Planting a Seed

Author:

Augustine O'Donoghue and Carol Anne Connolly

Description:

Planting a Seed was a year long Per Cent for Art commission created for Coláiste Íde agus Iosef Community College in Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick. The project was a collaboration between artists Augustine O'Donoghue and Carol Anne Connolly. The project aimed to link the school to a broader community through a series of creative engagements that investigated ideas and encouraged thought and discussion on education, art and science. Artworks for the commission were made with the participation of students, teachers and the local public. A diverse and thought-provoking programme of events and workshops were developed for students, forging partnerships with the National Trust, Irish Seed Savers Association, UCD Art in Science programme and UCD Scool of Science. A very unique element of the project was the donation of apple seeds by the National Trust UK from Isaac Newton’s infamous 400 year old Flower of Kent apple tree from his estate in Woolsthrope Manor, Lincolnshire. The trees will be grown in a heritage Irish apple orchard on the school grounds which was planted as part of the project. 

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