Shadow Puppetry 2023-2024
A Shadow Puppetry project developed with artist Vera McEvoy as part of the YPCE* Artist in Residence ( 2023-2024) in Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University. Twenty three 6th Class pupils from Gaelscoil Uí Fhiaich Maynooth,...
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 in...
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...
Eggshells, Pandemics and Artists’ Incomes
The Visual Artists' News Sheet have generously published the following article which I wrote in response to COVID -19, about my lockdown, entitled Eggshells, Pandemics and Artists’ Incomes. Published in Issue 5: September - October 2020, see full publication at Visual...
Glimpses of Escape: your monochrome, my technicolour
Press Release The Making Marks with Markievicz group have announced their exhibition date and title, Glimpses of Escape: your monochrome, my technicolour When: Thursday 30th January 2020 at 7pm Where: Áras Chill Dara, Kildare County Council Office, Naas, Co Kildare....
Making Marks with Markievicz-painting
The Making Marks with Markievicz Project group had been studying Norah McGuinness’s (1901- 1980) painting entitled Morning Cry, see image below. Geraldine, one of the group participants, had researched Norahs amazing life and gave us a summary of her findings. Morning...
Making Marks with Markievicz-Joy of Print
Our Joy of Print session. We had immense fun during on an introductory printmaking session as part of the Making Marks with Markievicz group project. We started with a little crosshatching exercise and then moved on to take rubbings and recordings of the inside and...
Making Marks with Markievicz-Part 2.
Making Marks with Markievicz first fielt trip to the Kildare Gallery in Carton House where Emma Stroude’s solo exhibition entitled Curious was just completing its run.
Making Marks with Markievicz – Creative Ireland
I am so very trilled to have been awarded a Creative Ireland Bursary Award 2019. This will support a collaborative and participatory project entitled Making Marks with Markievicz. Sincere thanks to Kildare County Council Arts Service and Creative Ireland. Making Marks...
Visual Arts and Movement Project
Vera is co-director of a programme entitled Integrating Communities through Visual Arts and Body Movement. This holistic programme has been co-developed over a number of years in collaboration with Patty Abozaglo, Capacitar International tutor. The sessions are a...