Creative Link project between artists at Cope Foundation
Wednesday 21 January 2015
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Creative Link is an art project by two groups, CÚIG Mayfield Arts and Cope Foundation’s Bonnington Training Centre.
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The project was funded by Léargas, Youth in Action Programme and supported by the European Union.
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CÚIG Mayfield Arts is a group of artists in residence.
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This means they are artists that have been invited to work in a particular space.
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The CÚIG artists worked with trainees from Bonnington Training Centre (BTC).
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CÚIG Mayfield Artists shared their skills and talents with BTC trainees.
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Each artist taught classes to trainees about their own style.
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Classes were held every Wednesday over 11 weeks.
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The trainees then created new artwork based on the style of their teachers.
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Together they made over 100 different art works.
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Many of these art works were on display at The Foyer, Former Government Buildings, Sullivan’s Quay on 21st January 2015.
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CÚIG Mayfield Artist Angela Burchill said: “We had great fun together, I was happy with the big crowd at our exhibition, everyone did a good job all round. I enjoyed working with the group of trainees and sharing our skills”.
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BTC trainee Ann Marie Leahy said: “It was a really good art centre to work in Mayfield with the artists and I really liked visiting the art gallery in town at the beginning of the project. I would really like to take part in another art project like this. We learned to use wax, paint, pens and pencils to make drawings. I found out that I am really good at painting”.
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CÚIG Mayfield Artists that took part were Frankie Burton, Bríd Heffernan, Ailbhe Barrett, Stephen Murray and Angela Burchill.
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BTC trainees that took part were Lorcan Kelleher, Ann Marie Leahy, Louise McCarthy, Martin O'Mahoney, and Nicola Moran.
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