Captured Moments I and II, 2023

Captured Moments I and II, 2023

Captured moments I and II were developed in response to my time in Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, as Artist in Residence (YPCE 2022-23) supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. Captured Moments were launched on 3 May 2023 in the School...
Finding the Common Thread 2022

Finding the Common Thread 2022

Finding the Common Thread, 2022 was an International Teacher Artist Partnership School Residency project. The development took place over a 3 month planning period with a 3 months engagement period with 30 children, both boys and girls, in St Kilian’s NS School...
Lines to Illuminate project

Lines to Illuminate project

Lines to Illuminate, an installation in the garden area in the School of Education House, outside Room SE007, Maynooth University. This was unveiled by Laura Thornton, Lecturer, on Thursday 9th March 2023. The Batchelor of Education Year 3 students collaborated with...
BLAST 2022

BLAST 2022

BLAST secondary school project in Navan. Thanks to Ms Linda McInerney for the invitation to work with second year art students from St. Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School, Navan. Ms. McInerney the art teacher applied to the Navan Education Centre for funding for a BLAST...
Glass fusing in school

Glass fusing in school

BLAST Project – December 2021 I am very grateful to Ms Daly in Ratoath College for a BLAST invitation to work with a number of students across 2rd and 3rd years to introduce fused glass imagery and techniques. The students designed and developed individual fused...
BLAST Residency Programme

BLAST Residency Programme

I am delighted to be on the Register of Approved Artists for the new BLAST Arts in Education Residency. For more information on BLAST see here Vera’s brief biography within an Arts in Education context I am a visual artist living and working from my studio in...