshopping sessions in their large hall, where groups planned their final paintings.
As a member of the Gen Z generation (I just missed out on being a millenial), I think I shocked the students at first by having largely the same reference points and visual culture at twenty-three-years old as them, who were sixteen. Great craic was had!
