Artistic opportunity for West Clare community
Clare County Council Arts Office is inviting local artists and community members across West Clare to participate in a series of workshops aimed at delivering artistic responses to the local environment.
Zara Starr, actor and theatre maker with The Unlimited Dream Machine Theatre Company (The UDM), will engage in a six-month Participatory Art residency in Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee from October 2018 to March 2019. Zara is seeking out potential collaborators and planning artistic responses to the West Clare environment through workshops, research and meetings with the community, history and architecture of this region.
Focusing on communities of place and interest, the residency will facilitate a period of connection, participation, development and reflection within the region. Through collaborative engagement with local artists and community members Zara plans to focus on what communities wish to express.
“Giving communities in West Clare the opportunity to connect through arts activities is very important to us,” commented Siobhán Mulcahy, Clare County Council Arts Officer. “Zara's project is timely and all individuals interested in storytelling, or sharing their life stories, are very welcome to get involved.”
Based in Cultúrlann Sweeney, Zara will host ‘Yarn’ evenings - monthly social get togethers, beginning on Wednesday October 10th, where stories are shared, voices are heard and plans are made. These evenings will facilitate an opportunity to bring communities together in the sharing of knowledge and stories. Local artists will have the opportunity to engage in a meet-up /mentoring strand, creating potential opportunities in devising and skill sharing for all artists involved and creating new and lasting connections between artists.
Zara will facilitate a series of workshops on drama, devising theatre, movement and Shakespeare to encourage participation between community members and theatre.There will also be an ongoing examination of local stories to inspire potential future projects. The residency is being organised in association with Clare County Council Arts Office and Cultúrlann Sweeney, and is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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