April 09 - Interview with artist Jole Bortoli

Submitted by Yvonne Cullivan on Thu, 23 Apr 09

This month I caught up with Jole Bortoli at the Hugh Lane Gallery where she has just launched an exhibition of recent work from her five year residency in Larkin Community College as part of the Learning Through Arts Programme.

Jole is an artist and also director and founder of Art to Heart. She has extensive experience in working with children and with adults who work with children through the arts. Jole has also worked with The Ark Cultural Center for Children, including on a six year after school art programme running in Fatima Mansions for the Ark’s outreach programme ArkLink. She is also a visiting lecturer at NCAD.

In this interview, Jole charts the natural development of her practice and the underlying values and methods involved in her ongoing work.