Creating The Common uses the production of an event, as an artistic medium to explore and engage with the notion of community through collective engagement. This multi-layered project began in December 2009. The project was structured through a series of workshops and meetings with the cre...

Crann Saoilse (2003) consists of a wall composed of black and white stone cubes, set in a chequered board pattern.

Dimensions: 30.5 meters long x 3 meters high x 2.5 meters wide

Materials: Stone cubes (76.2 x 76.2x 76.2 cm): Portuguese limestone - Moleanos - (white) and Chinese b...

Crann an Óir (Tree of Gold) was commissioned by the Central Bank of Ireland to mark Dublin's year as European City of Culture in 1991. The work is comprised of a formalised tree in gilded bronze surrounded by a sectioned building in Wicklow granite.  The tree symbolises growth under careful...

A 20 minute sound piece, Time, was constructed solely from sounds emanating into the chapel on one day during October 2005. The artist had come to see it as being a type of recording device of the ever changing fate’s of the towns population since it was built. 50 CD’s were placed anon...

A large-scale external permanent drawing in metal, located in Midleton Educate Together National School in Cork.

The sculptures promote active participation while creating wonder and stimulating creativity and discovery. The abstract, dynamic sculpture invites the school community to actively ...

Artist Photographer Michael Durand produced photographs of his City and County of birth, Waterford, its people and places. This work is on permanent display in the new Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) Centre for Arts and Health.
The exhibition expanded the artist's usual focus on ...

The sculpture comprises 64 life-size cast bronze lifejackets, configured as a tower. Base-mounted spot-lighting illuminates the tower at night. The theme for this art work is derived from a familiar maritime symbol and a metaphor for human insecurity and survival. The tower memorialises the tragi...

The artwork consists of a large hand-dyed and printed silk installation, pieced and embellished with stitch, which is hung in the entrance area of the new school building for permanent display. Allie worked closely with the pupils at the school, creating textile artworks for them to keep and also...

In 1997 Artist Grace Weir was commissioned to develop an artwork to accompany the new Viking Centre. She created a concrete mural for the Essex Street facade of the building, which also encompasses an interior courtyard. A complex line drawing was carved into the concrete surface, creating tactil...

English award-winning photojournalist, Richard Wayman, first came to Donegal through an invitation to participate in the Earagail Arts Festival of 2001. However his visit to the county and specifically to west Donegal inspired him to leave London and embark on a most remarkable photographi...