I was very happily teaching piano in Bennekerry primary school in Carlow, when Trudi Shannon the principal approached me about forming a school choir. I had some experience of singing in choirs and could sing well, but I had never thought about leading one.
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Creativity and imagination
Creativity and imagination is related to resilience and well-being. Creativity can have a positive impact on both self-esteem and overall achievement.
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26 June, 2014Choir is the second art form that we have chosen to profile in this blog series, examining how young people in arts groups have made the transition from being a member to becoming a leader. In the following two blogs, Artistic Director Mary Amond O’Brien and ex-member and leader Karen Kelly of Aspiro in Carlow, discuss work, the ongoing development of their group and of course the role that they now play within it.
That Little Extra
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21 May, 2014My name is Fionn McNeill, I am 16 years old and I one of the oldest attending members of Company B, the all-male contemporary Dance Group.
When I was younger, I tried to get myself involved in sport to keep fit and active. Sport seemed to be the only thing that guys did in their spare time and being good at sport always seemed to make you popular. But no matter how many different sports I tried (or how good I was at them), I just never seemed to enjoy them that much.
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28 April, 2014The Artist
Joe Coveney
Joseph Coveney has a B.A. in Fine Art Painting from N.C.A.D and an M.A in Sculpture from Winchester School of Art. Since 2007 he has divided his time between attending international residencies, exhibiting and working with groups of young people. In 2013 he was awarded a scholarship to The Domus Academy in Milan and is currently working towards an M.A in Product Design.
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16 April, 2014
In this series of blogs from Bluebell Youth Project, we hear the perspectives of both Artist and Youth Worker as they discuss both the low and high points of a year -long residency.
Blog 1
The Youth Work Perspective
Bronagh O’Neill
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9 April, 2014Comic Strip Blogs
Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be asking a number of artists to discuss and describe their work using the fun and familiar format of comic strips.
In this, our first in the series of Comic Strip Blogs , artist Maeve Clancy discusses her practice and highlights the techniques that she feels are important to employ when delivering work with young people.
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17 March, 2014In this his final blog in the series, John discusses the power that creating art with young people can have; art which can make us think and maybe even begin to generate some social change.
Art, Social Justice and Political Activism
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24 February, 2014
Sometimes even the most straight forward arts process with young people can end up saying some pretty remarkable things. In this, his third blog John Johnston discusses the importance of meaningful engagement with young people and the outcomes that may emerge.
Little Publics
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In this, her first blog, artist and musician Jen Hesnan reflects on the personalities and influences that inspired and gently encouraged her to become a community arts facilitator, highlighting the significant impact that exposure to quality arts experiences had on her life as a young person growing up in Galway.
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