Thank you to the Western People newspaper for the lovely features on the Mayo Mental Health Association poster competition.

The Mayo Mental Health Association invited me along as special guest and prize giver at their 8th annual art competition. It was so positive and encouraging to see children express their thoughts on mental health through the form of art.

 Western People 24th July 2017

For more information on the Mayo Mental Health Association click HERE.

I just spotted my blog post where I discuss The Power of Positivity has been shared on Mental Health Ireland’s website.

To read the blog post click HERE.

My friend Sally is an amazing designer and illustrator – we worked together on my Paper Bloom project, she designed the posters, postcards and my publication.

I just received a lovely parcel from her with some of her new prints from her Irish Hedgerow series – I love them! I can’t wait to get them framed! My Sally Caulwell prints

Check out Sally’s website by clicking HERE.

Check out Lorenzo Quinn’s huge hands at the Venice Biennale 2017….

I’m going to try my best to see the Venice Biennale 2017 before it ends in November.

Read all about it by clicking here.

Today marks one year since the opening of my Paper Bloom exhibition. It was such a great experience, I really enjoyed every minute of it.

Paper Bloom is the outcome of being the artist in residency at the Jackie Clarke Collection to commemorate 1916.

For more information on Paper Bloom click HERE.

What a wonderful evening at the opening of Alice Maher’s exhibition Zephyr at the Claremorris Gallery.

I love seeing Alice’s work in person!

I definitely recommend a visit to see Zehyr, it runs until May 26th.

For more information click HERE.

I was delighted to be asked by Mayo Mental Health Association to write a blog post for their monthly blog. Positive Mental Health is essential to my well being. The blog is entitled ‘Using The Power of Positivity’ – I discuss my life with Cystic Fibrosis, about being an artist, and of course the importance of positivity.

If you would like to read the post click HERE.

I’m really excited to hear about Ai Weiwei’s latest artwork:

Good Fences Make Good Neighbours

 A rendering of one piece in Ai Weiwei’s multipart Public Art Fund project “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.” Credit Ai Weiwei Studio

Ai Weiwei will build more than 100 fences and installations around New York City for “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors,” one of his most large-scale public art projects to date. The exhibition, which opens on Oct. 12, was commissioned by the Public Art Fund.

This means I need to plan another trip to NYC to see the exhibition in person. Ai Weiwei is one of my favourite artists, I have been following his work for many years now, and have been lucky enough to see his work in person previously in London and Beijing.

The exhibition will comprise of about 10 major fence-themed installations and scores of smaller works spread across multiple boroughs, including Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. Among the planned sites for Ai Wewei’s project are Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, the Cooper Union building in Manhattan and Doris C. Freedman Plaza, at the tourist-heavy southeast corner of Central Park.

Ai Weiwei calls attention to human rights violations on an epic scale; as an artist, he expands the definition of art to include new forms of social engagement. I’m really excited about seeing this work unfold.

 

Wishing you all a very happy Easter full of lovely chocolaty treats. I will be spending mine with family and friends eating lots of chocolate (lindt bunnies are my favourite!), and playing with babies. Sounds perfect!

I’m super excited about the news of my newest residency!I’m delighted to be a recipient of the Artist in Residence Programme 2017 at A4 Sounds Dublin. This will be my first residency in Dublin. I’m really looking forward to it. It begins in June and ends in August with an exhibition of my work.

For more information click here.