arts and culture
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As part of a project led by Leitrim Libraries around “Griefs Broken Brow” I have been leading a project called “A Cabinet of Curiosities” with two local schools. As part of my visit to Mohill National School, I met a group of 6th class students. The project was designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and a sense
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I began writing this Blog Chapter in the early part of 2021. It became lost in a sea of activity and memory. I have updated it, cut it, pasted parts of it and deleted a lot of it. A lot like my new home and my memory. Here it is in its true form with…
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Part One The Breac Maodhóg is an Irish house-shaped reliquary. It is housed in the National Museum of Ireland. It is thought to date from the second half of the 11th century. The shrine is made from large plates of bronze on a wooden base, on which are placed series of relief figures on bronze
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The final residential for the Extend programme took place a few weeks ago in Leeds. It was a chance for the cohort of 2019 to come together one last time. As a group we shared stories about our lives as well as the progress of our group enquiries. We debated, talked openly and reflected on
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Six months ago, I broke free from local authority life to venture into something much more unpredictable. The world of freelance or I should say back to the world of freelance. In this time, I have worked with a host of different people and organisations. Taking on project management, writing bids as well as operational
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We are seeing daily articles and updates focusing on Harvey Weinstein, Terry Richardson and more recently Kevin Spacey to name a few. High profile arts professionals operating in plain sight. Plain sight. The power and control of individuals coupled with an industry in pursuit of richer arts and culture experiences at the expense of
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I recently found myself reading MORE articles about the value of the arts in education and wellbeing. The Education Endowment Foundation (EFF) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) have recently announced five trials to test the impact of different “cultural learning strategies” as part of the ‘Learning about culture’ programme, which is will be…
Carrie Creamer 