Chapel Hill School of Art, Macroom, P12E020 Saturday August 20th 2022
From 12.30 to 4pm
In collaboration with Heritage Week
Cork Craft Month
&
August Craft Month
All Welcome! Meet the CHSA team and join us for a fun day of Art, Heritage, Ancient Arts demonstrations, Art Workshops, Exhibitions, Music and more!
In celebration of the new term of Art class starting from September 26th 2022 we are hosting an awareness & appreciation day of the benefits of creativity to the community.
A series of Heritage based workshops and demonstrations and talks will be held on the spacious grounds and in the buildings of Chapel Hill.
Events for children, music and food will welcome visitors and participants.
There will be opportunities to meet the Artists & teachers of Chapel Hill all while celebrating the traditional customs and heritage crafts that link the community to one another and the locality.
Join us Saturday August 20th from 12.30pm
The 2nd Annual Open Day at Chapel Hill School of Art
August 20th 12.30 to 4pm
The 2nd Annual Open Day at Chapel Hill School of Art
The second annual Open Day at Chapel Hill School of Art in collaboration with Heritage Week, Cork Craft Month and August Craft Month, celebrates the re-opening of the Art school for classes. The variety of craft and heritage based demonstrations, talks and workshops on site explores and recognises the diversity and wealth of the heritage crafts around us. Join us for a lively day of creative exploration from clay modelling and throwing, willow and textile weaving, bee hive and lace making with music from The Fresh Air Collective and food from local Artisan producers.
Our workshops, demonstrations and talks will provide greater awareness of heritage craft and recognise it’s cultural importance locally, regionally and nationwide by collaborating with our project partners Heritage Week, Cork Craft Month and August Craft Month.
Demonstrations
Demonstration 1: Sustainiability
Peadar O Riada
Best for Bees - Ancient Technology – Skep Traditional Beehive Weaving
Using locally harvested mountain Sege grasses Peadar O Riada demonstrates this ancient craft long proved best for Bee health. Skeps are baskets that have been used for about 2000 years by Bee keepers. Initially they were made from wicker plastered with mud and dung but from the Middle Ages they were made of straw. In northern and western Europe, skeps were made of coils of grass or straw. Join us at Chapel Hill as we learn and explore this ancient craft.
Demonstration 2: Warp Weft & Weave
Circular Weaving with Ann Mechenlick
Inspired by the ancient alluvial forest of The Geragha and the environment around her Ann has responded with beautiful weavings in a forest floor series of work. Join us at Chapel Hill school of art on August 20th to see Ann at work and learn this ancient technique that explores the rich variety of materials that can be used in Circular Weaving.
Demonstration 3: August Craft Month Event
Pottery Throwdown Creative Shout Out !
Ceramic Artists Jim Turner and Bernadette Tuite
Chapel Hill School of Art in central Macroom is delighted to take part in August Craft Month 2022. As part of the heritage based celebration of the school Open Day this lively and fun interactive Demonstration will take place on the front lawn of the spacious and historic former convent of Chapel Hill School of Art.
From 1.30 to 3pm on August 20th you can join in the fun with Ceramic artists’ Jim Turner and CHSA Coordinator Bernadette Tuite as they mesmerize you with the hypnotic wonders of throwing clay forms on the potter’s wheel. Fun for all the family as Jim and Bernadette invite you to challenge them in a Creative shout out to ‘throw anything’ !
Demonstration 4: Smoke and Alchemy
Blacksmith P.J. Cremin
Bladesmiths and metal artist P.J. Cremin will be here on Open Day mixing the smoke and alchemy of metal smithing. PJ and the team will demonstrating their ancient metal crafts with their contemporary Forge.
Workshops
Workshop 1
Portrait Modelling in Clay - sculptor James Horan
Head Modelling workshop -The planes and features of the Human face provides the spring board for participants to explore the ancient and craft of sculpting in clay. with sculptor James Horan- Using a traditional armature to encourage participants of all ages to have a go at this ancient skill in a fun explorative atmosphere.
Workshop 2
Willow Weaving with Wildrose Basketry
Rosemary Kavanagh of Wildrose Basketry will transport you on a journey from Willow cultivation to a completed piece of willow basketry to take home.
Two Workshops – 12.30 to 1.45 pm kids – 2.30 to 4pm afternoon adults
· One for children up to the age of 13 (with their parents or guardians help being essential) making a willow fish with some storytelling about our native salmon and fish --this would be for an hour and 15 minutes. Ideally not more than 10 children.
· The other would be for older children over the age of 14 and adults where we would make a willow star. A willow star can be used as a wall hanging, table ornament, or hot plate. This would be about an hour and a half. Ideally not more than 10 participants
Demonstrations - more to be confirmed
In tandem with these Workshop / Demonstrations Chapel Hill will play host our visitors with music, food, treasure hunts for children, Children’s Ogham Stone Chess, Face Painting, Hide and Go Seek and guided tours of Chapel Hill buildings and Garden.
Visual Art Exhibition 'Wanderings’
Ann Mechelinck - Textile Artists