Join us for the first in our community talk series ‘Art in Defence of Nature’ taking place on Thursday the 16th of September at 7pm.
This talk is being delivered as part of the ‘Our Planet, Your Biosphere’ event series 2021 supported by the Creative Ireland Kerry Programme and Kerry County Council Arts.
The talk is free to attend but registration is required.
Speakers include:
Lisa Fingleton, Kerry Visual Artist in Residence 2021
Lisa Fingleton is an eocsocial artist, filmmaker, writer and grower. Living and working on a small organic farm near Ballybunion, she has spent many years cultivating deep-rooted connections between art, food and farming. Her book The Local Food Project explores the power of growing and eating local food. Lisa is concerned about the fact that we are importing so much of our food and losing the capacity to be self sufficient, despite what we know about climate change and carbon footprint.
She strives to ‘be the change’ she wishes to see in the world and likes to walk the talk, grow the food and integrate life with her studio practice. For the last number of years she has been working closely with her partner Rena Blake on The Barna Way, an ecosocial art project on their farm. Last year they planted 10,000 native trees on their land.
As the newly appointed Kerry Visal Artist in Residence with Kerry County Council she has been engaging with groups and individuals specifically interested in the intersection between art, biodiversity, ecology and climate change.
Lisa received an MA in documentary film at Goldsmiths College, London in 2015. She is also a Fine Art graduate from NCAD.
Dr. Anita McKeown
Anita is an award-winning artist, curator and educator working at the intersection of art, equitable spatial planning and technology; Open Source Culture and Technology (ethical and ecological implications) and STEAM education and placemaking across a range of interdisciplinary projects, processes and partnerships. Working under the name Art Services Unincorporated (ASU) Anita uses a range of tactics including situated arts practice, publication and education to co-create local-scale interventions that are context-responsive and ecologically sensitive, which arise from extended relationships with people and place. She is a member of the Creative Placemaking Communities, Education partner, UCD Earth Institute; PlacemakingX, Advocate, Invited member of the Placemaking Leadership Council and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.
With over 110 exhibitions and performative projects to date, she continues to present her work locally, nationally, and internationally.
Kate Kennelly, Arts Officer with Kerry County Council
Kate has many years’ experience as arts officer with Kerry County Council and has worked tirelessly to support artists and performers within the county and promote Kerry as a place of art and culture.
Katie O' Donoghue, PhD Candidate with University College London and Art Pyschotherapist
Katie O’Donoghue has a background in Fine Art and Design, she is an accredited Art Psychotherapist and is at the end stages of European commission funded PhD, which explores the connection between heritage and Wellbeing. She is also the author and illustrator of a new children's book, The Little Squirrel Who Worried, published by Irish publishers Gill Books. The story was created last year while she worked as a therapist for CAMHS, NHS, and looks to support children with their worries and anxieties.
Katie's PhD is part of the European project, CHEurope.The project is the result of a collaboration between key European academic and non-academic organisations in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Italy. Under the umbrella of Heritage and Wellbeing, and based in University College London, Katie's research explores how heritage objects and the clinical spaces in a hospital setting impact the psychological well-being of individuals undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Katie is passionate about promoting and creating awareness related to the importance of heritage and the arts and their connection to our wellbeing, and identity.
